CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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addict. When I have my computer connected to the internet‚ I can forget the time. I am very busy to search any informations through the internet. Beside internet‚ I also use my cell phone to chat with my friends all day long. One more activity that can make me addicted is spending my time to watch my favorite TV programs. Yeah‚ those three kinds of technology are very enjoyable. But‚ I want people to know the potential risk of over using internet‚ cell phone‚ and television in the daily life.
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Cited: Cavaliere‚ F. J. (2008‚ October). Technology addiction: Fact or fiction? The Practical Lawyer‚ 54 (5)‚ 13-14. Retrieved from Lexis-Nexis. LaPorta L. Cellular Telephones: A New Addiction?. Psychiatric Times [serial online]. October 2006;23(11):64-69. Available from: Academic Search Complete‚ Ipswich‚ MA. Accessed November 8‚ 2013. Kung‚ Vicky. "Rise of ’nomophobia
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The Cause of Addiction COM/156 Each year‚ there are more deaths and disabilities in the U.S. from substance abuse than from any other cause. In the United States alone‚ it is reported that roughly 18 million Americans have alcohol problems; 5 to 6 million have drug problems‚ and more than 9 million children live with a parent addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs. Drug addiction continues to be a growing concern‚ prompting medical and scientific research on a global scale into the possible
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Addiction The Tabers medical dictionary defines drug addiction as a compulsive and maladaptive dependence on a drug that produces adverse psychological‚ physical‚ economic‚ social‚ or legal ramifications(5). In the U.S.‚ the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a growing problem. In 2007‚ for example‚ the CDC reported that more than 27‚500 Americans died of drug overdose‚ an increase of more than 100% in the preceding
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Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical
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Internet Addiction and Abuse: A new Problem among Young People Internet is a kind of network which a lot of people use it to exchange information‚ particularly young people. As the Internet gains its popularity at an amazing rate‚ it has become the most widely used network‚ and has permeated our modern lives at school‚ home‚ and work‚ in recent years. Using the Internet‚ people can chat with friends‚ shopping online‚ play online games‚ and so on. However‚ the power of Internet is observable‚ it
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Assignment Internet and Information Paper University of Phoenix Hello Friend‚ It is so good to hear from you and I would be happy to answer your questions about Internet. You are right when you assume that the Internet makes my life much easier when I need to find information on anything. Although the Internet is a vast resource of information but not all of the information available is correct. Whatever I do Internet search I asked myself specific questions about the information that I
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION Airborne Internet is a concept that overlays computer network theory and principles into the transportation realm. The goal is to create information connectivity by providing a general purpose‚ multi-application data channel for people in transit. It is an approach to provide a general purpose high speed digital network to aviation. In doing so it has the potential to provide significant cost savings
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THE EFFECT OF ADDICTION PAPER Monique Reed BSHS/455 May 11‚ 2015 Debra MC Coy THE EFFECT OF ADDICTION PAPER The effect of addiction have consumed billions of individuals all over the world‚ not only consume but also killed. Individuals have relied on drugs to fill the void in their life that is missing. The addict is not only hurting themselves from the drug use but their families‚ friends‚ and their community. In this paper‚ it will give a description of a 21-year-old male named Anthony. Anthony
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