Christianity point of view. b) Law of the land. DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION. Drug. 1) A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Example: alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin‚ nicotine etc. 2) A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating performance when taken by a human body. Drug abuse. 1) It is the use of illegal drugs‚ the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for at least a year with negative consequences. 2)
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Audience: correctional staff Subject: Should prisons allow elderly people to be released and be under supervised parole for the rest of their lives. Author’s/Speaker’s Main Purpose or Claim: We will save money if it is possible and elder people leave the jail to avoid the necessary training for correction officers‚ “the costs of medication and accomadations throughout the prison such as wheelchair accesability and units with lower bunks.” Author’s/Speaker’s Tone (Tone=how the author/speaker feels
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Do you think it is possible to overuse our ocean resources? It is possible to overuse our ocean resources. We can drill and use an excessive amount of oil from the bottom of the ocean. This resource is made up of dead fish and other creatures that sink to the ocean floor and as sediment builds up the dead animal remains decompose and heat up to form the oil and natural gas. This can take up to thousands of years to form and if humans use too much oil we will have to wait another thousand years to
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Critically analyze the pros and cons of putting a price ceiling on prescription medicine. Make sure to use concepts from both chapters seen this unit such as government intervention‚ inefficiencies‚ price elasticity‚ etc. in your answer. When the government interferes in the market‚ the purpose of "Price ceiling" is to set to the maximum price at which a good can be sold. If price ceiling is put above equilibrium price‚ it has no effect on demand and supply of the goods. But‚ if price ceiling is
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The high rate of opioid prescription brings many problems to the healthcare system‚ including the nursing profession‚ the health of individuals‚ their family‚ and their community. Many people have the perception that these type of drugs can do no harm to them‚ when in fact when it is misused‚ it can bring many problems and do more harm than good. As nurses‚ we need to identify patients who may be potentially abusing these medications‚ so we can try to stop the problem. In addition to identifying
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I ambitiously decided that I would brighten the lives of the elderly by volunteering at a rest home‚ but discovered that the elderly were being neglected‚ shoved aside and forgotten. As I stepped into the home a pungent odor penetrated my nostrils‚ causing an instantaneous gagging reflex. The place was abounded with neglected and subdued inhabitants‚ yearning for attention. Anybody that passed them caused a sudden outburst of ranting. The negligence and disregard the home displayed appalled me‚ but
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patient’s attitude to information in prescription leaflets. According to the report‚ the patients sometimes see the information as ‘’scary’’ or ‘’confusing.’’ This has raised concerns about the quality of patient information leaflets. According to the Academy of Medical Sciences‚ there is too much focus on the potential side-effects of medicines on information leaflets inside packs and not enough on their benefits. Although‚ no data exist on how many people read prescription
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which leads us to the question who’s at fault for our prescription overdose. Doctors‚ doctors are at fault. Addiction blog.org says “ What happens when our drug pushers become those that we trust most with our health?” Doctors don’t put in the effort needed for the patients anymore‚ they just write up a prescription and send you out. Doctors do not take the time to sit down with you and fully listen to your health problems. Today prescription opioids are the most powerful class of painkillers. They
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the Elderly Population Alcohol abuse among the elderly is a widespread problem through the United States. It is hard to discover by physicians and medical providers‚ because many of these people have been abusing alcohol secretly for years. The population is extremely unlikely to admit that they have problems with alcohol‚ especially during a routine health care visit. As many as 15% of the population over 65 may be heavy drinkers‚ although this number is hard to pin down. Elderly people
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Aging Positively Abstract A functional assessment of the elderly involves a multi-dimensional diagnostic process designed to evaluate an elderly individual in terms of functional capabilities‚ disabilities‚ medical and psychological characteristics. These assessment tools provide objective data to detect potential impairments among our aging populations. With these tools we are able to evaluate how elderly individuals are aging‚ what assistance is need‚ how to make sure their environment
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