ADDICTION by kristiana ware

The cost of substance abuse to society

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-18 16:38:55 UTC

$524 billion a year.

learn more about the science of drug addiction

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-18 16:44:22 UTC

www.shatterproof.org/pages/science-of-addiction

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Drug addiction is a disease because

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Addiction is like most major diseases. Consider heart disease, the leading cause of death in the developed world. It's partly due to genes and partly due to poor life style choices such as bad diet, lack of exercise, and smoking.

drugs work in the brain by

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-19 17:10:09 UTC

flooding the circuit with dopamine, a chemical in our bodies. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, cognition, motivation, and feelings of pleasure.

i know someone is addicted when they

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-20 16:50:06 UTC

cause problems at work, home, school, and in relationships, leaving you feeling isolated, helpless, or ashamed.

withdraw and detox are

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-20 17:06:45 UTC

Drug detoxification (informally, detox) is variously the intervention in a case of physical dependence to a drug; the process and experience of awithdrawal syndrome; and any of various treatments for acute drug overdose.

how some get addicted and some dont

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-20 17:09:32 UTC

hose who come from families with a multi-generational history of addiction, for example, have a significantly higher risk.

drugs commonly abused

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alcohol,tobacco,marijuana.

drug addiction is

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when you cant stop doin drugs and you just live off of it

health concequences are

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include lung or cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and mental disorders. Imaging scans, chest X-rays, and blood tests show the damaging effects of long-term drug abuse throughout the body. For example, research has shown that tobacco smoke causes cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, blood, lungs, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix.19 In addition, some drugs of abuse, such as inhalants, are toxic to nerve cells and may damage or destroy them either in the brain or the peripheral nervous system.

information about drug abuse can be foun dhere:

kristianaware1 — 2015-03-20 17:21:13 UTC

http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse