Persuasive Essay About Drug Addiction

I talked to the man, who asked to go by “Richard”, after the meeting concluded. We sat outside the conference room and drank coffee while he told me about his lifelong battle with alcohol and drugs. I think what struck out the most to me was just how sad and regretful his tone of voice was as he told his story to me. He recalled how he first shot up with heroin at the age of fourteen, and how his life was a vicious cycle of drugs and depression afterwards. “Richard” told me that he was in and out of juvenile halls throughout his teenage years and how, when he was supposed to be in school, would skip classes to drink on the curb or inject himself with heroin in some dirty gas station bathroom. “I was in and out of prisons too, once I got old enough.” I remember him telling me. After two three year stints in prison on drug and alcohol related charges, the correctional

Do you know what if feels like to live in a household with fourteen other people? Do you know how it feels now knowing if you whether or not you will have a roof over your head while you are sleeping the next day? When you live in this type of known environment, it is hard to do make it out become successful in life. All odds were against a man named Michael Jerome Williams growing up in these same situations and circumstances. Michael Oher was a young homeless boy that was adopted and turned himself around. Childhood for Michael Oher was living in a small home and being one of twelve children. He lived in the worst part of Memphis Tennessee, he never knew his father. He did not receive much care as a child as his mother was an alcoholic and his father spent most of his time in prison. When Michael was in high school his father was killed while in the prison. His mother was addicted to cocaine since Michael was born and he and his siblings began to separate at an early age. Oher failed in first and second standards and had to change many schools. Some were sent to foster homes, some stayed with friends and others lived on the streets. Unfortunately, Michael was in and out of foster homes and ultimately was homeless. He was basically on his own from the beginning of his life. He does not think of himself as being tough just trying to get by, to survive.
 He had friends who were as determined as he was to get out. He had brothers and sisters who helped keep him

A man introduced his self as alcoholic, and he started to talk about his life. He said this addiction comes from my family, his mom was alcoholic and his dad used drugs. He said “I’m pretty sure that my mom used to drink alcohol when she was pregnant of me”, when he was a kid his mother used a pill to calm him down, when he was sick. He moved to Florida, and he started his new job, which helped him to make money, to spend in alcohol and drugs. At his early age he got married because his wife was pregnant, she stop using drugs during her pregnancy, it became very hard for him because she was his partner. One day one of his sister told him about a AA Meeting, and he wanted to try it because he saw his sister into that, they

In 2015 more than 33,000 people were killed due to the current opioid epidemic. This was the first time in history where heroin deaths exceeded deaths caused by gun violence. Some may ask why opioid addiction is so common and that is because most doctors, dentists, and surgeons prescribe opioids as if it's candy, post surgery. Most of these professionals don't take into consideration that such medication can cause addiction after multiple uses. A reason for that can be is prescribing such pills can benefit the doctor financially just as much as the patient psychically. Many pharmaceutical companies hand out a lot of freebies such as free sample medication, free food, free pens and office equipment to doctors in order to bride them over. In addition, many of these physicians over look patient's history's, and some cases like smoking many of these positions may even overload patient history that may show any prior drug abuse issues within their family history or personal use. This may even show if the patient

His story was the one that shocked me the most. He mentioned how he used to do every drug: alcohol, cocaine, and even gamble. He explained how he started to like cocaine so much, that he got to the point where he did not like going out with people because he didn't like to share it. He wanted to be snorting all night. He would even go to work high. I have always heard about cocaine and people that used it, but this is the first time in my life where this subject was presented to me so raw and real. This man was 4 years cleaned. Something that really got to me was how much he persisted saying that everything in this life has solutions, that he just need to find

