The traditional role of schools has been to provide a secure and structured environment, at which children attend to receive an education, and socialize with peer groups. Many schools today have become a place where children are unruly, lack self discipline and test limits. Sick leave for many teachers today takes the form of extended stress leave, due to classroom issues and pressures.
Since the 1960′s,...
Drug use is said to inhibit creativity. That when we habitually abuse drugs, we become less creative.
Iain Smith, a Glasgow psychiatrist and addiction specialist states that the association between drug abuse and enhanced creativity is simply a popular myth – that drug and alcohol abuse impairs our creativity.
It is quite clear from many studies that drug and alcohol use impairs our ability to function at all...
Violent games and the impact on youth of media violence is the subject of hot debate. Does exposure to violent games and media violence contribute to youth aggression and encourage permissive attitudes.
In 2006 a study by researchers from San Francisco and Pittsburg took a group of 100 students aged between 18 and 21 and gave them either Grand Theft Auto III or Simpsons Hit and Run to play. Gamers had different...
People can get addicted to drugs very easily, as some substances often give physical pleasure and certain positive emotional feelings, albeit fleeting.
In some cases, the person turned to drugs just to escape from the emotional turmoil of their personal lives. Ray Charles’ drug addiction may be one such case, and it is a story that needs to be told for all who want to give up such a dangerous habit.
* Heroin is...
In spite of the rise of cocaine use in the 1980’s, the numbers in the past ten years have held steady.
With no actual rise in use, both Canada and the United States are reporting less than two percent of the population using addictive drugs.
The numbers may actually be deceiving and a little higher, since drugs are illegal and not something many would admit to trying, much less using on a regular basis, so the...
