37‚000 people died from drug related overdoses.” Many people do not understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. Substance abuse is a growing problem that not only affects the person who is abusing alcohol or drugs but also affects the lives of those who are close to the abuser. Substance abuse is the abuse of any substance. A drug is a substance that modifies one or more of the body’s functions when it is consumed. It is often mistakenly assumed that drug abusers lack moral principles
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least one drug (including alcohol). It’s hard to say why teenagers try drugs. Sometimes they don’t even know why they do it. If a person asked ten teenagers at a party why they were getting high‚ that person would probably get ten different explanations. A lot of the time teenagers don’t even recognize the paths that led them to drug abuse. Drug abuse is usually the result of a problem‚ an outside influence‚ or the combination of these. There are many reasons why teenagers decide to use drugs‚ but there
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Chelsea McMillen’s Persuasive Speech Outline General Purpose: To persuade my audience Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience into being in favor of distributing contraceptives (condoms‚ birth control pills‚ spermicides‚ etc.) in high schools. Thesis statement: In order to explain why contraceptives are becoming such a necessity in schools today‚ I will share how teen parenthood is being glorified‚ reasons for such an increase in teenage pregnancies‚ and how effective distributing
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involved in alcohol and drug abuse on a daily basis; whether it be in the neighborhood‚ school‚ or in the playground. Nowadays‚ parents are giving their children more freedom than compared to 10 years ago. Children are also maturing at a faster rate than in the past which leads to them wanting to do things that are not normal for there age. Much of this has to do with the increase in technology. The youth are learning and being introduced to a lot of things such as drugs and alcohol through the
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Factors of Drugs Abuse Family Family History * Parents are the main and first influencer in most of our life. Most of the things we learnt are from home. Hence‚ we will easily influence by their attitudes‚ routines‚ and even needs. If our parents have drug addiction or are drug dependant‚ we as their children are likely to have the addiction too. Drugs addiction can be passed from one generation to another. Lack of Parental Supervision / Communication * Love‚ supervision‚ teaching and
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hangovers are so severe. The user will swear off the drug after crashing. Some users will even seek help from medical professionals and be prescribed medications. The second drug abuse pattern us where the user “makes peace” with the drug. They accept the suppressed serotonin by using large doses of MDMA. It ends up becoming more like methamphetamine than ecstasy. The fate of the users is not well known in this pattern as it is rarely and abuse pattern. Although‚ most users end up crashing and seeking
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Informative: Herpes and what you should know. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Oral and Genital Herpes. Central Idea: To understand what herpes are‚ the cause‚ diagnosis/symptoms‚ treatment and prevention. Introduction: I am here today to inform you on a very important topic that I have taken classes on and done extensive hours of research on. According to Dr. Lisa Marr‚ who wrote “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” ‘fifty million Americans are infected with genital or oral herpes’
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Research Outline 2 Due Date: 4/29/13 I. Introduction A. Human Interest Story B. Background Information C. Mandatory parenting classes will reduce the violence in American society. D. Proofs (in one sentence) II. Body Paragraph 1 A. There are a very high number of children being abused physically by there parents. B. "Neglect and Abuse." SIRS Digests. Spring 1997: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 26 Apr 2013. C. Explication 1. Every year about 2 million cases of child abuse are reported
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Effects of Drug Abuse People who use drugs experience a wide array of physical effects other than those expected. The excitement of a cocaine effect‚ for instance‚ is followed by a "crash" : a period of anxiety‚ fatigue‚ depression‚ and an strong desire to use more cocaine to alleviate the feelings of the crash. Marijuana and alcohol interfere with motor control and are factors in many automobile accidents. Users of marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs may experience flashbacks‚ unwanted recurrences
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nurses were surveyed anonymously about drug abuse and 20% admitted to misusing at least one prescription drug. In another 1999 report‚ nurses were surveyed anonymously about drug abuse‚ and 20% admitted to misusing at least one prescription drug. Easy access was highly correlated with drug misuse. Nurses reported to use: opioids 60%‚ tranquilizers 40%‚ sedatives 11%‚ amphetamines 3.5%‚ and inhalants 1.9%. Of the top 17 abused prescriptions in 2013‚ 16 of the drugs (94%) are classified as Schedule II
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