describe the role and remit of at least one service that I identify. John is a 34 year old IV heroin user. John is homeless‚ estranged from his family and has limited support from other hostel residents and rough sleepers. He has been using heroin for 10 years and is currently injecting up to five £10 bags per day and frequently sharing injecting equipment. He states that he is keen to get off heroin and get his life back on track. I would suggest the following pathway for John; Ongoing G.P
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For about 7 years Jerry has been a daily heroin user. He is HIV positive and has recently been diagnosed with hepatitis C. His treatment plan consists of Interferon and he is considering the “methadone cure” for his heroin addiction however he is not sure if he wants to give up his heroin use. Jerry feels torn‚ but he knows that his life depends on this choice. In order to encourage Jerry to continue with a methadone cure which may be the appreciate treatment for him‚ he will need to be giving
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the world. India is more vehemently a transit country as it is situated between the Golden Triangle comprising Thailand‚ Burma and Cambodia and Golden Crescent comprising Pakistan‚ Afghanistan and Iran where most of the drugs‚ particularly opium and heroin are produced. Pakistan is the main centre of the world as far as the production of these drugs is concerned‚ and a large number of drugs pass through India to reach other countries. This takes place through drug mafia who has further links with
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Red eyes . Zoning into space Cocaine (Snow) Etc. . Sniffling . Constant rubbing of the nose . Dilated pupils . Energetic personality Various pills-Xanax‚ Oxycontin‚ Club Drugs‚ Etc. . Different types of pills have different effects Heroin . Contracted pupils . No response of pupils to light . Needle marks . Sweating Treatments and cost of drug addict courses Drug rehab Detox Drug rehabilitation centers have prices ranging from $1‚000-$2‚000 Most
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available in most all areas of the state and is usually used in powder form. However‚ crack cocaine is more common in the larger urban areas like Fairbanks and Anchorage. There were 6.40lbs of cocaine seized in 2015. Heroin: Another highly addictive drug that is popular in Alaska is Heroin. This drug is found all over the states‚ including smaller areas of Alaska. In 2015‚ police seized 6.67lbs of the harmful drug. Prescription Drug: Alaska also has continued problems with the abuse of prescription
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------------------------------------------------- Treaties and conventions China is a party to the 1988 U.N. Drug Convention‚ the 1961 U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol‚ and the 1971 U.N. Convention on Psychotropic Substances. China is a member of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)‚ and has been a member of the INCB since 1984. China also participates in a drug control program with Iran‚ Pakistan‚ Tajikistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan
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Kill a Mockingbird. Today people who choose to abuse harmful drugs are more likely to get addicted than those who use morphine for a medical reasons (Washburne 34). Many morphine abusers show similar side effhects as those of heroin and opium users (“Opium‚ Morphine‚ and Heroin”). When users abuse morphine they feel a reduction in pain and enter a state of intense happiness. The risks of morphine seem to outweigh the thrill. Constant users of morphine can experience a reduced sex drive‚ constipation
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ultimately safer. As production is illegal‚ the drug trade lacks all health and safety restraints put on other legitimate markets such as quality control and warning labels. Therefore if someone decides they want to sample cannabis‚ get their weekly heroin fix or even buy some cocaine for a night in as if it were a box of Pringles‚ they have almost literally no idea what they are buying from a drug dealer. The value is so high that drugs
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The Inaba text describes the phenomenon of "therapeutic index." Addiction to barbiturates can be critical in terms of lethality as measured by the therapeutic index. Describe how this phenomenon might lead to an accidental overdose. Why is this factor more critical with barbiturates than with other classes of depressant drugs? Barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system (CNS) depressants‚ capable of producing all degrees of depression from mild sedation and hypnosis to general anesthesia
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to treat people who are sick with opioid addiction. Methadone has been used for 35 years in the treatment of opioid addiction and has helped millions of recovering addicts (Methadone and You 4:1) Methadone is a effective way to help opiate and heroin addicts control their addiction‚ return to normal life and become a contributing person of society‚ O’Brien‚ Roberts and Cohen tell us that methadone is an opioid‚ a synthetic narcotic analgesic. Opioids are chemically and effectively related
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