Dont Get Me Started on Drug Abuse

It is important is know about signs of substance abuse so that you can recognize it easily. The signs of substance abuse come in the form of physical or behavioral symptoms. Drug abuse negatively affects a person's behavior and habits as he or she becomes more dependent on the drug. The drug itself can alter the brain's ability to focus it's thoughts, depending on the substance. Behavioral changes can be noticed in a person's performance throughout the day, when their behavior has changed dramatically in a negative way. Changes in behavior, such as the following, can indicate a problem with drug abuse: Increased aggression or irritability, changes in personality, depression, dramatic changes in

Drug abuse is an addiction to a drug that can lead to harmful effects for the user and the people around him or her. Drug abuse has been around long before most of us were alive. Almost everyone that has a drug problem does not think they will get addicted when they try the selected drug for the first time. Drugs do things to people without them realizing it and hurt them in the long run

In the present times, drug abuse is a major cause for concern and has an adverse effect on society in general. Although students comprise of a large section of drug abusers, grown-ups also capitulate to drug abuse. In fact among the middle-aged people there is an inclination to abuse prescription drugs.

The widespread feeling today is that there are more troubled teenagers than it was in the past, the increase of gangs, drugs, and guns will continue to be a social problem. Youth gangs are increasingly becoming a minority problem, and this trend is likely to increase in years to come, the drugs choices of juvenile may change in the future but that don’t mean it will be less of a problem than it is now, their choice of drugs today is cocaine and methamphetamine. Juveniles will continue to drink alcohol, and there is no reason to believe that the use of alcohol will be less of a problem than at present.

This policy was enforced because a statistic was made; that between 2011 and 2012, an estimated 8.9% of adults used an illegal drug. And 19.3% of young people aged between 16 and 24 also used an illegal drug. Drug misuse has a negative effect on the health, wellbeing and quality of life of too many people. It also drains public resources. Crimes related to drugs cost the UK £13.3 billion every year.

According to current statistics released by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, “In the United States in 2011, there were an estimated 25.1 million adolescents aged 12 to 17. In the past year, more than one quarter of adolescents drank alcohol, approximately one fifth used an illicit drug, and almost one eighth smoked cigarettes” ("A Day in the Life of American Adolescents," 2013, para. 1). Substance abuse is major problem amongst adolescents. Some are experimenting, but some adolescents may become dependent on a particular substance. If one becomes dependent on a substance as an adolescent it could be detrimental to their future health and success as an adult. Spear (2003) stated in an article titled Alcohol’s

You might find it difficult to read the data related to teenage drug abuse and addiction. Based on recent stats, the picture is not pretty and the information indicates that Americans are not doing enough to combat the problem of teenage drug

This Health Profile Report is to study how to reduce the harm caused by drugs among Teenagers in families and communities across Birmingham, UK in order to improve well-being. We have to use collaboration, pooled resources and coordination to invest in services, education, activities and support.

The topic is talked about but quietly and behind closed doors. No one wants to admit that it is their problem. The stigma attached to drug use needs to be eradicated and instead be discussed openly and often. Recognizing it as an illness, identifying risk factors, educating and communicating are strategies needed to combat this health problem. The Health People 2020 objective SA-2.4 works to “Increase the proportion of high school seniors never using substances—Illicit drugs.” Educating adolescents, families and the community about the risks and consequences associated with illegal drug use makes objective SA-2.4

In this essay I will be discussing the topic of substance abuse amongst adolescent youth within Canada. I will be reviewing topics of interest revolving around various types of street narcotics, alcohol consumption, and psychoactive drug use. Although substance abuse is a global issue, I will be focusing primarily on studies, and research done on the effects and impacts on Canadian youth. Thought the course of this essay I will also be touching on the various effects, that come with the continuous usage of these illegal and legal substances which not only take a toll on the user but also the families, social setting, and community. Finally some pro-active steps to getting the information and required help if you suspect someone or yourself are under the influence of any form of substance abuse.

This study provides insight into young adults harm perceptions of drugs. To our knowledge, this is the first time a sample of young adults in the UK have been asked to assess the harms associated with recreational drugs compared to those of experts. Findings do not lend support to the conclusions of the nine criteria analysis undertaken by UK experts (Nutt et al, 2010). The Spearman’s rank between expert’s harms ratings and respondents harm ratings showed no statistical relationship. The other main finding was the overall agreement between respondent’s ratings of harms and the current classification of drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Respondents were most likely to be regular users of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis, respectively. Interestingly,

For this assessment the author will be identifying an issue regarding public health and will be weighing out the strengths and weaknesses of a well-recognised theoretical approach. The approach the author has decided to focus on is Life Course theory, paying particular attention to the topic of substance abuse in adolescence. Drug misuse is a major recurring issue in England today, in 2015/16 there were over 8,600 reported cases of hospital admissions with the primary diagnosis being stated as “drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders” and there were over 15,000 admissions with a “primary diagnosis of poisoning by illicit drugs” (NHS, 2017)

Since 2000, the drug use rate in America has risen to the highest it’s ever been. In a survey done in 2009, 8.7 percent of people age 12 and up said that they used illegal substances within a month of taking the survey, a 9 percent increase since 2008 (Abuse, National Institute on Drug, 2010). This statistic alone is very concerning due to

Drugs between teenagers is one of the most serious problems, because it causes a change in the behavior of any teenager and a physical change too. Most of the teenagers use alcoholic drinks as a way to escape

There are many causes of drug misuse and research has in fact shown that it is rarely the case that only one factor indeed caused the individual to seek illicit drugs (Boys et al., 2000). Research from Boys et al. (2000) shows the most common reasons for drug use amongst young people with 96.7% of the participants use drugs to relax; 96.4% to become intoxicated or “get a buzz”; 95.9% to aid socialisation; and 86.8% to alleviate a depressed mood. These results show that the most common cause of drug use is to relax, this could be to escape the stresses of daily life, whether it be family issues or even the extreme of homelessness (Mallett et al., 2005). Mallett et al. continues to say that young people who are homeless are statistically much more likely to begin taking drugs than the home based peers. Their study consisting of 302 homeless young people showed that 12.5% of the participants began using drugs as a result of becoming homeless and feeling like they needed it to act as an escape from the struggles in their lives. Another major cause of drug use is family breakdown, violence and abuse; these three areas are suggested to be the cause of many problems in young people’s lives which ultimately often lead to them using drugs (Department of Human Services, 1998). ‘Blended’ families are becoming much more of the social norm in modern society, and it is also advocated that some young people may be driven to drugs through their relationship breakdown with families,