Video game addiction, also known as gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder, is generally defined as the problematic, compulsive use of video games that results in significant impairment to an individual’s ability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time. video games affect the brain in the same way as addictive…
Water pipe smoking also known as Shisha, – is a way of smoking tobacco, sometimes mixed with fruit or molasses sugar, through a bowl and hose or tube. The tube ends in a mouthpiece from which the smoker inhales the smoke from the substances being burnt, into their lungs. Despite the many perils of shisha…
Nicotine is the drug in tobacco leaves. Nicotine is what keeps people smoking despite its harmful effects. A drop of pure nicotine would kill a person-in fact, nicotine can be used as a pesticide on crops. With each puff of a cigarette, a smoker pulls nicotine into his or her lungs where it is absorbed…
Gambling addiction—also known as pathological gambling, compulsive gambling or gambling disorder—is an impulse-control disorder. If you’re a compulsive gambler, you can’t control the impulse to gamble, even when it has negative consequences for you or your friends. You’ll gamble whether you’re up or down, broke or flush, and you’ll keep gambling regardless of the consequences—even…
Alcohol is a drug. It is classed as depressant, meaning that it slows down vital functions-resulting in slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly. Teenage brains are still developing, and the areas of the brain that undergo the most dramatic changes during the teenage years are the frontal lobe and…
Marijuana is a mixture of the dried and shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the cannabis sativa plant. The mixture can be green, brown, or gray. . Marijuana has a chemical in it called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC. A lot of other chemicals are found in marijuana, too—about 400 of them, many of…
Recreational use of prescription drug is a serious problem with teens and young adults. Many youths think prescription drugs are safe because they were prescribed by a doctor. But taking them for non-medical use to get high or “self-medicate” can be just as dangerous and additive as taking illegal street drugs.
