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  2. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    A heroin addict entering a rehab facility presents as severe a case as a would-be suicide entering a psych ward. The addiction involves genetic predisposition, corrupted brain chemistry, entrenched environmental factors and any number of potential mental-health disorders — it requires urgent medical intervention.

  3. Discrimination against drug addicts - Wikipedia

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    The term addiction usually correlates with a severe substance use disorder. Addiction is characterized by behavior that is originally voluntary and reward-seeking that over time, becomes compulsive, with a desire to avoid dysphoria or withdrawal rather than to experience the original positive effects associated.

  4. Addiction psychology - Wikipedia

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    A non-addict can become an addict through frequency, when an addictive behavior becomes a compulsive action. The change from non-addict to addict occurs largely from the effects of prolonged substance use and the result of behavior activities on brain functioning.

  5. Substance abuse - Wikipedia

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    Of these, 27 million have high-risk drug use—otherwise known as recurrent drug use—causing harm to their health, causing psychological problems, and or causing social problems that put them at risk of those dangers. [2] [3] In 2015, substance use disorders resulted in 307,400 deaths, up from 165,000 deaths in 1990.

  6. Responsible drug use - Wikipedia

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    Responsible drug use seeks to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks associated with psychoactive drug use. For illegal psychoactive drugs that are not diverted prescription controlled substances, some critics [1] [2] believe that illegal recreational drug use is inherently irresponsible, due to the unpredictable and unmonitored strength and purity of the drugs and the risks of addiction ...

  7. Recovering addict calls for shops to keep alcohol away from ...

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    Experts have backed the call, saying the ‘simple step’ would help the public make healthier choices.

  8. Bathroom dangers and how parents can spot them: ‘Young ...

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    Keep little ones safe at bath time by identifying these common dangers in your bathroom. Bathroom dangers and how parents can spot them: ‘Young children are particularly at risk’ Skip to main ...

  9. Addiction vulnerability - Wikipedia

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    In addiction, epigenetic mechanisms play a central role in the pathophysiology of the disease; [2] it has been noted that some of the alterations to the epigenome which arise through chronic exposure to addictive stimuli during an addiction can be transmitted across generations, in turn affecting the behavior of one's children (e.g., the child ...