Maisie Sturrock Sarah Fuller January 17‚ 2017 English 4 Is Your Health Worth the Price? Cutting America’s Addiction to Nicotine It is a commonly known fact that the use of tobacco products will increase the destruction of any given person’s health. How is it possible that most food products sold to the United States public must pass the FDA checkpoints? Yet our government is allowing manufactures to distribute a cancerous product at an financially affordable cost. There are many ads‚ commercials
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Addiction: A Disease of the Brain Chad Steelmon Dual Enrollment English 101 Mrs. Munger December 14‚ 2012 Abstract Through years past and years presently‚ addictions have grown and changed in style and substance. The leaders in substance addictions transpose every year with the usual frontrunners of alcohol and tobacco. Addictions are truly a disease that is extremely hard to overcome‚ but it can be done. With endurance and acceptability to setbacks‚ an addiction can become
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Teens all across the world are facing addiction; they are becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol. It’s happening right under our noses whether they are getting it from their house‚ grocery stores & pharmacies‚ even at schools and parties. Teen addiction comes with a lot of consequences anywhere from jail time to even death. It is important to watch for signs such as blood shot eyes‚ knowing how to prevent it from happening in your teens life‚ find out all the treatment plans for you teen if it
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to sedentary lifestyles‚ weight gain and a decline in physical fitness. Other symptoms can include carpal tunnel syndrome‚ dry eyes‚ migraine headaches‚ a decline in personal hygiene and back aches‚ according to Maressa Hecht‚ founder of Computer Addiction Services and a member of the Harvard Medical School. Depression has also been linked to Internet overuse by researchers at the Institute of Psychological Sciences in Leeds‚ UK. Researchers found that study participants who exhibited signs of Internet
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Addiction and Human Life Human addiction can come in many forms and can affect our very way of life. Addiction can be something as small as playing video games excessively or as threatening as taking heroin. The truth behind addiction starts at the source of how we cope with the everyday stress and boredom in our lives. Drug abuse is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use‚ despite harmful consequences to the drug addict and those around them. (WebMD
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people today are willing to believe that addiction is a disease. However‚ there are many who disagree and define it as a lack of will power or moral weakness. In order for one to have compassion for those suffering from this disease‚ they must understand the stages and characteristics of the process of addiction. Over 30 years of intensive research has taught us‚ and NIDA supports‚ that addiction is a disease of the brain. The NIDA defines drug addiction as "a brain disease characterized by compulsive
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Requiem for a Dream depicts four individuals and their addictions to cocaine‚ heroin‚ and diet pills. Set in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ the characters each have their own dreams and addictions and their drugs are easily attainable trapping them in a cycle of dependence. The central character‚ Harry Goldfarb‚ is a young man who lives in virtual poverty because every cent he earns or steals goes toward his next high. He dreams of making a big enough score selling dope that will lead him to becoming financially
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medicalnewstoday.com/info/addiction/what-causes-addiction.php NIDA. (2011‚ November). Drug facts:understanding drug abuse and addiction [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-abuse-addiction Bibliography Nordqvist‚ C. (2009‚ march 09). Medical news today. Retrieved from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/addiction/what-causes-addiction.php NIDA. (2011‚ November). Drug facts:understanding drug abuse and addiction [Web log message]. Retrieved
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Addiction Treatment You crave it‚ you want it and you just can not stop thinking about it or‚ you just can’t stop doing it‚ they call it addiction. “Addiction is a chronic‚ but treatable‚ brain disorder. People who are addicted cannot control their need for alcohol or other drugs‚ even in the face of negative health‚ social or legal consequences. This lack of control is the result of alcohol- or drug-induced changes in the brain. Those changes‚ in turn‚ cause behavior changes” (What is Addiction)
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Addiction: A Disease Or A Choice? Several people argue whether drug addiction is a disease or a choice. Today‚ I will be discussing this argument in hopes to have a better understanding as to why this topic is so controversial. Throughout my research‚ I easily found information on this topic and I am still not sure I have found any answers. The biggest argument is that addiction is a choice not a disease. For those on the other side of the argument they claim just the opposite. According
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