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Drug AddictionAllison Touchstone
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Thesis Statement
Drug addiction is a devastating issue that is affecting our society today. Addiction takes on many forms. Whether it is alcoholism, or substance abuse. It affects both the abuser, their family and friends emotionally, mentally, financially and physically
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What is a Drug?
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Different Categories of
Drugs www.hemp4victory.com/drugs-legalized.html
What is Addiction?
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Risk Factors of Drug
Usage
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HOW DRUGS AFFECT THE BRAIN
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A Normal, Healthy Brain
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A Normal, Healthy Brain
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Heroin AddictNormal, Healthy Brain
Cocaine Addict
Meth Addict
Marijuana Addict
Alcoholic
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Alcoholism
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-ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, The Big Book
“Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.”
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Signs of Alcoholism
• Drinking for relief• Need for increasingly
large amounts of alcohol to feel drunk
• “Blackouts” : Not being able to remember events or block of time while drinking
• Not admitting to having a problem
• Hiding drinking from others
• Sneaking drinks• Increasing thoughts
about alcohol • Planning events or
entire days around drinking
• Drinking as soon as they wake up
• Personality changes and mood swings
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How Marijuana
Affects the Body
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Methamphetamine
The Dangers of Meth
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Heroin
Rehabilitation Options
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12 Step Programs
Self-Help Groups
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Alternative
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Application
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Application Video
Class
Activity
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Works Cited • Shaw, Brian F., Paul Ritvo, and Jane Irvine. Addiction & Recovery for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley, 2005. Print• Gwinnell, Esther, and Christine A. Adamec. "Heroin." The Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse. New
York NY: Facts On File, 2008. Print• Karr, Justin. Alcoholism. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2008. Print.• Walker, Ida. Addiction in America: Society, Psychology, and Heredity. Philadelphia: Mason
Crest, 2008. Print.• Etingoff, Kim. Methamphetamine: Unsafe Speed. Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2008. Print.• Goodwin, William. Marijuana. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 2002. Print.• Barter, James. Cocaine and Crack. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 2002. Print. • Lennard-Brown, Sarah. Marijuana Chicago, Illinois: Raintree, 2005. Print.
Conclusion
• In conclusion drug addiction is a problem that needs to be taken seriously. It is so much easier to say no then it is to go through rehab and to quit, because once you’re addicted it can take a lifetime of pain to become clean again. So save your life and say no.
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