Essay On Cocaine Abuse In Australia

“Just Say No!” A statement that takes us deep into yet another decade in the history of the United States which was excited by controversies, social issues, and drug abuse. The topic of this statement is fueled by the growing abuse of cocaine in the mid 1980s. I shall discuss the effects of the crack cocaine epidemic of the mid 1980s from a cultural and social stand point because on that decade this country moved to the rhythms and the pace of this uncanny drug. Cocaine took its told on American society by in the 1980s; it ravaged with every social group, race, class, etc. It reigned over the United States without any prejudices. Crack cocaine was the way into urban society, because of its affordability in contrast to the powdered

A great deal of harm is caused by illicit drugs, particularly to dependant users. Drug use damages the user and diminishes an individual’s social cohesion. An individual’s dependency on illicit drugs places a heavy burden on the Australian legal system, welfare(Centrelink), the justice system(lawyers) and the medical system. The many burdens caused by the manufacture, supply and use of illicit drugs effect the efficiency of Australia. The Drugs misuse and trafficking Act 1985 (NSW) applies to over 240 drugs, including

Heroin Addiction in Australia. There are many fact of this devastated addiction which lead a person to die or rather hope to. Heroin is an opiate drug which belongs to morphine, and morphine itself obtained from the opium poppy plant and this plant called papaver somniferum which means a hypnotic plant, also this plant grows in many countries such as Afghanistan, India, Australia, and China, additionally in 1803 heroin first discovered, and the reason why it has discovered is to help patients to kill the pain, so its name was a painkiller. (Live Science 2015) In addition, according to National Institute in Drug Abuse (2014) heroin is a highly chronic addictive drug that contains morphine which is from a plant called opium poppy that belongs

In Australia there is a multitude of medication available to us to increase our quality of life that are typically used appropriately in the community. However, there has been a growing number of individuals misusing pharmaceutical drugs and this has now become an emerging public issue in Australia and overseas. This research will be based on the misuse of the following pharmaceutical drugs: opioids, benzodiazepines and codeine. All of which have the potential to become an addiction. The extent to which these drugs are misused by individuals will range from those intentionally using these drug for recreational reasons, to those who are unware that they are misusing the drugs due to inappropriate prescribing.

Illicit drug use is a major problem in Australian culture as a recent study in 2012 by the United Nations has concluded that Australia has the highest rate of recreational drug users in the world (Toohey,2012). An Illicit drug can be defined as “the non-medical use of a variety of drugs which include: amphetamine- type stimulants, cannabis, cocaine, heroin and other opioids, and MDMA (ecstasy) (Hall W, Ross J, Lynskey M, Law M, Degenhardt L.,2000). Australian Governments on all levels including non-governments have been trying to fight this illicit drug problem

A cocaine addiction not only affects your health, but it also affects your performance in the workplace. There are many ways that a cocaine addiction can have a negative effect on your work performance. Below is a list of some of the ways that your business can suffer from a cocaine addiction:

Wow Tiffany, I never thought of looking at cocaine in that way, you bring up some really solid points though! The fact that cocaine is placed in Schedule II by the U.S. government does suggest that it is proven to have some medical value. After reading your comment here I did a little research and your completely right, it's said to be affective for minor surgeries! It's not only an anesthetic but also helps produce much less bleeding during a procedure, I found this information fascinating. I also learned a valuable lesson from your comment tonight, one can't always look to the negative effects of a drug. It's really important to explore both sides of the spectrum to fully grasp a solid viewpoint.

Cocaine is a powerful central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that heightens alertness, inhibits appetite and the need for sleep, and provides intense feelings of pleasure. It is prepared from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush, which grows primarily in Peru and Bolivia.

My report is about cocaine also known as snow coke, crack, etc. It comes from coca leaves, a plant from South American. Cocaine is a dangerous drug that can kill you if you overdose on it. You can snort it, rub it onto your gums, or dissolve it with water and inject it into your bloodstream. Do you know about the history and dangers of cocaine?, if you want to learn more keep reading. Overdosing on cocaine leads to the risk of heart attacks, strokes, seizure, panic attacks, it can also lead to death. When you mix heroin with cocaine it’s called speedball, you can either snort it or dissolve it with water to inject it. Since cocaine is a stimulant and heroin is a depressant, it will make you energetic but at the same time will make you feel calm and relaxed. Cocaine will only last about twenty minutes so the

Diet Coke is just as harmful as regular Coke, maybe even more. Diet Coke has many harmful effects such as risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. The Renegade Pharmacist.com states that “Diet Coke can cause an addiction similar to how cocaine works and can exaust the brain by overstimulating its neuroeceptors.” Diet Coke is meant to be a healthier option than regular Coke, but Diet Coke has been portrayed to cause all kinds of medical problems and can lead to little nourishment and dehydration.

There is a popular widespread belief in the media, politics and society that illegal drugs and addiction to illegal drugs, in general, is the cause of a significant proportion of crime (Seddon, 2000). This idea has exerted an increasingly strong hold on drug policies around the world (Bean, 2008), including New Zealand. The drug-crime link refers to the argument that crime is one of, if not the major, consequent problems of drug use (Bean, 2008), essentially, crime is a problem that arises from drug use and drug use can arise from crime also. Drugs and crime are consistently related to each other in a number of studies, however, despite popular belief, the connection between the two are far too complicated to summarise as a straightforward

Cocaine induces issues in the central nervous system that can quickly transform into a life threatening addiction. Cocaine is a highly addictive, dangerous, and illegal stimulant drug. Once cocaine penetrates the blood brain barrier, it clogs up dopamine receptors. Consequently, dopamine will bond and overstimulate the receptors of nearby cells. Cocaine affects many parts of the brain such as the hippocampus, amygdala, the frontal lobe, the nucleus accumbens, and the ventral tegmental area. As a result, the user remembers the pleasures brought by cocaine. Affected nucleus accumbens cause the user to want to repeat that sensation again. Additionally, one of the frontal lobe’s purpose is to rejects activities that have too many negative consequences,

Cocaine like most drugs is very addictive. Cocaine has different names though too, such as coke, flake, snow, blow, white, toot, base, basa, powder, dust, big rush, pearl, candy. Cola, C, big flakes, nose candy, baseball, pump, line, rail, snow, stash,and yeyo. All these different names are so they don't get caught buying/selling drugs. It's like a code name. Cocaine became the drug we know today in 1859. It was extracted from coca leaves. The boom (When it became more popular) was in the 1970’s, and the 1980’s. According to http://www.drugfreeworld.org it says “Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.” which means it is highly dangerous and addictive. In 2007 it was said that around 1.5 million people were found guilty

One of the editorial decisions that led to the original 1975-1985 ISR time series data for the prevalence of cocaine use being presented in Newsweek is that Newsweek relied on larger and more dramatic numbers regarding lifetime cocaine use, even though the change from 1984 to 1985 of lifetime prevalence was not statistically significant. Another editorial decision was the choice to only include the recent changes in lifetime cocaine use in their graphic account, while still discussing data from seven years earlier for a more dramatic effect. The authors explained that Newsweek said that lifetime prevalence had doubled over the past ten years, while the increase in 1976 to 1979 was actually much worse than the changes from 1980 to 1985. Newsweek

Because cocaine is extremely potent and directly effects the brain, using it can quickly lead to cocaine addiction. The drug is even more of a problem when used by mixing it with water and injecting it or smoking the base form, which can lead to crack addiction.