Why Do People Use Drugs
Christie Miller
29 September 2012
Instructor: Wayne Skinner
CCJ 1017
Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities?
People take drugs to ease pain and avoid problems from their past and presence. An individual “may be depressed or in pain find physical relief does not help, eventually, he or she will then turn to drugs to remove symptoms” (Hubbard, 1996-2011). Personally, through research, a volunteer who wish to remain anonymous admit to having an addiction-prone personality due to drugs. Drug abuse entered this person life when the development of personal and health related problems began some time ago. So the question asked was while working do the drugs interfere with their duties and the answer was no. The individual response was they are capable of carrying on with their daily activities and duties as any normal person. Then the big question came along and it was what kind of drug usage do they participate in and their response was cocaine and marijuana usage, which both offer great relief.
The medical literature, indicate addictive personalities show physical and behavioral signs. Drug users show physical signs such as: loss of appetite; changes in eating habits; unexplained weight loss; changes in sleep pattern; red watery eyes; sweaty palms; and smell of substance on breath, body, or clothes. Behavioral signs are changes in overall attitude, changes in friends, activities, drop in grades or “performance” at work, changes in habit at home, forgetfulness, and lack of motivation. A prime example of a drug specific symptom showing both physical and behavioral signs would be a person using marijuana. Adults are not only the only ones using marijuana in these days of times, but teenagers are becoming more prone to it as well. For quite some time now, all a person hear concerning marijuana is that it does no harm but
29 September 2012
Instructor: Wayne Skinner
CCJ 1017
Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities?
People take drugs to ease pain and avoid problems from their past and presence. An individual “may be depressed or in pain find physical relief does not help, eventually, he or she will then turn to drugs to remove symptoms” (Hubbard, 1996-2011). Personally, through research, a volunteer who wish to remain anonymous admit to having an addiction-prone personality due to drugs. Drug abuse entered this person life when the development of personal and health related problems began some time ago. So the question asked was while working do the drugs interfere with their duties and the answer was no. The individual response was they are capable of carrying on with their daily activities and duties as any normal person. Then the big question came along and it was what kind of drug usage do they participate in and their response was cocaine and marijuana usage, which both offer great relief.
The medical literature, indicate addictive personalities show physical and behavioral signs. Drug users show physical signs such as: loss of appetite; changes in eating habits; unexplained weight loss; changes in sleep pattern; red watery eyes; sweaty palms; and smell of substance on breath, body, or clothes. Behavioral signs are changes in overall attitude, changes in friends, activities, drop in grades or “performance” at work, changes in habit at home, forgetfulness, and lack of motivation. A prime example of a drug specific symptom showing both physical and behavioral signs would be a person using marijuana. Adults are not only the only ones using marijuana in these days of times, but teenagers are becoming more prone to it as well. For quite some time now, all a person hear concerning marijuana is that it does no harm but
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