...Have you ever had an encounter with the effects of substance abuse? There is a good chance it was something rather unpleasant and possibly traumatizing. The fact of the matter is that drugs can be, and most of the time are, the root to misdeed. The effects they have on the brain, and body of the abuser can be devastating and could cause said individual to partake in things he or she would not have normally done. For example crime related activity. Drugs have a devastating effect on the human rate and this results in a lot of crime. The effects drugs have on the brain are cataclysmic to our society. “Drugs are implicated in an estimated eighty percent of crimes committed today.” (Wilcox, 2015) This is the case because of the effects that drugs...
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...The Effects of Addiction on Adolescent Development Adolescence is a time where there is growth and maturity. It is also a time where adolescents are more prone to take risks, such as using and abusing drugs. Whether or not an adolescent chooses to engage in drug use and abuse depends on their home environment and those they choose to associate themselves with. Adolescents face an enormous amount of pressure to participate in risky behaviors from their peers. According to Broderick and Blewitt (2015), “risky behaviors are behaviors that constitute a departure from socially accepted norms or behaviors that pose a threat to the well-being of individuals or groups” (p. 389). One such risky behavior is drug use and addiction. Some adolescents use...
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...Drug addiction is a serious threat to public health in the United States. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 21.6 million Americans over the age of 11 required professional treatment for substance abuse in 2011. Out of this number, 2.3 million — just over 10 percent — actually received treatment at a facility dedicated to treating addiction. These are sad statistics, and often, reading figures like this tempts people to open up discussions about how addictions are diagnosed and treated in this country, and how they are sometimes ignored. But, it might also be valuable to discuss how addictions actually develop, and the impact that addictions have on both the addict and on that addict’s community. These cause-and-effect discussions might be dire, but they might provide just the kind of spur to action that some families need in order to address a problem unfolding in their midst. How Addiction Develops how an addiction developsTo understand the root causes of addiction, it’s important to understand how the use of illicit drugs affects the brain. The brain has a natural system for identifying and reinforcing positive experiences. When a person eats a delicious meal, spends intimate time with a loved one, or curls up in a warm blanket on a cold night, the brain rewards the behavior by releasing feel-good chemicals like dopamine. Repeating these experiences reinforces the behavior by teaching the brain to expect those pleasant sensations. Addictive...
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...and enjoy but most of us just can’t. There’s nothing wrong in enjoying life but it have limits. One of the most addicting things to do is to use the computer. It is just so addicting it simply has it all, games, music, videos and many more. Another thing about computer is the internet or the World Wide Web. Internet is a huge part of human’s life in this century. It covers many things such as references for educational purposes, music and videos for entertainment, and many more. Nowadays, internet is not used the way it should be used. Maybe because people feel so free when they’re surfing the internet. No doubt games are the most addicting thing when it comes to computer but what’s more interesting for the researchers is the anime addiction of the teens. A huge percentage of the students are addicted to anime. First of all, what the researchers wanted to know is why teens watch anime. The researchers also wanted to...
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...Introduction This descriptive essay will be on the topic of exercise addiction and will discuss both the positive affects and the negatives. When considering these two aspects, it is important to know that the negative aspect is much more than the positive. This essay will also be discussing what actually is exercise addiction and the effects it has on the individual who suffers from it. The essay will then conclude with how an exercise scientist can help the individual suffering from exercise dependence. What are some of the positives of exercise? Exercising regularly can create some really positive health benefits to the individual. Positive Health reasons for exercise, according to the American Medical Association (1999, P.394), are benefits...
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...Name: Charlyn A. Cantong Yr @ Sec: BSIT-2C Title: HOW TO ERADICATE POVERTY? Amount of words: Poverty it entails more than the lack of income and productive resources to ensure sustainable livelihood. The manifestation of poverty includes hunger and malnutrition’s, limited to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participating in decision making. Right education not only pertains in education in school but also education in all aspects of life. Educate everyone regarding on how to control population growth. To become honest and effective leaders. To vote wisely on their leaders, not to be ignorant in terms of judiciary system, and to become aware of social economic and political issues. If everybody was educated, the country can slowly achieve higher standards of living and can lessen poverty and hunger. Also, educate people on how to save and this is done through organizing seminars and conference. We have come to realize that we can also contribute in simple way by making effort to introduce a business with little capital that can sustain a family in their daily needs. To correlate with other more developed Asian countries, the Philippines must have infrastructure that will links it to region and islands for faster delivery of products. In that case, farmers will earn better and contribute to the economy. Then create employment opportunities by constructing small scale industries to enable people get access...
