Amy Thompson Speech 2 Oral Communications Prescription Drug Abuse Today I am going to talk to you about prescription drugs abuse. Many of us know people that take prescribed medication on a daily basis and I don’t know about you guys but I have seen people that have become addicted in which it’s sometimes painful to watch. No one decides to get addicted to prescription pain pills‚ sometimes a person’s body becomes immune the amount and that’s why they need more and more to help control the
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Methamphetamine is a powerful‚ highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. This organic product is also known as meth‚ chalk‚ ice‚ and crystal‚ among many other terms‚ it takes the form of a white‚ odorless‚ bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol. This drug originated in the 20th century and is classified as a schedule II drug in the United States. Though crystal meth has a reputation as an American street drug‚ the origins of this drug
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students make up one of the largest groups of drug abusers nation wide. Daily drug abuse among college-aged young adults is at its highest since 1980. College students are abusing a number of prescription drugs‚ over-the-counter drugs and illegal drugs‚ Adderall‚ alcohol‚ OxyContin‚ and medical marijuana. Substance abuse is defined as a pattern of drug use leading to significant problems or distress. Substance abuse among college students is not new‚ but behavior experts believe that prescription overdoses
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Mental Illness Paper: ADHD HCA/240 Health & Diseases: Understanding the Pathos of Pathology Week 8 Mental Illness Paper September 15‚ 2013 Freedom Esser Bruce Gould Mental Illness Paper: ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder also known as ADHD. Is described and characterized by prominent symptoms of inattention‚ hyperactivity and impulsivity. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects the male and female species that endures into adolescence and adulthood
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the same reasons as adults. Most notably‚ the pleasure or euphoric feeling associated with use and as an escape from the stress and pressure of a situation or of life in general. Many students have even started using prescription drugs‚ such as Adderall and Ritalin. This paper will discuss the relationship between substance abuse or addiction and teenagers‚ and the affects this causes on their developing brain. In addition‚ information will be provided
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How ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Affects the Family Cheyenne Kreitler General Psychology: PSY 1130 AAW1 June 26‚ 2013 Barkley‚ R. A. (2010). Taking charge of adult ADHD. New York: Guilford Press. In this book‚ Barkley states an adult doesn’t have to be hyperactive to have adult ADHD. This book will help someone if they are struggling to cope with ADHD. More than 11 million adults have ADHD in the United States alone; get help if you need it. You are not alone. ADHD creates
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NAME: GARY PHILLIP ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the people of Bhagans Drugs located in central Trinidad for providing information on the mentioned product. I would also like to thank my tutor Mr. W. Long for coaching us through the syllabus and for being persistent in seeing to it that we hand in our internal assessments early. Problem Statement: The impact of pharmaceutical drugs being used by students of A school in Chagauanas Trinidad and how it impacts on them.
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In “Neuroscience of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder: the Search For Endophenotypes” addresses ADHD as a highly controversial topic‚ as well as being one of the most popular condition amongst children and adolescence today. Despite the controversy ADHD faces‚ Castellanos and Tannock are in pursuit of finding a cause or development of this disease through Endophenotypes. To start out‚ the American Psychiatric Association has developed a diagnostics test for ADHD where one must answer questions
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Does Jimmy really have ADHD or is he just a little on the hyper side and is now addicted to an upper such as Adderall due to an improper diagnosis? Jessica’s father passed away and now she’s depressed. The majority would be depressed after a tragic life event such as their father dying‚ but turning grief and other responses to loss into a mental disorder is a medical
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Today prescribe medications have become the new drug of chose for many people. People abused prescription drugs by taking medication in a way that is not prescribed. People of all ages abuse prescription drugs for a number of reasons. Some of the reasons people would abuse prescription medications are to feel good‚ get high‚ to relax or relieve tension‚ to reduce appetite‚ to experiment‚ peer pressure or to feed an addiction. Also people may take medications that were not prescribed to them. People
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