The Effects Of Drug Use On Children

Lauren’s mother succumbed to the troubles of the world and was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant. Her mother’s addiction caused the severity of Lauren’s

Her father was a drunk, her mother was mentally ill, all she had was her three siblings to struggle with her by her side. Throughout her life she wasn’t given all that she needed, and her parents put her in many dangerous

Growing up in the household under substances influence can cause severe damage to the child. Parental substance abuse has a significant impact on family function, and it may also contribute to child maltreatment. It heightens the risks to both of the physical and emotional safety of the children, and it generates children’s problematic outcomes. Children who grow up in such families may also experience mental health issues, social isolation, financial difficulties, and exposure to stressful life events and so on.

In today’s society people are talking about babies being born to drugs, and how could a mother do that to their unborn child. Drug addiction is a very serious issue that needs more research. We are still learning the effects of substance abuse. One problem that needs to be looked at is are there enough Rehabilitation Centers, to help the women who are addicted to these different street drugs. Also doctor and nurses should not judge these women but instead give them the best prenatal care that can be provided. We need to see what harm and side affects it has on the mother and baby, so that we can be able to understand better how to treat these women and get them off drugs before they do harm their babies.

Methamphetamine, more commonly known as meth, is currently classified as a schedule 2 drug but should be promoted to a schedule 1 drug for its now outdated medical usage. Currently, methamphetamine can be prescribed by a doctor to treat attention hyperactivity disorder and other conditions, although it is rarely used medically. It is prescribed at doses much lower than those typically abused. (NIH, 2014). There are now other types of stimulants that are more effective, and more regularly used in the medical world for treating hyperactivity such as Ritalin or Adderall. Marijuana, a schedule 1 drug, has more proven health benefits than a schedule 2 drug, meth. Methamphetamine should be changed to a schedule 1 drug, as It has limited medical usage in this time period, and is highly toxic effects on the body if the person becomes addicted.

Over the last two decades, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has estimated that consistently 40,000 infants every year are destined to moms who have utilized cocaine amid their pregnancy. Sadly, the result is out of line for these kids, in light of the fact that the mothers do not understand that they are also in charge of a life separate from their own. These kids usually have different levels of comprehension of things and do not understand the way to behave in our “normal” society. The levels of comprehension differ in every child as per the mother's utilization of cocaine, leading to a drastic social defect that takes place in later years of the child. The question that can be asked regarding this aspect is “What are the characteristics

As soon as birth, children are exposed to new things; new life experiences that will develop the path of which direction their life will take. Adolescence is the most important time in a child’s life because it is where they learn appropriate behavior from their family and the outside world. Some children are able to use these experiences to differentiate at an early age what is right and what is wrong and hopefully carry this into adulthood. What happens when children are exposed to the wrong experiences at an early age? What happens if children assume that what they are seeing is okay because one of their parents are

The cost of alcohol and substance abuse in the United States reaches heights of four hundred eighty four billion dollars per year (“Magnitude”). That’s about seven hundred eighty times the amount it cost to diagnose and treat sexually transmitted diseases in the year 2000 (Chesson). The sole purpose of this is not to persuade you one way or the other on this topic. Nor is the purpose to apologize for this social issue. The purpose of this writing is to employ data showing the societal effects parental addictions have on children, to show how this data has remained relevant in society, and to show how it is affecting our future members of society.

Drugging children can stunt their brain growth. A child's brain is going through changes around the age when armies and rebel groups want to recruit these children and start drugging them but drugging children especially at this time in there life can create problems with their brains and by messing u the brain there can be problems like memory issues, reduce the brain's ability to feel pleasure and can damage connectors in the brain( Smith, Kayla . "Health Effects of Teen Substance Abuse - Mental and Physical Effects.). Memory issues and the reduced ability to feel pleasure are one thing but damaging connectors in the brain can lead to reading difficulties, difficulty with emotions, hormone issues, capacity to learn difficulties, sleep issues

I want to start this off with a little call back to the motto of our school board of education: “our children, our future.” I believe what the board of education fails to realize, is that “our children” are ruining themselves, and cannot create themselves from the ground up. The schools are meant to teach them, on many subjects, including math, reading, and writing skills, as well as drug use. I'm not here to talk about the terrible English test scoring (which although they are getting better, all statistics, no matter what, will fluctuate) or the terrible math abilities of students. However I am here to talk about the drug use in these schools, and how next to nothing is being done to help our students to steer away from using the very

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH), inhalants are not classified on the drug schedule due to the difficulty of regulating the numerous products that can be inhaled or ingested (National Institute on Drug Abuse, date accessed 9/8/16). Most of the drugs that are being inhaled are aerosols, solvents, and gases that are found in many household products (National Institute on Drug Abuse, date accessed 9/8/16). There is a classification system used when talking about inhalants, the classification system is as follows: volatile solvents, aerosols, gases, and nitrates. Some common drugs that are inhaled are: spray paint, markers, glue, cleaning fluids, paint thinners, gasoline, vegetable oil spray, aerosol computer

College students are among one of the most researched populations due to their unpredictability and risk taking behaviors. Many studies focus on their behaviors in regards to sex and alcohol. In this study, we will be looking at the effect of alcohol and drugs on a person’s ability to deny sexual advances as well as the gender differences between these abilities. Unlike other studies, we will be focusing on the actual ability to deny sex as well as the gender differences, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been studied yet. This study is important because it explores the reasons as to why people have the ability to say no, and if they do not, why they struggle with this ability.

Back in my home in Nigeria, I used to see many drunks who are completely stoned out with excessive alcohol. They will walk staggeringly and talk to themselves, sometimes to others, while they say things that do not make sense. Then when I came to the United States, I have seen pastors, athletes, famous entertainers being overdosed with drugs and or alcohol. When someone has an addiction problem, I usually see them as weak minded, losers, school drop-out, lazy and unemployed. I think of them as not having the willpower to end their addiction and as such I have little or no sympathy for them. I then started asking questions such as: Is this behavior a creature of habit? Or is it an innate or inborn behavior which cannot be controlled? What causes these people to take overdose drugs and excessive alcohol? Is this a disease or a lack of will power? Can these people be helped? Can this abuse of alcohol and drugs have a negative impact on their children, family and others? I choose this course so that I can find answers to these questions and have a better understanding of the cause or causes and effect of substance abuse. Furthermore, I would have a better understanding on how to deal and help in the eradication of this overdose drug and alcohol epidemic.

Her grades fell. She was always tired. She never seemed to be able to focus at school. Classes she used to be interested in became utterly mundane. Friends she used to care about became replaceable. She stopped spending time with her family. She sat on the bench at every soccer game instead of becoming the star player her coaches thought she could. This is what addiction to drugs can do to a young person’s life. Addiction can take away everything that once made that young person happy. The only thing that matters anymore is the drug, getting high, and getting higher. It is a horrible and tragic thing that destroys so many young lives. Some people think that in order to prevent these situations, the best solution is random drug testing.

There have been many drugs created over the years to help lessen or diminish sicknesses. However, there are people that have abused these drugs to reach a certain high and this is considered abuse. The people that do this could do it out of boredom or curiosity. Some may even feel that it will help them escape from the problems that they are faced with or fill a void in their life. No matter what the reasoning is for them the outcome remains the same. The body becomes used to the drugs they are abusing and the person becomes addicted. The definition of drug abuse according to the University of Maryland Medical Center is “the recurrent use of illegal drugs, or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs with negative