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...Computer Games PC games, also known as computer games, are video games played on a general-purpose personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine. Their defining characteristics include a lack of any centralized controlling authority and greater capacity in input, processing, and output. PC games reached widespread popularity following the video game crash of 1983, particularly in Europe, leading to the era of the "bedroom coder". From the mid-90s onward they lost mass-market traction to console games before enjoying a resurgence in the mid-2000s through digital distribution. The uncoordinated nature of the PC game market and its lack of physical media make precisely assessing its size difficult. Although personal computers only became popular with the development of the microprocessor and microcomputer, computer gaming on mainframes andminicomputers had previously already existed. OXO, an adaptation of tic-tac-toe for the EDSAC, debuted in 1952. Another pioneer computer game was developed in 1961, when MIT students Martin Graetz and Alan Kotok, with MIT student Steve Russell, developed Spacewar! on a PDP-1 mainframe computer used for statistical calculations.[3] The first generation of computer games were often text adventures or interactive fiction, in which the player communicated with the computer by entering commands through a keyboard. An early text-adventure, Adventure, was developed for the PDP-11 minicomputer by Will Crowther in 1976...
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...THE EFFECTS OF ANIME ADDICTION TO STUDENTS Thesis Statement: There are negative and positive effects that may result from Anime addiction. Introduction Anime is a style of animation in Japan which it can lead into addiction. Nowadays, anime addiction is very rampant especially among students. People with obsessive interest in anime are called otaku. I. Anime II. The negative effects of Anime Addiction to students A. Academic B. Health C. Behavior III. The positive effects of Anime Addiction to students A. Increased Social Interaction B. Interest in arts C. Interest in Japanese Language and Culture D. Relieves Problem E. Influence their English Vocabulary Conclusion Anime Addiction is affecting the academic, health, and behavior of the students. Their parents don’t like their child watching anime, because they can’t focus in their studies. But it depends on the child that he will balance his study and the anime or not. References INTRODUCTION Anime is a style of animation in Japan, heavily influenced by the Manga (Japan comic) and typically featuring characters with large eyes, big hair, exaggerated facial expression and it is classified according to its genre. Nowadays, anime addiction is very rampant especially among students. People with obsessive interest in anime are called, otaku (Ninai, 2011). This study aims to answer this following question: 1. Why is anime addiction? 2. What are the negative effects of anime addiction to...
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...Effects of Video Game Addiction on the Body and Mind Ryan Wootton 7th Hour Psychology 10-22-12 Abstract For most young people, playing games on a computer, video game console, or handheld device is just a regular part of the day. Most are able to juggle the multiple demands of school, sports, work or chores, and family life. Gaming becomes an addiction when it starts to interfere with a person's relationships or their pursuit of other goals, such as good grades or being a contributing member of a sports team. Computer and video games, especially the massive multi-online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as "World of Warcraft," allow players to behave very differently from their normal persona. A shy child can suddenly became gregarious; a passive child can become aggressive. Young people, who often feel powerless in their daily lives, suddenly have the ability to command armies, drive (and crash) cars, and wreak havoc on a virtual world with no real-life consequences. This is seductive! And when that boy or girl is already finding it a challenge in the "real world" to make friends, computer and video games offer a way to interact with others in their "virtual world," without the distress of face-to-face interactions. What Makes a Video Game “Addictive”? Most adolescents like to spend at least part of their free time playing video games. But for some, what starts out as innocent recreation can become an addiction. Soon, friends, family, school, and even personal hygiene are...
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...Topic Selection The topic that I have chosen to do my research is Gaming: Regulations and Addiction. I am not a gambler. I never have been a gambler nor do I intend to participate in gambling in the forseeable future. However, I have the need to discuss this particular topic in anyway possible because I have noticed that gaming as a whole, has been gaining ground more than ever, especially in the rural America. Gaming has an impact on our society in such a negative way and has affected many people nationally and globally, gaming has affected some of people that I have grown up with and have known most of my life, including my mother who's now addicted to computer slot machine gaming. I see and the understand the catastrophic impact that gaming has on the people from my community, let alone my own mother, which is why I came to choose this topic. Three Research Questions 1.) Does gaming have any positive contribution to our society? I strongly believe it is crucial that we determine if gaming has an actual positive effect in our society or it is just an absolute disruption to our ethical views in life. I truly think that it is the latter but it is important that we take a look on different aspects of gaming as a whole before we can conclude upon it. 2.) Is there an ethical need for new regulations in gaming as a whole? It is critically important to review all the regulations that were put on gaming to...
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...Cause and Effect of Online Computer Games Introduction In today’s generation with a fast-paced technology and modernized society, it is not a question anymore why computer games are extensive. It becomes a natural part of growing up for players most especially to the so-called gamers who are mostly students. They play computer games for leisure and fun. Gamers are able to learn how to socialize and compete with others through online gaming. For them, it is more than just a play because they are able to create a fantasy world wherein they have their own character and could escape from reality. Hence, it turns into a real and growing problem since not only the adults are affected but kids as well who know how to play computer games. The enjoyments they get from playing these games develop into addiction which they hardly noticed that they are spending much time on computers. It is patent that computer games are affecting the behavior of a student/gamer. They become loner. Others lose interests in studying and would prefer to play online games rather than do their homework or projects. In result, they would fail and worst, decide to stop schooling. There could be a lot of effects of playing online computer games to students. It brings psychological impact to a student/gamer. Moreover, computer games affect not only mentally but also physically because gamers became sleepless. They would stay awake for 24 hours just to keep on playing and would even skip meals because they’re...
