Physical dependence

Your brain is who you are. Its the most important thing in your body. It helps you remember things, how to walk, talk and mostly everything you do. The brain is made up of many parts that all work together as a team. Each of these different parts has a specific and important job to do. The brain is a communications center consisting of billions of neurons, or nerve cells. Networks of neurons pass messages back and forth among different structures within the brain, the spinal cord, and nerves in…

The last six months of my life have been life changing. Coming back from an internship in Washington D.C. I took a job working at as a mentor for a residential treatment center. This treatment center works with specifically with teenagers with drug addictions and behavioral issues. As I was interviewed, the interviewer explained one of our primary goals, as a treatment center, is to help the boys develop better relationships. According to my interviewer, these improved relationships were the…

Cannabis (marijuana) is one of the most predominantly used prohibited drug in the United States, and like many other drugs that are habitually used, marijuana can lead to dependence. Currently, in the United States, it is estimated that there are 2 to 3 million new annual users of marijuana, and of these new users 10% will become dependent, and unfortunately, two thirds of this population are between 12 and 17 years old (Sofuoglu, Sugarman & Carroll, 2010). Marijuana contains an active…

Gounder and Jangi both agree that patients should try alternative methods to relieve pain and not solely rely on opioids. Gounder and Jangi both recommend alternative methods like message, physical therapy, and acupuncture to help patients relieve their pain. The two authors also agree that because pharmaceutical companies aggressively marketed their pain pills, it helped fuel the epidemic. Both authors blame the companies for accusing doctors…

and told that they can withdraw from the study at any time – mental health professionals will be overseeing the study and are able to intervene if needed. In order to gather information I will be using mood scales, questionnaires, interviews and physical observations. I will be comparing my findings between the two control…

Most people have known someone who has gone through addiction of some sort. Whether it be drugs, alcohol, or something else, everyone has been touched by addiction. Every person learns to deal with addiction in different ways and the stages of addiction are not always obvious to those around them. Addiction can become dangerous to those around the addict and often the addicted person loses control. Hyde was a menacing person with no care for those around him. One time, Hyde stomped on a small…

Loss sustained through addiction When you go to an amusement park to ride all the rides you are probably going there to get that adrenaline rush or seeking the trill. You know that feeling you get when you go on the roller coaster for the first time, and it just sends you bodying into this euphoric feeling? It amazing huh? After the ride is over you don’t go home, instead you race back to stand in that line for another hour waiting to get back on to go again. That 's what a meth addiction is…

Addiction: Disease or Choice? Is drug addiction really a choice? I believe the first time a person tries drugs or alcohol is a choice. After that first time though, your body and brain have chemical changes and need the drugs or alcohol to feel like a normal person. I personally have seen addicts in active addiction. These people want to get clean. Many of them have tried countless times, but are not able to successfully do it without a lot of help and understanding, due to what…

Although we may look at cheating as an imperfection in someone's personality, a current AsapSCIENCE video proposes our probability to cheat is absolutely more closely connected to our DNA. Humans are classified as a portion of only 3 percent of subdued mammals, or mammals that stay with one sexual partner permanently, but cheating is still a very much a prevalent circumstance. One frequently noted study on this practice is one organized by a sex researcher Shere Hite in her bestseller, The Hite…

On the learn genetics web page I used multiple programs including; Mouse Party, Drugs of Abuse, Drug Use Changes The Brain Over Time, Social Environment Impacts The Reward Pathway, Drug Delivery Methods, Genes And Addiction, Cannabis in the Clinic, and The Adolescent Brain. I found the article titled “Drug Use Changes the Brain Over Time” to be the most interesting and informative. Drugs reduce dopamine receptors, which results in multiple consequences. For one, the more drug use the more…