Just imagin that you"re a housewife with four children and you just found out that your husband, the bread winner, was taken away from you. What would you do? ... Then, drug and alcohol abuse can cause a number of fatal diseases. ... Another consequence of drug and alcohol abuse is fatal diseases. ... What is done now will play a major role in the future, outer and inner appearances, and health related problems of a person. ...

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"Are you listening to me?" ... , and "can't you sit still?" ... ADHD does not fall under the described categories of diseases. ... One doctor Fred Braughman, states, ". . . in plain words, ADD and ADHD is an expensive, elaborate woven illusion of a disease-not a disease at all." ... Now, the medication in a positive manner, does what exactly? ...

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It is considered to be a disease now known as alcohol dependence. ... There are symptoms of the disease process that include depression, anxiety, lack of self-esteem, not participating in family functions and other anti-social behaviors. Other signs and symptoms include solitary or secretive drinking, alcohol cravings, an inability to control the amount that you drink, blackouts, irritability, legal problems, difficulty sustaining a relationship or a job, an increased amount of alcohol, and liver disease. ... You can take preventive measures to keep you from becoming an alcohol abuser or turn...

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Drug Addiction is an awful subject that is sweeping through America like an air-born disease. ... There are only a few cases in which the user does not choose to acquire the disease and an example of this would be being born with the disease. ... At this phase there is no going back now because you have already began to need the drug to function. ... It's main psychoactive ingredient, delta- 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); is what causes euphoria by stimulating brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. ... You would think more people would be aware of the horrific side effects and wh...

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To combat these added "diseases- and other physical problems, we have created new drugs and compounds. ... With these new drugs however, come new diseases that we don't understand and need to research. ... The main question being tackled deals with whether addiction is a disease or a question of willpower. In order to investigate this subject we must first define a disease. ... Therefore, if you were to set more limits and goals for yourself, not eat more than a scoop of ice cream or only allowing yourself thirty minutes of television, you are more likely to be able to overcome othe...

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The cops rushed the door, placed her in handcuffs, all the while I was looking from a distance in my pseudo sleep stage, not quite sure if what I had seen really happened. ... Hepatic cirrhosis is a liver disease commonly associated with this disease. If you have never seen a liver with this disease, picture a moldy overcooked hamburger patty stuck in your body. ... The worse part is that this disease affects everyone around her. ... "God only gives you what you can handle", is what she tells me. ...

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Alcoholism When you hear the word drugs what do you think of? ... It is a disease that affects everyone regardless of their age, sex, race, religion, or economic status. ... Denial becomes an important part of the disease process of chemical dependency. ... The disease is far more complicated than the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol. ... To keep from using drugs you must make personal and lifestyle changes. ...

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What is Alcoholism? ... It is not just a disease that is strictly for the poor or underprivileged. ... No matter what you do that tune is there, you catch yourself whistling it or oddly enough singing it out loud. If you think about it, there was something going on in the mind that you do not know how it got there. ... This is the nature of the disease. ...

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You have promised your daughter that as soon as it stops raining you will take her to the park, push her on the swings and spin her as fast as you can on the merry-go-round. ... Of course you agree as it's the great ending to you greatest day parenting ever. ... In April 2014 it was estimated that 36% of HIV diagnosed cases contracted the disease from sharing needles (U.S center for Disease control). ... What you will not find are police, people that are condescending or judgmental and anyone that would force their personal views upon the drug user. ... They feel that by providing the ne...

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Some drugs are legal, such as: over the counter drugs (aspirin, tobacco, and cough syrup), alcohol (if you are 21), performance enhancing drugs (Creatine, Xenadryne). ... There is a disease spawned directly from alcohol called alcoholism. ... It is used in many ways to help cure several diseases such as: glaucoma, migraines, stress diseases, tumors, types of asthma, and many others. ... What this means is that after trying marijuana, there is a good chance that harder drugs will be eventually used. ... In fact, people are even getting good usage out of it to help cure diseases. ...

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Some factors that may influence whether or not the drug is addicting are how fast it takes effect, how the drug made you feel, how long the feeling lasts, and what kinds of withdrawals occur when you no longer take the drug. ... Often these terrible diseases such as lung cancer are caused by second hand smoke. ... Such diseases such as Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis (ANUG) cause a disease in the gums where symptoms include bleeding, swelling, and pain in the gum tissue. ... It comes in pill form and much like cocaine, the user never really knows what they are getting in their pill....

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T.V. sets were gleaming in every household, with both a constricting, and addicting disease. video games had taken over all childhood pass times, and in less time than any disease could have ever spread. ... You have become addicted. ... When you are not partaking in the mind controlling adventure, you are thinking about how you will go about getting your next "high." ... It has controlled you, and what you now realize is your life. ...

