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Janet on Nov 4th, 2011 in
Drug Addiction |
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It is easier to understand why drugs are such a problem in the world today if you think about why it is that we call substance abuse and dependence – recreational drug use.
Drugs are an old problem in society – escapist drugs having been used traditionally to ease the pressures of life, yet destructive levels of addiction were rare. The Gin Lane conditions of the Hogarth cartoon – in which people...
According to a November 2010 report from CAMH - gambling drugs and suicide are a problem for Ontario youth, with around 29,000 Ontario schoolchildren having a gambling problem, with related drug use, and suicide attempts.
Gambling drug use and suicide are all within the compulsive range of behavior when carried out addictively. Typically, these types of behavior are seen by society as being a problem, and attempts...
Drug effects on spider webs are both startling and bizarre. Drug effects on spiders are revealed in the webs they build. Each of the common psychotropic drugs that we use for stimulation, or sedation has a powerful and unique effect on the capacity of the spider to develop up a web.
Normal spider webs are built with a precision and a skill that any civil engineer would envy. For its weight the strength of spider...
In a special report news item, Peter Jennings, a journalist with the ABC news wrote, and complained about illicit drug use and addiction in America in the late 1980′s.
He called the media report Drugs – A Plague upon the Land.
There are lots of plagues upon the land today – addiction to drugs is only one example.
We are plagued with obesity – people are “concerned” about what to do...
A British study has recently found that in terms of the damage done to individuals and to the community as a direct and indirect result of alcohol abuse, alcohol is more dangerous than drugs.
We have a love affair with alcohol that has survived attempted prohibition. While alcohol use is encouraged, alcohol abuse is something tolerated although generally discouraged. While most people treat alcohol as a social...
