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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cattle. This is the stereotypical life of a drug dealer. This is what drug dealers so call "work". Work meaning a job where money is made selling drugs to whoever chooses to buy their products. It is hard to differentiate which is worse‚ the causes or effects of selling drugs. The causes of selling drugs are the desperate need for money in most cases. They think they can get rich overnight and that will solve their problems. Most of the "ghetto" drug dealers happen to grow up in that type environment
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Performance enhancing drugs are substances used by athletes to improve their performance in sports‚ such as anabolic steroids‚ creatine‚ and testosterone. More and more athletes nowadays are using performance enhancing drugs due to higher competition‚ and even some high school student athletes! Not only is it unfair‚ but it destroys the user’s body. Performance enhancing drugs can be tempting to teens because they will be better and have an edge. Another factor could be that they want a better body
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Top 10 Drugs and Their Effects Drug abuse is a very common problem in most countries so it seemed like a good topic for a list. This is a list of ten of the most abused drugs and the effects they have on people. 1. Heroin Heroin is an opiate processed directly from the extracts of the opium poppy. It was originally created to help cure people of addiction to morphine. Upon crossing the blood-brain barrier‚ which occurs soon after introduction of the drug into the bloodstream‚ heroin is converted
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A drug can be said to be any substance use in medicine. It can also be said to be any substance taken by some people to get certain effect‚ such as happiness and excitement. Driving from these definitions above‚ drugs can be classified into two categories; 1] the soft Drug e.g. antibiotics and analgesics. 2] The hard drugs e.g. cocaine‚ marijuana heroin e.t.c. Consequently‚ a drug addict is said to be someone whose life has become dependent on drugs‚ hence drug abuse. Cause of drug abuse among youth;
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BIOS275 Week 6 Homework 12. What serious adverse effect has been linked to the drug Accutane? The serious adverse effect that has been linked to the drug Accutuane is depression and suicide. This drug is only used to treat severe acne and not common acne. 15. What is a herpes zoster infection and what drugs are used to treat it? Herpes zoster infection or shingles occur from the reemergence of the same virus that first caused chickenpox in the patient. The virus remains dormant in the body until
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pregnant women who abuse drugs and alcohol. State laws are now considerably different in their approach to resolve this problem due to the social outlook on the the issue.(Dailard) The controversy is determining the balence between womens ’ rights to their body ’s integrity and society ’s interest in healthy pregnancies. There is no criminal law against drug abuse during pregnancy. Prosecutors attempt to use criminal laws against pre-natal substance abuse already in effect such as possesion of a
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preferential securitisation of drugs and weapons related crime; in the case of the former Emmers (119-121) supports this notion. He points out that the illegal drug trafficking industry contributes to money laundering‚ arms smuggling‚ organised crime‚ corruption‚ illegal migration and possibly also terrorism (120). Furthermore‚ he emphasises that these factors contribute to societal‚ economic‚ and political degradation; consumer health and safety is affected as a result of increased drug use and crime levels
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Prescription drugs and the effects of overdose In the United States a life is changed every fourteen minutes due to prescription drugs. Overdose from prescription drugs is becoming an really dangerous epidemic. Prescription drugs are becoming more dangerous than illegal drugs. Oxy-cotin‚ Vicoden‚ Xanax and soma are common names for really addictive prescription drugs. Teenagers take the drugs to get high‚ while adults take the drugs for bum knees‚ and sprained backs. No one plans on getting addicted;
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Assess needs of clients with alcohol and/or other drugs issues Part A: Short Answer Questions 1. What is the purpose of client assessment? Depending on the type of assessment that is a conducted‚ a client assessment has many purposes. It helps to determine what the client needs‚ how those needs can be met by a service‚ what their more urgent and important needs are‚ if they need to be referred to other services and helps the service to discover what caused the client to have these needs
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