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Is Addiction A Disease Essays and Term Papers
AddictionRebecca Nitz
Intro to Psychology
29 Nov. 2010
Addiction
Addiction can easily be classified as one of the biggest, scariest problems our country faces today. Weather its an addiction of alcohol or addiction of shopping, it seems to occur everywhere we go and those who face an addiction find ...
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Heroin Addiction - As A Social ProblemMillions of Americans struggle with addiction. Heroin addiction in particular can be especially detrimental to the life of the addict, family, friends and community. In the past, Heroin addiction was viewed as a moral failing, rather than an actual medical condition. Over the last 20 years it has ...
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Factors That Influence Drug AddictionBefore we can even start analyzing the different factors that influence addiction, we need to have a working definition of this psychological disease. Addiction is said to be an involuntary need to use drugs, and the inability to stop or curb the usage regardless of the severe consequences ...
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Addiction And Heath ProfessionalsWith such staggering rates of drug abuse among the employed, I began to ask myself how prevalent drug abuse is among health professionals. Namely, those that are pharmacists, nurses, and doctors in all specialties. Most drug use that is publicized is about those in the inner city found to have ...
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Issues Of AddictionPeople suffering from addictions most times won't realize it, but their disease is hurting more than just themselves. It is not only the physical aspect of the addiction that hurts them, but also what it is doing to the life of the addict. "Life" can be taken as social life, working life, and ...
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Addiction TreatmentThis study will explore existing research data and reports from various agencies and journals in order to answer the question: does the length of treatment improve the success of people who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol? I have chosen several scientific journal articles concerning the ...
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Prison vs. Treatment CenterPrison vs. Treatment Center
I feel that the Criminal Justice System, Lawyers, and Judges can do better in helping and correctly placing our American Drug Abuser in treatment centers instead of placing them in prison for years because their are addicted to drugs. The purpose of my paper is to ...
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Dealing With Marijuana AddictsInteracting and dealing with Marijuana addicts has shown me a lot about an addiction that often gets overlooked. Marijuana is often just looked as something fun or relaxing to do on recreational times but when the use becomes a routine and an obsession that is when the problem begins. Marijuana ...
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Alcoholism: Cunning, Baffling, Powerful, Patient And DeadlyToday's substance abuse, whether alcohol or drugs, continues to be
a major social problem. Common patterns occur in all forms of substance
abuse. While some types of substance abuse problems are slightly
different in terms of causes and cures, experts agree that there are some
do's and don'ts ...
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BulimiaNo matter what she does she can no longer control this disorder
that has taken over her life. Slowly she walks down the hallway leading to
the torture that lies ahead. Stumbling into the bathroom, she calmly talks
herself into another episode as a desperate attempt to stay thin. Finally,
she ...
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DenialSo you don’t think that you are an alcoholic. Chances are that you are not, but this is the thought that many who are unknowingly addicted to alcohol or other mind-altering agents. This barrier is the first of many hurdles to overcome when they are identified as having an addiction ...
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Abusing AAThis paper will try to explain the different views of how and why Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs are accepted and rejected as effective tools in treating alcoholism and other addictions. The articles reviewed contradict the others’ opinion. First, we see that supporting the ...
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Diverse Communities ReflectionDiverse Communities Reflection Paper
Rebecca Gunn
Mount St. Joseph
July 09, 2013
Diverse Communities Reflection Paper
Part 1: "Before: Self and Other Awareness"
I found Al-Anon listed on their website: Al-Anon Family groups. I put in the city and state and a list of meetings were made ...
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Stinky SolutionForty-eight million Americans smoked in 1997 which is equivalent to about twenty-five percent of the nation’s adult population, according to a U.S. government survey released in November, 1999 (Cooper n.p.). According to Michael Ericksen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Needle Exchange ProgramsMore than a million people in the United States inject drugs, at a
cost to society (in health care, lost productivity, accidents, and crime)
of more than fifty billion dollars a year. (Holland n.p.). According to the
Department of Health and Human Services, there were 216,000 heroin ...
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Teenagers And Alcohol Do Not MixTeenage drinking is not only a burden on teenagers but on society as a whole. “In 1997, 26 percent of 16-20 year old passenger vehicle drivers fatally injured in crashes had high blood concentrations (0.10 percent or more).” Teenage drivers that have BACs in the 0.05-0.10 range are a 18 ...
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Substance Abuse RelapseTraditional/Alternative Approach
Matt Cantrell
November 24, 2011
Missouri Baptist University
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
Master of Arts in Counseling degree to
Dr. Damon Gamble
Abstract
Substance abuse relapse decreases with the use of traditional and alternative ...
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Alcohol An Issue Within CollegAlcohol: An Issue within College Society
Do you remember graduating high school? Remember all the questions you had to ask yourself. What are you going to do now? Do you want to work? Do you want to go to school again for another four years? These questions are eventually answered and some choose ...
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Alcohol An Issue Within College SocietyAlcohol: An Issue within College Society
Do you remember graduating high school? Remember all the questions you had to ask yourself. What are you going to do now? Do you want to work? Do you want to go to school again for another four years? These questions are eventually answered and some choose ...
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Alcohol An Issue Within CollegAlcohol: An Issue within College Society
Do you remember graduating high school? Remember all the questions you had to ask yourself. What are you going to do now? Do you want to work? Do you want to go to school again for another four years? These questions are eventually answered and some choose ...
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