Addiction Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Addictive behaviors are both reinforcing and rewarding. They become the primary focus of an individual’s life to the disadvantage of other activities. They are of many types of addictive behaviors with sex and drug addictions being among the major addictions (Wu. et al., 2006). Drug addiction (substance dependence) occurs when a person experiences a high need of taking the drug. Addiction happens to a particular kind/class of drug. Sex addiction occurs when one experiences a progressive urge of engaging in sex. It is characterized by compulsive sexual acts and thoughts.

Common Characteristics of Sex and Drug Addiction Behaviors

- They both make a person obsessed by them.
- Withdrawal symptoms ...

When a person shows excessive obsession to any activity and witnesses intrusive thoughts then he or she is likely to suffer from compulsive behavior. This type of behavior makes a person perform an action repeatedly because he or she is unable to suppress his or her desires- these desires are often unbeneficial for the person. Compulsive behavior is not similar to physical addiction like drug or alcohol dependence; however it is still very dangerous and should not be ignored (O'Guinn & Faber, 1989, p. 147-150).
The wide range of compulsive behaviors includes the routine activities that somehow dominate the life of ...

In spite of knowing the health risks

In spite of knowing the health risks

Introduction

There is a certain abnormal heart rhythm called arrhythmia which can lead to death. And there is a process called rhabdomyolysis which can cause sudden kidney failure (WebMD, par 4). Like many other fatal or derogatory effects of drugs on health, arrhythmia and rhabdomyolysis are caused due to consumption of cocaine. No matter common people are acquainted with these terminologies or not, it is certain that most of them are conversant with the health risks associated with stimulants like cocaine and amphetamines. But still, some of them take drugs. This short essay aims at ...

Many people who are addicted to hard drugs are under treatment and rehabilitation due to the many risks that exist as a result of the risky behavior. Most of these addicts risk contracting infectious diseases such as HIV, hepatitis (B or C) and even sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, there is a need to create rehabilitation programs to aid in the recovery and freedom from various forms of drug addiction. One of such therapy programs is the methadone maintenance therapy program. Research shows that this is one of the most effective programs in helping addicts fight with various forms of addiction (Weschsberg, ...

Introduction

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), alcohol addiction or alcohol dependence is defined as a primary, chronic disease with psychological, genetic, and environmental factors influencing its manifestations and development.

Description

Alcohol addiction is characterized by:
- Lack of ability to control use of alcohol
- An extended period of heavy, frequent alcohol use
- Physical dependence manifested by withdrawal symptoms when the individual stops using alcohol
- A variety of legal and social problems arising from the use of alcohol
- The need or tolerance to use more and alcohol to achieve the same effects
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The drug that is highlighted in this paper is opiates. Opiates come in many forms are usually prescribed as pain medication. Opiates include most prescription pain medications such as: heroin, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, et al. These drugs, while good for a short time after a serious accident, surgery, or other medical condition, to control pain, are highly addictive and can become an addictive substance in an individual who is prone to addictive habits. (The Abuse of Prescription Drugs, 2009)
Although opiates are one of the most addictive substances and cause thousands of deaths from self-medicating, there are not ...

Addiction refers to the state or condition of repeating a particular behavior where the need or compulsion is strong compared to the habituation such as drug-taking. Thus the definition of addiction has been formalized and extended to include: a strong compulsion, the habit of increasing dose, and the production of physical dependence. While addiction is often equated with drugs abuse and other ordinary addictions, the concepts is often used in reference to an ever-increasing range of activities, hence addictive behaviors which often don’t involve substances at all such as sex, the internet, gambling and even anorexia nervosa.
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Introduction
“meeting the health needs of all persons, viewed as free and equal citizens, is of comparable and special moral importance” –Justice and Access to Health Care, Norman Daniels
The above statement expresses the sentiments of persons who concur with the idea that there should be universal access to healthcare. The concept of distributive healthcare prevents this from taking place since it subjects persons to a screening process to determine their eligibility for certain types of healthcare. Additionally, distributive healthcare also promotes discrimination of persons, even substance abusers, in need of dire care at ...