In today’s society, we are faced with many issues and problem. How we learn to deal and cope with these issues plays a major role in a person life. Ricky is a 37 year old male from Gainville, Ga. I have been working with Ricky to help him deal with his Substance Abuse for about a month now hears at Sunrise. When he was 18 years old, he moved to New York with his uncle to find a job and to go to school to better himself. Sometimes life can throw a curveball at you by the time he was 28 years old, he was hooked on cocaine and had been arrested numerous of time for possession of a controlled substance and assault. His last arrested came a year ago where he plead guilty to possession of a controlled substance and DWI. After, that he moved to

My name is May belle Carter and I am the CEO of MAYBELLE’S LOST ANGELS FACILITY here in Los Angeles California. Here we run a very stern and distinctive program for the youth and we make it our duty to provide some of the best tactics in helping those kids of age’s 12-14 boys and girls who have problems with drug addictions and alcohol abuse due to high levels of stress at home. About 20 years ago my son got hooked on drugs real bad. He began to hang around kids that I and his father normally wouldn’t let him associate with and he was only 11 when he began to show signs of neglect from us and rebellion. He began to roam the streets at night and also he started lacking in school and that wasn’t him at all. I and his father decided to sit him down and talk to him and figure out just what was going on with our child. Like most children he said he didn’t want to talk about it and that he was fine. I told my husband I was nervous for him within the next few years I didn’t want to become a parent who was worried about their child lying dead somewhere in the streets due to an overdose. I did what any other mother would do and I called for outside help because me and my husband could not do it alone, and I just had to figure out a way to get my child some help. I called a local therapist and thought maybe my son just needed an outside person to talk to because me and my husband weren’t who he wanted to talk to at the moment and he just needed someone to understand him because he

Up to this point David has tried so many times to help his son relinquish his drug addiction. But now, it seems as if he feels defeated, and is trying to accept the fact. That his son can not or will not, ever change. Prior to this he has tried so hard to help his son. He would talk to conselors about his son's condition “... and continue to drag him to the therapist, even as he becomes increasingly furtive, argumentative, and reckless” ( David Sheff 91).

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

He tells me that he "got off" of his drug charges and is continuing to work with his lawyer. He is pleased by that outcome. His father is in a rehab facility and he struggles somewhat with his feelings regarding his father's medical conditions.

He is addicted to drugs and has lived on the streets for over 25 years. In the beginning my family and I tried everything we could to help him be we lost the battle to his addiction. His dependency and addiction cause his mind to forged manacles that are truly the hardest to break.

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.

It is a right minded idea to think that strict laws against possession and use of controlled substances would deter people from using drugs and make for safer communities. The average civilian would probably think cops are cleaning up the streets when they see someone in handcuffs for owning or using any type of illegal substance. But the only reason that person is considered a criminal is because of our laws, we don’t know that they’re dangerous. Why do they deserve to be arrested and charged? Morally, they could be someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly, but since they have an illegal substance they are quickly judged and hauled away. There are pitfalls that come with these laws that aren’t obvious to the general public, and there are benefits that could come with tossing out our current consequences. Legalizing possession and use of controlled substances could make for a reduction of our current drug epidemic, solve issues with overcrowded prisons, and help drug addicts to receive treatment.

Many people view drugs as a danger to civilization, believing that there is no good to come from the use of these evil substances. On the other hand, some people are able to find positives in drug use, saying that they can help with common issues that people face in their daily lives. In recent years, previously outlawed drugs, such as marijuana, have come to the forefront of the news, creating tremendous debate on whether or not it should be a legal drug. Although some states have accepted the drug, much of the country is apprehensive to join the movement as they are worried about all of the risks that come with drug use. In part to all of the advances in technology over the years, scientists have been able to research many of the common drugs used in today’s society to answer the heavily debated question: Are drugs as dangerous as people perceive?

A 15 year old girl was at school with all of her friends. One of them said hey you guys let's go outside and everybody agreed when they got outside a 17 year old boy asked them if they wanted to buy some and they said lets try it. The 15 year old tried it and she bought 3 pounds of marijuana and cocaine. They were doing drugs for a year now.