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Addictions
Addiction is a dependence on a behavior or substance that a person is generally powerless to stop, and will increase in severity over time unless it is treated. Medically, it is the compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance. Questions related to substance abuse and dependency on nicotine, illegal drugs and alcohol, as well as other addictive substances, are asked and answered in this category.
2,368 Questions
Is Bobby Rush a stroke victim?
Looks like he had a tumor / brain surgery. Source - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004423993_apbobbyrushsurgery.html
Do American bulldogs have webbed feet?
Some american bulldogs have webbed feet because it is an adaptation that only got to some parts of the breed.
No, YouTube accounts do not expire. As long as you adhere to YouTube's terms of service and keep your account active, it will remain accessible to you indefinitely.
Can you get a sun tan through a glass window?
Slightly.
UVB rays are blocked unless you are in a tanning bed (made with special glass that allows UVB rays to pass through).
UVA rays somewhat get through, which can tan you slightly over a great amount of time (unless you are hypersensitive, then you may get pink after a couple of hours).
How do you cure a hurt tailbone?
apply some ice and stretch it a lot that will let it relax so then you can sit more and do a little running, etc. this is how you stretch it put your legs close by each other and bend forward as far as you can, and there is another one spread your legs outward about 3 or 4 feet and bend forward.
How much money does a rehabilitation technician makes?
It is reported that a rehabilitation technician can make anywhere from $27,000 to $32,000 a year. This job appears to be a good choice as it is a growing field.
How do you know when someone is senile?
Signs of senility may include memory loss, confusion, disorientation, difficulty with tasks of daily living, impaired judgment, and personality changes. A medical professional can help diagnose senility through a comprehensive assessment, including physical and cognitive evaluations. If you suspect someone is senile, it is important to seek medical advice for proper diagnosis and care.
How fast will you die if you take a drug overdose?
First of all, it depends on the drugs that you overdose on. If we are talking about cough syrup, there is very little chance that you will die of an overdose, whereas if we are talking about sleep medications, the chance is significantly higher.
Second of all, it depends on the proportionality of the overdose (not the amount of the overdose). If a person takes 5 pills of "x" drug instead of 4 pills of "x" drug he has overdosed MORE than someone who takes 12 pills of "y" instead of 10 pills of "y" because 5/4 is 125% and 12/10 = 120%. If you start moving beyond 200% territory, the chances of death rise all else being equal.
Third of all, every body is different. In addition to obvious factors like sex and weight which determine a body's metabolism and drug absorption speeds, there are slight differences between everyone's bodies.
Therefore it is impossible to give you a good answer in aggregate, but most people who died of drug overdoses did so in 24 hours.
Leonardo dicrapio played a drug addicted poet in what film?
The basketball Diaries.
Another answer: Leonardo DiCaprio also played a drug addicted poet in the movie Total Eclipse.
What was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's addiction and why?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was addicted to tobacco, specifically smoking a pipe. He found it to be a source of comfort and relaxation during times of stress, and it became a habit that he struggled to break despite being aware of the health risks associated with smoking.
Which of these is the best description of addiction?
Drug addiction is a behavioral disorder and can be cured with therapy
When you have quit smoking do you feel sad?
Smoking stimulates the production of brain chemicals that make us feel good. As we become addicted to the nicotine, we require more and more of it simply to feel normal, and the brain produces less and less of the "feel good" chemmies, depending on the nicotine to stimulate production. When we quit, our decreased ability to manufacture them will cause us to feel depressed until our bodies are again able to produce normal levels without help.
Smoking also increases our metabolism, and stopping cause it to slow down. That, and the desire to be satisfying the oral craving for a cigarette, can cause us to gain weight. We need to go to the gym or walk or exercise in some other way. Exercising will also help reduce the depression. When we feel the need to put something in our mouth, we should chew on a toothpick or some gum.
We might gain some weight when we stop, but not to worry. It is more important that we stop smoking. After overcoming this powerful addiction, we can work on weight control at our leisure.
internet is not bad for us it is bad when we are misusing it .
How long does nicotine take to leave your system when you quit smoking?
The nicotine should be out of your system within 3 - 4 days after your last cigarette. But the cravings for it will last quite a bit longer since nicotine is addictive both physically and psychologically.
How do you stop coffee addiction?
If you just stop drinking coffee, you will get head aches. So the way to do it is like this.
Say you drink 3 cups a day, reduce that number to 1 cup. Then once down to one cup a day drink a cup only once every 3 days, do this 3 times (9 days). Next drink one cup every 4 days, then 5 days, etc. Until you drink one cup a week. Next drink one cup every 2 weeks and so on until you drink one cup a month. By then your body will not need the coffee/caffeine, so then you can stop! :)
Now, remove all coffee produces (including coffee cake) from home and work.
Stay away from coffee stores because you might get tempted.
Soon you will have a coffee/headache free body and life. :)
Do people build tolerance to chewing tobacco?
Yes your mouth will stop getting all cut up and your gums will basically become stronger if you do it on a daily basis
Does chewing tobacco have nutrition?
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Yes, there is nicotine in chewing tobacco.
The urban myth that there is fiberglass in the tobacco to speed up nicotine delivery has been widely debunked! The glass fibers were said to make tiny cuts in your gums and mouth lining to let the nicotine get into your blood easier.
The stiffer parts of the tobacco leaf - the shaft and it does the same thing as fiberglass might.
Is chewing tobacco as bad for your singing voice as smoking is?
