There are many drugs I will be talking about in this like weed, alcohol, cocaine, meth, LSD, shrooms, acid, Xanax, some use pain relief medicine. First I am going to go over a group of drugs called Depressants. Depressants have drugs like Xanax, Alcohol. Depressants slow down your brain function. The next category is “Stimulants”, they elevate your mood, increase your energy and alertness, can be highly addictive, the drugs in this category are such as cocaine, meth, and much more. Another category is hallucinogens. Hallucinogens alter your perception of reality, LSD is a great example of a hallucinogen, as well as acid, and shrooms. Opiates are the last category of drugs. Examples of “Opiates” include pain relief medicine and heroin. Opiates are highly addictive and give a feeling of happiness and excitement.
An ongoing controversy in the United States today is the issue surrounding overdoses related to opioid medication. Is there a way to treat chronic pain without the use of opioids while still providing quality care to the full extent?Despite the increasing death toll from opioid overdoses, many patient activists maintain that no guidelines should be placed on physicians and pain clinics. It has been said that “the drug overdoses are from methamphetamines and other illegal drugs not prescription drugs,” even…...
What needs to be done to address the opioid crisis in the United States? The use of opioids has increased exponentially over the past few years to the point where the US now has a crisis on its hands that is claiming around the same number of lives as car accidents because of the number of people overdosing on opioids they get because it is prescribed to them or they get it from an outside source. Opioids have gone from…...
The purpose of this article is to convey different uses of creative writing styles for adults and teens who struggle with substance abuse, drugs or alcohol. A variety of creative writing styles were given to these people such as, poetry, expressive writing, prompts, and even music with poetry. The interventions were on topics related to the participants needs. The interventions mainly included: negative experiences from drinking, issues with self-identity, identifying positive coping skills, and some emotional topics related back to…...
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In contemporary society, there has been an increase in the use and abuse with illicit drugs in the United States, specifically with prescription drugs. Though most statistics and attention is focused on youths, the elderly are more prone and at risk to abuse their opioid medication. This is due to common misconceptions about the addictive properties and dangers of prescription medications. Health insurance coverage also influences use among the elderly. It is a common misconception that prescription medications are safe.…...
Stimulant drugs like Adderall are prescribed to students who have Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, to help them concentrate better in school, but over the past twenty years, a new trend in college is emerging where these so-called "smart drugs" are being abused at an alarming rate by college students. According to one study done at Bates College in Maine, almost one out of three college students has admitted to abusing Adderall during some point of their college career (Zuckerman). The…...
In the year 2012, there were 4.8 million reported people that had used prescription pain relievers for reasons other than indicated in the reported past month and 1.9 million people began abusing these medications (Kirschner, N., & Tape, T. G. 2014). The use of pharmaceutical pain relief drugs for purposes other than indicated has been an ongoing problem for years throughout the U.S. The issue is not going away any time soon, and many legislative bills have been enacted to…...
Prescription drug use and abuse The health risks associated with Prescription drug use and abuse are many and vary significantly depending upon which drug is being used. According to the website centeronaddiction.org, it was reported that, “From 1993 to 2005 alone, the proportion of students who abused prescription painkillers like Percocet, Vicodin and OxyContin shot up 343% to 240,000 students; Ritalin and Adderall (stimulants), 93% to 225,000; Xanax and Valium, 450% to 171,000; and Nembutal and Seconal (sedatives), 225% to…...
There have been significant developments within the focus on drug abuse where new strategies are being formed. Drug abuse involving prescription drugs is a significant current issue which is a serious public health concern. Prescription drugs are legal drugs that are provided to patients as treatment where they are expected to use as per the prescription provided by a physician or a healthcare provider. In most cases, these drugs are used to reduce pain or depression. The quantities are usually…...
Prescription drug abuse is something that has been an issue in the United States for decades. There have been many documented cases of individuals who have become addicted to sleeping pills, painkillers, or other medications to which they were prescribed. A huge example of this occurred in the 1970s, when abuse of the drug Dexedrine became an epidemic among women when it was over prescribed as a diet aid. Performance enhancers such as Viagra and Prozac are considered to be…...
The War on Drugs is the attempt of preventing people from using substances that are considered bad for consumption. The American government has waged a war on drugs for several years. Since its declaration, the war on drugs has coasted several billions of dollars and many lives, yet despite all the unpleasant consequences, there are no results in stemming the flow of drugs into the United States. By now, it is apparent that the War on Drugs has failed in…...
