Drug addiction is a serious problem that can have profound and negative consequences on the individual’s health, wellbeing, and relationships. It is important to understand the different psychological theories of addiction in order to develop effective treatment and prevention strategies. There are several different psychological theories of addiction, each with its own unique perspective. The … Read more
I learned that drugs and alcohol are not good for you while participating in D.A.R.E. I also learnt that smoking or consuming any other drug can harm your physical health in various ways. Marijuana causes breathing difficulties, short-term memory loss, slowed coordination and reflexes, as well as impairing distance, speed, and reaction time abilities. It … Read more
Why Marijuana should be Legal cover Legalizing Marijuana would be a benefit to society. We as a nation would be improved by it. There are several reasons I make this claim. Although Pot has it’s problems, it’s benefits for outweigh it’s consequences. If Pot were legal, many people would switch from alcohol to Pot. I … Read more
Should the use of performance enhancing substances be accepted for athletic use? While the opposition will argue for the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) by athletes, use of these substances must be banned from competition because it damages the honesty of athletic competition, provides an unfair advantage to athletes who train clean, and can … Read more
With all this going on physically, the mind itself is also taking a harsh beating. Heroin easily ruins relationships with significant others, family members, friends, and even between the user and themselves. Many users will either choose to live very secluded lives; whereas others are forced to do so when the people around them decide … Read more
Identifying information: The client is a 24 year old, white, fourth generation Irish-American, upper class, heterosexual, cisgender male who lives in between his parent’s three apartments in Manhattan. Dillon is single and has never been married. Born in New York the client is a US citizen. Dillon has a stable source of housing, however, he … Read more
In a 1999 report, 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 … Read more
In America, like as every other country, has it’s issues. Being First World, The United States is already doing better than a lot of other countries. As majority of Americans have access to clean water, an abundance of food, shelter, etc. , there’s one thing that the country takes for granted, and that would be … Read more
A. I researched the social trend of legalizing medical Marijuana. In the 1800’s, physicians in the United States gave their patients marijuana to treat anything from excessive menstrual bleeding to tetanus. Now days there are other ways to treat and prevent both issues, but what about the horrid disease, cancer. Marijuana went from being a … Read more
“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some … Read more
The way we observe and interact with our world happens through our nervous systems. It is how we learn about our surroundings and how we function within those surroundings. But what would happen if something was affecting our nervous systems in ways that could both help us and harm us? Truth be told, there is. … Read more
Has America become a nation full of addicts? In today’s current generation everyone’s addicted, from the abuse of prescription medication to the use of social media. The human brain is susceptible to addiction very easily. Addiction is what drives people to make decisions, it alters a person’s behavior based on a developed dependence to a … Read more
Studies in the field of psychedelics, specifically the use of psilocybin mushrooms, are now being revitalized with the goal of scientifically advancing the existing treatment of many neural and physical disorders, proving to be far less harmful to an individual than what is common amongst other illegal substances (Heroin, LSD and Ecstasy) of the same … Read more
Substance abuse means abusing the power of various drugs, alcohol or chemicals to the point at which the user can’t stop. This can usually result in physical, mental and/or emotional harm to the users and others. Teenagers are more in the risk of the substance abuse as they don’t acknowledge the consequences of their actions; … Read more
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere. ” – Lee lacocca Nancy Farmer’s brilliant ideas did come across in The House of the Scorpion. In The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, is a science fiction novel about a boy named Matt is followed … Read more
“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some … Read more
A big problem some people face each day is drug overdose. Many people have been addicted to drugs and in some cases it has lead to death. Drug overdose can cause a lot of effects of someone’s mind and body. Many lives are lost because of overdosing on drugs such as smoking, painkillers, and even … Read more
One of the all time best coaches of the Duke Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski ,once stated,”In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better then I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not … Read more
Introduction The war on drugs, declared by Richard Nixon in 1971, has cost the US more than just a trillion dollars. The war on drugs was the US government’s attempt to solve the drug epidemic raging in America, yet it caused more problems than it solved. A supply side war on illegal drugs has generated … Read more
Addiction to heroin in young adults ages 18-30 being addicted, how it affects the human body, signs/symptoms of drug abuse, effects on daily lives of the abuser/family, and the road to recovery. Heroin has had a stigma of being one of the most dangerous drugs to use as it is highly addictive and hard to … Read more
The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport has become a huge issue in all modern codes of sport. In the recent 2012 Olympic games in London, it was suggested that as many as 60% of the athletes were taking illegal drugs. You only have to open the newspaper or turn on the television to discover … Read more
Introduction Patrick was born in the mid-1970`s to an Irish-American upper middleclass family. His mother was a nurse and his father was an attorney. As is customary in families with working parents the older sibling, a brother, helped to raise him when his parents were busy with work. Patrick had a normal social life and … Read more
Prescription drug abuse is a modern-day disease. In an estimate, over six million Americans have abused prescription medication. However, there is no completely accurate way to measure prescription drug abuse. Many people suffer from addiction because of certain doctors’ carelessness in writing prescriptions. When doctors’ are caught intentionally over prescribing abused medications, they are typically … Read more