This article‚ from U.S News‚ discusses the the drug abuse crisis that America is experiencing today and what President Obama plans to do about it. America has seen drug abuse spike not only among lower classes‚ but also among middle class Americans‚ white and black. In recent years‚ drug overdoses‚ particularly with Opioids- which have morphine- like effects‚ have even killed more people than motor vehicle accidents have. President Obama plans to end this crisis by expanding access to treatments
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Drug Abuse and Treatment Centers in Afghanistan Feb 5‚ 2013 Drug Abuse and Treatment Centers in Afghanistan The issue of narcotic drugs production and consumption is worsening in Afghanistan which threatens the security and hinders the development. Afghanistan as the largest opium-producing country in the world produces 94% of the world’s opiates and thus has 920‚000 illicit drug users. Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and many other major organizations such as International Narcotics and
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Musical Influence on Substance Abuse English 1302 Professor Young Sex‚ drugs and rock n’ roll. This commonly used phrase sums it up pretty well. It seems as though anytime I hear anything about a rock band‚ especially from the 1970’s or 1980’s there is some sort of drug abuse somewhere along the line with at least one or more of the band members‚ and this will usually result in the break up of the band or the death of a member. Well I started getting sick of rock music getting a bad
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Drug Abuse among Teenagers Drug abuse among teenagers’ has become a number one problem in this decade. Drugs such as marijuana‚ ecstasy‚ prescription drug‚ cocaine‚ heroin. In halants cocaine‚ and heroin‚ however are fast become the drug of choice for teens‚ and be doing that they can take an overdose and die. Sometimes a teenagers can get so high on a drug they it will cause them to commit suicide. Drug is not just for the poor and the middle class the rich take them too. It has got so bad that
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OUTLINE I) JOB DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES 1.treat people in recovery a.help talk about‚ understand‚ and cope with their problems 2. work to prevent drug and alcohol abuse 3.educate parents to get involved in children’s exposure to drug and alcohol 4. counsel family and friends of addicts a. asks questions and concerns they may have b. finds out how they think addiction is impacting their life
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Women are facing devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and India. In the two countries women are already economically‚ culturally and socially disadvantaged lacking access to treatment‚ financial support and education. They are outside the structures of power and decision making. With no control over their bodies and sexual relations. They are looked at as the main transmitters of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) referred generally as women diseases.This topic is important to study
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Cannabis is one of the most abused street drugs in the 21st century; a psychoactive substance which acts to alter the brain function of one. Cannabis‚ also known as “marijuana”‚ “hemp”‚ “weed”‚ “pot” and “grass” is one of the most illicit drugs used in today’s society (Jung‚ 2010‚ p.18). It is voluntarily consumed for social and recreational purposes to alter ones mood and conscious state opposed to being used medical purposes. Routes of administration include smoking‚ where absorption is much higher
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conducted by Claudia L. Reardon and Shane Creado called “Drug Abuse in Athletes” they found that 93% of college and professional athletes used drugs within the past year. Is this bad? Yes. Does it need to be stopped. Yes. But this isn’t even close to the big picture of the problem. What if a little child found out that his favorite college or professional athlete used performance enhancing drugs? He or she might think that since their hero uses drugs that it is acceptable for them to use them‚ as well
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Drug/Alcohol Abuse Americas Downfall Aldonia Bailey COM/156 10/17/2012 Letitia Trent Throughout American history you can depict that individuals have been propelled by their peers as well as circumstances to use drugs/alcohol and commit crimes which the outcome has been a downward spiral in the American economy. We can see this in the higher poverty percentage and the lowering of the American dollar. However this downward spiral doesn’t mean the American people can’t take a positive turn and
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AN OVERVIEW OF DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE A drug is any chemical substance which when taken into the body will modify or alter the way the body functions from its normal state or from the abnormal to normal state. Drugs can be orally administered‚ injected‚ chewed‚ sniffed‚ smoked or applied. Drug abuse is the non medical use of drugs that destroys the health and productive life of an individual. It is the intentional use of psychoactive substances for purposes of altering one’s psychological state
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