What is Addiction? Addiction is a condition in which a person is unable, without help, to stop from repeating a harmful behavior. While the behavior may not itself be harmful, it is the extent to which the behavior is repeated, as the “using episodes” become more frequent, intense, and severe over time. Typically the behaviors associated with an addiction become physically and psychologically harmful to the person doing them, and often to others as well. The compulsion to repeat the behavior
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Sociological Theory Substance abuse and addiction is a major public health problem that has a grave impact upon multiple levels of our society. Every community and every family is either directly or indirectly affected by substance abuse and addiction. This essay takes a look at this massive social problem and the extent to which it affects our country and its citizens and will also explore different causes of addiction. A. Description Addiction can affect a person of any age group,
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people who do not mind being obese, but there are those who are seeking a solution to their problem of obesity. Obesity can cause several life-threatening diseases and even death if not reversed. The surgery that over a million people are turning to is gastric bypass. This surgery is considered a “miracle cure” that will reverse chronic diseases and may save their life. There are so many commercials that promote weight loss for the overweight individual. You have Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Food
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effects of drug abuse can not go un-noticed any longer. The damages of drug abuse are widespread. Lots of communities, families, and people’s lives have been lost and torn apart due to an individual’s drug abuse and addiction to drugs. With the recent knowledge of Albert Cain’s drug addiction, a well-known public figure, and the very visible effects drug abuse has had on our communities. It is imperative that we at AOne-RX start making changes within our business concentrating on areas such as patient
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have. Addiction, health problems, and pregnancy risk are a few of the many effects of smoking. Addiction is the most common effect in smokers. Cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance found naturally in tobacco. Nicotine travels quickly to the brain when it is inhaled and can cause a feeling of temporary relaxation and/or stress relief. This temporary feeling is what smokers enjoy. Nicotine has a calming effect on smokers who are anxious or worried. The nicotine addiction can
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Drug addicts are people that need the help of their love ones. They are in the state where they cannot control themselves in taking drugs. | I believe that it is necessary to show the public just how harmful illicit drugs are, and can be. Drug addiction is a chronic disease, so therefore it cannot be cured, but it can in fact be treated.
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An epidemic is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large population within a short time frame. Unfortunately, not being an infectious disease, the opioid crisis does not fall into such a category. Yet, it is a rapidly expanding problem that requires immediate attention. Particularly, in addressing our patients requiring pain management. Often the most commonly prescribed treatment options cause addiction and dependence How did we get into this conundrum? As practicing physicians, we were
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Chapter 1 Background of the Study A man who troubles himself or belongings; or look for his own pleasure is more likely vices (Spooner, 2006). Students are the most common drinkers, smokers and drug takers than the laypeople which may be influenced bypeer pressure, cheap bars and the living freely away from home. (NHS Choices, 2014) Atkin,Hocking& Block (2006) said that youth who sees more television and magazine ads of beer, wine, and liquor usually drink more and expected that they will begin
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INTRODUCTION Addiction is specifically concern with the process by which drug-taking behavior, in certain individuals, evolves into compulsive patterns of drug-seeking and drug-taking behavior that take place at the expense of most other activities and the inability to cease drug-taking. THERE ARE FIVE THEORIES OF ADDICTION NAMELY; * MEDICAL MODEL * PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL * SOCIAL MODEL * MORAL MODEL * BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL MODEL MEDICAL MODEL This involves * Addiction as a “brain disease”
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CAUSES OF LUNG CANCER Lung cancer is a disease in which a primary cancer (the original site where the cancer occurred) develops in the tissue of the lungs. Lung cancer was first described by doctors in the mid 1800's. At the turn of the century, it was still considered a rarity ;that has changed dramatically. What has not changed is the difficultly of detecting lung cancer in its earliest stages when it has the greatest chance of being successfully treated. "Lung cancer is the leading cause of
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