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Addiction Summary
954 words, approx. 3 pages
Addiction in its broadest sense can be defined as the habituation to a practice considered harmful. A more narrow definition of the term refers to chronic use of a chemical substance in spite of severe psychosocial consequences. Terms such as...
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Addiction : Biological Psychology
737 words, approx. 3 pages
The process or state in which an organism needs the presence of a DRUG (including ALCOHOL) to function normally. The concept and definition of addiction has undergone considerable evolution throughout recent history. Central to this process has been...
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American Society of Addiction Medicine (Asam) Summary
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The American Society of Addiction Medicine (4601 North Park Avenue, Arcade Suite 101, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; 301-656-3920; http://www.asam.org) is a not-forprofit organization of physicians in all medical specialties and subspecialties who devote a...
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Addiction Summary
482 words, approx. 2 pages
Addiction is a dependence, on a behavior or substance, that a person is powerless to stop. The term has been partially replaced by the word dependence for substance abuse. Addiction has been extended, however, to include mood-altering behaviors or...
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Addiction Information
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The term 'addiction' was used to describe a devotion, attachment, dedication, inclination, etc. Nowadays, however, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful...
 


Quotations
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Addiction Quotes
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Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know I've been using it for years. I used to think there was light at the end of the tunnel, but for me today the light is on a locomotive headed right for me. Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the...


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Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication
Addiction.
09/01/1999: 1,606 words, approx. 5 pages
Research is presented on drug addiction and how it effects the brain. The way in which these addictions are brought on are discussed as well as which drugs are more likely to be addictive. The personality changes undergone by addicts and techniques on ridding...
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Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Addicted to.
03/01/2008: 712 words, approx. 2 pages
Addicted to We have style queens, style police and style icons. This week Ireland's growing army of style addicts will be well catered for by a/wear with a series of fashion shows around the country in aid of the Cancer Society. ...
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AP Features
Detox Clinic Opening for Video Addicts
6/9/2006: 538 words, approx. 2 pages
An addiction center is opening Europe's first detox clinic for game addicts, offering in-house treatment for people who can't leave their joysticks alone. Video games may look innocent, but they can be as addictive as gambling or drugs _ and...
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AP News
Tajikistan grapples with drug addiction
12/10/2006: 773 words, approx. 3 pages
Central Asia's poorest county is also one of the world's leading transit routes for heroin, opium and other drugs from Afghanistan. Sergei Makhkamov has been caught in the flood."I tried it, I liked it and it went from there," said the haggard, fidgety, out-of-work 24-year-old...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Viewpoint on Addiction
49,967 words, approx. 167 pages
“Scientific research into addiction ... has led experts to conclude that addiction is actually a disease, a chronic illness like diabetes or hypertension.” —Janet Firshein, independent health writer and former editor of Medicine and...
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Viewpoint on Addiction 2
45,643 words, approx. 152 pages
“Absent a clear definition of addiction, researchers will continue finding it very difficult to determine addiction prevalence rates, etiology, or the necessary and sufficient causes that stimulate recovery.” —Howard J. Shaffer,...
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Addictions: Not Always Dangerous
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Illustrates how today's society can be addicted to television, particularly the WB's television show "Charmed."
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Addiction
470 words, approx. 2 pages
New theories have come about with regard to the causes of addiction and how it affects us. Everyone has some sort of addictive behavior, but some addictions are obviously more harmful than others. Regardless of why people have addictions, whether it is a lack of self-control or genetic programming, we need to look at this problem with a feeling of hope and to help each other with this problem.


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