High school students who exercise regularly or play school or recreational sports are less likely than sedentary teens who do not exercise or play sports to smoke cigarettes or abuse marijuana or other illicit drugs (National Institute on Drug Abuse). Many think that participating in teen athletics has no effect on whether or not teens get involved with the illicit use of drugs. Research shows that participation in teen sports actually prevents the use of drugs in teen athletes. Playing…...
Abstract The following will discuss the prevalence of substance use among adolescents, treatment options, and protective factors against substance use. Substance use in youth’s teenage years is a growing concern throughout the country. Many teens can fit the diagnosis of having an addictive disorder during their high school years. Adolescent brains are still within the developing stages and substance use has been shown to have significant impacts on brain functions in areas that control judgement, memory, learning, and self-control. Early…...
The National Institute on drug abuse estimates that a quarter of children in the U.S. grow up in households where there is substance abuse. It makes them 8 times more likely to develop an addiction of their own. Many children are unfortunate enough to have to pay the consequences that drug abusing adults indirectly throw at them. Many of these children grow up to be adults who have, over time, developed the same habits. Others have no control over the…...
Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is expensive to our Community, exacting more than $740 billion annually in costs related to drug crimes, lost productivity and health care. Even though there are many more problems that come with the abuse of drugs especially for teens such as addiction, depression, and withdrawals. Having to battle these problems takes a lot of work but there are many solutions that could help being behavioral therapy, medication, and rehabilitation. Furthermore experimentation can lead…...
Within the ages 15 through 24, fifty percent of deaths (from homicides, accidents, suicides) involve drugs. The two common reasons why teens use drugs are anxiety and depression. Factors like peer pressure, desire to escape, curiosity, emotional struggles, and stress may also lead to the consumption of drugs or alcohol. Teens are more likely to abuse drugs than adults because the part of their brain used for judgment and decision making is yet to fully develop. Therefore, they lack the…...
Opium started its American journey in the 19th century with the first wave of morphine addiction in 1850-60’s and crossed over to a second wave of heroin addiction in 1930-50’s (Casa Palmera Staff). Simultaneously, drugs such as cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, amphetamine (Adderall), Ecstasy (MDMA), Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), marijuana, tobacco, and magic mushrooms have circulated as well. People often turn to drugs and alcohol to relieve pain or stress, or achieve a euphoric state but excessive amounts of these…...
A mother is cooking dinner for her family while her children are playing. The father is in his office finishing up a project for work. It is just another normal evening for this family until the police abruptly barge into their house. Suddenly, their home is full of confusion, yelling, and fear. The police have targeted this house because they believe there are drugs inside, so they are raiding it to find the drugs. Sometimes, the police have the wrong…...
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The War on Drugs is a campaign that focuses on drug prohibition and military aid in order to reduce the illegal drug trade in the United States ('War on Drugs' 2017), and to discourage the use and distribution of opiates such as hydrocodone, morphine, codeine, etc., as well as psychoactive drugs like cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine, and MDMA ('Prescription Opioids' 2018). This “War on Drugs” has led some to propose the legalization and decriminalization of drugs, which would eliminate criminal penalties…...
Currently in the United States, the District of Columbia and 10 other states have adopted the laws regarding legalization of recreational marijuana, while a handful of other states have only allowed it for medical purposes. The legalization of Marijuana itself has been a long-debated topic within the last decade or so. One side of the debate says that it can benefit us in so many ways that can help give back to the country, in a sense. The other side…...
In Canada, retailers deceive pot and related products are issued licenses by the regulation. Even those accredited providers, however, were not able to access commensurate to minister when they ran out of product. Reportedly, some retailers have found that mandate were only partially full. Calgary's Beltline Cannabis retail shop reportedly ran into these progeny, harmonious to representative Karen Barry. Speaking to CBC, Barry said that 'we were on the website, but there is nothing on the website. There is no…...
Marijuana is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes. It is sold in the form of dried leaves which can be smoked. Recreational marijuana was introduced in the U.S in the early 20th century by immigrants from Mexico. Marijuana is a controversial topic in the United States because many people think it shouldn't be legalized. Some will agree on making it legal throughout the United States, and some would think otherwise. Many debates have…...
Initiative to stop the use, distribution, and selling of illicit drugs by increasing and enforcing the penalties associated with it. However, the war on drugs goes back to the 1800s when drugs first surfaced the United States. After the American Civil War opium became very popular and cocaine followed in the 1880’s. Morphine, heroin and cocaine were used for medicinal purposes and seen as health remedies (War on Drugs., 2008). With the turn of the century, there became a heightened…...
