Food addiction, otherwise known as compulsive eating, is a physical and psychological addiction that ensnares the body and the mind. ... Whether at work or hanging out with friends, all he can think about is what he is going to eat next. ... Compulsive eaters crave and continue to eat those allergenic foods to which they are addicted day after day. ... In the words of James Gordon, "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." ...

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Some people believe it would be a good idea while others are completely against it. ... Personally, I know people who use this drug and think that is a load of crap. ... Some people who are against it say that it is an addictive drug. ... Also people who are going through chemotherapy sessions don't feel like eating a lot of the time, and believe it or not, the munchies can help them get the desire to eat back. This drug is also used to relieve the pain associated with the AIDS virus, and once again helps the appetite, and lets these people eat, which in the end will make them stronge...

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J Elders says that marijuana helps by easing pain in people who are suffering from arthritis, migraines, joint pains, MS and other pain inducing diseases (procon.org). ... They are too nauseous to even sit up, but they need to eat to keep their strength up. ... Anorexia is an eating disorder where the person suffering from the disease forces themselves not to eat. By using marijuana, it gives the person the "munchies" and then they want to eat. ... Some believe that people would abuse the system by buying marijuana from the government and sell it tax-free. ...

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Even people who are in great physical and mental shape are not safe from drug addiction (Peck 14-15). ... Just think back to the day when athletes used to eat wheaties for enhancement and energy. Now it has gone from eating wheaties to snorting cocaine or shots of steroids. ... Steroids, which are used for muscle building, are obtained illegally by well over a million people. Tens of thousands of these people who use them are males who graduate out of high school. ...

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I find that people who use this argument have not looked at the bigger picture. ... My opposition would try and sell people on the job markets that would be created. ... For example to relax I like to take hot bubble baths, staying focused by taking intermittent breaks from the action using breathing exercises, and becoming more energized by exercising and eating a better balanced meal. ... I know that people do not only destroy their bodies by using illicit drugs. Overeating, not eating, drinking too much, and becoming couch potatoes are all also very harmful. ...

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Girls from ages seven to twelve are walking about in their cute little green and white uniforms trying to sell you the best cookies you will ever eat. ... The 3 people I asked had roughly the same opinion. ... This told me that not many people would believe this meme, they would just think that it was a joke. ... It would give a good reason why a person can not just eat one cookie, they have to have the whole box. ... It just gave people a good laugh at the end of the day. ...

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Image how much legalization would help these people in relaxing their symptoms and causing the side effect of hunger allows them to eat when their body still tells them "no". ... Outlawing marijuana is a problem because of the amount of people who use it. 1. ... The estimated number of Americans living with AIDS is about 1 million people. 2. ... Patience suffer immense pain and have problems eating and often lose sever amounts of weight. ... It is also proven that it has medical benefits that can help millions of people every year. ...

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A lot of people object to legalizing marijuana but their reasons are not all that logical most of the time. ... For example, someone with anorexia could use marijuana to make their appetite come back and almost force them to eat. ... Only 8 people were allowed to be prescribed marijuana medically to treat an illness, disorder, or disease. ... Over 21,006,000 used it in the last year and over 12,122,000 people used it in the last month. ... With all these people smoking marijuana, how can the government allow more and more people to get fined or go to jail for using a harmless drug. ...

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They are the people who are scared and can't stand alone in the uncharacteristic and cruel world of ours. ... Just imagine the people living in the streets having many children and with no food to eat. Imagine the people who because of their problems, turn to drugs and violence. ... They are greatly influenced by the wrong people - the kidnappers, drug addicts, etc. ... Let's make a difference by lending a hand to those almost unreachable and most unfortunate people. ...

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A lot of people do not understand what is wrong with marijuana to make it illegal. ... However, some people just like to use marijuana while they are at home. ... So if everyone smoked it, everyone would be hungry all the time and eat more than they do now. ... Even if marijuana was legalized, a lot of people disagree with using it. ... Some people buy excessive amounts and sell it to make profits and if that was illegal, they would still do it anyways and risk getting in trouble just because they want to make money off it. ...

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There are many problems with the government thinking it can protect people from themselves, and their own choices. ... "Well," he explains, "high cholesterol kills thousands of people each year from related diseases, and you were eating this junk, and your family had access to it as well. ... Do people not know there cholesterol is rising with each burger, leading them closer and closer to death? Of course they do, but in their minds eye the satisfaction of eating the burger outweighs the potential for poor future health. ... I began to wonder where the people were that I learned about in D.A....

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He tells me that he is under a lot of stress and isn't sleeping or eating well. ... Bill has no motivation to do well in school, eat, or have good hygiene. ... The groups of people that he was around prior to his father's death were drug addicts and cussed all the time. ...

