The Problem Of Drug Abuse

In this paper I’m going to discuss one example of drug use and I’m going to relate it back to the public. While still posing the question “Is this a personal trouble or a public issue?”

The National Institute on Drug Abuse educates society by saying, “People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.” Users can receive these diseases if they use the same needles with other people. Reused needles could have blood or other fluids still on them from the previous user, which can carry out onto the next person and cause them to get infected with a disease. Another cause of heroin addiction is the tolerance of one’s body. It does not take much for an individual’s body to adjust to heroin. NIDA states that, “Heroin also produces profound degrees of tolerance and physical dependence.” Eventually when the user intakes heroin, their body slowly adapts and learns to tolerate the substance. Soon enough, the normal dose does not satisfy the user, so to receive the rush and euphoric effect, individuals would have start increasing the doses they take. Increasing the doses that they take can begin to lead them to using too much and the individual may unintentionally overdose.

“Happiness is not to be found at the bottom of a bottle or from the tip of a needle; it is not to be found amidst a cloud of smoke or within a sugar-coated pill. If you look for it in these places, you will find naught but despair” (Quotes about Drug Abuse). This quote by Wayne Gerald Trotman describes how heartbreaking it is to contemplate on exactly how many people’s lives have been adversely impacted as a result of abuse. Child abuse, animal abuse, and sexual abuse are all major types of abuse; however, prescription drug abuse is a problem that is drastically skyrocketing in today’s society. While other addictions and abuses are equally significant, it is imperative that people put a stop to prescription drug abuse using two simple

Agoraphobia is a difficult mental illness to treat due to the fact that there is a small number of people have been diagnosed with it. According to the Mental Health First Aid USA (2013) roughly 0.9 American adults are diagnosed with agoraphobia and the median age for onset is twenty years old (p. 41). People who have agoraphobia have a higher risk of developing substance use disorders by using drugs or alcohol to help them cope with anxiety. In the twins’ case, they are heavy cigarette smokers and it has to be monitored how many packs of cigarettes they are given. From research, there are no reports of concerns with diversity, oppression, or populations-at-risk of individuals diagnosed with agoraphobia. However,

Drugs have been a very big problem in the United States and all over the world for centuries now. But, On September 10, 1996 the mother of Ian James Eaccarino found her son dead in his bed of an accidental heroin and valium overdose. He was a promising college student with everything to live for. He was bright, athletic, popular, and handsome. His mother was unaware that he was using drugs and thought the changes were just adolescent behavior. The death of James made her curious of why her son would do what he did. So, she went to a drug awareness program, which opened my eyes to what was really happening in her home. He was only 20 years old when this happened.

According to NIH, the death rate caused by usage of heroin has been increased by triple of its number in the past 10 years. The purpose is to treat people; especially teenagers understanding its negative consequences it has on them before they get addicted to it. When the addiction starts addicts have no idea that they would be so in to it that there is no possible way to stop. Addiction is a chronic, weakened disease characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and use despite consequences and by long lasting changes in the brain (“United”). There are a lot of different reasons why people become a drug addict but their main reasoning is to be stress free, and stay happy. Most people consider who are drug addict has a bad character, lack of moral principles, and irreligious character of someone. However, being a drug addict comes from a wrong choice of a person, against all the damages it causes to them. Drug addiction doesn’t only impact health, but it has a big effect on our economy, family, lifestyle and career. As the drug fact institute explained it “Addiction is form of a disease and as such it can be pause serious of negative consequences your emotional wellbeing, physical health and emotional life” (“The truth”). As of right now, Heroin is one of the most highly addictive and dangerous drug of all. It 's also been known that people get addicted to heroin after just using it couple of times.