This paper will examine substance abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Although substance abuse is seen as an issue across the world, this paper is designed to specifically focus on American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Moreover, this paper will attempt to explore and briefly go into depth about the literature on substance abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Questions and topics this paper will entail and go into detail about are: prevalence of substance abuse…...
The purpose of this article is to explain that with the incline of growers jumping from 3.8% to 11.9% from 2006-2015, makes marijuana easier for adolescences to gain access to. Marijuana affects teens by increasing things like accidental injury, motor crashes, respiratory illness, etc... Along with other lifelong consequences it could cause or lead to later down the road. The article gathered data based off surveying young teens who use marijuana, and how the usage percentages rose after the incline…...
First off, how do drugs work in the first place? Our brain has a particular section called the nucleus accumbens, or “reward center” that plays a chief role in controlling two very important neurotransmitters: dopamine, which promotes desire, and serotonin. A neurotransmitter is a chemical that is released from a nerve cell which thereby transmits an impulse from a nerve cell to another nerve, muscle, organ, or tissue; basically they are a way for our body to communicate. The nucleus…...
Abstract This paper focuses on research that was gathered from 11 different sources that provide information about the negative impacts that derives from drugs. Drugs have been around for an extended amount of time, and even though there are various laws against drugs it is still a problem that has not decreased but rather stayed continuous. Salinas, California is a place where drugs are extremely common, additionally it has negatively impacted the community by increasing crime. The gathered research provides…...
The issue of the war on drugs has been a big problem, especially after Nixon was elected in 1968. The drug control policies that were put in place and still are has done unfathomable damage to our society. There are so many things to consider when thinking about drug prohibition, legalization, and decriminalization policies. In addition to this, the drug treatment programs that are out there receive much criticism, but they could be better. This paper will further examine each…...
Introduction It is incredibly hard to define illegal narcotics, and what we classify as an illegal substance has perpetually changed and is continuing to change all through human history. Humans have been taking mind-altering substances since the beginning of time and below the facade of every society, there is some person selling, buying and taking drugs. Drugs can be religious and transcendental experience, they make us feel good, they can offer a getaway, they can take us into the unknown,…...
A major concern in the nursing profession is the high occurrence of burnout resulting in mental health issues. Stress is another concern which has enormous effects on psychosocial and family aspects, (Cleary, Jackson, & Hungerford (2014). Common pressures are work overload, performance rivalry, lack of time, staffing issues, shift work, lack of personal care, job-related relationships, family concerns, struggling with competing demands, conflict with colleagues, supervisors and insufficient emotional planning, (Cleary et al (2014). Nursing as a profession is an…...
Abstract Using Nola Pender’s Health Promotion Model, a program was developed to help prevent or manage obesity. This program can be enrolled in by any patient, but it is directed at patients who have a BMI over 25.0 and especially a BMI over 30.0 (CDC, 2018-b). The program is a one year program which allows the patient to use the information they are given in the beginning of the program about healthy diet and exercise to make their own plan…...
Marijuana is a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the ever-present hemp plant cannabis sativa. It can be smoked by rolling it in tobacco paper or placing it in a pipe. It is consumed worldwide by an estimated two hundred million people for pleasure. It is seen as an escape from reality, or relaxation. Marijuana is known by a variety of names such as kif (Morocco), dagga (South Africa), and bhang (India). Common names in the United States…...
The purpose of this piece of writing is not to compare the different methods of approaching drug prevention, or say what methods are not working. It is to simply state that the more the family takes action or gets involved with each others live, problems such as drug abuse will become obsolete. Many different attempts to lower the drug rate have been in placed by society. But despite years of anti drug campaigns within the school and media, drug abuse…...
The story that is being referencedis called “Brain Gain: The Underground World of ‘Neuroenhancing’Drugs,” by Margaret Talbot. Talbot writes this article to show the many positive aspects of Neuroenhancing drugs. She does this by interviewing two users of this drug and attempts to show the readers a new viewpoint on the topic. However, the evidence against Talbot's viewpoint will become clear during this essay. Neuroenhancing drugs are shown to be minor fixes for not having enough time in the day,…...
Dear Congressman, I am honored to be writing to you on such a significant topic of national concern. Average citizens are annoyed and just plain fatigued with the drugs and crime problems in America. These upright citizens, that contribute to the growth of American society, are being told that legalization is a reasonable alternative to dealing with these problems in their communities. Legalization of any drug is not a positive way to fight crime. In fact, there is no legitimate…...
