This alters a person’s perceptions, emotions, movement, vision and hearing. In very small amounts, alcohol can help a person feel relaxed or less anxious. Commonly seen after traumatic events such as death and divorce people drink to calm themselves down or to relieve stress. Expert’s theorized alcohol is addictive because of three main reasons the first is that alcohol is very addictive, the more the body gets the more it wants. A family history of addiction provides a great risk of being an alcoholic.
The most well known signs of addiction include loss of control over substances or behavior, obsession with a substance or behavior, prolonged use of the substance no matter what the consequences are, and complete denial that there is any type of dependence. Addiction is a strong indicator of much deeper psychological issues, often stemming from early childhood trauma of some kind. Once these issues are faced and dealt with, the use of drugs or any other substance becomes unnecessary in most, if not all cases. Society tends to believe that drug addicts are “weak”, and that if they really wanted to stop using, they could overcome the obsession and compulsion to use drugs. That addicts are anti-social, and that they use because they want to, not because they need to.
Some dangers of heroin can be lead to addiction, acute toxicity, Nervous System disturbances, an asthma. Heroin is a drug of abuse and it is harmful but also has some good qualities. Not by any means endorsing this illegal drug but it has been proven to be a successful pain reliever. Heroin structure is like many compounds in which it has several Carbon atoms. Heroin also has the power to be fatal to a user.
Gunsekera et al. (2005) found drug taking in films is shown in a positive fashion with little reference to possible negative consequences, suggesting that the media can influence dependency behaviour in a negative manner. However, Roberts (2002) found contradictory evidence, as drug taking in music videos was fairly uncommon, portraying the behaviour in a neutral manner, though this could actually increase drug usage by demonstrating it to be a normal behaviour. Although the media can help to inform about the risks of addiction, there is a danger that addicts will be demonized through media-created moral panics, seriously affecting the chances of addicts receiving enough social support to help them quit, or seeking treatment in the first place. Another danger is that of misinformation, with the National Pain Foundation (2008) finding that the media confuses issues surrounding the addictive properties of painkilling drugs, leading to chronic under-treatment of pain.
The third principle is, the size and quality of the drug’s effect depends on it’s dosage. For example, if someone were to use cocaine (an illicit drug) as a local anesthetic, it would be a small dosage and would numb the area for a small amount of time. However, if someone were to take a large dosage of cocaine, there heart rate will increase, they will feel more sociable and active. But the main feeling they will experience is euphoria. The dosage of the drug can be very critical on it’s affect.
There are also others who do not drink often that do not tolerate alcohol well. Those who do not tolerate alcohol well are obviously impaired. People who tolerate alcohol well may have an above average BAC, but not be impaired since they are more experienced. People who have such a great toleration for alcohol should not be lumped in with the others who do not and cause accidents. If they are punished, then it should not be in the same way as the people with no tolerance are punished since those people caused more of a risk to others than they did.
Lack of Acoustic Startle Response and Drug Addiction: an Integrated Approach Amy L. Holmes Kennesaw State University Lack of Acoustic Startle Response and Drug Addiction: an Integrated Approach For some what might start as a night on the town that included a onetime use of an illegal substance may for another turn into chronic addiction. Addiction can lead to so many downfalls in a person’s life that they become a burden on society in the form of the need for public assistance, such as welfare due to lose of income from job lose, or imprisonment. They expose themselves and loved ones to health issues such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AID) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Methamphetamines and methylenedioxymehamphetamine (MDMA; “ecstasy”) use alone has grown significantly over the last decade (Phillips, Kamens, & Wheeler, 2008). Does an individual’s acoustic startle response increase during their drug addiction or while they are in recovery.
Very similar to substance addictions, non-substance addictions show all of the components of traditional chemical or drug addiction. This includes a huge preoccupation with the behavior, a chemical high, which involves an increase of neurotransmitters in the body (brain chemicals), and actual withdrawal symptoms, which is when the neurotransmitters decrease dramatically. This decrease of neurotransmitters causes craving for the activity or drug. Even though it is not due to an external chemical dependence, non-substance addiction can be extremely dangerous. Non-substance addicts face the same pitfalls as substance addicts; financial loss, loss of family, criminal procedures due to actions brought on by the activity, and quite possibly death
Discrimination is attached to the mentally ill and because of this they are denied the same equalities that others in society have. The mentally ill are blamed for their own misfortunes by the bias opinions that others place on them through interaction and the negative portrayal displayed in the media. The nurse must be a voice for the mentally ill and strive for a better way in which the mentally ill are perceived and treated. I agreed with the author, in that the health care professional’s attitudes towards drug users does affect how they approach and provide care to these individuals. Patients with a history of illicit drug use are seen as having a higher risk for simultaneous chronic drug related diseases.” Negative attitudes towards patients with a history of illicit drug use can adversely affect the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, resulting in suboptimal patient care”.
Another reason why the drugs are being abused is because patients and non patients are taking more than what they are prescribed for. Drug abuser's stay in denial when they are addicted to the pain medication. For the patients that want more medication, has to go to other doctors to get the medications. Which is called doctor shopping. To do this the patient can not