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Drugs are how families get torn apart; it's how people lose all of their money and all of their material possessions. ... Even when my mother took us kids out to eat we had to be careful. ... So my mother took me, my sister, and my two brothers to Golden Corral to eat. ... He was yelling, and cussing, and everything, and all at school where people were walking in and out of the office getting things, people I knew. ... But at least things did not get worse than what they were because sometimes drugs can do a lot more harm, like killing people. ...

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Alcohol has lead to the death many people in car accidents. ... The only thing that can happen is that you get hungry and eat a lot, or have a good night's sleep. ... Wouldn't you like to help these people? ... It can make billions to help many people. Most of all it can help many sick or hurting people. ...

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People try to give you the wrong Idea when they run those drug ads. ... Responsible people should be allowed to choose whether or not they use marijuana. ... We have the right to drink beer and have it eat up your liver. ... I had the pleasure of asking a couple of people what they had thought about marijuana. ... The public is forced to pay the police so much money to harass people while the government ignores more important issues. ...

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Drug addicts are people as well so they"ll need some place to stay. ... Drug addicts also need to eat but they have spent all of their money on their addiction so here comes the stealing, either by stick-ups or burglary. ... Will the people of this world acknowledge the fact that the use of drugs is affecting them as well as the people who have to live with the drug addicts or deal with them? ... Despite how populated our nation is a handful of people still matter and still affect us. ...

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Hundreds and thousands of people get lost in the feeling of it and never really understand the cost of taking it. ... Bacteria could have also infected the wound like Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh Eating Bacteria) and others that could have shut down his internal systems. ... People don't realize that things as small as a scrape on the leg to something as dangerous as a car accident, if not treated properly, can equally become a problem in the long run. ...

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The Legalization of Marijuana Most people who smoke marijuana do it for their own pleasure, just like people who drink alcohol. ... Marijuana is one of the safest and least harmful used by people today. ... The law against marijuana is causing millions of patients to suffer from needless pain, slowly waste away because they can't eat, and have to go through everyday of their lives doped up on dangerous, toxic, and addictive drugs. ... If alcohol can make people sick from drinking too much, cause liver and stomach problems, and possibly kill people, then why can't marijuana be ...

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Once you become involved in meeting people online, it is difficult to break such a habit. ... In any one room, you may come across people from five different countries of the world. ... College students are not the only people who fit in this category though. In general, these users are addicts but portray themselves otherwise in the presence of people. ... Nine of the 14 people studied, were found to have manic-depression at the time of the interview; half of the users had anxiety disorder such as "social phobia"; three suffered from eating disorders; four had uncontrollable burst of anger; a...

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Once you become involved in meeting people online, it is difficult to break such a habit. ... In any one room, you may come across people from five different countries of the world. ... College students are not the only people who fit in this category though. In general, these users are addicts but portray themselves otherwise in the presence of people. ... Nine of the 14 people studied, were found to have manic-depression at the time of the interview; half of the users had anxiety disorder such as "social phobia"; three suffered from eating disorders; four had uncontrollable burst of anger; a...

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Once you become involved in meeting people online, it is difficult to break such a habit. ... In any one room, you may come across people from five different countries of the world. ... College students are not the only people who fit in this category though. In general, these users are addicts but portray themselves otherwise in the presence of people. ... Nine of the 14 people studied, were found to have manic-depression at the time of the interview; half of the users had anxiety disorder such as "social phobia"; three suffered from eating disorders; four had uncontrollable burst of anger; a...

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In the following I will talk about the stages of addiction, people I know and how they react to addiction, personal experiences as well as different treatment plans and how people react to them. ... In general people just act on impulse instead of thinking through they"re actions first. ... It puts people in a great mood. ... Behavior like this can also lead to eating disorders. ... People also just do it all themselves too probably the hardest way of going about it. ...

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Definition essay Addiction When most people think of addiction, they think of potheads and alcoholics. ... Like, if you do not have your daily dose of triple shot espresso in the morning, you will go insane, or whenever you feel an extreme emotion, you feel the urge to eat. ... If you think about it, people who quit smoking go through a drastic physical and personality change. So why do we expect people with drug addictions to quit and be fine? ... People lose their homes and jobs because of addictions, and can end up in financial ruin. ...

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Crack isn't good for your health whatsoever, yet, even those people who know this information, still take it. People who use crack are putting their life in danger, just to be problem free for not even that long. ... People, even young adolescents, go to a place called "Crack houses " to smoke it. ... It would be really dirty inside, maybe other people smoking or just passed out. ... Crack users usually don't eat or sleep properly. ...

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Once the drug has you, it will just eat at you until it has completely destroyed your life, unless somehow you can escape the trechery and torchers of the drug. ... The band was heavily into heroin at the time that this song was written, and that is why a lot of people believe that this song is all about the use of heroin. ... Now that I listen to and understand the lyrics, I realize that this song could be an actual sad song about the use of drugs, and how drugs can hurt people in the way that they live their lives. ... It is telling people not to get involved with drugs, with a special em...

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