Penny Graves Dr. Christie Exploratory Essay 22 February 2014 Hydrocodone PLEASE Exploratory Essay Hydrocodone is an opioid narcotic “first synthesized in Germany in 1920 by Carl Mannich and Helen Lowenheim”. (Hydrocodone) Since 1943‚ hydrocodone use has increased to the point that practically everyone agrees that something needs to change. Hydrocodone is presently a schedule III medication (drugs with an abuse risk less than schedule II). (Controlled drugs) There is currently a petition
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Australia is a drug-using society. The most common drugs used are alcohol‚ coffee‚ nicotine and various medications. Less commonly used are illegal drugs such as cannabis (marijuana)‚ ecstasy‚ heroin and amphetamines (speed). What is a drug? A drug is any substance‚ solid‚ liquid or gas‚ that brings about physical and/or psychological changes. The drugs of most concern in the community are those that affect the central nervous system. They act on the brain and can change the way a person thinks
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For Veterans with PTSD‚ A New Demon: Their Meds Threat of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Heightened With Mental Illness By Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Updated Nov. 10‚ 2013 10:32 p.m. ET NEWPORT‚ N.H.—Desperation drove Timothy Fazio‚ a former Marine‚ to turn up around midnight at a veterans’ hospital near Boston. His post-traumatic stress disorder was causing
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A Lamb in Sheep’s Clothing “My name is Kate Wyler and I’m fourteen years old”. There’s something desperate about the way Wyler says it‚ as if she’s clinging to the wreckage of her identity. From my last session with Kate‚ a five minute introductory session in which to establish her problems‚ I only had time to discover the bare minimum about her and her issues. I’d dealt with numerous abuse cases-but this was something different. In all my years I had never had a case affect me such as this one
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approaches to alleviate pain and minimise discomfort which can include drugs‚ physical methods‚ self-help methods or alternative methods. Drugs can be used for pain relief‚ these can include analgesics such as asprin‚ paracetamol‚ opiates such as morphine‚ anti-infammatories such as ibuprofen‚ anaesthetic blocks such as an epidural. Drugs that are supplied on a prescription for pain relief are likely to be analgesics. In some extreme cases of severe or prolonged pain an individual may be given opiates
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Micaela S Pesce Prof. Horn Enc.1101.136 11 January 2014 Word Count: 941 A Narrative Essay: Seeing And Hearing but Not Simultaneously As the clock hit “2:13 PM” on March 25th of 2011‚ my best friend of twelve years‚ Lizeth‚ and I had arrived at our bus stop at the corner of Bartow and Winter Heaven Boulevard after a long day of school. Tuesday’s walk home was not the same as Monday’s. As soon as we got off of the bus we realized the absence of silence‚ and what appeared to be
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Drugs have been around since the beginning of time and in the past used for a variety of medical and even spiritual properties. Many individuals are able to use substances with no negative consequences‚ but for many it can lead to addiction. Addiction will lead the individuals to have to chronic‚ relapsing‚ and compulsive behavior despite the known negative side effects. There are many substances that can lead to addiction and these substances are broken down into categories (Capuzzi & Stauffer‚
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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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ASM 4 – Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers 1.1 – Describe the range of different substances subject to misuse and their effects There is a whole range of different substances and they all create different effects. Substances fit into three different categories‚ with more than one category fitting some substances. The three categories are: Stimulants‚ Depressants and Hallucinogens. I will proceed to list the main substances‚ their effects‚ how they are taken
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Running head: DRUGS AND ADICCTION 1 Drugs‚ Addiction‚ Their Influences and Lasting Effects Josué Guevara South Piedmont Community College DRUGS AND ADDICTION 2 Abstract This paper scratches the surface of the now well-known topic of psychoactive drugs. Psychoactive drugs are defined as a chemical that will change the way
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