Alcoholism
.... she
would leave me alone and sometimes physically abuse me. Therefore, I sometimes
had a hard time understanding why she treated me so differently. On the other
hand, I always received my explanations from my great-grandmother whom I called “
Mema”. I am not the only individual who considered her to be this type of
caring person. Everyone that had known her, thought she was remarkable.
Unfortunately, she started getting ill and during her times of need, I
took care of her. in this time frame I knew that she was going to leave me soon.
I was fourteen and dealing with a lot of changes in my life. I wish Josephine
did not have .....
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Alcohol And Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
.... complicate fetal development.(Harris, p.85)
FAS is due to the mother's consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.
Alcohol in the woman's bloodstream circulates to the fetus via the placenta.
There, the alcohol intrudes with the ability of the fetus to receive a
sufficient amount of oxygen and nourishment for normal development in the brain
and other body organs. The critical time for alcohol teratogenicity is around
the time of conception.
Effects of FAS/FAE
Although alcohol is the only cause of FAS, there are unfortunately
numerous effects. Infants with FAS may have a weak sucking response and an
irregular sucking pattern .....
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Alcohol Abuse
.... the use of alcohol from generation
to generation. However, these studies have shown no hard evidence for an
association between alcoholism and inherited factors.
The learning and social model proposes that alcoholism is a process
that is slowly developed within a social situation or atmosphere. This model of
alcoholism has also been researched by using both human and animal subjects. A
conditioning model of alcohol tolerance has demonstrated that specific cues from
the environment such as odor, sight, and taste, produce a stimulus that results
in alcohol consumption. If ethanol, the addictive ingredient in alcohol , is
no .....
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Alcoholism: Symptoms, Causes, And Effects
.... minor; [2] spending more money than planned; [3]
drinking while intoxicated and getting arrested; [4] making inappropriate
remarks to friends, family, and co-workers; [5] arguing, fighting and other
anti-social actions. The alcoholic would probably neither do such things, nor
approve of them in others unless he was drinking" (Johnson 203).
The cause of alcoholism is a combination of biological, psychological,
and cultural factors that may contribute to the development of alcoholism in an
individual. Alcoholism seems to run in families. "Although there is no
conclusive indication of how the alcoholism of families members is as .....
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Anabolic Steroids
.... up, which makes them last longer. It also allows
them to be detected in drug tests for a longer period of time.
How they work in the body:
When anabolic steroids are introduced into the body, under certain
conditions they increase: protein synthesis, lean body mass, and the nitrogen
balance in the body. A steroid receptor is formed which stimulates the
synthesis of enzymes. With the stimulus of enzymes in the body, protein
synthesis is also increased. One enzyme system that is placed into the body by
the receptor is the ribonucleic acid (RNA)-polymerose system. This system
promotes cellular protein metabolism and synthesi .....
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Antibiotics
.... drugs to treat diseases and bacteria.
Over the years, numerous thousands of antibiotic material have been
found in nature as well as produced chemically but, there are few that are safe
and useful. However the ones that are safe and effective have saved many lives
and have helped extend life expectancy.
Right now, there is more than 70 different kinds of antibiotics in use.
Most antibiotics are used to treat infections, some for fungi and protozoa, but
antibiotics are not usually effective against viruses. So they have developed
other methods such as vaccines against viruses.
Antibiotics work by one of three ways, they can on .....
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Be Healthy And Drug Free
.... drugs. In
addition to this, the D.A.R.E. program was started. This class is offered in
many schools. It is a program talking about drug abuse resistance. According
to a recent survey, one in every three people between the ages of twelve and
twenty have used drugs at least once.
As you can see, drugs are very dangerous substances. It is very
important to be drug free and healthy. You could be the next one to die if you
take illegal drugs.
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Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
.... IN COORDINATION AND JUDGMENT.
.10 NOISY. POSSIBLE EMBARRASSING BEHAVIOR. MOOD SWINGS. REDUCTION IN REACTION
TIME.
.15 IMPAIRED BALANCE AND MOVEMENT. CLEARLY DRUNK.
.30 MANY PASS OUT.
.40 MOST PASS OUT; SOME DIE.
.50 BREATHING STOPS. MANY DIE.
As can be seen, the most reliably pleasurable effects of alcohol occur
when BAL rises to about .03-.05. Alcohol researchers have discovered that low
levels of alcohol have a specific effect on thinking; alcohol results in a
reduction of "self-monitoring." (Hull & Reilly, 1986). What this means is that
small quantities of alcohol enable you to take your mind off yourself and y .....
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Drug Abuse
.... first brain cell. Repeated use changes the brain cells so that
normal messages can't be sent between brain cells. The drug must always be
present in order for neurotransmissions to take place. The user is only able to
feel pleasure from the cocaine rather than the things he/she used to find
pleasurable. This is called drug addiction or dependence.
Drug Classification
Drugs are generally categorized into two groups, stimulants and
depressants. Stimulants are drugs that speed up signals through the nervous
system. They produce alertness, arousal and excitability. They also inhibit
fatigue and sleep. They include the amphet .....
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Bipolar Affective Disorder
.... indecision, and recurrent thoughts of death and suicide (Hollandsworth,
Jr. 1990 ). The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood,
increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often
reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). Bipolar
affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population
(approximately three million people) in the United States. It is presented by
both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and
depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized
by a pervasive sadness, almos .....
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Drug Dependence
.... 1991--1992. The findings in this report suggest
that a symptom of substance dependence is more likely to be reported by persons
who smoke cigarettes and persons who use cocaine than by persons who use alcohol
or marijuana.
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Drug Dependence
.... excited rather than relaxed. Others may be hypersensitive, or
extremely sensitive, to certain drugs, suffering reactions that resemble
allergies.
A patient may also acquire a tolerance for a certain drug. This means that
ever-larger doses are necessary to produce the desired therapeutic effect.
Tolerance may lead to habituation, in which the person becomes so dependent upon
the drug that he or she becomes addicted to it. Addiction causes severe
psychological and physical disturbances when the drug is taken away. Morphine,
cocaine, and Benzedrine are common habit-forming drugs. Finally, drugs often
have unwanted side effects. .....
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