Yara Ashraf Final
Yara Ashraf Final
Yara Ashraf Final
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Essay final draft
Is it curable or not?
yet the intake of drugs results in plenty of mental problems. But they
are never aware of how and to use it correctly. If they use a drug today
to escape, they may not be able to find it tomorrow, but if they do,
blame who are responsible for spreading it everywhere.
Drug addicts are influenced by many elements, like the
environment surrounding them and the genetic factors. These factors
make it hard for addicts to be cured. Genetic factor interacts with
critical developmental stages in a persons life to affect addiction
vulnerability. Posted by NCADD, a person decision to use alcohol or
drugs is a personal choice, influenced by multiple biological, familial
factors. The environment is a risk factor for a drug addict, it may be a
trend or a usual thing to do in the surrounded env. Followed by teens
mainly. A survey by CASA found that popular teens who attend druginfested schools are much likelier to smoke, get drunk, abuse
prescription and illegal drugs. It is not usually the persons
engagement in drug use; the factors surrounding him/her play a big
role when addiction happens. Do not blame someone for being an
addict, you never know how or where the addiction process started.
As a conclusion, for all of the people out there ,Who are you?
Why are you here? What is your biggest goal in life? Those three
questions are the questions that people struggle to answer everyday
from the day they were born until the day they die. Who are you? I'm
an addict. Why are you here? To get high. What is your biggest goal in
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