the way we learn and consolidate information and experiences.” (Benizet-Lewis) One Tree Hill is a TV drama that had its final season in 2012. Deb is a character in the show that, after a life of being abused and mistreated, becomes addicted to prescription painkillers. Many drug addictions begin with the excessive amount of Dopamine released in the body when the drug is put into the bloodstream, “People with low levels of D2 are more likely to find taking drugs pleasurable.”(Benizet-Lewis) Although
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1)a. Summarize the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. b. Opponents of the legalization of marijuana argue that marijuana is a gateway drug, because to leads to the use (and abuse) of other, more serious drugs. Research marijuana as a gateway drug. Based on your findings, do you believe marijuana leads to the use of other drugs? Why or why not? Explain your answer. c. Offer your position on this topic: Do you think marijuana should be legalized? Why or why not? Use facts (i.e., sound research)
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marijuana does not cause a high. It can provide treatment for patients who have Tried other options and they have failed. There is the potential that some people will abuse marijuana….does that mean people that would benefit from
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percent of the population using at least one drug every thirty days between 2009 through 2012 according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. People use three or more prescription drugs in the past thirty days, accounts for 21.8% the population (Substance Misuse, 2013). People using five or more prescription drugs every thirty days is roughly 10% (Substance Misuse, 2013). Adding the
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today. A lot of measures are taken to fight against drug abuse, and, definitely, some changes for the better are evident. However, this problem is not eliminated and, perhaps, will never be. Today, Americans are losing their jobs, families, and even their lives over the abuse. There are a lot of legal drugs that Americans are addicted to, but there are also a lot of Americans who are addicted to street drugs. Either way, drug abuse is drug abuse. Who does drug addiction affect? Drug addiction affects
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Public health officials have linked the increase in heroin use to the increase in opioid pain prescriptions, along with heroin’s cheaper cost and increased availability (CDC, 2017). To prevent heroin addiction from forming, it has been instructed that health professionals revise when and how much opioid pain prescriptions are prescribed to patients (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2016). To prevent the scope of the heroin epidemic in the Northern Shenandoah Valley
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legal and not risk getting caught in a drug bust, but new laws especially at the State level is starting to prosecute more people every year. The penalties for breaking These doctor shopping laws are ranging from not allowing the abuser to get prescription Medicine to time spent in prison . A great deal of issues surrounding health care that range from the cost of health Care, the health care reform, and not paying for pre-exiting conditions, which has a Negative effect on the health care industry
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Ethics Case Study Kimberly Bellas HCS/335 September 22, 2014 Instructor: Robert Vella Ethics Case Study Based on the scenario given, it is evident that the patient is in desperate need of his medication and needs immediate assistance. Jerry McCall is the office assistant for Dr. William’s office and is obligated to somehow help this patient in the best way possible. Luckily Mr. McCall has had prior professional training as both a Medical Assistant and an LPN. First and foremost we would need to
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is on the raise of having a community addicted to prescription pain killers, one in particular, Oxycodone. Narcotic pain relievers; Oxycodone, Morphine, and Dilaudid are surfacing on Guelph streets fast and Guelph police are trying to do everything they can to stop these drugs from destroying the streets of Guelph. “Approximately $70, 000 in drugs and cash has been seized as part of an ongoing effort to crack-down on the trafficking of prescription drugs in Guelph”(Project Scripts, 2010). This is
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have taken care of many patients who are addicted to opioid pain medications. The rate of opioid abusers are increasing. Yesterday I was working as a charge and I can tell you, out of our 16 patients eight of them were for pain management. A young man with history of wound in his leg refused the discharge as his wound is still not healed. He is taking Dilaudid 1 mg every four hours for his pain and other breakthrough pain medications. Patient was refusing IV antibiotics for no reason. I also heard
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