According to the (AMA) drug addiction and alcoholism are considered diseases. (Pietras, N) Serendip's Exchange Serendip.edu 01/17/2008 Argument 3 Should drug addicts go to prison or rehab? Addiction is hard to control and everyone should have a chance to go to rehab. Individuals addicted to drugs need help not incarcerated. Incarceration will cause an addict to go into withdrawal symptoms and possibly death as rehab will give them the help theu need with the proper
Drug Addiction in Adolescence Abstract “Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or medication” (Merriam-Webster’s, 2000). Once one was addicted, it becomes the focus in that individual's life. The purpose for this paper was to learn and understand the positive and negative outcomes involving drug addiction in the lives of adolescence. Drug addiction in Adolescence was a continuing problem across the United States. There were many reasons an adolescent will try and even abuse different types of drugs and possibly alcohol; some of them included peer pressure, boredom, and curiosity and/or family problems such as parents going through a divorce.
A family history of addiction provides a great risk of being an alcoholic. Most commonly is it being a psychological crutch helping them with daily or life problems. The most addictive, part of alcohol consumption is ethanol which is extremely poisonous to the body. Most addictive legal drug is outlawed but many people still seem to get their
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.
It would depend on what part of the plant was used, to how much of a high (intoxication) one would experience e.g. the flowers or heads have higher levels of THC than the leaves and the stem. As one usually feels pleasant from the high, psychoactive drugs are usually abused despite the risks or negative consequences. Marijuana cultivation and possession remains the world’s most popular illicit drug used for recreational purposes, it is illegal in most countries and r good reasons. This essay will explain why marijuana is a dangerous drug, by examining the main areas of controversy which are the affects on the brain, mental illness tendencies and medicinal uses.
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.
Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is a severe mental disorder that cause the patient to experience severe dissociation from the environment and others around them. Dissociation is kind of like daydreaming, which most of us have experienced. People with DID experience a “lack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity”, according to WebMD, a reputable site that provides health information (Costello). Many doctors and psychiatrists believe that DID starts because of a traumatic experience and victims of this disorder dissociate themselves from certain situations to alleviate pain and anxiety that the situation may cause. Although many doctors believe this, there is no proven cause of Dissociative
In today’s society, divorce has become a norm in our lives. Married couples today are getting a divorce due to many different reasons, either because of conflicts in the marriage, lost of romantic feelings, a spouse committing an affair, and other type of marriage problems. Most of these divorced couples have children that are very young and due to their age, have no idea on how to deal with an event like a divorce. These children will have to learn to deal with their parent’s divorce at such a young age, affecting them in a positive or negative way. The effects of recent enlargement in divorce rates are negative effects.
Other physical symptoms include an increased heart rate and blood pressure, dry mouth, red eyes, decreased coordination, slowed reaction time, and increased appetite. The kidneys can take a lot of damage from substance abuse. Kidney failure is common with long time users of heroine, crystal meth, and other dangerous drugs. Liver failure is very common in people with alcoholism but also occurs in people using a lot of Vicodin and OxyContin. The most common conditions among drug addicts are heart attacks and heart disease.
Addictive disorders like drug abuse are the most widespread and intransigent mental health problems facing us today. Many problems of alcohol use involve difficulties that stem solely from the intoxicating effects of the substances. Dependence occurs when an individual develops a tolerance for the substance or exhibits withdrawal symptoms when it is not available. Drug abuse disorders may involve physiological dependence on substances, such as opiates- particularly heroin-or barbiturates; however psychological dependence may also occur with any of the drugs that are commonly used today-for e.g. marijuana.