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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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    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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    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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    Addiction Addiction   Abstract Addiction knows no prejudice; it does not care what race‚ religion‚ sex or orientation. You can be addicted to drugs‚ gambling‚ x-box‚ shopping and eating. Addiction is an illness that requires‚ for most‚ professional help and that once you are an addict you are always an addict.   Addiction is everywhere‚ from celebrity tabloids‚ to television‚ and possibly to a family member or close friend. There is alcoholism‚ drug abuse‚ and gambling

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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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    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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    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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    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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    Addiction We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people. Addiction in the dictionary says‚ “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case‚ look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs. When most people think of

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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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