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...mostly the users of electronic gadgets. Nearly one in four teenagers are ‘almost constantly’ online as their lives are swallowed up ever more by their mobile phones, a study has revealed. Some 24 per cent of 13 to 17-year-olds admitted they were continuously checking their devices, including when they were at school. Nine in teenagers also confessed to going online every day as they were unable to resist the lure of Facebook and Instagram. The addiction of gadgets has been such among one and all that it has become unthinkable of a life without a gadget. The effect of these gadgets has been tremendous, and it is often debated that whether the impact that it has made on the youth is a positive or negative one. Therefore, this research will explain the effects in behavior to teenagers who use gadgets and how they affect family relationship. This research will answer the questions: 1. What are the common gadgets used by teenagers and under what circumstances do they use it? 2. Why do teenagers use electronic gadgets? 3. What is the effect in behavior of teenagers in family relationships?...
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...them, it is more than just a play because they are able to create a fantasy world wherein they have their own character and could escape from reality. Hence, it turns into a real and growing problem since not only the adults are affected but kids as well who know how to play computer games. The enjoyments they get from playing these games develop into addiction which they hardly noticed that they are spending much time on computers. It is patent that computer games are affecting the behavior of a student/gamer. They become loner. Others lose interests in studying and would prefer to play online games rather than do their homework or projects. In result, they would fail and worst, decide to stop schooling. There could be a lot of effects of playing online computer games to students. It brings psychological impact to a student/gamer. Moreover, computer games affect not only mentally but also physically because gamers became sleepless. They would stay awake for 24 hours just to keep on playing and would even skip meals because they’re attention revolve in the games they’re playing. Those effects only implies that playing online computer games will only destruct one’s future especially students who are addicted to...
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...I Bad Effects of Television on the life of the Youth __________________________________________________________ By: Julius Marco R. Geroleo Karl David Juico Stephen john C. Delacruz Darwin L. Dacara Justine S. Aspiras Raul J. Moraleda __________________________________________________________ Centerville Academy Inc. _________________________________________________________ II Approval Sheet This Term Paper entitled THE EFFECTS OF MEDIA ON YOUTH,” prepared and submitted by Julius Marco R. Geroleo, Karl David Juico, Stephen john C. Delacruz, Darwin L. Dacara, Justine S. Aspiras and Raul J. Moraleda, in partial fulfillment of the requirements in English IV is hereby accepted. ______________ Adviser Acknowledgement The researchers wish to thank the following people who helped and made this study possible: To the mother of Stephen John C. Delacruz for the comfortable venue that we used all the time to finish our research report. To the parents of Justine Aspiras for giving us money; for us able to print our work. To all our teachers for their effectiveness in teaching our great appreciation and gratitude. To all our friends who have accompanied us in times of hardships and trials we have encountered while we trying to finish this study. ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Factors That Affects Study Habits of Students in Jpnhs In: Social Issues Factors That Affects Study Habits of Students in Jpnhs SURVEY FORM FACTOR THAT MOSTLY AFFECTS THE STUDY HABITS OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION 4th year Question: what factor mostly affects the study habits of students in secondary education? Instructions: Put a check mark ( ) for the category that you prefer most NAME | YEAR AND SECTION | LOVE/CRUSH | FAMILY | PEER | ALJOHN MASOTES | IV-E | | | | CHRISTINA PADILLA | IV-B | | | | CHARLENE KATE GRACILLA | IV-I | | | | REYMART ALBANO | IV-B | | | | JOMAR BOGATE | IV-B | | | | HONEY GRACE VIDAL | IV-E | | | | ARRIANE GUATNO | IV-E | | | | VON JERIC DEPONE | IV-S | | | | HOWELL LANCE REYES | IV-S | | | | BRANDON MARK BRUTAS | IV-S | | | | NERISSA PANOL | IV-CDA | | | | MAY ANDREA ROBLES | IV-CDA | | | | JEZZEL MAÑALAC | IV-CDA | | | | ROMMEL BINO JR. | IV-G | | | | CYRELL ROSE CONDES | IV-G | | | | SURVEY CONDUCTED BY: SURVEY FORM FACTOR THAT MOSTLY AFFECTS THE STUDY HABITS OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION 3rd year Question: what factor mostly affects the study habits of students in secondary education? Instructions: Put a check mark ( ) for the category that you prefer most NAME | YEAR AND SECTION | LOVE/CRUSH | FAMILY | PEER | ANGELU CLUTARIO | III-M | | | | ELMAR MONTEVEROS | III-O | | | | ELIZABETH ABAD | III-C | | | | RHEY MARK CASERO | III-M | | | | ANGEL ROSE MANULID | III-M | | | | ...
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