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Methamphetamine, or commonly known as meth, is an extremely addictive drug. Similar to most drugs, once abused, meth addiction could result to harmful effects towards the user’s body. Upon entering the brain, methamphetamine triggers the rapid release of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine which control feelings of pleasure. It is extremely active in mesolimbic reward pathways of the brain which causes extreme euphoria.

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The numbers of individuals entering inpatient drug rehab for heroin and opiate addiction continues to increase. In Afghanistan and Pakistan the opium (heroin) trade is tightly controlled by al Qaeda and the Taliban, and despite the war the efforts, the production of heroin and opium has dramatically increased – heroin is still dirt-cheap and readil

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Sex addiction means any sexually-related behavior associated with compulsivity and obsession. Creating a healthy relationship would be quite hard for a person inflicted with this kind of addiction. The behaviors associated with this addiction hamper with a person’s normal living. Sexual addiction is very different from having high sexual drive. When you are identified as a sex addict, you are sex dependent. You look for sexual pleasure even from non-sexual objects. A high sexual drive is only associated with aggressive behavior when it comes to sex. People with high sexual drive do not necessarily depend on sex and are able to build a healthy sexual or personal relationship with other people. Sexual addicts make sex a priority over their family, friends, and work. Like alcoholics who could not stop drinking, sexual addicts are unable to manage their sexual behavior to the point of destroying their lives as well as the lives of those who cared for them.

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Opiates are one of the most addictive drugs with analgesic and sedative effects. According to TEDS report 2007, opiates accounted for almost one-fifth (19 %) of all substance abuse treatment admissions. Opiates include heroin, methadone, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Codeine, Dilaudid, Morphine, Demerol, Opium and other drugs that have Morphine like effe

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“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”- Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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