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'War on Drugs' and its Political Benefits

the creation of organizations. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is perhaps the best known group that...

War on Drugs' Legalization

In five pages this issue is examined from both sides. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Pathologic Gambling In Parkinson's Disease Patients Using Dopamine Agonist

which dopamine agonists and levodopa therapy works synergistically to provide physical benefits is both grand and far-reaching; th...

A Better Intervention Program for Smokers

Research has confirmed that nicotine addiction is at least as strong as heroin addiction. This means that it is at least as hard t...

Sex Addiction: Not Scientifically Supported

is a concept that seems to serve no other purpose than to relegate sexual expression to the level of shameful acts, except within ...

Ecstasy Use As A Party Drug: Cause And Effect

dosage will make them increase this aphrodisiac sensation will only experience acute nausea, seizures and eventual unconsciousness...

A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

Program to Stop Smoking

helps smokers to see nicotine as a drug and 43 percent of their program participants are smoke-free after a year (Hazelden Foundat...

Heroin Addiction Treatment and the Impact of Developmental Psychology

lines of demarcation shaped by race, socioeconomic status, gender, or age. It was at it height in the late 1970s. In fact, 1979...

3 Human Services Providers Websites Assessed

wide range of areas important in achieving and maintaining recovery from drug or alcohol addiction: * Enhanced self esteem * Inter...

The Long Term Effects of Alcohol on Personality

affected by it. Young people are particularly susceptible to the effects of alcohol as their brains are still developing. Adolesc...

Section Addiction; the Addiction and Contrasting Treatments Using Narrative and Existential Therapy

for one person may be unhealthy for another. A parallel with alcoholism may also be useful, the way one individual used alcohol ma...

Addiction Transfer Disorder & Gastric Bypass Surgery

addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...

The Deleterious Effects of Computer Gambling

are admitted sex addicts and "shopohaulics." No one would want to outlaw shopping or sex, but of course, sex and shopping are regu...

Treating the Addict and Helping in Recovery

but they are human problems. People who get into trouble with these substances need help, not censure. This paper describes some o...

Addiction Behaviors and Two Psychological Theories

up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...

Optimizing Emotional Health Benefits and Opiates

health effectiveness to the treatment of depression and the dependence upon heroin. Depression is likely the most common malady e...

The Family System in Society

families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...

Models of Addiction

should be regarded as legitimate treatments that help to wean the addicted individual from the abused substance both psychologica...

Sports Gambling and the Ethical and Moral Concerns It Arouses

to throw a game. Greed is often at the crux of sports gambling. Players, even if they are doing rather well, may be lured by easy...

Cyberculture and Its Sociological Ramifications

In ten pages this paper examines the mutual changes resulting from the relationship between society and Internet technology in a c...

Effects of Cocaine

In an overview consisting of five pages cocaine is examined in terms of its physical, social, and psychological effects along with...

Heroin Addiction and Substance Abuse

This paper consists of eight pages and focuses upon heroin addiction and the topic of substance abuse with challenges such addicts...

Addiction of Gambling

In nine pages this argumentative essay contends that gambling is an addiction based upon research conclusions. Eleven sources are...

Tobacco Industry Advertising Goals Regarding Women and Smoking

In five pages this research paper considers teen and women tobacco addiction in a consideration of target advertising in a discuss...

Substance Abuse Addiction

This paper of three pages examines the negative traits associated with addiction and addresses issues related to family functionin...

Addiction, Recovery, and Biology

to explain the transition from mere use to addiction (1998). Thus, one can say that while some people have been able to stop drug ...

Group Therapy

Three modes of group psychotherapy are explored. Cognitive restructuring, Gestalt, and meaning-centered family therapy are discuss...

Definition of Sexual Addiction

In eight pages this paper discusses sexual addiction in terms of concept, therapy, and 12 step program groups. Six sources are ci...

Counseling for Addiction

This paper consists of nine pages and explores the types of available treatments and programs for addiction and advocates eclectic...