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Prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic in the United States especially among the youth of our country. The Partnership for a Drug Free America says that 2‚500 teens a day abuse prescription drugs. Abuse of these narcotics can lead to serious mental and physical consequences. Why is this such a problem‚ what can we do to solve it‚ and how is it affecting our social lives? First we must explore what prescription drugs are being abused. The most popular abused drugs fall into three categories
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sociocultural viewpoint. I found it difficult to choose just one viewpoint when the causal factors can be extremely broad when it comes to substance abuse. I agree with the psychodynamic viewpoint because people who experience a lack of nurturance during early childhood often carry it with them throughout their entire lives if the issue goes unresolved. Substance abuse is not the only disorder that may be caused by childhood trauma. There are many other disorders that can be linked to early childhood
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Assess the affect of drug abuse on absenteeism‚ accidents‚ downtime‚ turnover‚ theft‚ at the work place. 300 words…… Drug abuse has a huge affect at the work place. When someone is under the influence of drugs while at work‚ it decreases their ability to function correctly‚ or at all. If an employee cannot keep a steady supply of the drugs they need to function then they will often times stop everyday activities‚ including going to work. Their absenteeism‚ as one can imagine‚ hinders the day
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Intro to Drug Use in Society Drug Abuse and Addiction are major burdens to society. The costs of drug abuse and addiction to our nation are staggering. Fourteen percent of patients admitted to hospitals have alcohol drug abuse and addiction disorders. Almost 20 percent of all Medicaid hospital costs and nearly 1 dollar of every 4 dollar Medicare spends on inpatient care is associated with substance abuse. 70 percent of individuals in state prisons and jails have used
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Defining steroid abuse can actually be very difficult compared to other types of drugs. For example‚. An individual who drinks all day is going to stick out like a sore thumb‚ and while some can get away with it for a time eventually the abuse shows through. This is not the case with steroid abuse. Anabolic steroids do not have the ability to alter our mind or perception like alcohol or other drugs. There is of course the issue of roid rage that often comes up‚ but at steroidabsue.com we cannot give
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We are happy to report that Drug Abuse Intervention programs are becoming more enlightened. It wasn’t all that long ago that drug use was widely stigmatized as largely a character defect or moral failing. However‚ new attitudes are emerging that recognize more complex underpinnings‚ such as can be seen in a guide for a medically supervised detox. At the point where the above guide describes the evaluation process‚ it indicates that it is now common to look for "co-occurring mental and physical conditions
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need to take drugs to relief the pain or cure the diseases. Drug has two definitions. Medical definition is substance to treat or prevent some diseases. For sociological definition‚ it is habit-forming chemical affecting brain or physiological functions. The second drug has the more potential to be abused than drug for medical. According to the lecture‚ the professor stated that drug abuse is to use unacceptable drugs and/or normal drugs excessively or incorrect way. It is one of the biggest and
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A Drop of Light for Duval County Inmates Heroin abuse has been one of the national crisis today‚ especially with the significant increase of death cases compared to early years. Reviewing the statistics of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) back in 2010‚ it has tripled today with a whopping 10‚574 cases. As per the books of Florida Medical Examiners Association in 2014‚ Heroin as the cause of death actually ranked fourth on the list nationwide. This is indeed a depressing truth and it is terrifying
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Effective Treatment for Drug Addiction Introduction “Every year‚ hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo treatment for substance use disorder‚ also called addiction” (Hart & Ksir‚ 2013‚ p. 409). Drug addiction is a complex brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. It is a condition characterized by an overwhelming and uncontrollable desire or craving to continue taking a drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption
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