Substance Abuse

Is drug addiction is a disease, not a choice? Or it is a choice and not a disease? Drug Addiction has become a serious issue in society today, with an increase in controversy leading towards the topic of whether drug addiction is a disease or a choice. Addiction and disease are two different things and understanding them is very important when it comes to drugs and how it affects the mind and body. Several people tend to jump the gun and think that drug addiction is a disease, when in fact it is a choice. Some scientists believe that that drug addiction is a disease and to an extent that it makes people powerless to control its prevalence, on the other hand some scientists believe that addiction is a choice and that people have

Discrimination is when an individual or group of people are treated more or less favorably than others.

Prejudice is when we have a preconceived opinion about someone or a group of people that is formed without knowledge, or even a real understanding about them.

People are not born prejudiced. “It is something that is learned". It can be learned in the same way other attitudes and values are learned, primarily through association, reinforcement and modeling. For example, children may learn to associate a particular ethnic group with poverty, crime, violence and other negative things” (2006 Anti-Defamation League). Also, prejudice in “children may be reinforced by listening to derogatory ethnic jokes, especially when others laugh along or think they're cool”. Lastly, children may simply imitate the prejudices of their older family members and popular friends. Prejudice is to pre- judge. “Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward members of a group. Common features of prejudice

Domestic violence is skyrocketing in our society. In the U.S., as many as 1.5 million women and 850,000 men were physically assaulted by their intimate partner last year, and numerous children abused by their parents. These sad criminal acts will continue to grow in our society, unless our community takes action to stop these crimes.

Prejudice is an opinion in which is not based on any reasoning, and may cause harm. Prejudice can be seen just about anywhere, and it affects our daily lives. There are many different ways a person can show prejudice beliefs, but why do they believe things they have never experience? Some may say it’s something personal with one’s self that causes prejudice thoughts, or some may think it their surroundings contribute as a motive.

The problem of domestic violence is on the rise and causing more harm than ever to its victims and their family. Even though there are so many domestic violence cases in the world today, there are still many people in the United States today that are unaware of how serous this crime has become. The explanation for this may be that there are many households that have not ever experienced any type of violence in their home. Many victims of this type of abuse have been misleading by their abuser that they do not even realize that they are victims of domestic violence. Domestic violence causes

Discrimination comes in different forms.  It can be direct when someone’s gender, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, age, disability or being transgender is used as an explicit reason for treating them differently.  This is the kind of discrimination that people often recognize easily.  An example would be if a person is fired at work

Prejudice is a preconception of a person based on stereotypes without reason or personal experience. When somebody hears the word prejudice, he or she may think it refers only to the racial prejudice that is generally found

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. (Maya Angelou) By definition prejudice is a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. Prejudice to others is hate, judgement, and evil. The effects of prejudice are shown in the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the play The Merchant of Venice, and the tragedy known as the Holocaust. Prejudice affected all people differently, but one thing is true for all; prejudice is crippling and disables those who experience it from being who they truly are and doing as they please.

Infelicitously, for many, pain is numbed by the ephemeral fine-tune of drugs, alcohol, or a process (comportment) addiction. This results in a spiral of numbing, followed by culpability, shame, and even more unpleasant feelings. In many cases, substance use leads to even more traumatic experiences. Often, this eventually leads to substance dependence, and

Prejudice is an opinion or feeling formed by someone that is about someone else or a certain group of people . An example of this is that someone could be prejudice towards a certain gender which would also be a form of being sexist, like saying males are stronger than women, this would be an example of sextis or prejudice because this is a rude comment going towards a certain group which in this case would be towards women. Prejudice could also be introduced as prejudgment about someone's particular social group or race.

Physiological and overwhelming effects of a drug are also affected by the sociocultural context of its use. However, addiction may also involve psychological dependence, a strong emotional need for the substance in its absence a physical dependence on it can result in terrible with drawl symptoms along with mood changes. With that said, dependence results from the physical effects of the substance that are sustained only with its continual use. Sad to say, over time a drug user may develop a tolerance to a particular drug which in term can cause a long tern reliance on a larger intake of drugs for balance (Humphrey, J. A., & Schmalleger,

Dependence is the results of the physical effects of the substance that is obtained by continual use. the sudden cessation of the drug may cause severe Physical and physiological discomfort. If a person

They speed up the action of the brain. They make people feel more alert, more confident and less tired.