Opiate Abuse/Addiction Specific Purpose: After hearing my speech the audience will know about opiate abuse and its addiction. Central Idea (Thesis): Opiate‚ and its abuse and addiction. Introduction 1. Attention Getter: Addiction is prevalent in America‚ and one of the biggest culprits of addiction is opiates. Opiates often come in the form of prescription pain medications‚ and normally contain Hydrocodone or Oxycodone such as Vicodin or Percocet. The International Center for Advancement
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A. Identify a Social Problem The social effects of opiate addiction are felt by those who may have never even seen more than an image of heroin. For example; “In an early study‚ for example‚ Inciardi reported that a cohort of 239 male heroin addicts from Miami committed 80‚644 criminal acts during the 12 months before being interviewed (Inciardi‚ 1979).”. (Strain and Stitzer‚ 2006) In part‚ this is due to the problems associated with the severe withdrawal symptoms that begin about
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persons suffering from opiate addiction is beneficial not only for the individual‚ but also for society as a whole. Brightside Clinic in Northbrook‚ IL‚ knows exactly how drug‚ opiate‚ or heroin addiction can impact individuals and their loved ones. These drug dependence experts are devoted to offering caring treatment to help people get back on their feet. Rather than simply punishing or incarcerating individuals suffering from addiction‚ they believe in comprehensive drug addiction treatment. Read on
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Opiates: Heroin‚ Pain Pills‚ and Methadone Opiate use in the United States and all over the world is destructive to society and the user. From heroin to a prescription from your family doctor‚ opiate use is everywhere. In this paper I will discuss the history of heroin‚ withdrawal‚ the prescription pain pill epidemic‚ short and long term effects‚ and other general information on opiates and their use. History of Heroin Heroin was first created by C.R. Alder Wright in 1874. His purpose was
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difficult that trying to live with an addiction to opiate-based substances. The insidious addictive nature of these drugs pull unsuspecting people in and refuses to let them go until it has destroyed their lives or they starting fighting back by asking for help. If you live in the Arizona area and are dealing with an addiction that affects you and/or a loved one‚ there is help available. Treatment for Opiate Addiction The only way any kind of treatment for opiate addiction is going to be successful is if
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Opiate addiction comes in many different forms of abuse with many different kinds of people. There are three types of characterized reasons which can keep a person adducted to the opiate like the physical dependency‚ psychological dependency and the social context of the dependency. First of all‚ opiate addiction occurs after long-term use of the opiate and that person becomes physically dependent on it. Dependence on the opiates drug alleviates physical pain and allows those suffering from
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The abuse of opiates started back in the 1900’s. Throughout these years the abuse has become advanced. Marvin D. Seppala M.D. a chief medical officer stated in his book Prescription Painkillers: History‚ Pharmacology‚ and Treatment. "Drugs have been used for millennia in their natural form." “These agents were reprocessed and made more widely available in highly refined and far more potent forms- among them morphine and heroin (refined from opium leaves) and cocaine (from coco leaves) (p8)." Although
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epidemic that adolescents and adults face. Teenagers in suburbs and rural areas are more frequently exposed to prescription and illegal opiates due to its marketability and highly addictive properties. As consumers of prescription opiates build a tolerance‚ the addict begins to find cheaper opiates‚ such as cocaine and heroin‚ to satisfy their craving. Prescription opiates‚ administered by medical doctors‚ are commonly used to relieve sports injuries and other traumas. Doctors
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The history of opiates If we follow the poppy and its uses throughout the ages‚ we find a twisted path of its movement and impact as it travels around the world. Opiate use can be traced back to 3400 B.C. where it was first documented as being used and cultivated by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. Around 1300 B.C the Sumerians trade with the Assyrians and opium moves to the Babylonians and then on to Egypt. At this point the Egyptians move it across the Mediterranean Sea where it quickly spreads
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Methadone Treatment for Opioid Addiction By: Vicki Wilson Physiological and Medical Aspects of Substance Abuse November 7‚ 2012 Vicki Wilson Physiological and Medical Aspects of Substance Abuse November 7‚ 2012 When people hear the term opiate abusers or the more frequently used street term drug addict (a horrible stereotype) that people think of first. A homeless‚ system milking‚ degenerate that is hooked on Heroin and sticks dirty needles in their arms‚ doing anything for money to
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