Addiction‚ excuse or disease? Addiction can have profound effects on a person ’s thoughts‚ feelings and behavior. It usually disturbs perceptions and attitudes‚ and can significantly disrupt someone ’s personality. This isn ’t just because of substances involved - such as alcohol‚ nicotine‚ cocaine‚ heroin and valium. The experience of addiction itself also has an effect on how a person thinks feels and behaves. Addictions are present in almost every individual. Whether it ’s a chemical dependence
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This essay will present contemporary approaches and debates about working with substance misusers‚ critically review resources available in addressing substance misuse and produce an assessment and intervention strategy based on a case scenario by following the guide of the four domains of assessment. All to demonstrate my understanding. The case study I will be discussing is Stephen‚ 28 years. The four domains of assessment are drug and alcohol uk‚ criminal involvement and offending‚ physical and
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Advantages of 5-panel drug test kits at workplace Drug abuse has become the primary concern at workplace as a vast majority of drug abusers are used in America According to National Study on Drug Use and Wellness (NSDUH)‚ 2009 report‚ among the total 19.3 thousand current illegal medication users older 18 or older‚ around 67 % (12.9 million) were applied either full or part-time. Common drug of abuse Millions of people in the US are destroying some kind of illegal drug. Some of the typical drug
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not supportive in either argument‚ per say‚ it still effects everyone in one way or another whether to inspire a career or destroy a life. While the text states that‚ “you don’t have to be a genius to be creative‚” even genius’s fall victim to drug abuse and one perspective (although no one has answered this question satisfactorily)‚ also from the text‚ suggests that drugs harm creativity because‚ “their addiction reduces judgment‚ and the activities they provoke are hallucinatory rather than illuminating
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AN OVERVIEW OF DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE A drug is any chemical substance which when taken into the body will modify or alter the way the body functions from its normal state or from the abnormal to normal state. Drugs can be orally administered‚ injected‚ chewed‚ sniffed‚ smoked or applied. Drug abuse is the non medical use of drugs that destroys the health and productive life of an individual. It is the intentional use of psychoactive substances for purposes of altering one’s psychological state
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Which are worse- Legal or Illegal Drugs? Drugs are a common part of everyday life. In fact‚ it is highly likely that there are drugs of some sort in your cupboard. They are classified into two categories: legal and illegal. Legal drugs include alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and pharmaceutical drugs‚ while illegal drugs include marijuana‚ amphetamines and heroin. The media often portrays a biased‚ negative view on illegal drugs‚ however legal drugs often have the same effects as illegal drugs‚ if not worse
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References: 1. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). (2008). Statistics on LSD [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.drugfree.org/portal/drug_guide/lsd 2 3. Cocaine Addiction Drug Rehab. (2010). What is cocaine? [Data File]. Retrieved from http://www.cocaineaddiction
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Article summary/ review In the journal Medical Anthropology Quarterly‚ I read an article called Serenity: Violence‚ Inequality‚ and Recovery on the edge of Mexico City. The article was published in May of 2015 and was written by Angela Garcia. The article’s main aspect is a treatment centers for addicts known as anexos. Over the last decade‚ there’s been an increase in drug additions in Mexico‚ especially among the urban poor‚ and the treatment center anexos has been rapidly going up in numbers
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Substance Abuse in the African American Community Stating the Problem The contemporary problem that I would like to address is Substance abuse in African Americans community. Most Africain American uses Substance abuse as a stress reliever . They use religion by going to church to get strength asking for forgiviness. Adolescent are the one’s who are at risk the most . In the Hampton Roads you will see a lot of homeless people substance abuse users. Interview from a experience individual
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Role of Social Workers and Substance Abuse Abstract Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients. “Clients” is used inclusively to refer to individuals‚ families‚ groups‚ organizations‚ and communities. Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination‚ oppression‚ poverty‚ and other forms of social injustice. These activities may be in the form of direct practice‚ community organizing‚ supervision‚ consultation
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