idea of prevention is to limit the availability of drugs (Hart & Ksir‚ 2011‚ p. 400)‚ but this is not essentially the best way. Addiction affects everyone. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ substance abuse cost our nation “more than $484 billion dollars (The National Institute on Drug Abuse ).” So although you might not be directly impacted by drug abuse‚ as a whole your tax dollars are spent on fighting the war on drugs. Currently there are several different types of substance
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Drug Abuse is one of the banes of modern society. It has hit all regions and all sections of our society. It is found in rural and urban areas‚ among poor and the rich‚ among the men and women. But it is most overwhelmingly practiced by young boys and girls in hostels in almost all educational and technical institution. Drug abuse is there in almost all the countries of the world. India is more vehemently a transit country as it is situated between the Golden Triangle comprising Thailand‚ Burma
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The Effects of Drug Abuse How many times has a person heard about the consequences of drug abuse? Have people ever really taken those consequences into account? Drug abuse is one of the major problems in our society. The causes of drug abuse are really unknown‚ but the effects of this epidemic are very serious. Many people get used to taking pills or like the way that illegal drugs make them feel. They can easily get addicted and abuse those drugs; that is the problem. The purpose of this essay
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there has and will always be a problem with drug abuse. Drug abuse is a very serious and ongoing difficulty that society is faced with daily. However‚ since drug abuse across the nation is such a broad subject with all the different drugs available‚ I would like to narrow it down to a more personal topic. In my home state of Montana‚ methamphetamines is constantly being distributed and abused. My stance is that we must work harder to put an end to this abuse in order to save Montana families and our
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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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Religion speech Hello fellow classmates‚ today I’m going to 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
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Teenage Drug Abuse Drug abuse is not a new case anymore‚ since it has existed for a long time. It has been discovered that most people who struggle with drug addiction began experimenting with drugs in their teens. There are many different factors in our society that have contributed to the support of drugs. One such reason is that teens may feel pressured by their friends to try drugs; they may have easy access to drugs; they may use drugs to rebel against their
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least one drug (including alcohol). It’s hard to say why teenagers try drugs. Sometimes they don’t even know why they do it. If a person asked ten teenagers at a party why they were getting high‚ that person would probably get ten different explanations. A lot of the time teenagers don’t even recognize the paths that led them to drug abuse. Drug abuse is usually the result of a problem‚ an outside influence‚ or the combination of these. There are many reasons why teenagers decide to use drugs‚ but there
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Factors of Drugs Abuse Family Family History * Parents are the main and first influencer in most of our life. Most of the things we learnt are from home. Hence‚ we will easily influence by their attitudes‚ routines‚ and even needs. If our parents have drug addiction or are drug dependant‚ we as their children are likely to have the addiction too. Drugs addiction can be passed from one generation to another. Lack of Parental Supervision / Communication * Love‚ supervision‚ teaching and
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TEENAGE DRUG ABUSE ADDICTIONS AND HOW THEY START • Addictions start because of Sometimes kids and teens try drugs to fit in with a group of friends. Or they might be curious or just bored. A person may use illegal drugs for many reasons‚ but often because they help the person escape from reality for a while. If a person is sad or upset‚ a drug can - temporarily - make the person feel better or forget about problems. But this escape lasts only until the drug wears off. • Drug addiction‚ or substance
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