1) Throughout the border state of Punjab‚ whether in villages or cities‚ drugs have become a scourge. Opium is prevalent‚ refined as heroin or other illegal substances. Schoolboys sometimes eat small black balls of opium paste‚ with tea‚ before classes. Synthetic drugs are popular among those too poor to afford heroin. 2) The scale of the problem‚ if impossible to quantify precisely‚ is undeniably immense and worrisome. India has one of the world’s youngest populations‚ a factor that is
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Drug addiction or drug dependence is an increasing epidemic worldwide. It is most common in more developed countries but that in no way means that it is not a growing and serious problem in our country Belize. What makes this problem even more critical is the fact that it is mostly a problem for our youths. In fact studies have indicated that drug addiction‚ especially of alcohol and tobacco is occurring at an increasingly younger age‚ while the number of deaths resulting directly from drug misuse
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neurotransmitters in formation of drug addiction. As we can see from the video assigned to us this week‚ dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in the brain’s response to the presence of drug abuse. Dopamine is responsible for movement‚ regulation of heart rate‚ motivation and how a person perceives an experience either being painful or pleasurable. Pain causes for dopamine levels to drop whereas pleasurable responses increase dopamine levels. All drugs that become addictive and make a person
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How Drug Addicts Affect Families Many families now a days seem to struggle with addiction somewhere within their family. Whether a person is dealing with addiction themselves‚ or instead going through the painful steps alongside a close family members‚ drugs tear apart everything they encounter. Because drug addiction is such a tough battle to overcome for some people‚ many family member often feel an obligation to go above and beyond on efforts to help the drug addict only to often times realize
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Informative Speech – Topical Orientation General purpose: Addiction to prescription drugs Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse‚ some common drugs that cause abuse‚ and their effects and some common treatments. Pattern: People living in today’s society must be aware about the dangers that prescription Drugs can cause them‚ as well as the people around them. Introduction: * Attention : Is it possible
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issue of drug addiction has been scorching the nation for years. It is a serious issue that users and even friends of users may be aware of but do not take seriously. Thousands of people die every year from drug addiction and some don’t even get a chance to get help. In a society where many teenagers are carelessly smoking marijuana by choice and then moving on to more “hardcore” drugs‚ the brewing questions become: Because it was their choice to start‚ should we care about their addiction? Should
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a father‚ mother‚ son‚ daughter‚ doctor‚ nurse‚ police officer‚ Sunday school teacher‚ taxi driver‚ principal‚ student‚ and friend have in common? The answer may very well be an addiction to prescription drugs. When a doctor prescribes pain medication for a back injury or abscess tooth‚ no one plans on becoming a drug addict. However‚ David Todd Loffert is a perfect example of how an intelligent‚ young man in the prime of his life became addicted to prescription medication and lost his job‚ family
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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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Drug Addiction in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Drug addiction is a disease in which the brain believes it is in need of a substance when it actually may be harmful. This disease is chronic so even if one is able to quit‚ they may relapse and take the drug again. When drugs are taken for the first time it creates a release of dopa-mine or other pleasure creating chemicals. These chemicals are released due to the direct effect on the nerve cells‚ these nerve cells transmit information directly to the
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Mary Debruyckere September 10‚ 2012 English 090-08H Nancy Stohlman Expository Writing-Final Draft How I Overcame My Drug Addiction I’d like to begin by stating a simple fact about overcoming drug addiction. When you’re struggling with drug addiction‚ sobriety can seem like an impossible goal. The road to recovery doesn’t have an Atlas to follow. What works for one person‚ may not be feasible for another. I’d like to think of my process as
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