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If you have a job and you are selected for a urine test marijuana will show up. ... These drugs can hurt you and those who surround you. ... One out of every three smokers dies from tobacco related disease. ... Smoking can also make you look older. ... Beauty is measured by proportion of body parts, shaping unrealistic expectations of what a woman's body should look like. ...

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How has America let drugs, addiction, disease, and corruption take over the lives of millions of Americans? ... Freedom to choose what to eat and drink, how to raise our children, what religion to belong to- if any- and how we choose to live our lives. ... What it doesn't tell you is that hysterical drug enforcers are burning down and permanently destroying the precious and sacred Coca plants of the Columbian people. ... This money is used on what? ... All of the money spent on combating drugs is not worth what it has cost in not only money, but lives as well. ...

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Whether you have a friend who has been in trouble with the law or a relative who was caught in the middle of a bad drug incident, everyone has been confronted with drugs in some way. ... The war on drugs should end because like prohibition, "the 'cure' here is worse than the 'disease.'" ... In 2001 the federal government spent $929 million on anti drug ads and what are the results? ...

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Canada as a country has a duty to reduce the harm and protect them and that is exactly what they did. ... The safe injection site, InSite was placed in Downtown Eastside, a community where you can get any kind of drug for cheap. ... One of the biggest diseases resulting from injection drugs is AIDS. ... Hepatitis C is a virus transmitted in infected blood that caused liver disease. These are deadly diseases but they can be prevented. ...

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Abstract Throughout history, marijuana has played an important role in various cultures by being used to treat ailments and diseases of many different types. ... The other main use is to alleviate symptoms cause by some of the leading diseases that plague our society. A few of these diseases include AIDS cancer, multiple sclerosis, and glaucoma. ... Despite the legal ramifications, there are still people with these diseases that are willing to take the chance of being arrested, just to feel better. ... The second question stated, " Marijuana was readily available and widely used by studen...

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What really influences teens to do drugs? ... Now what influences them to do it? ... Smoking cannot only mess up teenager's life but it also leads to Alzheimer's disease. ... "I have been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Congestive Heart Failure, Diabetes, Degenerative Bone Disease, Hypertension, Kidney Problems, Liver Damage. ... Drinking can influence what you decide on. 40% of guys say that alcohol influences their decision to do something sexual, and 32% goes for the girls. ...

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Many times people only see the surface of what the drug does to you. ... You can't get addicted."" ... Appiah does not mean you should convince the other person of what you believe or that you should push your views upon them, but simply inform each other about your ideas. ... An Appiah view on this would be to just not care, let them do what they want, become informed about both sides, and continue on the way you want to. ... What he means is t...

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What immediately comes into your mind? ... There have been no recorded deaths related to Cannabis So, you think, what is the point of all this? Well, I"ll tell you. ... Millions die of smoking related diseases and alcohol poisoning each year. ... What would you do if there were no drug that could relieve your pain? ...

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What is there that I could possibly change about our great country? ... Someone has to stand up and say I don't give a damn what you say, I am the way I am, and there is nothing you can do to make me feel bad about that!? ... ll tell you why, home is where the heart is, and my heart is at home with you.? ... Drug addiction is a disease that is running rampant in our schools, our neighborhoods, and even right in our own homes. ... This is what alcoholism is. ...

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How many of you have ever smoked weed? ... How many of you have friends or relatives suffering from AIDS, glaucoma, or cancer? ... Is a disease where the body's immune system attacks nerve cells. ... Perhaps it will even be you one day? ... Since there are so many benefits out there, what is the possible solution to be able to take advantage of them? ...

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Euphoria is when you are overcome with feelings of joy or happiness. ... Alcohol causes more deaths on the road then any other drug because it makes you act out of character and do things you might not even remember the next day and although it is often compared to marijuana, it is really a lot more harmful; However, marijuana is illegal and tobacco and alcohol are not. ... One would have to consume 40,000 times, what would could be considered physically possible. ... Marijuana actually helps easy the pain of people with diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cancer treatment, AIDS, glaucoma, de...

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Lastly, what is Marijuana effect on our country and does making it legal change lives of others? ... The most addictive drug, even above heroin, is nicotine Unlike Marijuana which is used to treat a variety of disorders that cause pain because of diseases like Cancer, HIV, Muscle Spasm, and arthritis; it is also used as an appetite stimulant for people with lack of nutrition which helps patients going through chemotherapy. ... All marijuana will not get you high no matter how much of it you ingest. ... Millions of dollars have already been spent to evaluate the use of marijuana, the finding...

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There are many different types of drugs in this world today from things you smoke to popping pills. ... The effects vary depending on what type of marijuana is used. ... If you are high on marijuana, you are more likely to make stupid mistakes that could embarrass or even hurt yourself. ... Since marijuana affects your judgment and decision making, its use can lead to risky sexual behavior, resulting in exposure to sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, so I guess you can call that a long-term effect since there is no cure for HIV or AIDS. ... "no matter how many shirts or caps you see pri...

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