Essays on Addiction

Introduction Although tobacco smoking in the UK has significantly declined over recent decades, it remains one of the largest avoidable causes of health complications, cancer and death. As reported in a study by the Department of Health & Social Care, smoking cuts an average of ten years off one’s life (APPG 2019). The NHS Information...

Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream In particular, there are two movies about heroin use that are worth being discussed. These are Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream. Despite the popular idea that these movies present heroin addiction in the worst possible light, they do, however, romanticize the idea of being a “junkie”. They successfully...

Social Media Dangers Do you know that social media may be very harmful for you and others around you? The D.A.R.E program in my school allows student to learn about common human mistakes from the experienced expert Corporal Gonzalez. She showed us pictures, told stories and even let us experience the same feelings as the...

Abstract Smoking is a leading contributor to disease and death worldwide (WHO, 2017). 13.5% of adults smoke worldwide which is 1 billion smokers. If this continues, 1 billion people worldwide will die this century due to cigarette smoking. The rationale of conducting this research is to aware smokers the health risk they are putting on...

As Indonesia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, cigarettes are an extremely popular product in Indonesia including among children. It’s not uncommon to see primary school children smoking cigarettes especially in rural areas (Wibawa, 2019). In Indonesia, children can buy a single cigarette from road-side kiosks freely. According to Astuti &...

This study is about smoking among individuals in North End Halifax. The writer made an assessment through observation of the surroundings and the citizens living on it. Reading materials such as history book from Public Library, and online journals were the main sources of this study. History was taken to inform the readers about the...

The topic I have chosen for my National 4 added value unit is “Cocaine Production in Peru” and a newspaper article about two females that were caught trying to smuggle 1.5 Million Pounds of cocaine into Peru. I have chosen this topic because I wanted to learn more about Peru and the Drug Trade. Peru...

America today has many issues, from racism to xenophobia. One issue that involves both of these topics, however, is the conflicting feelings on drugs. They have not only been affecting African American communities but have also been made to weaken them in order to control them. The ban on drugs was made to enforce white...

Fifth Graders learn about drugs and violence that they might face in the years to come. Dare symbolizes Drug, Abuse, Resistance, and education. We have dare in our schools to educate the students to say no to drugs and live a drug free life. We also have dare to stay out of gang groups or...

The use of tobacco has been noted as one of the major causes of various disabilities and premature deaths worldwide. It is also the fourth most common risk factor for the increase of NCDs worldwide (Kumar, 2017). Over the past years, Fiji has noted the prevalence of smoking amongst the young adults. In this writing,...