Essays on Addiction

Addiction from a psychological point of view is a condition in which an individual involves himself with the use of a substance or a behavior for which the effects compel that person to repeat the same behavior in spite of the consequences that come with it. The habit usually involves...

According to Bowser et al., (2014), there has been increased prevalence in drug and substance abuse especially among young people. In the research titled, “Get drunk. Smoke weed. Have fun.” A Content Analysis of Tweets about Marijuana and Alcohol,” the authors’ general question was, “What themes of the most influential...

As argued by Hall (2013), sex addiction continues to be a highly controversial problem. Clinicians and researchers have described sex addiction as a mechanism used to cope up with the profound damage caused by childhood trauma. In this case, sex addicts begin to learn in the course of their development...

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects a person’s thinking, the way of expressing emotions, relating to others as well as how they act and perceive reality (Frith, 2014). Although it is a rare mental disorder, Schizophrenia is the most chronic and most disabling of the major mental illnesses....

 The human body displays various reactions that are characterized by opposing tendencies. Such tendencies affect flight and fight reactions, feeling hungry, and nerve firing among many other body processes. This paper will use psychological and physical mechanisms to explain how various opposing processes apply to the automatic nervous system, color...

The worldwide prevalence of substance abuse is on the rise and becoming a major social problem and health hazard globally. In light of the magnitude of drug abuse and the adverse health and social consequences, it has on the society sustained medical research is vital to reduce and curb the...

According to most people who are suffering from addiction, there seems to be little or no hope for recovery. The rate of drug and substance abuse has persistently risen over the years. Drug and substance abuse affects more people currently (Rawson). Luckily, there exist a large number of trusted, reliable rehabilitation...

Null Hypothesis: People who use twitter show signs of addiction Relative Hypothesis: People who use twitter do not show any signs of addiction. The target population for this experiment is composed of two different groups. Each group is having a sample size (t = 10). The sample is comprised of account owners...

People in the society are frequently confronted with ethical dilemmas, and it is important for every individual to prepare for the eventuality of learning how to apply ethical principles. Three circumstances must be existent for a given situation to be deliberated as a moral dilemma. The leading condition takes place...

Katie Roiphe and Nicholas Dixon are individuals who have written articles concerning social matters in society. It is of importance to take a keen interest of these social aspects since they involve every person in the society in one way or the either, i.e. either directly. Katie Roiphe gives a...

A Continuing Debate on Drug Legalization A drug is described as a substance which changes the standard biological functions of human body. The government has always prohibited the manufacturing of the illegal drugs within a country and they, strictly control its use because illicit drugs can lead to habituation or addiction....

Proposition 2 is a ballot proposition that is expected to take place in Utah during the state’s general elections that would be held on 6th November 2018 (Sevigny, 58). Proposition 2 focuses on the legalization of the medical use of marijuana for those persons with identifiable medical illnesses (Frankel, 125)....