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    Drug Addiction Model

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    Drug addiction is a powerful condition that imprisons the mind and body of its users, which leads to the question of whether the option to use remains a choice or becomes a disease. Current statistics reveal that 24.6 million Americans reported using illicit drugs in 2013 (SAMHSA, 2014). That number alone is clear evidence of a significant drug problem in our society. Throughout history there have been conflicting opinions about drug addiction being a choice or a disease. In this paper, I will present information that will substantiate the claims that addiction is in fact, a disease. In order to clearly demonstrate that fact, I will identify common opinions and research on the topic of drug addiction. I will then explain the neurobiological…

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    Drugs prescribed by doctors are extremely likely to cause addiction in a high percentage of their patients. At least eighty percent of heroin addicts today were first exposed to prescription drugs. Prescribed medicines are considered a major gateway drug by a large part of the population. Experts believe that the opioid epidemic started in the 1990s when physicians ignored treated chronic pain. Pharmaceutical companies wanted to increase the same of their pain killers, so they had started to…

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    Drug Addiction

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    The addictive use of prescription and illicit drugs within the United States has been, and remains,an unending and sometimes controversial social and economic issue. According to research and statistics done on this issue, drug addiction has the ability to affect numerous branches of both societal and economic health. Statistically, one of the more common areas affected is our criminal justice system. (‘Bureau of Justice Statistics). The relationship between drugs and the criminal justice system…

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    which effect certain behaviors, such as addiction. This stigma could be attributed to a lack of understanding, or possibly a fear, of what can turn into very destructive behavior. Drug addiction can cause people to act in ways that are often dangerous to themselves and to society, leading them to a life of crime, driven by substance abuse. For many years, drug offenders have been charged with prison sentences as a form of rehabilitation, as well as a way to deter drug related crimes. This sort…

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    After watching the video, what moved me the most was understanding the facts /results what drug addiction does to a person’s life. Time and time again, we are told about the dangers and consequences of being addicted to drugs. No matter what type or kind of drugs someone is addicted to, the outcome is never good or positive. The end results are either lifestyle changes with severe consequences or even death. It was sad to know at age eleven, Sarah started using drugs. Then, at age fourteen,…

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    Drug Addiction In America

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    Addiction has swept across America and has authority over the choices and actions of twenty million lives in America; that is “one out of every six American young adults” (Statistics on Drug Addiction). Addiction initiates mental cravings that are soothed using recreational drugs, alcohol, and prescribed medications from doctors. This disease compensates for trauma a person endured as a child, teenager, or adult. A person can be influenced or pressured to try substances through friends, or even…

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    Drug Addiction Definition

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    people are in denial about their addiction, it can actually be difficult to tell when recreational drug use has turned into an addiction. The addiction definition says that an addiction is when the brain's memory, reward and motivation systems are rewired by drug abuse. Anyone can develop an addiction, and the right treatment can help people become sober. What Is the Addiction Definition? According to the addiction definition, an addiction is a chronic disease that affects the brain's…

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    Drug Addiction In America

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    Growing up in today’s society, the majority of uneducated youths respond “it will never happen to me” when asked about addiction. Incontestably, addiction is a serious problem that certainly can happen to anyone. According to Dr. Kima Joy Taylor, who is the director of the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap initiative (CATG), one in every ten Americans over the age of twelve are addicted to alcohol or drugs (Dr. Taylor). It is not only the fact that 23.5 million Americans are addicted to…

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    group dynamics, body language, addiction challenges as well as effects of the addiction among other things that has changed my perspective of addiction vastly. Initially I did not want to take any classes about drugs and alcohol because all that I was thinking about with the treatment and not much of the aspects that led to the abuse. Treatment issues and theory in alcohol and drug addiction turned out to be my favorite class, and has inclined me to take the other drug…

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    the addiction of drug, how an addiction is a brain disease that can deteriorate someone health and their mental capacity. Along the definition of addiction as a brain disease, the comparison of drug addiction to other disease shown similar aspect. Both problems causes disruption to one’s health function of the underlying organs, having serious harmful consequences, and the preventable and treatable, but if left untreated, can last a lifetime (‘‘Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of…

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