First we need to discuss desires, first order desires, the desire to do this or that. ... Frankfurt claims that our effective first order desires are essentially "The Will,"" meaning, "Your Will"." ... First is the desire for a first order desire, this is shown as before in "A wants X" this is simple and has no true levels, the fact that A wants X is innate and there is no true thought to it. ... He has the first order desire to not take the heroin, the 2nd order desire to desire to take heroin. ... In this example Frankfurt would define the first as being a "person"" and the later as being ...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Its first use was to help with morphine addiction. ... Treating a person addicted to heroine is very difficult. ... If a person snorts one quarter of a gram in an hour that person could die. ... The first and most obvious is to completely and permanently stop using. ... These steps continue until the person reaches step twelve. ...

• Word Count: 1357
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This free fall starts with the first stage; Experimentation. The first phase is where a certain action or chemical is introduced to a person. ... In this first stage, the addiction is not very noticeable, leaving few signs suggesting any abuse. ... The second stage, the "maintenance" stage, is when a person becomes mentally hooked on the substance or action. ... There is always a part of the person that unconsciously longs for the specific feeling. ...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The use of alcohol and drugs can affect a person economically, psychologically, and physically. ... Driving while intoxicated carries the biggest penalty of a large fine and jail time up to a year for a first offense. ... Klosterman stated a person can die just from withdrawal symptoms alone. ... When too much alcohol is consumed alcohol poisoning sets in first and from there death can occur if untreated. Too much alcohol is based on a person to person basis determined from your age, health status, etc. explained by Klosterman. ...

• Word Count: 1268
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1619, the first marijuana law stated that, farmers were required to grow the cannabis plant (The Union). ... Imagine, a cancer patient has just had their first round of chemo therapy. ... By using marijuana, it gives the person the "munchies" and then they want to eat. ... Then "person A" would go out and sell that marijuana to "person B" who will buy it for more than "person A" paid for it at the store. So in the end, "person B" gets their marijuana with out satisfying the government with money and "person A" makes a profit. ...

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Three investigations were done the first on 150 patients from different countries, the second was done on 329 individuals from three major cities in Australia and the last was done on a different groups of people from non-users to regular users. ... The first was patients that had been diagnosed with at least one psychological issue and the other were free from any issue. ... Lastly it was also seen that patients that mixed ecstasy with alcohol use were more likely to have one or more psychological problems compared to a person that just took the tablet (Schifano et al, 1998). ... The study...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance, it is thought that the Chinese were the first to use marijuana around 2737 B. ... First, marijuana is one of the most common recreational drugs. ... We asked each person surveyed to rate their opinion as either strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree, or strongly disagree. ... Our first question was in regards to government regulations. ... The next three questions were about the person's childhood. ...

• Word Count: 2290
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

Amotivational syndrome is when a person no longer cares about the way they present themselves, their diet, or what others think about them.(Godfrey 37) One of the most serious dangers that the drug represents to the brain is when the person is actual high on marijuana. ... "Marijuana is often the first drug young people experiment with, and once its high begins to wear off, they often go to try to even more dangerous drugs. Marijuana is believed to be a 'gateway drug' - one that marks just the start of a person's experimentation with drugs. ... " When a pe...

• Word Count: 1735
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In the twenty first century, America has made a large shift towards racial egalitarianism, yet cannabis is still illegal in America. ... In comparison, the consumption of drugs cause no direct harm to anyone other than the person who uses them. ... Although the person may be driven by an unhealthy desire to abuse a drug, true autonomy still remains. ... In Colorado, the first of two states to legalize recreational marijuana in America, teenage cannabis use has experienced a decline while the rest of the country has experience an increase (Gorman 2014). ... To be exact, putting a person throu...

• Word Count: 1345
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Three primary ways that a person can administer a drug into the body are through Intravenous (IV) injection, inhalation, and by eating or drinking. ... The drug takes longer to reach the bloodstream because it has to go through the process of digestion in the stomach first. ... When marijuana is administered this way, it will take much longer for the chemical THC to reach the bloodstream since it has to break down in the stomach first. ... Eventually the body will become immune to the pain-killer that is being used, therefore causing the person to use a higher dosage of the drug. ... Once a ...

• Word Count: 2034
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 2012, the rate of current illicit drug use among persons aged 12 or older was greater for males, at 11.6%, than for females, at 6.9%. ... Such as fishing, hiking, and boating This solution differs from the first two in a couple ways. ... But if the person truly needed some sort of entertainment it could be arranged. ... Drugs are anything that alters a person's physical or mental state. A person may want to use drugs because of curiosity or strictly to get high. ...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The addiction process and stages of addiction can vary greatly from person to person. ... A person's background can also make a big difference in their likelihood of becoming an addict, but it can also have a reverse effect. ... In general people just act on impulse instead of thinking through they"re actions first. ... If I could take it all back and start over I certainly would, and I never would have taken that first hit of the peace pipe. ...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

First, marijuana poses health risks. ... Harris, 26, were also charged with first-degree robbery for helping Kanahele. This wasn't Kanahele's first time getting into trouble with the police. In fact, in his addition to second-degree murder and attempted first and second degree murder, Kanahele is charged with first-degree robbery and eight firearms and two drug offenses. ... (2) In conclusion, if marijuana was legalized, it can hurt a person's health, it can cause someone to get hurt or possibly killed and it can introduce the person into more heavily dangerous drugs. ...