Introduction

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

The modern pharmaceutical industry has currently developed several medications in an effort to address a wide array of concerns—concerns that they hope could be addressed by medications. However, along with that development is the ever-increasing number of individuals resorting to substance abuse. A number of substances, despite their medical value, are ...

This study aims to identify reasons for growth in female prison population in China and propose possible solution to the problem. One of the difficulties of this study is that little research and data is available on China’s women in prisons.

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Female offenders constitute a small fraction of total number of people in China, however this number is dramatically increasing which is alarming and cannot be negotiated. According to the statistics provided by Institute for Criminal Policy Research, the percentile of female population in prisons significantly increased over last years ("China | World Prison Brief", 2016). Number of women ...

Introduction

In the book addicted to incarceration, Pratt takes an evidence based approach to argue that America is addicted to incarcerating its population more than any other developed country in the world. This is at the backdrop of the fact that America is the most violent and crime laden industrialized country in the world, despite having the biggest prison system in the world (Platt, 2009). The modern America’s crime policy on incarceration follows the 20th century policies, which were characterized by the endless imprisonment of the population. These were the effects of the general consensus of opportunistic politicians, bureaucrats ...

Introduction

Both the present Mayor Mr. P Stone and Dr. Eager are contesting the upcoming “Mayor” elections in Jefferson, Columbia. Mr. Stone is canvassing for a second term while Dr. Eager is the main challenger. In this situation, the statements made by Dr.Eager to the media, have to be examined with a different perspective. The statements have to be analyzed, with the destiination as to whether Dr. Eagers statements and his arguments, justifying them, are logically and rationally tenable. This is the purpose of this short essay.

Argumentative Thesis Question

Crime & Drug Abuse
Dr. Eager seeks to justify his contention that crime rates increase ...

For long, the war on drugs has been fought through many fronts such as the criminalization of certain drugs, harsh penalties for drug possession and military confrontation. The military is being used to combat drug trafficking since it is now believed that drug trafficking has become a national security issue. This is because drug trafficking has caused widespread corruption, undermining of democracies and has sometimes been used to finance terrorism. Military action mainly targets capturing or killing of leaders of major drug cartels. Military operations have also helped in chasing, tracking and capturing of drug smugglers. Military success can ...

For some, smoking tobacco is a pleasurable experience to enjoy in moderation. For many, however, tobacco is a highly addictive substance which causes them, and those around them, many health problems. If someone is aware of the consequences of smoking and still wants to smoke, a democratic society would say they have the right to do so, but also the responsibility that goes with that right not to harm anyone else while doing so. Is it an act of freedom or fascism to force someone to do something, even if the action appears to be in the best interests of the individual? ...

Washington Post (WP) of 4th may 2012 contained an article by Mike Duggan on youth alcoholism in the US state of Michigan in the particular district of Detroit. Duggan is an accomplished article writer with experience spanning two decades, and has earned accolades the world over and in all the United States. He has done articles on several subjects that matter to the American citizens ranging from economic issues, social issues and political analyses.

On this particular date, he delves into a social matter that remains one of the most discussed issues in the United States of American society, youth ...

Cyber-hate

Cyber-hate is an offence of propagating hate majorly through the internet. It is rampant in the 21st century due availability of devices which enable access to the internet such as smartphones, tablets and computers. Cybercrime has become such a thorny issue that combating it has become the main agenda of many a government. The social websites were also invented in the 21st century.
Cyber-hate is so important a topic since it addresses the issues at stake and pertinent to the human race, the shortcomings that come with them and probably considers recommendations for combat of such vices. Cyber-hate can cause trauma ...

