Further more young adults start the habit without using during their adolescence and others who had stopped decided to restart when older (Parker et al., 1998) The normalization of drug use has huge implications for social work profession. Certainly drugs will be encountered by professions in their practice and simplistic response of ‘just stop or else’ will not do. Drugs are a reality and social work practice needs to catch up to embrace this added complexity in its work with clients (Anthony,
Teens today will do almost anything to fit in or be cool. Peer pressure is a huge part of teens doing drugs. Teens think it is cool to rebel against authority. If a certain crowd is doing something illegal others will follow to try to fit in. Even if a teen has never considered doing drugs they might do it just to fit in with their friends.
Also, it can be very addicting and most adolescents who have been exposed to marijuana at a young age have parents who also smoke it. An adolescent’s home environment and friends can be a big contributor on why they start abusing this harmful drug. Though other factors also contribute to whether or not someone will become addicted to other drugs after using marijuana, including biological, social and environmental factors, it stands confirmed that marijuana use often serves as a gateway to other drugs of addiction. Another environmental factor is because the person who sells the marijuana to them more than likely sells or does other drugs. Therefore, that person hangs out with others who do harder drugs and peer pressure them into trying it.
With that being said alcohol and drug addiction also takes a toll on wallets and families. Even though alcohol is only purchased by those over the age of 21, but according to the National Center on addiction and substance abuse, almost 80% of high school students have tried alcohol. Alcohol is a dependent, which means it slows the function of the central nervous system. Alcohol actually blocks some of the messages trying to get to the brain. This alters a person’s perceptions, emotions, movement, vision and hearing.
Title: Insanity is Not a Crime Deborah Mansfield Argosy University Phoenix Abstract The role of the mental institutions in this country has slowly become the responsibility of jails and prisons due to deteriorating funding. Mentally ill individuals who do not get proper treatment inevitably end up in the legal system. There, they wait in limbo; lost in a system that is not equipped with trained staff or the facilities to insure they receive proper treatment. They are often abused and left to themselves to cope. There is a better way to handle the misconduct of the mentally ill that is more cost effective, and beneficial to them as well as the community.
This is one of the most important needs because without it a person can feel as if they don’t need any people in their life and they become disconnected from society. Power needs refer to a persons need to be accepted and respected. Addicts often use drugs and alcohol to overcompensate for this need. Freedom needs refer to independence but often drug addicts do not feel free because they need friends, family and acquaintances to help them get food, shelter, and drugs. Fun is an important need in making people happy; most addicts have fun while they are drinking or getting high and forget how real fun feels like.
The community needs to build a more regional, client-focused, coordinated network of homeless services. The strategies call for maintain but not increasing the existing shelter capacity at this time, even though the shelters regularly turn away people due to lack of space. This will allow additional resources to flow to other needed services and housing. It is vital that the community place attention on those housing and services that help people regain long-term stability and address the underlying causes of homelessness, such as transitional housing and related services, employment services, and assistance in making a successful transition to permanent housing. Be more proactive in preventing homelessness…emphasize approaches that follow clients as they progress throughout the continuum of care, including assistance to people once they enter permanent housing.
Although one ethical limitation of a counselor is that they are not able to prescribe medication, the counselor still plays a major role in the clients overall treatment, to include medication. The role of the counselor is to offer recommendations to the physician for medication use, constant consultation and screening of the client for the need for medication, monitoring and evaluation of effects of medication, education to clients and family members, and advocating for the client to the physician. It is also a counselor’s responsibility to inform the client of available treatment methods (King & Anderson, 2004). For example, if I am seeing a client for depression I would be legally responsible for informing the client about antidepressant medication used to treat depression in addition to possible counseling treatments to ensure the clients right to effective treatment. Because counselors are responsible for assisting physicians in ensuring the best possible care for the client, it is important that I familiarize myself with psychotropic medication.
The studies showed that if the barriers were lower more homeless would want to and will go to housing agencies for help instead of living on the streets. Alcohol becomes a social problem because of us. We, the people, have used it too much and the problems stem from our abuse of alcohol. It is easy to do and it can happen to anyone. Alcohol abuse is universal.
The punishment went from being put to death for almost any crime to now a days only be put to death for the most serious of offenses. In today’s society rehabilitation centers are used quite frequently. Public rehabilitation centers are less expensive than private centers. One of the major problems in society is drug use, addiction, and abuse. In today’s society the drug rehabilitation centers are becoming more and more commonly used.