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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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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Addictions can be something scary for everyone involved. There are several different types of addictions that are dealt with every day in our society. When someone has an addiction to something it not only affects them‚ but also anyone around them that could be impacted. There are many different treatments depending on the specific addiction. As well‚ there are many different causes to various addictions. This is an important topic to understand whether you are the one addicted or someone looking
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rules and regulations they made or have to follow. Then again‚ with a positive there is always a negative. The negative to having our internet censored is that the possible opinions of what people say get judged and get shut down and gets in the way of their "free speech". When one says their own opinion there is always someone who disagrees and find it obscene and completely wrong‚ and those who think its wrong convince others why its wrong and people actually fall for it. Soon after the one with
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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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these understandings on addiction to social care practice. The word “addict” originates from Roman law where an individual is compelled to his or her creditor place of payment of debt (Ross et al‚ 2010). As Dunnington states that addiction is defined a number of different ways. Addiction is defined as a “brain disease” personifies by “compulsive use of drugs” this definition comes from the Institute of Medicine (2011). The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines addiction as a “chronic‚ relapsing
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people who would say addiction is not a disease but a choice. Those people are looking at it in an object manner without even scrapping the surface of the true issue. Daniel Akst‚ a writer from New York’s Hudson Valley‚ wrote that‚ “Addiction is voluntary rather than compulsory” (Akst). While indeed the first act of engaging in drug use is voluntary the spiraling downward effect is caused by addiction taking over a person’s brain. Mr. Netherton implies in this statement‚ "Addiction is a crutch word that
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Background Fast food culture‚ which began in the United States from the last century. Nowadays it has spread all over the world because of its convenience and cheapness. Especially in Asian countries that where are living on rice‚ the sudden increase of fast food restaurants have brought major changes in conventional food culture. For example‚ the amount of importation beef which is indispensable to a hamburger has increased since hamburger restaurants expanded into Japan in the 1970s. On the other
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should stop eating junk food. In the article “New Study Reveals Junk Food Good for You‚” Billy Bunting believe some types of sugary‚ fatty junk foods “are better for you than so-called healthy foods” (Bunting). Throughout the article‚ he accounts evidences to verify his argument that eating large doses of junk food is good and a key to a long and healthy life. In “New Study Reveals Junk Food Good for You‚” Bunting accounts studies‚ action points‚ and seven “tips to enjoy eating junk food so that its benefits
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Studies show junk foods change brain chemistry and are addictive like cocaine Saturday‚ December 24‚ 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff‚ staff writer (NaturalNews) Is gorging on a bag of nacho cheese-flavored corn chips‚ for instance‚ the same as snorting a line of cocaine? A number of scientific studies‚ many of which were conducted within the past year‚ have found that junk food addiction is essentially the same as cocaine addiction‚ at least as far as the brain is concerned. Bloomberg Businessweek reports
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