Prenatal drug abuse is a very tragic‚ yet preventable issue in our society. For a pregnant woman‚ drug abuse is doubly dangerous. Drugs may harm her own health‚ interfering with her ability to support the pregnancy. Also‚ some drugs can directly impair prenatal development. All illegal drugs‚ such as heroin and cocaine‚ pose dangers to a pregnant woman. Legal substances‚ such as alcohol and tobacco‚ are also dangerous‚ and even medical drugs‚ both prescription and over-the-counter‚ can be harmful
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1. Introduction According to World Health Organization (WHO)‚ "a drug is any substance or product that is used or intended to be used to modify or explore physiological system or patho¬logical states for the benefit of the recipients". Drug abuse is taking a drug for reasons other than medical‚ in any amount‚ strength‚ frequency or manner that damages the physical and mental functioning. 2. Types of Drugs There are different types of drugs found in India. 1. Hallucinogens such as LSD‚ hashish
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teenagers said that drugs were sold‚ used or kept at their school. Which means more then 60% of children have been around drugs or people who have drugs. What effects could such a thing have on the average canadian family? As defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ drug use is a negative pattern of using a substance that leads to a number of problems‚ which may include needing more of a drug to get intoxicated‚ difficulties that occur when the effects of the drug wear off (withdrawal)
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incarcerated for drug related and drug influenced crimes has significantly increased over the last two decades. Using drugs inside a prison is a terrifying thing to think about. How is it that under the order of law and in a highly restricted environment‚ drug use is still possible? It is due to a number of reasons: overcrowded prisons‚ stealthy smuggling‚ concealed manufacturing‚ prison gangs and corruption. Some of the ways drugs are smuggled into prison‚ is by human bodies. The drugs can also be thrown
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was meant to give insight into problems and reduce psychological defenses. During the 1970s‚ many Americans and doctors called MDMA‚ “penicillin for the soul”. At this time‚ it had not been tested or approved for human use. The next
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most kids start‚ because my friends were all doing drugs. My drug abuse started really getting bad at about fourteen years of age. At 14‚ I was using marijuana about three times a day and I was using LSD at least once every two days. By the time I was 17‚ I was no longer using marijuana and LSD. I had moved on to harder and more destructive drugs. I was using amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis by the age of 17 years of age. I was abusing drugs behind my family’s backs for years. I stayed clean
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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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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 as an overdose
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Effects of Drug Abuse People who use drugs experience a wide array of physical effects other than those expected. The excitement of a cocaine effect‚ for instance‚ is followed by a "crash" : a period of anxiety‚ fatigue‚ depression‚ and an strong desire to use more cocaine to alleviate the feelings of the crash. Marijuana and alcohol interfere with motor control and are factors in many automobile accidents. Users of marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs may experience flashbacks‚ unwanted recurrences
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Prescription Drug Abuse Today I am going to talk to you about prescription drugs abuse. Many of us know people that take prescribed medication on a daily basis and I don’t know about you guys but I have seen people that have become addicted in which it’s sometimes painful to watch. No one decides to get addicted to prescription pain pills‚ sometimes a person’s body becomes immune the amount and that’s why they need more and more to help control the pain. What is prescription drug abuse? According
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