Questions 1 Refer to the question‚ s25 of the TAFE Education Act 2002‚ there is an offence “ to bring heroin‚ cannabis‚ cocaine or any other drug onto a TAFE campus”. Before we look the part (a) and (b) of the question‚ let’s definite ‘any other drug’ first. Drug is not considered as a food‚ however it can be taken or put into a human body have medical‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or other effects. There is no single‚ precise definition for drug. Under control law‚ government regulations
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cases requires some form of medical treatment. There are many treatment options available to those struggling with addiction. The three most well-known options are rapid detox‚ suboxone‚ and methadone maintenance (Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction Facts for Families and Friends). Though each form of treatment has its own advantages and disadvantages‚ they all have one common goal; drug freedom. Research has shown that those receiving treatment are nearly twice as likely to achieve
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criminal justice system as opposed to a specialty treatment center. Another changed behavior that the criminal justice system is working diligently to do is placing nonviolent drug offenders in treatment centers rather than them remaining incarcerated. Opioid prescribing and use has increased‚ and while most were prescribed to people with pain‚ many of these prescriptions ended up in hands of
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management‚ this means that controlling the pain must be worth the inevitable myriad of effects that come with medication use. The more commonly used pain medications‚ belong in the opioid family. These medications also have a long list of side effects. According to (Benyamin‚ 2008) common side effects of opioid administration include sedation‚ dizziness‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ constipation‚ physical dependence‚ tolerance‚ and respiratory depression. Physical dependence and addiction are clinical concerns
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What is an Opiate? Opiates‚ or narcotics‚ are a group of drugs most often used for moderate to severe pain relief. Opiates are the drugs derived from opium and its ingredients‚ such as morphine and codeine‚ and opioids are synthetic imitations of these types of drugs. The term opioid also refers to naturally occurring substances in the body‚ such as endorphins and enkephalins‚ which act on the brain to decrease pain sensations (Ling‚ 1990). Frequently abused prescription pain medications include
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Advance Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice Fall Session A‚ 2013 Abstract According to the systematic review covered by Apfel‚ Turan‚ Souza‚ Pergolizzi & Hornuss‚ 2013 there is a significant reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting and opioid use when using intravenous acetaminophen. The reviewers used Medline and Cochrane databases to conduct their search along with a hand search of abstracts to identify randomized-controlled trials using intravenous acetaminophen. The review was to determine
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List A: Pharmacological and complementary treatment of knee pain Knee pain is an immobilizing symptom from various of diseases and particularly important to treat in the elderly population. Knee pain accounts for 1.9 million visits to general practitioners and 1 million visits to emergency departments annually. Through history taking‚ focusing on red flags that the patients might present with‚ through physical examination‚ and understanding knee anatomy‚ physicians are able to make the diagnosis
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Part A: Reflection Step 1: Compare your first draft and your final draft. Step 2: Select the paragraph with the most revisions and edits between the first and final drafts. Step 3: Follow the instructions in the boxes below. Box 1 Copy and paste the paragraph you selected in Step 2 from your first draft. Furthermore you dont think that people getting literally addicted to sugar like its morphine or heroin is a bad thing then you obviously have biast oppinion on the subject. The approach that is
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Prescription Drug Use and Abuse It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray‚ 46‚ of Germantown‚ Md.‚ says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life. Tranquilizers‚ which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness‚ numbed Ray’s agony‚ helped her sleep‚ and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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