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Who was the first person to believe that drug addiction was real and not just a “possession of demons”?
Dr. Benjamin Rush
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What are the causes of this problem?
Something like: once you are addicted to a substance, you feel compelled to use it, regardless of the damage it does to your body, your brain, and your life.
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What are the two types of treatments developed to help drug addictions?
pharmaceutical and behavioral
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Is alcohol a drug?
yes
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When did drug addiction begin?
Hundreds of years ago
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Has this drug addiction problem increased or decreased?
increased
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What are some environmental/ geographical barriers that stand in the way of fixing the problem?
barriers to recovery can consist of internal factors, such as character defects and negative emotional states, and external factors such as high Dash risk situations and events. Whether internal or external, these barriers can trigger a relapse.
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Side effects of using marijuana:
(answers may vary) short- term memory loss,laziness, and feeing tired all of the time
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About how many people globally have been affected by drug use disorders?
35 million people
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Why do people become addicted?
There is not one reason- there are two primary factors that make someone vulnerable to become addicted are environmental factors and genetic factors.
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How can drug addictions impact us in the future
As other peoples addictions progressively get worse, this kind affect others to think that this is OK and start to gain an addiction themselves
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What causes 80-90% of all lung cancers?
Smoking
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Where in the world is drug addiction most popular?
United States has the highest rate, with Greenland in a close second
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Which one is worse: an addiction to cocaine or an addiction to marijuana?
Neither- they are both equal addiction rate and both can have deadly actions
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What are the long term effects of drug addiction?
The impact on the body can range from mild symptoms to serious health problems. Nearly every system an organ in the body may be affected by drug abuse.
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How many chemicals does tobacco contain?
400 different chemicals
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