The Structural Functional Perspective Of Drugs And Drug Addiction

Imagine if millions of people around the world were shackled to their own poison. Well, it's not an imagination; it’s reality. Drug addiction is literal enslavement to any harmful substance that can damage the mind, body, and behavior. Drug addiction is being tied to a substance and depending on it hand and foot. An individual named Donald Lynn Frost once put it as “Drugs take you to hell, Disguised as heaven”; as the worst part about addiction is that one finds an alternative to happiness that is nothing like the true emotion.

The theory that I chose to use for the psychology side of addiction is the social and environmental aspects on the person with the addiction. There is no real definition of the social and environmental conditions of addiction but it basically means how the person starts their addiction whether it is by where they usually spend heir time or if the people around them are doing these drugs also. But some of these reasons include feeling that they have to use these substances because of things that happen in their home environment or also if their friends are using it. The agreements of this states that “Once addicts decide to quit, they must leave the scene, break all ties with opiate users and create new interests, new social

People feel that way towards addiction simply because the addicts consumption of the drugs were motivated behind the idea of being intoxicated. But anyways, I digress. Similar to other chronic, relapsing diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, or heart disease, drug addiction can be managed successfully. And, as with other chronic diseases, it is not uncommon for a person to relapse and begin abusing drugs again. Relapse, however, does not signal failure; but rather indicates that treatment should be reinstated, adjusted, or that an alternate treatment is needed to help the individual regain control and

This complexity be noted by the impact that drugs have both on the mental health and the risk of addiction that is commonly associated with said drugs. It has been addressed by expert researchers that these individuals who get caught in the system of drug usage “become psychologically or economically addicted to drug laws.” These addictions slowly turn into a notion dependency on drugs. A dependency not only to feel “psychologically better” but, a dependency on being to live economically in today’s society. Researchers have found,

Chances are you know someone with a drug addiction. We often struggle to understand why an addict continues to abuse drugs. Whether it’s a choice they make or an actual disease is often questioned. Concluding an answer to that question you need to understand what addiction is, why people do drugs, what the outcomes of an addiction are, and if there are treatments for the addict.

It is impossible to treat a disease without including all of the possible primary causes of the symptoms. In the same regard, it is unreasonable to identify addiction as coming from a singular source, or conceive a model in which to view it, without taking into consideration other influences. As the biopsychosocial model has come to the forefront in providing a better understanding of addiction, it is not enough; other pathways yet to be address require attention. Therefore, I maintain that until and unless we are willing to include all contributing factors in identifying a theory or model for addiction, we do a disservice to the individuals who are battling this disease. Let us examine the components of the FCP of Addiction Model. Biological influences take into consideration what the disease model classifies as an imbalance in the nervous system, though drug induced. The psychological component includes how a person learns, their motivation, personality, and how they interact with others. Since we are all a part of the world at large, and each of us identify with our own culture, we would be remiss not to consider the influence and impact of social norms and culture on addiction. I have intentionally touched briefly on the three modalities of the biopsychosocial model because my position is that there are other influential pathways to consider in the treatment of

Furthermore there are many reasons why people first start using drugs, but most are centered around pleasure or the expectation of increased efficiency or creativity. Initially most substance produce an effect such as euphoria or relief from anxiety, sadness and tension. This may be intensified by social circumstances that the individual confronts and many of the substances allow him to forget adverse life circumstances. In addition alcohol or the use of drugs can also give self-confidence and access to a new group of friends. In time many substances create new problems, difficulties are ignored, minimized or wrongly attributed to another causes and the user have difficulty in evaluating the advantages and disadvantage of continuing to use them.The addicts often describe their drug or alcohol use to ‘uncontrollable urges and cravings‘, craving is a desire for the substance and an urge is the internal drive or the stimulus to act on the desire, if a craving cannot be satisfied, for example understanding , an individual may turn to another such as substance use. Richards, D et all (2007)

