Case Analysis : Drug Addiction

As of 2014, 20,000 deaths were associated with narcotics and prescription drug overdoses in the United States. The most recent death of Prince has continued to keep the conversation of drug overdoses. Many patients use prescription drugs to control pain especially those with cancer. Drugs used to help patients can cause a serious addiction and may become dangerous with abuse.

In 2015, there were 428,000 children in foster care (Kids count, 2018). The average age of a child, entering the foster care system is 7.4 years. In 2014, more than half the children entering the foster care system in the United States where children of color. On average, children entering the foster care system remain in the system for two years, but seven percent stay in the system for five or more years. Fourteen percent of the children entering the system live in a foster home or group homes. In 2014, more than 107,000 children in foster care were waiting to be adopted (Children’s Bureau, 2014).

On 08/12/15, Mr. Harrison’s mother reported that Mr. Harrison was not living at his reported address (104 Hudson St, Clayton DE 19938). Mr. Harrison mother stated that Mr. Harrison is living in Wilmington, DE with a friend. She could not confirm the address. Mr. Harrison has failed to report his new address with 72 hours.

Assessing those who have an addiction can be cumbersome. Understanding and knowing which assessment tool would be the most useful when it comes to things like type of substance and the type of individual you’re dealing with is important, especially if you want the outcome to be successful. If the assessment tool is too long or difficult to understand the client may become discouraged or agitated, which will lead to refusal to participate. In this paper, tools like the clinical interview, and other assessment instruments that are proven to be useful when assessing those with an addiction will be discussed. It’s not only important to choose the right instrument when assessing those with addiction, but following the proper steps is key when recognizing

Addiction has a significant influence when the individual consumes a substance and employs in an activity that can be gratifying and the extended utilization becomes compelling and disrupts with the activities of daily living, obligations, comparatively, performance in the job, relationships, or health. Individuals who utilize various medications used in substance abuse may not be apprehensive of their demeanor; they may not be cognizant that their actions are disorderly and precipitating complications for themselves and the people around them Psychology Today (2015). A lot of drugs are addicting. Addiction is a lingering, recurring condition indicated by besetting drug pursuing and utilized in defiance of negative ramifications and by resilient distortion in the brain. Individuals who are addicted have robust yearning for the drug, making it laborious to cease usage. Medications used in substance abuse heightens the danger to injury or fatality from narcotized driving or defiling conditions such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis from perilous sexual habits or

On November 5, 2015 Edinboro University hosted an event in the student center. It was a two hour seminar on heroin use. There were speakers on how heroin have been around the Erie community for years. People who have used heroin in the past talked about how it have affected their lives. This seminar and the speakers used this event to respond what has happened in their community. While the program was going on I learned some facts on actually what heroin can do to someone when continually using.

On 5/12/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged neglect prenatal exposure of baby boy to controlled substances or their derivatives by mother Rachel Casey. Per reporter Rachel gave birth to baby boy on 5/11/17 and has tested positive for substances throughout her pregnancy. Per reporter Rachel did not test positive at birth, and baby boy’s meconium is pending. Also, per reporter did not know if Rachel is or has been prescribed the buprenorphine and methadone.

In the case of the adolescent male, John who comes from a well to do family and the personal challenges he has experienced which include severe learning and behavioral disabilities, substance abuse problems and a history of delinquency, I have niece who comes from a good family and she’s travel the road with drugs. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why my niece had a substance abuse issue her parents don’t drink or smoke, there were behavioral and academic challenges which existed. I always told my sister that giving this child everything was not a good idea. My sister would not allow anyone to spank her or tell my niece she was wrong and on top of that this child would roll her eyes at people and think it was funny. This was a red

The following are the symptoms or warning signs revealed by a drug user. Take note that these signs do not guarantee that one person is actually involved in drugs and there could also be some other reasons like emotional or physical problems that cause these behaviors, there is a high possibility of drug use.

I had found a colleague who has an ex-partner facing a battle with addiction to several substances and agreed with me that it is a managable disease. Her partner has tried both AA and NA with no long term success and has suffered, but not reached a smashing bottom or a situation that would lead to making a full commentment to the programme as of yet.

An alarming amount of costs are presented to both the community and misusers because of substance addiction-related problems. Also, most misusers have addiction-related health consequences alongside their addiction disorder. Michael T. French Ph.D, Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at University of Miami, researches substance abuse said, “In a recent study of hospital costs for Medicaid patients, burn victims with a substance abuse comorbidity experience hospital stays twice the length of those of burn victims with no substance-abuse problems” (French 893). Not only is the overall cost of treatment more costly for misusers, but the lengthy hospital stays mean, they needed additional treatment for addiction related issues

Substance addiction can be defined by a loss over control over drug taking, compulsive drug taking and craving despite consequences and an increased risk of relapse despite long periods of abstinence (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The initial intake of a drug causes a pleasurable effect by increasing neurotransmitters in the reward circuitry in the brain, causing a positively reinforcing effect. But further abuse of the psychoactive stimulant can cause tolerance, reduced sensitivity to natural rewards, but sensitization for the drug and loss of control possibly leading to dependence. Drugs of abuse all differ in the initial effect of the body, but seems to lead to similar behavioural changes and symptoms of addiction. This leads

With prescription drug overdoses being called “silent killers,” we need to take action. One American dies every nineteen minutes from a prescription drug overdose. It has been called the biggest man made epidemic in the United States. It has been said that more people die from prescription drugs than heroin and cocaine combined. Most people who die from prescription drugs are older adults. But, some teens die from the abuse of prescription drugs as well.

Well, it is more than obvious that Jen has some issues in her life that she tries to suppress with alcohol or that she tried to overcome with marijuana usage. Moreover, it is important to look at all aspects of her problems. Smoking marijuana in order to ‘’reduce stress’’ (more likely to forget about her abuse as a kid) through her high school time doesn’t look like a big issue, but it might left a pattern that Jen picked up later in her life in order to deal with her problems. She obviously learned that facing problems through substance usage is her way to go and to deal with the same, which is completely wrong. In my opinion, as I stated, smoking marijuana does not present a substance abuse problem, but rather a core for something that became substance abuse later in Jen’s life. She states that she can go couple of days without alcohol, but also that she uses it in order to reduce her stress. Furthermore, Jen feels anxious about the times when she does not use the alcohol.

Drug addiction is one of society 's biggest problems and it is rampant among teenagers and young adults and one of the most abused drugs is marijuana. Cannabis sativa or marijuana usually grows throughout tropical and temperate climates and then plant 's stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds are then dried. What attracts to most users is the mind altering effect these parts produce which is addictive to some extent. It is usually smoked as cigarette, or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts, in which cigars will be emptied of tobacco and refill with marijuana or sometimes it is combined with another drug. It can also be brewed as tea or mixed in food. Hashis is a more concentrated, resinous form which is sticky black liquid, hash oil. The