Chewing tobacco will have no effect with your voice whatsoever, unless of course you are speaking or singing with some in your mouth. Chewing tobacco does not ever go into your lungs or even near your vocal chords, unless of course you somehow inhale it.
If the food was contaminated or if the person was allergic to any of the specific ingredients, then it could be possible.
Can you still get cancer from only occasionally using chewing tobacco?
Statistically, the longer you use any form of tobacco product, the more likely you are to develop the cancers most common for that kind of product. That does not mean that occasional use is safe. For one thing, some people are more prone to developing cancers than others. There is much we do not know. If you are not yet addicted to nicotine, we would suggest not becoming so.
What is chewing tobacco like is it gross?
Tobacco is a versatile drug; it can be smoked, chewed, or snorted in the form of snuff. The gross thing about chewing tobacco (not counting the addictive and carcinogenic properties) is that you chew it and then spit it out, you don't swallow it. It is somewhat disgusting to see someone spit out a wad of brown gunk. In places where this happens a lot, people have (or used to have) a special container for people to spit into, called a spittoon.
Can you buy chewing tobacco in Russia?
Definitely. Actually, I flew this spring to Russia and chewed on the plane, but if you're bringing it on the plane make sure it's in your carry on=) Good Luck
Does chewing tobacco raise your heart rate?
Yes, and although I'm a smoker (trying to quit) and many people find it a disgusting habit I find chewing tobacco is worse. Also by chewing tobacco your heart rate just doesn't go up, but it discolors your teeth (worse than smoking) and if you have a mustache or beard it can leave an ugly amber stain and smell terrible. Chewing tobacco has a higher risk of mouth, tongue and throat cancer.
I am looking at the above answer and wonder where the research is on chewing tobacco raising the heart rate worse than smoking. I use chewing tobacco and work at a dentist office. We have seen no oral cancer in chewing tobacco users in the 6 years I have been there. Proper oral care can keep teeth white. Chewing tobacco IS NOT SAFE. Compared to smoking however, the long term health effects appear significantly lower.
I work for doctors (not dentists) and even in medical books it will tell you that if a tobacco user you should see your dentist on a regular basis so the dentist can not only keep your teeth and gums in good shape, but they also check inside the mouth (including the tongue) for cancer. My dentist concurs. This is the article where I got my information (note ... Mayo clinic.) There are no copyright laws on this article: Science News After snuff use, heart rate increased by about 15 beats per minute (25 percent), systolic blood pressure went up by 12 mmHg (10 percent), and measurements of adrenalin in the bloodstream increased by more than 50 percent. "These results suggest a very significant excitatory effect of substances contained in spit tobacco on the part of the nervous system regulating the heart and blood vessels," says Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D., the Mayo Clinic cardiologist who led the study. "Although we did anticipate some increase in blood pressure, we were surprised at the magnitude of the increase, as well as the very striking increases in heart rate and plasma epinephrine, or adrenalin. We anticipated that since these individuals were young and healthy and were accustomed to using spit tobacco, that any responses that we measured would be blunted. This makes the degree of increases even more noteworthy." Robert Wolk, M.D., Ph.D., lead author on this study, noted that these results have implications both for long-term users and for individuals with established heart disease. "The degree of speeding up of heart rate and increase in blood pressure, as well the increase in adrenalin (epinephrine) levels, suggest that if similar changes occur in people with established heart disease, who use spit tobacco, there may be reason to expect adverse consequences," Dr. Wolk says. "Dipping" is Rising More than five million adults - and more than 750,000 adolescents - use smokeless tobacco in the United States. Snuff use is increasing, especially in young males who participate in athletics. Its cardiovascular effects are not as clear or well understood as those of cigarettes, partly because fewer studies have been done, and partly because many spit tobacco users are relatively young and the bad effects may not be apparent unless use continues for prolonged periods. Blunting a Protective Mechanism By placing electrodes into the sympathetic nerves of the participants, the researchers also obtained a window on the message from the brain to the blood vessels on a moment-by-moment basis. Normally, when blood pressure is increased by an external substance, the body seeks to protect the cardiovascular system by decreasing heart rate and dilating the blood vessels. It does this by "shutting down" the sympathetic nervous system, so that heart rate is slower, and the widening of blood vessels starts to bring blood pressure down. The researchers demonstrated this by giving another group of subjects an intravenous medication, phenylephrine, to raise blood pressure about as much as they saw when spit tobacco was used. In response, those subjects' heart rates decreased by more than 10 beats a minute and the activity of the sympathetic nervous system went down to very low levels. "This is an example of how the body tries to protect itself from the higher blood pressures," Dr. Somers explains. "However, when the blood pressure is raised by spit tobacco, the heart rate actually speeds up dramatically and there is no decrease in the sympathetic nervous system activity. This tells us that the normal protective mechanisms which help dampen down spikes in blood pressure are blunted when using spit tobacco. "Spit tobacco is a very potent cause of acute increases in blood pressure, heart rate, and adrenalin levels," Dr. Somers concludes. "Since many athletes, who are already under a fair amount of stress in competitive situations, also use spit tobacco, the blood pressure and heart rate increases need to be recognized and understood. And since spit tobacco not only raises blood pressure but also blunts the body's normal defense response to blood pressure increases, long-term dipping would seem likely to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease." ### Other authors on the study include: Abu S. M. Shamsuzzaman, MBBS, Ph.D., Anna Svatikova, BA, Christina Huyber, Corey Huck, BA, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D. Adapted from materials provided by Mayo Clinic.
