Persuasive Essay About Drug Abuse

The victims have a master inside of them who controls every inch of their mind, body, and soul. It only takes a few slip ups to fall deep into the hole of despair. He deceives them but also brings them happiness. The victims have a mental battle with themselves but he is ruthless and shows no mercy. As they continue to disregard the few careless encounters, their condition deteriorates and leads to an addicted relationship with him. Society nowadays has become corrupted with addiction. Drug abuse has become prevalent and is impossible to avoid. There is so much influence around substance abuse that people are usually sucked into it before they learn the dangers of it. Nowadays, people are proposing solutions for this spreading epidemic and suggesting ways to treat people who are already affected. Addiction should be treated as a learning disorder that exacerbates as people mature rather than as there is something wrong with their character. The best feasible solution for treating this epidemic is early intervention. By doing this, potential victims can be educated about the dangers of it and be on the path to a healthy lifestyle.

Meet Aaron Short. A 26 year old average male who lives with his beloved mother, father and little sister in Hoppers Crossing. Young and in love. Making plans for the future. As perfect as this life sounds, Aaron’s happiness is not so clear cut. In August 2015, Aaron experienced a tragic relapse in his addiction to heroin. It was this drug that took Aaron’s life in a fatal overdose later that month. What is even more heartbreaking is that Aaron is not alone. Aaron joins thousands of other Melbournians who are stuck in hopeless drug addictions, with limited resources available to save their lives. So what can be done even begin to tackle such a problematic and sensitive issue? It starts with a trial. A trial for a supervised drug injecting room in Melbourne. As concerning as this may sound, if we want to save the lives of helpless victims, reduce criminal activity and protect our community, we must keep an open mind and unite as a community to urge the government to introduce a trial.

Prescription drug abuse and overdose-related deaths have reached an epidemic level in the United States and are an urgent public health concern. To combat this opioid crisis, in 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) was signed into law. CARA authorizes grants to increase access to treatment services and opioid reversal drugs such as Naloxone, strengthen the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), expand prevention and educational efforts. In spite of the extensive range of activities authorized by CARA to control this epidemic, the US has experienced an increase in the number of the opioid overdose-related emergency visit from 2016 to September 2017. Therefore, after considering the policy options to reform this act, the most apropos solution would be the universal mandate of PDMP use. Mandating PDMPs can reduce prescription overdose and misuse of opioids. In order to ensure the impact of this program, PDMPs will have to be implemented on a Federal level. This will essentially make sure that all states taking part in the program are responsible for keeping track of registered physicians and dispensers under the Prescription

A controversial subject many Americans are constantly at battle over is legalizing drugs. Some experts have the opinion that drugs should be legalized for medical treatment, and for help with severe illness. Other experts argue that this will have a bad effect due to overdosing and addiction, and also the adverse affect on teens. I do not think that drugs should be legalized but they should allow people with serious medical conditions to use these illegal drugs. Legalizing drugs would only create and even bigger drug abuse situation, and especially for juveniles. Legalizing drugs would also create the question of what to do with criminals who are already incarcerated for this offense. There are surveys, which give statistics on crime, and how crime rates are affected by the use of drugs. For example, there is one survey called the “National

“In 2002, 404,000 people used heroin in the United States. By 2016, there were 948,000 people. This is a 135% increases in the past 14 years” (Kounang). I decided to research about heroin, because I want to know what heroin is and which celebrities have done it and survived or died. I knew it was an addictive drug that many people overdose on. There was a lot of misconceptions that I had about heroin. Originally I thought heroin users become addicted instantly. I still have some questions about heroin. Why is heroin so popular? Who has done it? Even though some people think heroin is not bad, people should not take heroin because it's a highly effective drug and tons of people are dying from overdosing.

through a rough time when I was younger and my mother left our family for drugs.

Growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania in a lower-class neighborhood being raised by my maternal grandmother, I did not realize how different my life was from those outside my community. It was normal for me to see empty drug baggies on the ground, people coping drugs on the corner, abandoned buildings, and crime. As I got older, and my network of people grew, I started to notice some differences. However, it wasn’t until I left home at age 18 to attend college did I fully realize that my “normal” was not the “normal”. Most people I grew up with came from low income households and had one or both parents addicted to drugs or alcohol and mines were no different. The 80s-crack cocaine epidemic hit my family hard and by the end of that era my mother and her 6 siblings were all addicted. My mother’s disease progressed over the years and by 1999 she was an IV drug user, who attended 17 different treatment centers, been to jail 3 times, and overdosed countless times.

