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Exposure to illicit and non-illicit drugs during pregnancy is a significant issue in the United States. Each year, approximately 757,000 pregnant women use alcohol and 820,000 smoke cigarettes. It is estimated that 221,000 pregnant women use illegal drugs at least once during their pregnancy and 1 in 5 of these women smoke crack cocaine. Additionally, … Read more
Next, I looked at the relationships between numbers of tattoos in relation to the above behaviours. Binge drinking showed a rise between having no tattoos up until having three with a difference of 8. 8%; however, a dramatic drop occurred after that which showed that there were 7. 6% more individuals without tattoos who engaged … Read more
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 21. 5 million American adults battled a substance use disorder in 2014 (Statistics on Drug). with that being said, over ninety percent of Americans battling addiction started their drug-using habits during their adolescent years (Addiction Statistics). This staggering percentage is not indicative of a cultural … Read more
Today is the third day of the April Blogging Challenge. Today I have chosen the 6 C’s of addiction and Recovery. Those six words of Addiction and Recovery are Choice, Compulsion, Craving, Consequence and Control and Choose Life. The first C word is, Choice which seems to be the greatest of the debate in this … Read more
From Nationally Known Pop Stars like Michael Jackson to Prince and among several others, prescription drug misuse has become a wide spread occurrence in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration states, “Prescription Drug Misuse is defined as intentional or unintentional use of medication without prescription in a way other than … Read more
Amphetamines are a highly addictive drug that has proven to be both a blessing and a curse to modern medicine. It is healing qualities make it very effective in other aspects, but it is addictive qualities make it one of the most dangerous of all drugs to take. The abuse of such a drug has … Read more
Drugs have been around since the beginning of time and in the past used for a variety of medical and even spiritual properties. Many individuals are able to use substances with no negative consequences, but for many it can lead to addiction. Addiction will lead the individuals to have to chronic, relapsing, and compulsive behavior … Read more
Growing up and entering the teenage years exposes young people to new things that they have never had to deal with before, such as drugs. Many children do not know how to handle a situation when faced with drugs, which opens the possibility of bad decision making. Just one bad decision can lead to a … Read more
The day reporting center programs are a form of probation. The concept of probation was created by John Augustus, who was a Boston shoemaker, and was credited with being the “Father of Probation”. Augustus noticed through what took place in courts that minor offenders and alcohol abusers were sent to jail because of the inability … Read more
Crazy Ava is directly inside the open door with the EMTs at her side, fussing over her again. Except this time something is different. Lying on the sofa with her mouth half open and the paramedics kneeling over her, a fossil of an eastern bloc peasant, the type that you smell rye bread, sauerkraut and … Read more
Fentanyl Withdrawal Timeline Fentanyl (also known as Subsys, Onsolis, Lazanda, Fentora, Duragesic, and Abstral) is one of the strongest synthetic opiate painkillers available. In fact, the drug is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Due to its strength and effectiveness as a painkiller, nurses and physicians often use fentanyl to treat chronic pain, … Read more
Opioids such as OxyContin and Vicodin, are the most widespread prescribed painkiller for the treatment of moderate to chronic pain. While opioids are highly effective in masking the pain temporarily, these drugs are highly addictive. Many patients, especially those who take more than the prescribed amount, often develop a dependency on these drugs, resulting in … Read more
Both novels give insight into how the characters describe their experience while on drugs and the evidence demonstrates that Requiem for a Dream offers a warped, illusional depiction of addiction, whereas Trainspotting is objective and honest. The character’s choice to live in an delusional fantasy rather than face reality in Requiem for a Dream is … Read more
Tam writing an opinion piece about the argument in today’s sport world, the question, should performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) be legalised in professional sports? I am hoping to pull sport enthusiasts from the ‘ban doping’ side of the argument and look at the full picture long term. I will do this by showing them the … Read more
Drugs and Sports Drugs and sports do not mix with each other. Drugs shouldn’t be allowed in sports because, some players will be better than others, or people might get suspended from playing the game or get cut and some players if you take too much might even overdose. Significance is that there is a … Read more
Caffeine and Cognition Write-Up 1: Which data sets have you selected for your analysis? (5% of mark) The question being considered is the “battle of the sexes” and whether males or females are better at speechbased tasks (this study used the Stroop test). The second question is whether or not caffeine improved the performance of … Read more
Our motivations are what get us up in the morning and get us through the day. They are also more long term in that our specific motivators may determine the direction in which we take our lives and what we decide to do with our time. It can often be difficult to identify these motivators … Read more
Drug Abuse Resistance Education program is the most widely used drug education program targeted towards elementary school children in the United States. Since 1980’s over a million children across the United States have been introduced to the DARE program. The program began implementing their curriculum into school systems with the goal of educating children about … Read more
“It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures” (Stewart). Random searches of students are permitted by the Constitution and need to be allowed. The court case of T. L. O. v. New Jersey proved that searches in the school setting are both … Read more
Good morning everyone. My name is Arnaud Pierre and today, the topic of my presentation is going to be on generalised anxiety disorder (aka GAD). SO GAD is a persistent and common disorder where the patient has unfocused worry and anxiety which is not associated with stressful situations. According to recent studies, GAD has a … Read more
Research Question or Purpose Statement: The article showcases Jenkot’s study of different roles involved in creating methamphetamine and highlights the respect a meth-producing group has for its individuals taking on specific roles. Theory/Hypotheses: When it comes to producing methamphetamine, there is a nondiscriminatory chain of command that exists within all producing groups. Understanding this chain … Read more
The current opinion in our community is that smuggling drugs is now a serious problem in American. It is a known fact that most police officers who should be upholding the law are as corrupt as the drug dealers. Fairly low paid officers are able to accumulate enormous profit from illegal drug sale. In contrast … Read more
In sports, athletes will do whatever it takes to gain the slight improvement over the competition. Unfortunately, many athletes unfortunately turn to PEDs, or Performance Enhancing Drugs, such as anabolic steroids or tetrahydrogestrinone. These energy level boosters are banned by most sports organization. Over the past 48 years, 64 Olympic athletes have lost their medals … Read more
Is it OK for athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs? There are many factors associated with why performanceenhancing drugs shouldn’t be used in sports one of the main association is health risks. Performance-enhancing drugs should not be used in the sport because as they use the enhancing drug they are destroying the sport fair play and … Read more