Essays on Addiction

In the article Legal Weed--What your kids need to know, the author Geraint Osborne discusses the key points that parents or guardians should use to enhance their kids’ knowledge on marijuana now that it has been legalized in Canada. The author makes strong points on the many tools that parents...

Statistics on the Connection between Mental Illness and Drug Abuse Statistics shows that over 39% of individuals that have severe mental illness are characterized by drug abuse. According to American Medical Association, mental illness and addiction problems trigger prolonged distress that results in mental impairment (Hiday, Borum & Wagner, 2014). Customarily,...

Mostly, people ask themselves what would change bring in the field of drugs for minors. Diligent focus on country’s healthcare is a changing agenda in every state, and that is the reason people have to ask why not the medical area that forms children? New regulations could be the way...

Fischbach, Peter. "The Role of Illicit Drug Use in Sudden Death in the Young." Cardiology in the Young, vol. 27, 2017 Supplement 1, pp. S75-S79. This source argues that illicit drugs such as marijuana should be banned as it has led to the death of many young people. The problem of...

Ariyabuddhiphongs. V. Lottery Gambling: A Review. Journal of Gambling Studies. Springer Science+Business Media, Retrieved on 30th April 2010; 1-79 Credentials of the Author The author of the review article is V. Ariyabuddhiphongs. The author uses survey questionnaire to provide evidence on why people buy lotteries, and the predictor of lottery participation. Besides, the...

Monroe, Todd, and Heidi Kenaga. "Don't ask don't tell: substance abuse and addiction among nurses." Journal of Clinical Nursing 20.0962-1067 (2011): 505. Print. The article describes the challenges faced by nurses who are addicted to substance abuse. It highlights the responsibility of administrators, providers, and students of identifying practitioners who are...

“No legal industry could, like meth, claim 1,000 percent increases in production and sales in the four years between 1998 and 2002, a period in which corn prices remained flat and beef prices actually fell. Farmers, desperate to avoid foreclosure on their land, sold anhydrous ammonia (a common fertilizer) to...

Smoking is an endemic problem that not only affects smokers, but also goes as far as affecting innocent non-smoking public. At the core of this problem is the issue of smoking in public places. Being a risk to public health a ban on public smoking can be a life saver,...

Emerging Issues in the World Emerging issues in the world have taken a divergent scope influenced by the ever dynamic life of man. It is quite clear that observable steps can be seen when it all started to the war against servitude during the dark ages, military demonstration in the era...

The Advancement of Mobile Technology and Smartphone Addiction The advancement of mobile technology has led to the overuse of smartphones, which may lead to addiction (Samaha and Hawi 2016). Traditionally, the mobile phone was used for communication purposes only, but there have been improvements in the mobile phone which makes it...

The nature of existence and development of criminal behavior is a hotly researched topic in criminology which has attracted extensive scholarly interest and led to the development of an array of theoretical perspectives. These include the general theory of crime, the strain theory, the differential differentiation theory among others. In...

In recent years, the legalization of bhang has resulted in a heated debate as supporters and opposes of this move locking into debates as each focus to ensure their side takes the day. However, the debate has left the different state governments, nations and lawmakers at crossroads as to which...