experienced with my friends and family is substance abuse issues that include alcohol‚ illicit drugs‚ and prescription drugs. Throughout my childhood my father abused drugs and alcohol‚ my uncle was an alcoholic‚ my nephew suffered from addiction to alcohol and illicit and prescription drugs‚ and in the beginning of my relationship with my children’s father addiction was an issue. I have had several friends in the past that suffered from some form of substance abuse issues. In the past five years‚ I have
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Andrew Costa Professor Myles HUS 211 Substance Abuse 3/12/15 Opioids Outline Intro- Opium- from the Greek word opos‚ meaning juice or sap‚ was originally chewed‚ eaten‚ or blended into various liquids and swallowed. (Inaba 4-7) It was cultivated in The Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Dating all the way back to the 206 B.C.‚ Opium was a major product traded on the Silk Road. This classification of drugs is used primarily to treat pain‚ diarrhea‚ and cough. They are known to bring on a sense
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There is a lot that I want to learn about substance abuse. I find that since the first initial class I have felt more at ease and want to be involved with class discussions. I thought a lot about my own past with drugs‚ and want to figure out what I can do to help others find the tools to make better decisions in their own lives. I started out using when I was about 14 with pot and it progressed into my 20’s. I tried a little bit of this and that and in the process lost friends family
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Crowne and a few of her acquaintances‚ I have diagnosed her with sexual addiction which leads to a backlash of substance abuse or in many other occasions is a result of substance abuse. Sexual addiction is a compulsive desire to participate or engage in sexual activity. Sexual addiction and hypersexual disorder are very similar‚ and tend to have the same
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known on the street as “speed” (themix.org). Common uses for abuse are to increase energy‚ fatigue reducement‚ and increased focus (nida.gov)‚ all of which end up being detrimental to health when taken in the doses required to get the desired effect (narconon.org). In professional sports‚ drug abuse is extremely common‚ as players are paid based off of how frequently they win‚ which is greatly increased with the use of banned substances that increase performance‚ such as Amphetamines. The Sport where
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suicide seemed like the only option. Depression is a very serious issue because it affects school work‚ health‚ and relationships. School accounts for about twenty-two to twenty-four years of a person’s life
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Running head: H.B FULLER IN HONDURAS CASE STUDY: H.B. FULLER IN HONDURAS: sTREET CHILDREN AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE MBA 5211: Organizational Ethics CASE STUDY: H.B. FULLER IN HONDURAS: sTREET CHILDREN AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE Organizations are continually faced with ethical dilemmas. Though each dilemma may vary in degree of impact they will have on a company‚ it is essential that a company establish a wise solution to the problem. As we have gathered from this course‚ there are a large variety
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Being thrown in jails and institutions has proven over the years to be an ineffective treatment of substance abuse. Clearly there is an issue with the judicial system and its policies regarding addiction. Although the legal system has clear guidelines for punishments‚ it is still left to the addict to seek out resources to rehabilitate from drugs. Everyone should be very concerned by the staggering statistic of 129 deaths a day from drug overdoses. American’s should not ignore the fact that it
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Substance abuse The 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) combines substance abuse and substance dependence to mean the same thing (American Psychiatric association‚ 2013). Substance abuse refers to the habitual non-medical substance seeking‚ and the substance taking behavior which is suppression or resistance through its pharmacological consequences. Substance abuse may therefore include the use of alcohol‚ abuse of cigarettes‚ food‚ sniffing of solvents or
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Temple University Harrisburg Introduction Parental substance abuse and the welfare of children have become a growing epidemic in society today. Thousands of families are facing struggles with addiction which can lead to the interruption of cognitive development and mental growth of their young children. It has been found that “more than 8.3 million children younger than 18 years (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused
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