Prescription Drug Abuse Among Adolescents Prescription depressants are responsible for fourteen percent of overdoses while street drugs‚ such as marijuana‚ are guilty for thirty-nine percent of drug overdoses (Maxwell 267). Statistics prove the prescription drug epidemic that adolescents and adults face. Teenagers in suburbs and rural areas are more frequently exposed to prescription and illegal opiates due to its marketability and highly addictive properties. As consumers of prescription opiates
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they cant get their drug of choice‚ and alcoholics use them or are prescribed them to prevent convulsions and other life threatening withdrawal symptoms. For example‚ depending on the study‚ 20% to 40% of alcoholics and 25% to 50% of heroin or methadone maintained addicts abused benzodiazepines(miller & gold‚ 1990). Here is a quote from a 48 year old female abuser of benzodiazepines. “if I threw down 10 valium‚ I really didn’t feel that much. It wasn’t like taking Nembutal or other barbiturates
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Pregnancy: The Effects of Alcohol and Substance Abuse on Fetal Development Natalie Fontanella Liberty University Online Abstract This paper examined the effects of alcohol and substance abuse on fetal development in expecting mothers. The critical periods of fetal development during pregnancy are reviewed and discussed in order to determine the effects alcohol and substance can cause during certain stages. In order to gain a more efficient understanding of the effects different substances
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Factors affecting pre-natal development a. Maternal Health Since the placenta cannot filter out extremely small disease carriers‚ such as viruses‚ children can be born with malaria‚ measles‚ chicken pox‚ mumps‚ syphilis‚ or other venereal diseases that have been transmitted from the mother. Rubella is the most widespread of the viruses that have a teratogenic effect. If a pregnant woman contracts rubella in the first three months of pregnancy‚ she is likely to give birth to a child with
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ROBERT DOWNEY JR. DIAGNOSTICS PROJECT Robert Downey Jr.’s Diagnostic Evaluation Assessment Michelle Nguyen University of Texas at Arlington Mutiaxial Evaluation This diagnostic assessment evaluates Robert Downey Jr. previous lifestyle between 1996 and early 2001‚ before rehabilitation in late 2001. The following multiaxial evaluation is followed by different examples of each diagnostic criterion on the DSM-IV Axes and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores. DSM-IV Multiaxial Evaluation
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Rader 1 Recreational drug usage consists of abusing psychoactive drugs for reason other then medical‚ work‚ or spiritual cause. These drugs can range from simple coffee down to heroin. These drugs are not healthy for the body‚ and have caused many deaths. HIV can be caused by non injected drugs. A United States poll‚ testifies that nearly two hundred million people use drugs at least once a year. This is truly what is wrong with our soceity today. No one can truly state each cause of drug use
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1. Discussion on the topic of substance use and abuse in adolescence 2. Development of plan to address the issues of substance use and abuse in adolescence WHY DO SOME ADOLESCENTS USE DRUGS? As children move from adolescence to young adulthood‚ they encounter dramatic physical‚ emotional‚ and lifestyle changes. Developmental transitions‚ such as puberty and increasing independence‚ have been associated with alcohol use. Binge drinking is a type of drinking defined for men as consuming five
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For as long as mankind has walked on this earth‚ music has been an important part of our culture and lifestyles. Each walk of life beats to a different drum. Different cultures use music for many aspects of their lives; for religious purposes‚ for celebrations‚ for comfort‚ for sorrow‚ for relaxation‚ for sports‚ for dances‚ for energy‚ for learning‚ for sleeping‚ and for sexual experiences. Everyone uses music for something. Music connects with people and reaches them in ways that words simply
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Drugs -Tolerance‚Dependence‚Addiction and Treatment. There can be a great deal of confusion surrounding the words addiction‚ physical dependence‚ and tolerance. People will use these words as if they are referring to the exact thing‚ but there is a significant difference between them . Misunderstandings about these terms can not only be confusing for the general public but also many in the medical profession. One of the main culprits blamed for this confusion is the fact that the Diagnostic and
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Personal statement: The construction of the human body is the inclusive structure of a human being‚ an incomparable compound‚ ensuring the capability of the human body. I am remarkably interested in precepting and understanding methods for diagnosing‚ examining and treating disease‚ in which is the reason to why I would like to study Biomedical Science. Our bodies comprise of a number of biological systems that conduct specific functions necessary for everyday living and the complex processes go
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