Whether they be direct or indirect the many characteristics will undoubtedly ruin some aspect of the family structure. ... It is not rare to encounter physical, mental or sexual abuse within a alcohol based family. ... It is comprised of four major symptoms craving and loss of control, physical dependence and tolerance. ... Children are more likely to develop psychological problems, suffer physical and sexual abuse and neglect. ... Although alcohol-related disorders can strike anyone, poverty and physical or sexual abuse also increase the odds. ...

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Narcotics are depressant drugs, they are mostly made from a plant that produces the drug opium, the plant is called a poppy. This drug is highly addictive and it causes both physical and emotional dependancy. The use of narcotics can cause poor coordination and slow reflexes, loss of conscien...

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Drug Dependence/Addiction There are three basic characteristics that indicate that the user is dependent on a drug. ... They may undergo physical pain or mental distress. ... Physical signs are frequent sore throats, coughing, fatigue, and weight loss. ... These physical changes may be accompanied by stroke, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or seizures. ... When this happens, there are certain physical symptoms that occur when the user is dependent on the drug. ...

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Drug Dependence/Addiction There are three basic characteristics that indicate that the user is dependent on a drug. ... They may undergo physical pain or mental distress. ... Physical signs are frequent sore throats, coughing, fatigue, and weight loss. ... These physical changes may be accompanied by stroke, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or seizures. ... When this happens, there are certain physical symptoms that occur when the user is dependent on the drug. ...

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Although research indicates that among men who drink heavily, there is a higher rate of perpetrating assaults resulting in serious physical injury than exists among other men, the majority of men are not high-level drinkers and the majority of men classified as high-level drinkers do not abuse their partners. ... Through accounts from battered and formerly schoolboys, alcohol violence is now understood to include a range of behaviors - physical, sexual, economic, emotional and psychological abuse. ... In the cases in which battered people report that the level of physical abuse decreases, the...

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"Physical dependence occurs when the body has adjusted by incorporating the substance into its "normal" functioning, therefore physical withdrawal symptoms occur upon cessation of use. ... Withdrawal refers to physical and psychological symptoms experienced when reducing or discontinuing a substance that the body has become dependent on. ... Alcohol intoxication and withdrawal causes physical, psychological and mental effects on the user. ... Chronic alcohol consumption is seen mostly in the physical state of the user who has poor nutrition and poor hygiene. ... The physical effects of he...

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Physical dependence, euphoric high, and the profound degree of tolerance creates a self-reinforcing dynamic that results in continued, progressive, chronic drug use despite the presence of increasing negative consequences. ... Medical complications from opiate addiction, such as infectious diseases and bacterial infections (HIV, STDs, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Diabetes, etc.) combined to pressure medical professionals and governmental agencies to quickly put free methadone clinics into place to combat the physical and social negative effects of the drugs that were administered to combat veterans...

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To combat these added "diseases- and other physical problems, we have created new drugs and compounds. ... controllable byproduct of the body's physical need for a substance that can take over and destroy one's life regardless of willpower. ... There are two characteristics that are common to most clinical definitions of dependence and addiction: a compulsion to take the drug with a loss of control in limiting intake and a withdrawal syndrome that results in physical as well as motivational signs of discomfort when the drug is removed (Koob, G. et al., 1998). The concept of reinf...

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Polaroid Stories is a play dealing with drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution, and homelessness, but the real overriding theme is escaping. The characters find different ways to escape their reality and in many ways their very problems are the result of these escapist thought processes. Skinhead ...

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The adverse developmental consequences of substance abuse in adolescence include persistent identity diffusion, lack of clarity about goals, creation of a false of autonomy, impaired capacity or deferred gratification and a fixation of the negative identity characteristics of early adolescence. ... The process of physical growth and development that characterizes puberty may be affected adversely by the use of drugs. ... Although manifestations vary by the specific substance of use, adolescents who use drugs often present in an office setting with no obvious ...

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To work productively especially when the work may be physical it is nearly impossible to keep one's privacy. ... This is why employers can test to see if characteristics or tendencies would affect performance. ...

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Studies have shown that depression is a dominant characteristics for those children who have been abused in their past. ... Both child physical abuse and child sexual abuse have led many people to become substance dependent because they don't know how to cope and how to deal with the things that happened to them. ...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history o...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they...

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Typically, family members will adopt characteristics in order to cope with the chaos, unpredictability and possible violence in their dysfunctional home environment. ... For instance, a spouse may sympathize and rationalize the addict's abuse of prescription pain medication because of a legitimate physical or emotional problem. ...

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Drug Use: A Personal Choice or Government Restriction The World Health Organization defines drug addiction as a state of periodic or chronic intoxication detrimental to the individual and to society, produced by the repeated consumption of a drug. Thomas Szasz says that drug addiction or abuse ca...

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The effects of early traumatizing experiences depend of characteristics both of the individual and of the social context before and after the atrocities (Montgomery, 2010). ... In response to such physical, psychological, and emotional turmoil, it is very normal for them to experience symptoms such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), helplessness, fear, guilt, self-blame, grief, rage, and anxiety. ... In a study of 120 Cambodian refugee women, alcohol was reported to be used to cope with nervousness, stress, insomnia or pain (emotional and physical). ...

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CONCLUSION As you can see from the two opposing argument above, I believe that we as the public are not given enough information to make a fair judgement. General Info Alcohol is a depressant drug that reduces social inhibitions and relaxes. Alcohol is produced by the fermentation of fruits,...

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Introduction Heroin is a derivative of morphine synthesized by a simple aceylation reaction of the parent compound in a manner almost identically to aspirin. It was originally intended to wean morphine addicts from the drug, but has since become a much bigger problem than morphine. The name is derived from "a hero" for it's supposed effect of saving morphine addicts. Heroin is an illegal opiate drug made from the seeds of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy is a plant found in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and parts of Central and South America. ...

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Introduction Adolescence is a period marked by rapid growth changes and specific psychosocial challenges (Kumar, 2013). This constant flux of change, accompanied by a limited ability to cope with difficult situations, presents a window of vulnerability in which problem behaviours such as substance a...

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If all the negative side effects of marijuana are listed, it would be apparent they are similar to the characteristics of negative side effects of alcohol, legal opiates and cigarettes (all legal), which makes it hypocritical to condemn one substance, but endorse and tax the others when they are equally destructive. ... This is more true with hard drugs, but marijuana does not appear to create the physical need that hard drugs, cigarettes or even coffee do as cited by Paul Hager, "smoked tobacco, with a 90% addiction rate, is the most addictive of all drugs while marijuana is less addictive th...

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Drug use is generally defined as the use of a drug with such frequency that the user has physical or mental harm or it impairs social abilities. ... A person dependant on drugs usually carries three basic characteristics that are indicators. ... Difficulties in stopping usage is the second characteristic which may lead to one or more of the following results: dropping out of school, trouble with the law, jail, losing a job, and family problems. Mental distress and/or physical pain due to withdrawal are the final characteristics of a drug dependent. ... These chemicals make a person feel ple...

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The panel searched the scientific literature for information about psychological and physical dependence, neural and general toxicity and social hazards such as aggressive behavior caused by various legal and illegal drugs. ...

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