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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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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What are the Effects of Internet Addiction to Large Number of Youth of Today’s Generation? ______________________________ A Research Study Presented to The High School Faculty of Don Bosco Technical Institute Tarlac City ______________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Academic Subject Research 901 ______________________________ Santos‚ Nathaniel John L. Directo‚ DonsonMcklein C. Borela‚ Carl M. March 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page APPROVAL SHEET…………………………………………………………………………
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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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view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have
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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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MAN‚ AND CYBERNETICS PART C: APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWS‚ VOL. 42‚ NO. 3‚ MAY 2012 Movie Rating and Review Summarization in Mobile Environment Chien-Liang Liu‚ Wen-Hoar Hsaio‚ Chia-Hoang Lee‚ Gen-Chi Lu‚ and Emery Jou Abstract—In this paper‚ we design and develop a movie-rating and review-summarization system in a mobile environment. The movie-rating information is based on the sentiment-classification result. The condensed descriptions of movie reviews are generated from the feature-based summarization
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Mobile phone is a good technology which is not lacking from our lives. This report will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones. Advantage: Today‚ mobile phone has become popular to everybody [This is an over-generalization: many people do not like them. Use "most people" or something similar] since it is very convenient. The most advantage of having a mobile phone is you can communicate to your family and your friends no matter what where you are. For instance‚ you can
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The awareness of addictions is growing at an alarming rate in the United States. Many health care professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. But within the mental health care profession‚ many are divided as to the arising issue and cause of addiction. Deaths caused by drug overdoses have risen drastically over the pass decade. Many health care and drug treatment professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. Within the mental
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Since the launching of the Internet in 1960s‚ the continued growth of Internet technology and applications has become an important part of the reality of many people’s lives globally. It provides an ease to the people who are using it. It is used in groups for discussion‚ all of which can be used for social‚ informational‚ educational‚ and even self-help purposes. Internet is somehow the source of entertainment. Even chatting‚ instant messaging‚ e-mail
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