Drug Use and Addiction

Paper Summary:

This research paper reviews and examines various studies regarding the phenomenology of drug abuse and addiction in order to gain insight and understanding as to the forces that drive abusive and addictive behavior.

Outline:
Introduction
The Sociology, Psychology and Physiology of Addiction
The Grips of Addiction

From the Paper:

"What this study suggests is that even when the individual's physical cleansing of the toxic drug is accomplished, that the psychology of the drug continues to be a catalyst for resuming abusive behavior, and that this behavior can be at a subconscious level, the compulsion that drives the individual back to the drug. In this case, Mark has identified stress as a precipitator to the motivation that causes individuals to resume the pattern of drug use, which leads to addiction because of the physiology associated with addictive drug use."

Sample of Sources Used:

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