When it comes to Stevie there are environmental factors that contributed to his circumstances. First, is the idea that Steve was socially isolated from other children growing up. This is because he lived in the country and the only neighbors that are around him was his family members and other adults. Next, is that Stevie had a stepfather in his life named Arvile. This is important because Arvile tried to quickly build a relationship with Stevie and be the father figure that he never had. Even though Arvile’s attempt with Stevie did not succeed, Stevie considered himself to be just raised by Bernice until he was left with Verna. This would be considered being raised by a single parent. Last, is the factor of a disability. It appears by his behavior and

In the United States of America, there is prescription drug abuse epidemic that continues to be a growing concern. Prescription drugs cause a large amount of overdoses and result in an abundant amount of deaths each year. A government study conducted shows this epidemic is scarily on the rise, “A recent government study found a 400% increase in prescription drug abuse between 1998 and 2008” (Schreiner 531). The excessive use of prescription drug abuse is leading to nonmedical use of the drugs, and creating addiction. Furthermore society is paying an extreme amount of money in this battle. With this drug abuse on the rise, legislators must create a law preventing doctors and pharmacists from over prescribing prescription medications as well a law to require they both participate in drug monitoring programs to prevent drug abuse. Now is the time that doctors and the pharmaceutical industry must be held accountable for their role in causing one of America’s worst addictions. The over medication of prescription drugs in the United States must be brought to an end by legislators creating laws to stop

Imagine laying on the floor in your own pool of sweat—miserable, your mind bouncing off the walls while the cloud of your darkest thoughts looms over you. Teeth chattering anxiously, waiting to receive the next second, minute, hour of painless bliss. This—this is the life of an addict; does this horror appear to be a choice or more like a disease haunting the mind of the user? Despite the fact a choice was needed to initiate the result, addiction itself is a debilitating disease NOT a choice due to initial influences and anatomical changes to the brain.

I grew up in a bad neighborhood. There were gangs and drugs. When I moved out for the first time on my own it was also in a bad neighborhood, with gangs and drugs. I personally know some high up drug dealers. I’ve partied with them and they were my closest friends. My best friend back home is who introduced me to

All while I was newly engaged and trying to keep what was happening somewhat hidden from my now husband, because I myself didn’t even understand the situation so I didn’t want him dragged into it. It was such a pile up of everything, I really thought for a while that if he couldn’t get clean that we wouldn’t make it. I thought he wouldn’t get better and I would have to not let him come to my wedding, which was even worse because even to this day he knows that I know something was wrong, but not that I know about his addiction. It was too much. I thought we would fail as a family, as I was just starting to make one of my own.

"The drugs have taken over" those are the first words I heard when I woke up in rehab, I was on the detox side and I remember having flashbacks of everything that happened while I was on the run. From what that man did to me, to using my last drug before getting caught and arrested. They were taking my vitals when they told me everything that happened like I couldn't remember it myself. I remember waking up and already being so overwhelmed with everything, like when am I going to get high next?

Drug addiction is a complex problem in society today. Addiction is a condition that extremely affects the person’s mind and body. Addiction also has wide sweeping effects on that person’s social connection and functioning. Unfortunately, many addicts don’t realize the social influence of their addiction until much of their functioning has greatly deteriorated.

My love for drugs used to be a hate for drugs. But as time passed, I found myself feeling ignorant due to the fact that I hated what I didn’t know. Because of the media and other people’s bias opinions on it, I didn’t allow myself to form an opinion of my own. By the age of 16, I had already read enough forums and watched enough videos banned on YouTube on how to sell ,how to grow and distribute. Networking with those like myself who are very "behind the scenes" (or so to speak), those that practically live second lives. Pablo Escobar, Joaquin "El Chapo", and my personal favorite rapper Gucci Mane. All three of these great drug aficionados have something in common: They all held an