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Unraveling the Epidemic: Understanding and Addressing Drug Abuse in Society

  Drug abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including both legal and illegal drugs. It involves the use of drugs in a way that is detrimental to a person's physical, mental, emotional, or social well-being. Drug abuse is a complex and pervasive issue that transcends boundaries of age, gender, socioeconomic status, and geography. It involves the misuse or overuse of substances, both legal and illegal, with the potential to alter mood, perception, or consciousness. These substances can range from prescription medications and alcohol to illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin, and marijua. Types of Drugs Drugs encompass a vast array of substances, each with its own unique properties and effects on the human body and mind. Understanding the different types of drugs is crucial for addressing issues related to drug abuse and addiction. Here, we'll explore some of the main categories of drugs: Prescription Drugs: These are medications prescribed by heal...
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Impact of technology on learning

  Computer and communications technology have changed the way human beings live. In the past, if someone wished to learn something, they went to a school and studied directly under an instructor. Nowadays, however, it is possible to take courses, and even earn degrees without ever stepping foot in a building. In addition, non-degree learning, in the forms of continuing education, exam prep, or professional education, has become more accessible than ever through new eLearning and mLearning technologies.                                           The Benefits of Technology in Education Technology provides students with easy-to-access information, accelerated learning, and fun opportunities to practice what they learn. It enables students to explore new subjects and deepen their understanding of difficult concepts. Through the use of technology inside and outside the classroom, stud...

eSports and ethical issues

  What are eSports? eSports stands for electronic sports which is a competitive sport like tournament based around team games. eSports has only very recently started to grow so much and is still working out a lot of issues to be a concreate platform and idea. so the first issue is drugs in eSports   as it is with real sports drugs use going into matches in eSports to boost performance is barred some of the banned substances include stimulants, narcotics, glucocorticoids. the drug that has been the frontrunner in being barred from eSports however is Adderall this is because it increase focus, stamina, consistency, and playability. drugs in eSports are treated just like in real sports but there have not been any official statement on regulated drug tests on the players  while it is stated that its okay for players to take Adderall if they have a medical reason to have it prescribed anyone else should not be taking it or other drugs and best way to ensure this would be ...

WASTE MANAGEMENT- Saving the earth

  WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste management can be defined as  all the activities that are required to manage waste from the point of collecting the waste to recycling and monitoring . Waste in waste management refers to unwanted or unusable material that is produced through the activity of humans and can have different forms. The process of waste management involves treating solid and liquid waste. During the treatment, it also offers a variety of solutions for recycling items that aren’t categorized as trash.                       LIQUIID WASTE MANAGEMENT Dealing with liquid wastes is one of the biggest challenges of urban sanitation. Liquid waste management requires capital investment, skilled personnel, coordination between different government departments and organisations, and awareness of the issues by the public. Failure to manage liquid wastes, especially human excreta, leads to health and environmental problems. Faecal s...

Learning with pandemic

  PANDEMIC AND EDUCATION   The COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. As a result, education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. The pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in human history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 200 countries.  The c losures of schools, institutions and other learning spaces have impacted more than 94% of the world’s student population. Pandemic introduc ed  new technologies into education system.  It  affected  students  unequally, as not all  students  had the   opportunities, tools, or access needed to keep on learning during the pandemic.   During the  pandemic  period, around 15.47% of learners were involved in e-learning. Most of the learners were used mobile ...