Throughout history the legality of drugs has often changed. Marijuana likely began in the 1600’s as many people were growing hemp to make ropes. During the Civil War opiates were used to anesthetize patients so that the doctors had time to perform surgeries. In the 1870’s the original recipe for Coca Cola contained cocaine and drugs like heroin and morphine were used to combat alcohol addiction (Reed n.d).
In America, today the laws regarding drugs differ from state to state. In some states, even the smallest amount of illegal drugs will cause a person to be arrested ...

The comment I would leave on the video would be one regarding the action needed to be taken against the pharmacies which do not pay attention to the prescriptions and clinics which write these prescriptions for the people in the first place. This is importance because the video reveals how the pharmacists caught the people as their actions and prescriptions were suspicious, however, there is no concern revealed regarding taking any action against the mentioned clinics which have a doubtful operation running in the country.
I had observed a critical moment when I happened to be in a pharmacy ...

Assignment Description: To demonstrate competence in public speaking and group facilitation, students will be required to research one substance abuse prevention strategy/activity and present it to the class as the facilitator/teacher. In other words, you will create a lesson plan using the template on the next page and implement the activity with your peers enrolled in the course. The presentation should have an interactive component that enhances learning objectives for the topic. A strategy is different than a program in that a strategy is usually an activity that is part of a larger program.

Lesson Title: Marijuana
Substance Abuse ...

Information technology as a phenomenon that plays a significant role in the life of society and human is relatively recent. Many experts connect it with the information revolution that started at the beginning of the 90s of the last century. The greatest influence on this process was by the development of local and global networks, industry of personal computers production, the Internet widespread, but the main driver of this process was the emergence of new services for the globalization of information exchange (creating the World Wide Web for standardization of search and delivery of multimedia documents). Today I consider that it ...

Doritos ‘Goat 4 Sale’ advert is powerful commercial that uses humor to attract viewers’ attention and curiosity while promoting Doritos chips as the most delicious and addictive. The goat is seen, screaming, kicking things and jumping on the table because there was no Doritos chips left in the cabinet. These funny events can easily be recalled by the viewer because they are distinctive and unusual.
The Doritos intended to promote their chips as the most delicious and addictive. The main characters in the commercial are seen eating the chips. The goat is captured eating chips stored in the ...

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- List five major health issues that can occur at any point in our life and explain how an individual’s lifestyle impacted the onset of the health issue. If scientific research does not implicate lifestyle was a contributing factor, provide other contributing factor/s which contributed to the health issue onset.
Poor lifestyle of many individuals, if not changed, can lead to major health concerns. These health issues include diabetes, heart attack, bone loss, obesity and drug addiction. The most common diabetes these days is the type 2 diabetes. Study ...

Plato looks at pleasure as a source of delight and sensual enjoyment. In his work ‘Gorgias’, Plato talks of Socrates, and makes him relay his views. His concept is that things are termed beautiful based on the pleasure derived from them or their use. In the same way, the lack of pleasure from an item determines its lack of beauty. Plato classifies pleasure into two categories. There are those pleasures that lead to good ends, and there are those pleasures that are purposed only for fulfilling desires. Therefore, there are good pleasures and bad pleasures. Plato holds that the methods, ...

While the hit Netflix television series “Orange is the New Black” has succeeded in pulling back the curtain a bit on the situation facing woman in the criminal justice system; popular notions, assumptions and stereotypes of female offenders remain misleading at best or completely false at worst. More importantly, however, public policy continues to ignore the special status of women offenders despite the fact, as the show illustrates, of major differences in the types of crimes in which women commit crimes and the frequency in which they commit them.
Even though the traditional portrayal of women in the criminal ...

The Cask of Amontillado is a gripping story by Edgar Allan Poe which explores the realm of human emotions. The author pens the literary work and aptly exudes his expertise though the various devices which are used to enhance the tumultuous influence of the story on the minds of the readers. A close analysis of the characters and the theme along with the other literary devices will make one comprehend the excellence and the paramount influence of the story on the human minds. The author personifies his “hostile feelings and thoughts, symbolizing the repressed instincts of the personality” in the ...

