• Pharmacy medicines, these are available from a pharmacist without a prescription. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - This act is intended to prevent the non-medical use of certain drugs. It controls not just medicinal drugs but also drugs with no current medical uses. Drugs subject to this Act are known as 'controlled' drugs and are classed into three sections Class A: These include, cocaine and crack (a form of cocaine), ecstasy, heroin, LSD, methadone, methamphetamine (crystal meth), magic mushrooms containing ester of psilocin and any Class B drug which is injected, such as, for example, amphetamine. Class B: These include amphetamine (not methamphetamine which is class A), barbiturates, codeine and cannabis.
Outline Thesis Statement: “Drugs,” Gore Vidal discusses how our nation is dealing with addiction drugs through satirical observations, eloquence, and acerbic wit to establish his points. . I. Vidal addresses his concern on how is our government and nation dealing with illegalized drugs through satirical observations. A. Vidal purposely uses “zombie” as satirical of his observation to spark an image. B. Vidal mocks the power of choice; it can execute a person in a simple and ordinary way.
‘Using the Case Study provided at the end of the module Identify and explain the Client’s issues and devise a Course of treatment for him, taking Into account any ethical issues’ Introduction In this assignment I intend to explore the issues raised in the case study provided which is about a 45-year-old single man. The case study highlights Mr X’s reservations about applying for a promotion, his concerns about his mother’s lack of respect for him whilst picking on him, also he believes his colleagues see him as boring and he feels unable to marry his girlfriend as he can’t offer her anything, also she may say “no” He is described as a gentle and caring man who worries about other people might think of him. The fact that he has now asked for help suggests he is somewhat aware that he has issues and accepts that he needs to address them, especially if he is going to change his future both in his career and in his personal life. For the purposes of this study I will assume he is the one wanting the help and it isn’t his girlfriend or mother pushing him to move forward in his life and improve his career prospects. I would like to ask if Mr X suffering from depression?
End of life care: withdrawal /withholding of treatment and its relationship with euthanasia. This essay explores the issue of treatment withdrawal or treatment being withheld from patients with conditions with a very poor prognosis and the ethical issues surrounding the much debated topic of end of life care. With advances in medicine enabling medical professionals to keep patients alive under what would be considered to be a very poor prognosis, the issue of withdrawing or withholding treatment when no further hope of recovery is seen as likely to happen, is one faced by practitioners, next of kin and sometimes patients when they are considered able to make those decisions. End of life care is one of the most discussed topics within healthcare and evokes a lot of emotion from all people involved and this essay aims to highlight how withdrawing and withholding treatment in the last stages of life is connected within the area of ethics to end of life care. The essay will further discuss what withdrawing or withholding treatment involves and its connection to euthanasia and the care of the dying pathway.
Then it was announced that the police would not be bothering too much about the discreet social use of cannabis after its UK classification was relaxed from class B to C. Of course, the official government line remained that the drug is both illegal and dangerous. The inconsistency and confusion is on a global scale as different countries struggle to apply the 1961 UN Single Convention to 21st century reality—or wriggle to ignore it. Booth claims that UN action was driven in part by the first commissioner of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics and also by the absence of evidence that cannabis had any medical value. When the USA ratified the Single Convention in 1967, Bureau chief Harry J Anslinger’s “intolerant reign of disinformation and prejudice” was over but he still had a strong influence on UN thinking. Booth suggests that, historically, US policy on cannabis was influenced by pressure from petrochemical and paper companies afraid of hemp as a competitor.
The Alcoholics Mind: The Nature of Craving and How to Control it. New York: Oxford University Press. 1988. Print. This book influences the reader to understand how an alcoholic or addict does not bring addiction upon ones self.
Describe briefly our society's underlying motivations for the establishment of governmentalregulation and the control of drugs and drug use, differentiating between regulating drug use andtaking a laissez-faire approach. 2a. Some of the underlying motivations for establishing government regulations were that the toxicity of drugs became a concern. The sellers of certain drugs were considered to be endangering the health of the public. There were no regulations that were in place that made the sellers tell how much and what particular ingredients were in the drugs that were being sold.
The most common type of cirrhosis worldwide is postnecrotic cirrhosis which is the result of massive necrosis caused by hepatotoxins such as viral hepatitis. Biliary cirrhosis is caused by inflammation resulting in biliary obstruction in the liver and common bile ducts. Laennec's cirrhosis is primarily the result of changes in the liver due to alcoholism and malnutrition. Only alcoholics get cirrhosis. INCORRECT The most common type of cirrhosis worldwide is actually the result of hepatotoxins, such as viral hepatitis, which cause massive liver necrosis.
“Physician Assisted Suicide" SOC120 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Shannon Sellers October 21, 2013 Should a person be allowed to ask for physician assistance to terminate their own life? This question strikes a moral debate that does not have a clear answer. Autonomy gives individuals the right to make medical decisions relating to their course of care. If a person determines they do not want life sustaining measures taken physicians are required to respect this even knowing it may result in death. When it comes to the decision to end one’s life due to a terminal illness with unmanageable pain a physician is not allowed to assist one in dying.
Despite this, he became the first conscientious objector to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Desmond Doss was born February 7, 1919 in Lynchburg, Virginia, and grew up living with his mother, father, sister and brother. The family were Seventh Day Adventists, meaning they observed the Sabbath (Saturday) as their day of worship, and would not work on that day. Doss was strongly influenced by a copy of the Ten Commandments that hung on the living room wall. The Commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill” featured a picture of Cain killing his brother Abel, and Doss vowed that since he loved his brother, he would never kill.