In a world where death and disease are the inevitable, we as a nation full of scientist, mathematicians, and doctors spend countless times in a lab, book, or tied up with a new experiment, trying to find ways to not only prevent the spread but to improve your chance of a healthy and long life well after the diagnosis. Providing clean needles in exchange for dirty needles or just the sale of clean needles is a way for the society as a whole to give back to people that actually have a problem with drug abuse. We cannot be certain that it will eliminate the spread of disease but we can give it a try and hope that it does help.Injecting drug users are susceptible to “pulmonary, endovascular, skin and soft tissue, bone and joint, and sexually transmitted

Drug “abuse” is a socially constructed idea or concept. Society has determined the level of usage that constitutes abuse. Society has also deemed certain drugs illegal and others legal. When a drug was seen as “abused” it would become a social problem, which led to the drug being made illegal. Marijuana is currently illegal in some states and legal in others. Cocaine, LSD, meth, heroin, and PCP are all drugs that were legal in America at one point. (McCormick, 2011) These drugs were used in order to treat illnesses and as pain killers. These drugs were legal and used in many medical cases. However, they are now considered to be illegal and people who are caught with them face penalties.

We all know someone who has suffered from an addiction, whether it be a family member, a classmate, a peer, or a friend of a friend. What is the best way of preventing theses addictions from going too far though? Doctors prescribing medicine, rehab and other sober facilities, parental involvement, or for extreme cases, drugs that will reverse the effects of the addict’s usage?

There has been controversy surrounding the most recent issue on drug addiction, especially when it comes to treatment opportunities. To start, many people in our country don’t know how to define addiction or understand how drugs affect the brain. A drug addiction physically takes over the brain and body, and in many cases inflicts a psychological issue on an individual. For example, anxiety or depression. Addicts can also experience physiological symptoms that are uncontrollable and intolerable. Many scientists and psychologists have performed extensive research on the mind of an addict, proving its disease-like nature. There are treatment options for those with disease, some with similar characteristics to those that treat universally known

What is advocacy? Advocacy is defined as the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal (Merriam-Webster, 2015) It is working publically to support specific causes, address problems, actively participating in politics and lobbying for a cause/ belief. Vocally working to support individual patients needs or rights, and working to educate the public regarding the cause. Nurses should be observant of patient’s behaviors and sensitive to patient’s communication cues. (Felicilda-Reynaldo, 2015) Substance abuse patients most often deny or downplay that they have a problem. The patient has to be honest with themselves and they have to be the ones who say

Drug addiction is a very common problem within our world today. There are many factors that can lead up to drug addiction. Things like the environment that people live in, their peers, genetics could be a factor, and mental illness. One side is that drug addiction could be a disease or it could be that people believe that it 's a choice. With it being a choice means that people have to make the decision of what to do before they decide to take drugs or not. Arguing that this could be a disease is a side too. The side of it being a disease means that it could result in brain problems and it could be caused from having mental illnesses that may run in the family. This is about how drug addiction is a disease and not a choice. There is more

We should know that we as our nation is facing this epidemic. Drug abuse is huge problem in many countries. Billions of dollars are spent trying to preventing drug use, treating addicts, and fighting drug-related crime. Jesse Heffernan and his drug abuse. He is a Certified Recovery Coach now. Now he is a creative, imaginative, forward-thinking, advocate. “He pretty much used whatever he could get his hands on, and he admitted that “Crack was the bottoming out substance in the end.” Although drugs threaten many societies, their effects can also be combated successfully.

Heroins cheap and widely available status has spread to many cities throughout the United States; these users are buying and shooting up right away, often in public. Many police officers find users unconscious or dead in cars, restaurants, in parks, hospitals, and libraries. Not only does this add to visibility of the drug to public eye, but leaving behind dirty needles in these public locations lead to a health hazard. The heroin epidemic needs to be stopped immediately by understanding where the problem starts, the effects of the drug, and educating the public about treatment, addiction, and the problems the addiction causes on a personal level. Keeping heroin addiction under control can lead to less overdoses and a more positive future for the youth of this county.

Drug addiction is one of society 's biggest problems and it is rampant among teenagers and young adults and one of the most abused drugs is marijuana. Cannabis sativa or marijuana usually grows throughout tropical and temperate climates and then plant 's stems, leaves, flowers, and seeds are then dried. What attracts to most users is the mind altering effect these parts produce which is addictive to some extent. It is usually smoked as cigarette, or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts, in which cigars will be emptied of tobacco and refill with marijuana or sometimes it is combined with another drug. It can also be brewed as tea or mixed in food. Hashis is a more concentrated, resinous form which is sticky black liquid, hash oil. The