Introduction

Alcohol consumption is endemic in the US with 80% youngsters under the age of 21 being involved in underage drinking. Despite the minimum legal drinking age set at 21, studies show that almost all the youths start drinking alcohol before crossing the threshold of 21. The trend among youngsters to drink heavily than adults is alarming. Alcohol abuse among youngsters is more prevalent than smoking tobacco or marijuana. As per the report presented by CDC, over 4,700 annual deaths occurring in the US are associated with underage drinking and more than 90% youngsters who use alcohol involve in ...

When it comes to measuring the intellectual capability and the level of human relationships, the young people are the best instruments. This can never be achieved better by looking at any other place rather than the American society. The American youth and what they display is a fundamental measure of how environment affects behaviour. The ever changing behaviour of the society is so alarming which has prompted literature writers and other scholars to condemn the act. Technology not only promises people an easy life but also providing measures through which people can leave a life free of stress despite it being ...

Introduction

Gone are the days when one would have to post a telegram to convey urgent messages to people they knew. Technology and Science have been miraculously meritorious in reducing not only distances but also efforts to an extent that one couldn’t even have imagined this to be possible back in Graham Bell’s days. In this context, it makes good sense to remember that telephones were replaced by Pagers which were further replaced by Mobile Phones. And now Smart Phones rule the roost of world. Similarly, with the emergence and mushrooming of various websites, social networking is on its ...

He looks at his cards: pocket aces. A sly grin emerges on his face as he thinks to himself, “This is my chance to win back the $250 and more!” His heart begins to pound uncontrollably as adrenaline rushes through every muscle of his body. Overcome with anticipation and excitement, he mentally calculates the potential winnings. He hears the dealer confirm, “Your action, sir.” With assurance, he asserts, “All in.” The flop reveals a King-King-Queen. He reasons, “I’ve got this! Two pairs is ought to win.” The dealer displays the final two cards: nine, queen. Just as he begins ...

(1). William Glasser, an American psychiatrist and psychologist developed Reality Therapy in the mid-60s. As he continued making use of the therapy he had developed, its theory, techniques, and broader applications kept on evolving. Reality Therapy is a therapeutic approach in which people learn to comprehend the needs that our species have developed as a result of evolution and that drive every human being. Using this form of therapy allows therapists to help people make more effective choices so that these needs are met, to take control of their own lives, and become strong to handle problems and stresses of life. Glasser ...

Question one

A maxim that, in order to maximize my pleasure, I will take recreational drugs whenever I feel like is self-defeating. It cannot be applied as a universal law to all humans as rational beings. It will be a failure to cultivate talents in exchange for a life full of pleasure and leisure. This is also a compromise of human capacity for self insight, self development and personal growth. This is because it is just a quick fix to challenge individuals are facing in their lives.
Additionally, Kant provided arguments against taking of recreational drugs because he termed them as exclusive substitutes for self ...

Addicted to Incarceration

In his book, (Pratt, 2009 p.15) explains about the justice system in the United States; whilst at the same time criticizing it. In his view, the justice system in the country is in motion towards the wrong direction, and that now is the right time that the federal government should critically view it like he does and take the necessary steps before it is too late. This paper shall decipher insights about this book, but will concentrate more on giving analysis on the sixth chapter of the book.
This chapter critically gives Travis’ views on the social impact ...

INTRODUCTION

In Homel, Tomsen and Thommeny’s study “Public Drinking and Violence: Not Just an Alcohol Problem” (1992), the researchers observe twenty three different homes in Sydney, Australia, in order to determine the different factors that can make physical violence a greater likelihood. In this essay, we will critically evaluate this study, to determine whether the research question, theoretical framework, and methodology are sound ways to get the results the researchers were looking for.

RESEARCH QUESTION

The research question, in an essence, is to determine whether or not violence occurs in the home or outside in social areas strictly because of the presence ...