Category: Drug Addiction

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Definition of addiction- WHO definition: The Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases and Health Problems (ICD-10) defines the dependence syndrome as being a cluster of physiological, behavioural, and cognitive phenomena in which the use of a substance or a class of substances takes on a much higher priority for a given individual than…

The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health stated that an estimated 2.1 million people in the United States [were] suffering from substance use disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012 and an estimated 467,000 addicted to heroin. (Volkow) Opioids are the most commonly prescribed drugs for managing moderate-to-severe chronic…

Drug addiction which is also known as substance use disorder is a chronic disease in which a person cannot stop or control the consumption of illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroine, crack, etc. Drug addiction has terrible consequences socially and economically plus it severely affects your mental and physical health and in the worst cases…

Drug use is one of the most important problems in modern society. According to Breakdown Britain 2006, ‘Britain is experiencing an explosion in addiction’ (Duncan Smith 2006: 40). Based on statistics, one and three quarters million young people in Britain use cocaine. Over the past seven years, their number has increased twice. Over the past…

Introduction Abusing drugs appears to be a common problem in the modern world, and the overuse of drugs is getting unsafe and out of hand. There are numerous ways this dilemma can be handled or solved. The most popular solutions would be treating abuse of drugs as a crime, or alternatively, treating them as a…

I am here today to express my newfound knowledge of drug addiction, and how my knowledge has led me to believe how decriminalizing drug addiction is the only way to help addicts. Lets start with what you think you know about drug addiction and what I thought I knew about drug addiction too. Lets say…

Nowadays, as substances are widely used across the nation, substance use disorder becomes a more prevalent disorder in the US. Drug addiction can be defined as compulsive drug use and a loss of control over drug-taking (Zangen, 2010). It is a severe psychological and pathological disorder, which risks body homeostasis and causes cognitive impairments. To…

Introduction Drug addiction is increasingly becoming a universal issue, both expense wise, but also the impact it has socially. With an estimated cost to the healthcare of $1 trillion, it is clear why there is a high demand for further knowledge and treatments (NIoDA, 2017). Not only does the cost of addiction put a strain…

Emotional strain over long periods of time can inevitably lead to the final failing of relationships. Substance abuse can change the individuals behavior, they become more isolated; closing their family and friends off. They tend to avoid family or friends who have confronted them about their addiction, and some steal from their loved ones to…