The best sociological perspective towards individuals with addiction would be functionalism, the functionalist perspective is a macro-sociological theory which consists of four main features consensus on norms, values and roles, integration and interdependence, stability and continuity, and dysfunctionality. Dysfunctionality may explain individuals with addiction face such discriminatory views from society as having an addiction is not seen as the "norm" or having accepted behavior within society so they get marginalized and put into the same category and discriminated against. addiction is not seen as a thing that benefits society that is why functionalists believe that the best way in order to deal with dysfunctional is to re-educate the individuals in society to re-join society or remove the problem from society all together, by doing this gives explains why individuals have such discrimination towards individuals they do not see as an "accepted" part of society and why society hold negative attitudes towards these individuals in society. Robert K. Merton (1910 - 2003) who divided human functions into two types: manifest functions (obvious and deliberate) and latent functions (accidental and unaware), this can explain why individuals within society have negative views as it can be learned from parents or from individuals they interact with, Growing up being told from parent that that individuals with addiction “are dirty” will give the child discriminatory views towards individuals with addiction, the child may not be aware of these views and may been seen as latent functions. Merton contributed to functionalism perspective in his clarification and codification of functional analysis. Merton’s goal was to broaden the analysis

Most researchers believe that addictions are caused by a number of risk factors, working together to create the addiction that consume and destroy people lives. Most people become addicted with prescription drugs they are taking; however, there are cases where individuals have used recreational and prescription drugs without becoming addicts. Once an individual starts using drugs, he/she becomes physically and emotionally dependent on them. Drug abuse can cause great amount of pain and suffering depending on each individual and the extent of his or her addiction. The extent of a person 's vulnerability to their addiction depends on their social environment, mental stability, physical health, and their genes. According to Kellogg "Our drug problem is a major problem, which in all likelihood, stems from poverty, loneliness, shame, dishonesty, rage, family violence, power and greed. It is a spiritual bankruptcy that eats away at a culture and destroys the core of meaningfulness in people 's lives" (Kellogg, 1990, p. xvii).

Throughout history, drug addiction has been one of the many factors of why people across the United States become unsuccessful. Being an addict controls the mind, body and souls of some people and with that, it usually hurts them in the long run. A disease is a disease, no matter if it’s alcoholism, gambling, food addiction or a drug addiction. Not all drugs do the same to people, but in some cases, it gets them high for a couple minutes and makes them keep coming back for more and from time to time again, they want to get higher than the previous session, which leads to them trying other gateway drugs.

Understanding the theories of addiction is not only helpful towards us understanding our own notions that we will uphold in our practice. They are important in reminding us to have an open mind and be welcoming of those that work within a different theories framework or believe a different perception of their own addiction. The different theories/models in which practitioners may work within towards addiction include the moral - personal choice; sociocultural - external factors; psychological - secondary to psychological condition; disease - primary disease; and the biopsychosocial model - multivariate syndrome (Fisher, G. & Harrison, T., 2013, Ch 3). Additional models include cultural – part of moral model; temperance – part of disease model; social educational model – learned behavior; blended model – numerous causes (Rocke, C. 2016). That ultimately the reason in which addiction manifested is not the only concern, but treating those who need support in a way they feel helpful, comfortable and supported with in relation to their health and beliefs of the upmost important whether differing from our own notions or

Drug addiction can be defined as a condition in which frequency of drug intake becomes much higher than the normal and it starts to negatively affect the person both psychologically and physiologically. Absence of drugs can result in violent behavior, depression and lack of self control. Drug addiction can be a result of psychological disturbances, environmental influences and prolonged dieses or very simply due to genetic structure of an individual. Any of the above reason individually or a combination of more than one factor can lead to drug addiction. Psychologically number of things like too much worrying about the future, problems related to money, family and career may result in drug addiction. Environmental influences means things like

According to drug abuse professionals Chris and Pax Prentiss, creators of Passages Malibu, a residential drug rehab, addiction is brought on by underlying problems in an individual's life that they are not able to manage. When somebody is not able to cope with their circumstances they in some cases turn to alcohol and drugs for relief. In essence it is not the drugs that are the problem it is rather the underlying problems that need to be resolved and recovered in order to treat the addiction. When the underlying problems are no longer present the person will not require the drug.

Drug addiction is common disorder in America. Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is a major topic in society today. Research on this topic requires a process to understand the informative questions of why individuals result to addiction. For example, how much you have to intake to be considered an addict? What happens to the brain when someone takes drugs? Can drug addiction be cured or prevented? Which demographic is most likely to be an addict? Searching for information to these common questions, the next step was to review and compare findings. Although the common questions were reviewed, there was more in depth questions that needed to be answered to complete the research process. Why do some people become addicted to

Drug Addiction is a problem all around the world that affects families, friends and strangers. It all starts with one puff, snort or drink. There are several different drugs in the world that have affected people with drug abuse. There are two different common drug abuses. Long and Short term drug abuse. There are also many different drugs.