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    Rehab Drug Treatment

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    Types rehab drug treatment Methods. Drug rehab treatments use a variety of different treatment methods to help abusers. They might use a single method on its own, a combination of methods, or set standard practices aside and follow a custom-made plan. If you or one of your loved one needs rehab drug treatment, you will have to consider the different types of care to find the one that will work best. Outpatient and Inpatient rehab drug treatment. Most experts agree that inpatient drug rehab…

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    What performance enhancement drugs are the most dangerous to athletes? Anabolic steroids are considered one of most dangerous enhancing drugs in sports used by athletes. The first time that an athlete died under the influence of these substances was in 1912 during an Olympic competition, Francisco Lazaro. His autopsy revealed traces of methamphetamines, ronicol and nicotynal alcohol, this enhancement drugs increases blood circulation. Another casualty was Danish cyclist Knud Enemar Jensen who…

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    The face of drug addiction in America has continued to evolve. Over the centuries, we have come to recognize drug addiction for what it truly is: a disease rather than a crime. Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain; they change its structure and how it works In the the past five years, addiction treatment has been a hot debate…

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    Addiction is like a pile of behaviors you don’t see. These behaviors create routines. For example, a person gets stressed and uses as a first option. If stress is a person’s only trigger to abuse drugs or alcohol, poor coping skills are the problem. The substance abuse needs treatment, but it’s a symptom. Constant abuse is different. It comes from unhealthy thought patterns. Getting promoted and getting a parking ticket deserve a response, but not the same one. CBT helps people see how…

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    (Topic Sentence) In the article “Are we Addicted to Technology”, Zoe Kleinman discusses the ideas that technology addiction can affect our lives in terrible ways. (Context/Background/Summary of issue of topic) Technology addiction can cause several different things, like fatigue, stress, tiredness, and even seizures. (What is the First Claim Presented (#1 Tiredness) Dr Ramlakham asserts) Many of the symptoms people with technology addiction suffer from are not very life threatening. However,…

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    Soma Vs Alcohol

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    In this response I will talk about the drug soma and how it relates to alcohol as a drug. Soma is a drug that is provided in by the government in Brave New World. A description of the drug is explained in chapter 3 “take a holiday from reality whenever you like, and come back without so much as a headache or a mythology”. Soma is used to escape anything uncomfortable and keeps people from feeling bad. There are many differences and similarities between soma and alcohol. The difference between…

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    Addiction Treatment Gap

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    Twenty-three million Americans are facing a drug addiction, according to a “Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap” (CATG) review. That’s roughly 8% of the population of the United States that are facing addiction. According to Enlightenment philosophers, the environment plays a significant role in the turnout of the individual. There are many factors that affect the risk of an adolescent becoming one of the eight percent. The risk of generational drug abuse is affected by a combination of one’s…

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    Drug use is a major problem in the U.S. Some schools at the middle school level are now testing their students for drugs. While some people think testing middle schoolers for drugs is not helping, drugs can affect the way sports are played, and cause health problems, such as addiction. First, schools should be allowed to perform drug testing on student athletes because drugs affect the way sports are played. Drugs like alcohol, cannabis, and opiates slow down breathing by lowering the capacity…

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    Mental Health Recidivism

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    of mental consumers and those with substance abuse problems. Currently, the United States needs forty to…

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    performance enhancing drugs went crazy and started shooting people then shot himself. That can happen in real life. There have been cases where kids who are on drugs harm others, too. Although less people would join or try out for sports it wouldn’t be fair if the people who do drugs start over people who work hard. Drugs in schools can be a total disaster because it could mean less kids would care or try out for many sports. If a smart kid or athletic kid started taking drugs that is just a…

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