Addiction: A choice, a disease, or a different problem altogether
Addiction today is such a common issue, and everyone seems to have a different take. People talk about whether it’s a disease or choice holding to their convict...
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Brains Chained by Addiction
The Pandemic of Addiction The statistics surrounding addiction don’t lie, the U.S. has a pandemic on its hands. So what’s the situation? In 2017, we...
More Addiction, Less Treatment: Why?
Stigma and addiction. These two words go hand in hand. Many will try to deny that claim and pry those hands apart. I would argue that that is impossible. Addict...
Addiction: How Drugs Change Lives
From the media to movies to music, drugs are stigmatized as harmless and fun to do. It seems like every time I turn around a new celebrity is getting arr...
No One Is Immune to Addiction
How many of us remember sitting through the D.A.R.E program in school? Officers would come in and talk about the dangers of drug use and show photos of meth add...
Scare Tactics or Science Talk: Different Approaches to Drug Education
My Drug Education Experience I have always operated under the motto of “Drugs are bad”. But it wasn’t until a recent paper discussion in neuro...
Addicted and Trapped
Just This Once Think back to those college days of little responsibility and too much fun. Some of us were so caught up with our desire to “fit in” and be “cool...
It Is Time to Think Differently
What do you think when you hear the word “addiction”? Do you think that it’s a choice? Do you stigmatize people who are claimed to suffer from the word “addicti...
My Capstone Experience
The main goal that Concordia College has for their students is that during their time in school, they learn to BREW – Become Responsible Engaged in the World. P...