OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND NURSING A major health problem in the United States is substance abuse. Substance abuse is the misuse of‚ illegal drugs‚ alcohol‚ inhalants prescription drugs‚ and other substances that change how the mind and body work. Drugs that are most commonly abused are alcohol‚ nicotine‚ marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ barbiturates‚ cocaine‚ opium alkaloids‚ and synthetic opioid. These drugs are either excessively used or not used for its intended purpose. Substance abuse transcends economic
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Drugs Introduction to Drugs: A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body of another animal and is not considered a food or exclusively a food. What is considered a drug rather than a food varies between cultures‚ and distinctions between drugs and foods and between kinds of drug are enshrined in laws which vary between jurisdictions and aim to restrict or prevent drug use. Even within a jurisdiction
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1. Which dosage forms are most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patients? Adults? The dosage forms that are the most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patients is chewable tablets which makes it much easier than trying to have the children swallow a pill and as well oral disintegrating capsules‚ suspensions or solution/syrups. For adults it is different because they can receive the drugs just about anyway as long as there is not any life threatening injuries obstructing
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days the society mainly the youth is getting addicted to drugs‚ alcohol‚ smoking and many more. Most of the teenagers even the school boys and girls are taking drugs. Some of them knowing and some without knowing the bad effects‚ they get into these habits. Effects of drugs: Although drug is used for medicine but the illicit use of it damages human body part.Some This is illegal to take such drugs like heroine‚ cocaine etc. Nicotine‚ the drug that makes tobacco addictive‚ goes to your brain very
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IELTS writing (Level 2 - Level 4) Topic Write 250 words on the following topic Drugs are becoming more and more common in many countries. What are some of the problems associated with drug abuse‚ and what are some of the possible solutions? Layout Intro 3 sentences Problems 7 sentences Solutions 7 sentences Conclusion 3 sentences Total: 20 sentences Intro Present situation 1-2 sentences This essay will look at Topic Problem 1 Example Problem 2 Example Problem 3 Example Summary Topic Solution
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Substance Abuse And The Effects Of Substance Abuse Substance abuse is seen as maladaptive and not considered dependant but can lead to dependency with certain drugs. There is a huge range of drugs such as alcohol‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines‚ benzodiazepines and opiates. Some of these drugs are illegal in some countries and regions and can lead to criminal prosecution if caught in possession or under the influence of them. Public health practitioners have undertaken many studies into drug abuse from an
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Summary This paper summarizes the activity of the drug cartels that is responsible for terrorizing the citizens inside and outside Mexico. They are responsible for ruining young people’s lives by making them addicted to the drugs. These drug cartels are in Mexico and send drugs illegally throughout the world and their goal to make a lot of money by making more people to purchase their drugs. These organizations work like Mafia that no power could stop them from doing so. They have threatened people
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Substance abuse‚ also known as drug abuse‚ is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical professionals. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited to mood-altering or psycho-active drugs. If an activity is performed using the objects against the rules and policies of the matter (as in steroids for performance enhancement in sports)‚ it is also called substance abuse. Therefore‚ mood-altering
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modern war on drugs has been going on the America since the 1970s with the stated goal of creating a drug-free America. However in the span of 40 plus years dedicated to fighting a war of drug prohibition with $1.5 trillion dollars estimated to have been spent in the process the results are less than satisfactory. Regardless of the multiplying millions of dollars allocated to drug enforcement each year addiction rates in America have not fallen at all since the start of the modern drug war by President
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Research Question: Why is the abuse of Adderall on the rise with college and high school students? I picked this question because I have been hearing a lot about the rise in popularity of Adderall use among students. I also remembered Officer Rimell talking about it during her drug presentation. I wanted to find out why Adderall is being used‚ what it is being used for and why it is so popular among students. Imagine being in college‚ you’re stressed beyond anything you can imagine and you need
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