Group B Discussion Outline Topic: Abuse of prescription drugs: Problem Phase A. Identification of Problem 1. What is the situation where this is occurring? A. people are being prescribed pain medication for chronic pain B. these drugs have addicting properties C. people get hooked on drug‚ or use alternative drug i. One in five Americans report misusing a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime‚ but the overwhelming majority put the pills away with no lasting harm
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Drug Abuse in Malaysia Drugs is a type of substance which can be medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ or used to improve performance and can also have other effects when taken by any individual or also animal. Drugs are viewed differently from every culture. Some views it as a healing ingredient while some might take it as normal food intake. Drugs molecules are complex and it mainly consist of hydrogen and carbon atoms‚ oxygen atoms‚ nitrogen atoms‚ Recreational drugs generally is that an individual can
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things and take risks‚ so they may take drugs or drink alcohol because it seems exciting. Teens with family members who have problems with alcohol or other drugs are more likely to have serious substance abuse problems. Also‚ teens who feel that they are not connected to or valued by their parents are at greater risk. Teens with poor self-esteem or emotional or mental health problems‚ such as depression‚ also are at increased risk. Even casual use of certain drugs can cause severe health problems‚ such
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Drug Abuse: The Single Most Important Societal Problem May 27‚ 2011 Drug Abuse - Single Most Important Societal Problem Have you ever walked down the street or in a grocery store and bumped into someone you know‚ and they look really bad? Drugs have “eaten them alive” and they are barely recognizable. You can remember how beautiful they were “before” the drugs but you’re staring the “after” directly in the face. It is not a pretty sight‚ is it? Just think‚ it could be one of your family
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The three different classes of drugs are Stimulants‚ Depressants and Hallucinogens drugs. Stimulant drugs have many side effects such as having increased confidence‚ mood elevation‚ sense of energy and alertness‚ decreased appetite‚ anxiety‚ irritability‚ insomnia‚ transient drowsiness and even delayed orgasm. An example of a Stimulant drug is Cocaine. Cocaine is inhaled or what some people would call‚ “snorted”‚ through the nose‚ smoked‚ or injected directly into the blood stream with a needle
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Anti Drug Groups Throughout history‚ America has been fighting against drug and alcohol abuse in teens and adults. Many ways companies and anti drug groups try to prevent drug and alcohol abuse is through education in school systems and out of school systems. They teach young students about drugs and alcohol before they risk being around them‚ and they teach older students about drugs while they are around in their daily lives. Are these education programs really necessary? That’s the question many
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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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