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Addiction

Addiction: the condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something. An awesome aspect of the human mind is its ability to take control. For instance, an addiction to cocaine, or heroine, or methamphetamines would result in your brain making you do whatever is necessary to get more. Similarly, in the movie "Requiem for a Dream," four characters are driven to almost certain death because of their substance addiction. Unfortunately, drug abuse is a huge problem in America. There are finances included in drug abuse and addiction. Some financial aspects of addiction range from personal, governmental, societal, and statistical.
The government attacks the war on drugs with two approaches. "Demand reduction," which is prevention and treatment, and "supply reduction," which is stopping the flow of drugs in society (Firshein). Janet Firshein of Public Broadcasting System continues on saying that the government spends more money on fighting the "supply......


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