Our president Bill Clinton and both Al Gore and George W. Bush have smoked pot at least once. Im sure people in the U.S. know someone personally who has ingested marijuana, if they have not smoked it. Next to alcohol and nicotine, marijuana is the most popular drug in America, with approximately 10 million regular smokers. Besides the recreational uses of this illicit drug, it has been proven to effectively treat medical ailments for patients such as AIDS and cancer…...
Right now around one half million people in the United States are in prison for drug related crimes (Justice Policy Institute). Each one loses whole years of their life to a system which, by itself, does not rehabilitate. These half million will have a great deal of difficulty finding a job post –release. For each one taxpayer pay thousands upon thousands yearly to keep them imprisoned. Of course there is also the matter of the imprisonment itself. Clearly wherever you…...
Abstract Drug representatives work for pharmaceutical companies, going from doctor to doctor, advertising the drug company they work for. They use tactics such as gifts to promote the drug, in hopes to win a doctor over so they will prescribe the drug to patients. Not only do doctors receive gifts, they also get free samples and information about the drug. Drug representatives provide doctors with essential information about drugs, but visits with representatives can be detrimental to the time doctors…...
“Smoke weed everyday” is a popular term used by snoop dog. But, how would someone be affected if they did smoke weed everyday? This in itself is a very complicated question, as it is very hard to know exactly what happens and specifically why it happens. It is hard to know how the chemicals in weed affect your brain chemicals and your body, as it is illegal federally and has been for a long time. This means that research on…...
With marijuana only being legal in some U.S states and with growing supporters of it being legalized throughout the rest brings a new question. What would the benefits of legalization a drug that has always been illegal bring? Most arguments made against the legalization of marijuana are that it is a gateway drug, or it will inspire new marijuana smokers instead of helping the existing ones. These arguments are valid but in Milton Friedman essay “There’s No Justice in the…...
Marijuana or others know as Cannabis, is a psychoactive drug that is mainly used for recreation or medicinal purposes. Marijuana can cause paranoia when used with high dosages, yes like all drugs it has a dosage and can also be very addictive which is why many people who tried it the first time would want to try it again. In light of the term drugs, it’s a substance that affects your central nervous system or can also be used for…...
Some of these drugs can have good effects on your body and how you think, if you take too much though they can hurt you. Pain relief medicine can help you out, but if you get addicted and keep taking more and more it can actually start to harm you. Most of these drugs harm you no matter what but there are a few that should only be taken while having a prescription. Things like cocaine, meth, heroin, shrooms, acid, and lsd. They can harm you with even taking a little bit of them. Some sources say alcohol is the deadliest drug out there. That is if you drink to much of it. You can get alcohol poisoning, it happens all the time. Over 88,000 men and women die from alcohol each year. That is quite a bit. It may seem small compared to the 7 billion people on earth but even 100 people is pretty big. Drugs also affect different people in different ways, your friend can have an awesome time, while you are there having a really bad time, some people overdose easier than others because of this thing called resistance, if you build enough resistance it will take more for you to overdose.
The Dose You Take
Some people can’t control what they think or do. Different factors can also change how you get affected by a drug, like a type and strength, how the drug was made (it could be laced with something deadly), physical characteristics, the dose you take, how often you use the drug and if you have used drugs in the past, how you ingest the drug, your mental health, and whether you mix drugs or not. There are a lot of factors that can determine the effect of drugs on your body. Drugs are also very serious, especially if you take prescription drugs and they are not prescribed to you. Most drugs are bad for you, they can make you feel good, but if you take a little too much you can feel bad, with alcohol you can be hungover the next day if you drink a ton of alcohol. Weed is probably the hardest drug to overdose on, I do not think even one person has overdosed on weed, maybe one but I know that it is almost impossible.
Harms, you are more likely to have an accident. Whether it be at home or if its in a car, anywhere. Some people go bald, it may be hard to sleep, you can get cancer, you can harm your organs. There is a lot of harm that can be done with drugs, if you are pregnant you can do harm to your child. If you inject regularly, you can have needle marks or collapsed veins. Jaw and teeth issues, mood swings, sometimes accidental overdose, higher risk of mental illness. You can get a lot of acne, you can get very infectious diseases. In conclusion, drugs for the most part, are really bad for you, if you take them in the wrong doses or if they are not prescribed to you especially.
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