Drug Addicted Mothers More than 1 million children are exposed to drugs or alcohol during pregnancy according to The National Institute on Drug Abuse. Each year about 221‚000 of the women who become pregnant consume illegal drugs and most of these children are born addicted to the drugs themselves. These mothers cannot give their children the proper care. Many drug-dependent parents abuse their children both mentally and physically. There is action that needs to be taken to prevent this on
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Drugs and Alcohol Essay Underage drinking has been a growing problem for as long as alcohol has been in existence. Now with rising prices of alcohol‚ drugs are becoming the cheaper option for a night out. Therefore the use of drugs by teens is becoming a rapidly growing problem and this combined with underage drinking is having major effects on the young adolescents of Australia. Money urgently needs to be spent on finding a way to improve these growing problems‚ then more money needs to be spent
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Tavish Hower Mr. Peterson Plutto4@aol.com English 101 11 December 2012 Teenage Alcohol and Drug Abuse Every hour‚ over 3‚500 teenagers try drugs for the first time. (Drug facts) This outrageous statistic sadly applies to many of my classmates and peers. Through first hand experiences and other people’s mistakes‚ I have learned the dangers of teen alcohol and drug abuse. In Desert Mountain High School alone‚ over 50 percent of the 20 students I asked smoke marijuana on a fairly regular basis. Marijuana
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would eliminate drug and alcohol abuse. One reason why I would eliminate drug and alcohol abuse from society is because it causes crimes. It causes people to murder and steal to feed their addictions. Good people can be pressured into using drugs and alcohol and potentially ruin their future. People using drugs and alcohol would not be able to hold a steady life style. Their family would slowly fall apart‚ pretty soon having no one to turn to. People using drugs and alcohol sometimes hide themselves
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inform you on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Alcohol abuse is due to many factors‚ including how you were raised‚ your social environment and your emotional health. American Indians and Native Alaskans are more likely to develop alcohol abuse‚ also people who have a family history of alcoholism or heavy drinkers are more likely to develop some sort of drinking problem. People who suffer from mental health problems such as anxiety‚ depression or bipolar disorder are at risk because alcohol may have been
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Alcohol: The legal drinking age in the state of Missouri is 21. The legal limit of blood alcohol concentration in Missouri is .08. If either of these laws are disobeyed you could face serious consequences or even death. When you drink you experience effects from it. There are two kinds of effects short & long term. Short term effects happen then‚ & continue for a short time afterwards. Short term effects include; nausea‚ vomiting‚ loss of judgment & self control‚ blackout‚ coma or even death
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necessity‚ it takes the shape of an addiction. Addictions are of many kinds such as an addiction of alcohol‚ coffee‚ tea‚ drugs‚ gambling‚ etc. The one who is addicted is a patient and should be handled with patience. The family of the patient has to suffer equally as the patient. Addiction is a turning point in the life of a person and a person starts thinking in a different way once gets addicted to something. The support and love of family and friends is very important for the patient so that he
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Language Analysis - Alcohol and drug culture in Australia Following the death of Leigh Clark after the circumstances which occurred after he was supplied alcohol by another parent‚ writer Bruce Guthrie argues in an opinion piece that the law requiring parental approval to supply alcohol could save lives. The second article which supports Guthrie’s contention is a cartoon by Mark Knight‚ published in the Herald Sun which highlights the public outcry against the call to legalise drugs‚ where both articles
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involved in alcohol and drug abuse on a daily basis; whether it be in the neighborhood‚ school‚ or in the playground. Nowadays‚ parents are giving their children more freedom than compared to 10 years ago. Children are also maturing at a faster rate than in the past which leads to them wanting to do things that are not normal for there age. Much of this has to do with the increase in technology. The youth are learning and being introduced to a lot of things such as drugs and alcohol through the
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the popular press and has been extremely judgmental and punitive in many instances. The harshest response has been the call for the arrest and prosecution of women who use cocaine during pregnancy. In a country that had come to learn that certain drugs‚ such as thalidomide and DES‚ can cause serious damage to a child exposed to them prenatally‚ it is not surprising that people are concerned about the possible effects of prenatal exposure to cocaine. But a concern that could have become the basis
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