• Word Count: 1430
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To change ones behavior the entire person must first be transformed, and at some level spirituality is needed for this transformation to take place. ... It is believed that addiction robs people of their spiritual power, and that spirituality treatment treats the whole person: mind, body, and soul (National Association of Addiction Providers, 2000). ... Alcoholics Anonymous, first started in 1939, is a fellowship of men and women alcoholics with the desire to stay sober and to help other alcoholics who seek help for their drinking problem. ... Alcoholic Anonymous" "Twelve Steps" are the fo...

• Word Count: 1588
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both physiological and psychological influences greatly factor whether a person can become an addict. ... A study of the U.S. population found that one person out of every four have had a substance abuse problem at some time in their life The technical definition for addiction is the compulsion to use substances repeatedly, even when doing so can be dangerous. ... The body adjusts to such a degree that, when the drug is not present, the body cannot function properly and the person experiences painful withdrawal symptoms. ... Therefore, the addicted person's body chemistry becomes progress...

• Word Count: 2436
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

First, the user continues to use the drug for an extended period of time. ... The signal then returns to the first brain cell. ... When the drug is released into the brain, it blocks the dopamine from returning to the first brain cell. ... The time period of denial varies from person to person. When the person has come to accepting their problem, they may go to therapy for treatment. ...

• Word Count: 1518
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

First, the user continues to use the drug for an extended period of time. ... The signal then returns to the first brain cell. ... When the drug is released into the brain, it blocks the dopamine from returning to the first brain cell. ... The time period of denial varies from person to person. When the person has come to accepting their problem, they may go to therapy for treatment. ...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Exercise helps make for a happy person and a healthy lifestyle. ... The normal person exercising would make their exercise fit around the other things going on in their life, while an exercise addict will fit their life around their exercise routine. ... An addiction is a behavior, activity, or physical thing that one cannot or will not stop, even when it begins to harm the person or get in the way of other important daily things This addiction can harm the person that has the addiction as well as the people around them. ... To defeat this addiction, one must first come to terms and admit tha...

• Word Count: 1333
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

The family members of a person who is suffering from alcoholism are always negatively impacted by the addict's behavior. ... It is not a lifestyle choice; it's a disease and impairment of the body's health that prevents a person from functioning normally. ... A person that lives in a house with an alcoholic has an approximately twenty-five percent of marrying another alcoholic. ... While alcoholism is a medical disease, social stresses play an essential role in a person becoming an alcoholic. ... I have seen first hand what the effects FAS can have on an individual. ...

• Word Count: 1381
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It catches the viewer's attention from its very first moments. ... After taking the NTZ pill for first time, he begins cleaning up his cave. ... NZT is a dream of nearly every modern person who craves success without putting a little hard work, effort and knowledge into it. At first, the pill will work wonderfully, but then certain side effects will appear. ... Each person has what is called the instinct of self-preservation. ...

• Word Count: 1687
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Society says that the administration of drugs by physicians is proper while the occasional self-administration of drugs by a physically healthy person is improper. ... Szasz goes onto assert that these habits can also be broken- "and without medical assistance"- as long as the person wants to break it. ... We are a society that believes that everyone must work and that idleness is only tolerable if a person is unable to work and support their self. ... The basic moral dilemma underlying the problem is whether or not a person has the right to take any drugs, whether it is to cure an illness...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Jekyll is going through, are, what soon to be the worst transformation and breakdown that persons body can cope with. ... When a person becomes addicted to a drug, they constantly want the drug, and become crazed upon finding it. ... After the first day of taking the potion, Dr. ... He explains: "I was still cursed with my duality of purpose; and as the first edge of my penitence wore off, the lower side of me, so long indulged, so recently chained down, began to growl for licence. It was in my own person that I was once tempted to trifle with my conscience; and it was as an ordinary se...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

When a person has limited self-control, they tend to be more impulsive and shortsighted. ... Sometimes this drug abuse becomes an addiction and then the person will commit other small crimes to get the drugs or them money to get the drugs. ... While it may seem good at first that these people are locked up, with a second look, things are not that good. ... These communities involve a type of group therapy that focuses more on the person a whole and not so much the offense they committed or their drug abuse. ... The perspective of the treatment is that the problem is with the whole person and n...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The older the person is who becomes an alcoholic, the easier it is for them to become dependent because they can purchase it whenever they want and the cost is low compared to other types of substance addictions. ... Psychologically and mentally a person who uses heroin will begin to believe that he cannot stop and his self-esteem is very low. ... Once a person becomes addicted to heroin, it is very hard to stop taking it. ... Some addicts keep going back to buy more because they are not satisfied with the high they received the first time. ... A person who is addicted to sex usually wants ...

• Word Count: 2291
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

That adds up to be a staggering cost of two hundred billion dollars ($770.00 per person) to attempt to prevent one hundred billion dollars worth of illicit drug use. ... The space in the prisons is extremely limited, and the cost of keeping a person in prison is astronomical in caparison to the prevention being provided in reference to drug prohibition. ... A negative liberty is the type of liberty we most often refer, such as our first amendment rights. ... Schwarzer once said, "ending drug use is useless if in the process Evaluation The first step in changing a policy is towe lose our sou...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate