... they prescribe, according to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) (Waismann, 2007). Opiate addiction was once thought of as a condition with no cure. Patients with opiate physical dependency were considered to have inherited an addictive personality or psychological disorder or to have suffered with a dysfunctional family life. The medical community lacked the desire to find a treatment for ... to buying from drug dealers. The user is dosed on a daily basis, is able to return to a productive lifestyle including holding down a job. New scientific understandings of...

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... area can be broken down into two different discussions- the effect of smoking pot on psychological health, and the effect of smoking pot on physical health. The effects of smoking pot on the human psyche are, as yet, difficult to determine. There has not been a significant amount ... of research into this area, because these effects seem to be interconnected with a person's own physical makeup. There are, however, recent studies that show that the effects of long-term marijuana use on the brain are similar to other drugs of ... of marijuana does have a significantly negative effect on t...

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... area can be broken down into two different discussions- the effect of smoking pot on psychological health, and the effect of smoking pot on physical health. The effects of smoking pot on the human psyche are, as yet, difficult to determine. There has not been a significant amount ... of research into this area, because these effects seem to be interconnected with a person's own physical makeup. There are, however, recent studies that show that the effects of long-term marijuana use on the brain are similar to other drugs of ... of marijuana does have a significantly negative effect on t...

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... either the way they feel, think, or behave. People have taken psychoactive drugs for religious and recreational purposes for hundreds of years. However, due to advances in the field of chemistry and pharmacology, stronger and highly addictive substances such as cocaine and heroin were created. Also, syringes enabled people to inject these drugs, making their effects more powerful and the risk ... weight, convulsions and depression. Heroin use initially results in nausea, slow respiration, dry skin, itching, slow speech and reflexes. Over a long period of time there is a serious risk of ...

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