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Why Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Is So Scary – the Randolph Guide

Why Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death is so scary – The Randolph Guide


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Why Philip Seymour Hoffman's death is so scary
The Randolph Guide
The root causes of addiction, like those of many multifactorial diseases, are frustratingly elusive, a nebulous mixture of genetics, exposure and environment. Addiction runs in families, but plenty of addicts come from families with no history of the
Actor's death shines a light on addictionThe Seattle Times
Why does drug relapse happen even after decades of sobriety?New York Daily News
Hoffman among thousands of addiction victimsKCTV Kansas City
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Causes of Addiction – Google News

Age of first drug use in UAE declining – gulfnews.com

Age of first drug use in UAE declining
gulfnews.com
The main causes of addiction worldwide are peer pressure, family and financial crises, curiosity about the experience, and lack of spiritual and moral values, experts said at the forum. The conference, which will continue until Friday, is being held

What Causes Addiction?

Question by melon_rose: What causes addiction?

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Answer by Dave Yours Truly
Drug use or abuse crosses the line into drug addiction when you feel you have to have the drug, and you increase the amount of the drug you take. Various factors, such as your personality, your genetic makeup and peer pressure, affect your likelihood of becoming addicted to a drug. In addition, some drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, more quickly produce a physical addiction than other drugs do for many people.

Physical addiction appears to occur when repeated use of a drug alters reward pathways in your brain. The addicting drug causes physical changes to some nerve cells (neurons) in your brain.

I Need Information on Weather Drug Addiction Is Inherieted or Is It Learned Behavior & the Difference Between?

Question by pookie: I need information on weather drug addiction is inherieted or is it learned behavior & the difference between?
Im doing a study on drug addiction and need to know whether it is inherited or passed down from generation to generation or do you learn to use drugs from family members or peer pressure.

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Answer by zapata
98% of psychology uses intuition to describe,and analyze human behavior,anecdotal evidence might be dna studies,,,inconclusive,,,,societal factors,ditto,,,,,biological factors,such as sensitivity to foods,chemicals as these often bear on topics such as l/d,add/hd,anti social tendencies,if these professions understood drug addiction,they’d have vaccines

Answer by Suzy Cutes
Both, actually, and any conclusion drawn on the subject is going to have its exceptions. That said, I lean toward inherited, or at least something within the physiological and not the sociological make up of the person.

Could You Help Me to My Research Paper All About Drug Addiction?

Question by nicole perez p: Could you help me to my research paper all about drug addiction?
Could you help to my research paper all about Causes of Drug Addiction( enviromental causes, family problems and peer pressure) could you give me some information about this topic

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Answer by Amanda D
there are all kinds of drug addictions….

pot, coke, meth…..pick one….

all three cause family issues, there is also the pressure from friends to do it (mostly pot). and mostly in high school kids. there are lots of websites that can help you research it.

gl

Answer by darchangel_3
Hmm I guess I cant be of any help.. none of those issues you mention really had anything to do with it in my case.. I just liked the drugs.. Sorry..

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Youngsters Losing ‘substance’ to Abuse – Times of India

Youngsters losing ‘substance’ to abuse – Times of India

Youngsters losing 'substance' to abuse
Times of India
Peer pressure, boredom, frustration, academic and parental pressure, genetic factors, lack of emotional support etc. could be termed as some of the causes of youngsters falling in trap of substance abuse, said head of the department of Sociology

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Is Addiction Biological, Psychological or a Social Issue?

Question by : Is addiction biological, psychological or a social issue?
I am looking for answers to support my theories in the aspects to the Bio-Psycho-Social model, but I am tired of hearing clinical explanations supporting text book definitions, what i am looking for is personal thoughts and feelings on the birth of addiction in you or someone that you may know. Thank you so much. 😎

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Answer by Doggy S
Biological if drugs, psychological if like video games, and social if porn i guess

Answer by fuzzsta8
the guy above me is wrong about drugs

not all drugs are pyhiscally addictive (you dont refer to them as biologically addictive just so you know)
most are and when you try to quit your body has problems functioning without the drug
marijuana is one drug that isn’t phyiscally addictive