There are many different drugs that can cause side effects while they are used and during the withdrawal process. Once someone has an addiction‚ quitting can cause side effects. Drug side effects can be potentially dangerous‚ so it is important to go through detox at a professional treatment center. What Drug Side Effects Are Dangerous? Drug side effects can vary‚ but many common drugs can cause unwanted symptoms. Opiates can cause side effects in the short term and long term. When someone is
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teacher‚ taxi driver‚ principal‚ student‚ and friend have in common? The answer may very well be an addiction to prescription drugs. When a doctor prescribes pain medication for a back injury or abscess tooth‚ no one plans on becoming a drug addict. However‚ David Todd Loffert is a perfect example of how an intelligent‚ young man in the prime of his life became addicted to prescription medication and lost his job‚ family‚ home‚ and credibility. At 31 years old‚ Loffert was in his 2nd year of medical
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Narcotic drugs induce a pleasant and sedated sensation for users. For some individuals‚ these drugs are prescribed to reduce pain‚ perhaps subsequent to undergoing surgery. However‚ others misuse prescribed narcotics to alter their state of mind. This would be considered abuse. Abuse becomes clear when an individual’s ability to function decorously is impaired. An individual may experience financial‚ legal‚ or family and friend problems as a result. While abusing the narcotic‚ they may be incoherent
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Drug abuse statistics and drug abuse facts are widely available but are thought to understate the problems of drug abuse as drug behaviors have to be reported by the users themselves. Drug abuse statistics are collected in surveys taken in high school and door-to-door in some neighborhoods. While these provide useful estimates‚ they are not thought to be the complete numbers. Statistics on drug abuse show alcohol is the most widely-used and widely-abused drug with two thirds of adults regularly consuming
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patients addicted to drugs stop using‚ avoid relapse‚ and successfully recover their lives. Based on this research‚ key principles have emerged that should form the basis of any effective treatment programs: Addiction is a complex but treatable disease that affects brain function and behavior. No single treatment is appropriate for everyone. Treatment needs to be readily available. Effective treatment attends to multiple needs of the individual‚ not just his or her drug abuse. Remaining in treatment
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Addiction to prescription drugs Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse‚ some common drugs that cause abuse‚ and their effects and some common treatments. Pattern: People living in today’s society must be aware about the dangers that prescription Drugs can cause them‚ as well as the people around them. Introduction: * Attention : Is it possible that you or someone you love is addicted to prescription drugs?
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challenges that the youth of today’s world are facing. Among these‚ one of the greatest obstacles is the spread of illegal drugs‚ and also rapid increases in violence and the creation of gangs. These needless activities cause harm to high schools around the world and to the students who attend them. Peer pressure‚ the media‚ and need of independence are just some of the reasons drugs and violence rates have increased over the years. A huge problem with today’s society is the media. Violence is a centrepiece
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Methamphetamine Abuse The report of Methamphetamine is an artificial painkiller with more rapid long-lasting effects than amphetamine‚ used illegally as an intoxicant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Methamphetamine is a drug that kills slowly‚ but surely and along the way it has many severe health complications. This drug has nearly up to eight or more slang words that are used in the street. Methamphetamine is defined as meth‚ speed‚ crank‚ zip‚ chalk
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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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PHILIPPINES: MASSIVE DRUG ABUSE Submitted by: Howard Elton Navarro John Kenneth Maimot Submitted to: Prof. Desserie Maynes March 13‚ 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grateful acknowledgements are due to the following resources for lending their books and ideas for this research paper. And also the authors for letting the researchers used the following articles and selection of their books for this subject matter. Kaban ng Hiyas Library of Mandaluyong City for the books Google as research engine
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