And while prescription medicine is extremely helpful, it can be dangerous. People who are prescribed with them or people who buy them black market can become addicted and abuse them. Some disorders such as anxiety and mood, can actually lead to an addiction to prescription medicine. When used due to an anxiety or mood disorder it is utilized to produce happier feelings, less stress, or to stabilize mood swings. Because of
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Negative Effects of Steroids The intent of this essay is to show that steroids have many negative effects and that steroids, and other natural supplements, should be closely studied by the FDA. This essay will also support the claim that the professional sports industry needs to eliminate steroid use and set a good example for younger athletes. Over one million American seek short cuts to larger muscles and greater endurance with anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. Steroids
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when asked about drug abuse in the United States? What are its long-term effects on humans and society? Drug abuse in the United States is often overlooked, but drugs such as cocaine have caused irreversible destruction to our society. These effects can be seen through families, increase in drug related crimes, death, and neighborhoods with violence. In today’s world people only tend to see cocaine as a white substance and don’t fully realize from where it originates. Cocaine is a drug extracted from
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the same: ADDICTION”.Two of the most commonly used psychoactive drugs on a daily basis by young teens to mature adults, abused more often than not, and can cause serious side effects both short term and long term are known as stimulants and depressants. Lets look closer to not only how these drugs effect our behavior but more importantly their biological effects towards the human body. Depressants, and their true implications of abuse. Alcohol, Barbiturates, and opiates such as morphine and heroine
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Psychological Effects of Street Drugs Krystal Colosimo Mohawk Valley Community College Abstract This paper explores the psychological effects of street drugs, classified as legal, illegal and controlled substances. The legal drugs that I cover are caffeine, alcohol and nicotine. The illegal are marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and heroin. I will also discuss controlled substances, but mainly in reference to prescription pills. I discuss the short-term and long-term effects of all the
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Teen substance abuse can cause many problems in a young person’s life. The tragedy can cause breaking up of families and relationships, health issues/overdoses, and unwanted pregnancies. But what happens if the teen is still abusing substances while carrying a child? Drugs and alcohol can have an unbelievable affect on an unborn child, and the more the mother is irresponsible about it, the worse it will be. It is important for nurses to know how to handle this situation, whether it is protecting
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over the counter drugs. Marijuana has a great effect on a lot of medical issues and has a real good potential of curing a lot of illnesses. Like with every drug there are its pros and cons as well as people for it and people against it, but marijuana has a potential to be a great asset to the medical field as well as it could help the country financially with the revenue that the drug has the potential to make. If the drug marijuana was legalized for medical purposes it could cause paranoia, excessive
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Child Abuse According to the non-profit organization Prevent Child Abuse New York (PCANY), several factors cause some people to have difficulty meeting the demands of parenthood, leading them to become abusive when they reach a breaking point or don’t know what else to do. These factors include immaturity, unrealistic expectations, emotional problems, economic crisis, lack of parenting knowledge, difficulty in relationships, depression and other mental health problems. When the stress of childcare
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Drugs and College Students Victoria Lyles-Savage Professor Stone SOW 301-01 Drugs and College Student In today’s society there are a number of college students and teens, who misuse prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons along with street drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy, heroin and steroids. Drugs and alcohol use on college campuses is universal. This has been an epidemic that has grown across the United States. According to Yusko,Buckman, White, and Pandina; alcohol and drug use
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Drug Addiction a Disease by Choice “Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a dependence on a legal or illegal drug or medication. Keep in mind that alcohol and nicotine are legal substances, but are also considered drugs.” (Mayo Clinic, “Drug Addiction” 2014, para.1). There needs to be an understanding that addiction is a disease. “When scientists began to study addictive behavior in the 1930s, people addicted to drugs were thought to be morally flawed and lacking willpower”. (National
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