A couple fellow classmates in high school and college were always taking some kind of pills. Myself not knowing much about drugs, I thought they were prescribed. Later, I found out that they weren’t prescribed. My classmates were using them for themselves and also distributing to other students. I never spoke up about it, since I never witnessed the distribution but rumors go around. For example, one time in high school, I witness this kid put 5 white rectangular pills in his mouth, from my point of view I thought that was excessive. The next thing we know this kid is just acting totally different, but somehow he manages to keep a low profile and the teachers don’t notice. Prescription drug abuse is on the rise as we have seen on the news if you don’t live under a rock. Teens and adults have managed to get their hands on these prescriptions. People abuse prescription drugs because they think they will have a better time …show more content…
A percentage of the population doesn’t consider prescription drugs very dangerous because they are prescribed by doctors. Unfortunately, that's true and it is very concerning to other people who are aware of the problem. We as a community must help each other and inform each other about the effects prescription drugs have. These types of drugs develop addicts which can be treated effectively depending the type of drug they took. There are two main treatments behavioral treatment and medications. Behavioral treatment helps addicts change unhealthy ways of thinking, counseling and sometimes psychotherapy. Medication treatment might sound wrong, why give them other prescribed drugs?. The addict suffers withdrawals symptoms and to help them stop using opioids, we supply them with other none dangerous drugs which close to the same effect. Treatment is possible, we just gotta reduce the epidemic among our young
Thank you for an informative paper. What troubles me about methadone treatment is how it is a substitute for another narcotic. It is sad about heroin addicts that do not want to get off their narcotic dependence. However, I do not feel that methadone is the answer because it is replacing one narcotic for another; although they have less craving.
The “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” is shock people into worrying about the addiction epidemic America is facing. The “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” is to let people understand more about addictions and how addictions could be considered as a disease. Even though both resources are about addictions, “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” plays on the human emotion of fear, anger, and disgust; and “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” plays on the human emotion of sadness and anticipation. For the most part, “How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?” by Dan Nolan and Chris Amico and “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)” by Nora D. Volkow, M.D follows the McCloud’s chapter 7
People are going to the hospital, they are overdosing on these medications. They get it from friends, or steal it, and they can get addicted to it. This should not happen, and something has to be done about it. There is a problem with abusing and misusing ADHD prescription drugs. People who do not have ADHD are taking some of the medications prescribed to people with ADHD.
Most people will continue their drug abuse as they don’t want a way out of their getaway. Most people abuse easily accessible drugs like ones from doctors or friends who supply them drugs. Often people who want pain medications will go and get them prescribed to them. They use pain medications as a form of help for their struggles. With how easily these drugs are to get, people will take advantage of the drug.
Human beings generally always want to avoid pain. Whether it be emotional or physical, we try to find ways to relieve and/or replace discomfort with some comfort. Physicians and other healthcare professionals are faced with patients daily who want most if not all of their pain taken away. To address this concern, doctors can prescribe painkillers to help alleviate some of the pain. However, those painkillers, specifically opioids, are becoming a problem as they are being abused and people are becoming addicted to them.
Heroin overdoses are no stranger to the streets of Huntington, WV. The opioid based drug Fentanyl is taking lifes left and right! The local WV DHHR stated that they are currently over budget for Overdose deaths this year, costing more than 2 million dollars. It is a sad day when our own government is over budget 7 months into the year.
What stimulant drug, speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body? Did you guess cocaine? If so, yes you are right. (http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/drug-facts/cocaine) According to “The National Institution of Drug abuse” Cocaine is a very addicted drug and it is made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America.
In 1999 there were 4,000 reported deaths from overdose of prescription drugs. In 2008, this number nearly tripled to 15,000. These deaths from overdose of prescription drugs were also significantly greater than the overdose deaths of heroin and cocaine combined (Phillips,
These pills, such as xanax and oxycodone allow people for short periods of time to withdraw from the harsh reality faced today. “Between 1997 and 2002, sales of oxycodone and methadone nearly quadrupled” (Okie). Around 15 years later and the prescription pill problem is continuing to skyrocket. Since prescription pills are dispersed out to anyone by doctors, many people do not realize that it is as much of an illicit drug as cocaine and heroin is. “Misinformation about the addictive properties of prescription opioids and the perception that prescription drugs are less harmful than illicit drugs are other possible contributors to the problem” (NIDA).
Many people believe prescription drugs are safe, but they can have dangerous side effects if they are overused. Many popular medications can become addictive. Millions of people are dealing with an addiction to prescription medications. More than 15 million Americans admit to overusing prescription drugs. Prescription drug abuse is almost as common as as illegal drug abuse.
Prescription drugs (opiates only) have caused over 165,000 deaths within the last 15 years and is currently on the rise. Over 2 million Americans in 2014 were addicted to Opiate prescription narcotics. The most troubling fact is listed directly on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website: “As many as 1 in 4
Shokran for updating us on your situation with your mother-in-law. It sounds as if she is continuing to overstep boundaries and has not calmed down with her insensitive remarks. The comment about the medication being being methadone is certainly a strange way to try to be humorous. I think at that point sister I would have also been shocked and ask her why would she say that. Often times people have strange senses of humor, depending on the lives they have lived, experiences they went through and how they were raised as well.
(Illegal drugs) Firstly, in the United States there are many different drugs such as cocaine, heroin, crack, ice, and marijuana, which are all illegal. Secondly, there are also some prescription drugs are also illegal and they are Prescription Depressant Medications, Prescription Stimulant Medications (Amphetamines) and Prescription Pain Medications (Opioids). On the other hand, however, the question that why these drugs are illegal also attracts many people’s attention a lot. Firstly, they are illegal as they are addictive, mind-devastating and sometimes can be lethal. They are found to be harmful both physically and mentally.
Starting from the beginning, I will tell you what marijuana - also called grass, ganja, pot, and various other slang terms - is. Marijuana comes from the Indian hemp plant and is the greenish-brown mixture of the dried flowers of cannabis sativa. When I was younger I used to believe that speaking positively about Marijuana, makes you look like a bad personage or either worse, a criminal. This opinion was based on the false information media produced and on the government laws of my country. However, by enhancing my knowledge, I have decided that cannabis offers so much to humanity, that not only it has many benefits, it has to be legalized.
You’ve probably heard this a million times before, but I’m going to tell you again. Drugs are bad. Not only do they make people like me pester you to stop, but they have some serious physical effects that you may not be fully aware of. Here are the basics of some of the more common drugs. Heroin is an extremely destructive opioid, which interferes with the brain’s receptors and can lead to seizures and hallucinations.