Strategies for Gathering Information Source What makes the source credible or noncredible? What information can you gather from this source? Ajamian, P C (May 15, 2009). Drugs for the mind affect the eye: certain antidepressants, antipsychotics and ADHD drugs can cause ocular side effects. Convey your concerns to the prescribing physician.(Comanagement Q+A)(Interview). Review of Optometry, 146, 5. p.83 (1). Retrieved June 12, 2009, from General OneFile via Gale: http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start
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Kaisha Killion Professor Salmond Developmental Psychology 27 Sept. 2013 Substance Abuse and Pregnancy Women are incredible creatures. Women have the incredible ability to aid in the development of a new life within a matter of months. Whether a pregnancy is wanted or unplanned the process of development for the young zygote nestled within the mother’s womb is still phenomenal. The developing bundles of cells are very vulnerable from the very start to the end of a pregnancy. The progress
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addiction is not bred from the drug itself, but from the feeling of abandonment or neglect. Mate also uses personal anecdotes from people he has met that have issues with drug abuse. The mixture of the scientific statistics, and personal anecdotes validate his argument, and make the reader agree with what he is saying. In “Embraced by the Needle” Mate discusses the ways in which addiction is bred and how it can eventually take over someones life. Gabor states “No drugs, in itself, are addictive.” This
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Abstract Substance abuse is increasing day by day in modern world. This indicates that the crime which occurs because of substance abuse also increasing day by day. There are different consequences and effects of violence and substance abuse in the life of people. It is one of the rising concerns of people around the world as people using different kinds of drugs are increasing day by day. It has negative impact in the society as well. There are different organizations around the world which
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Child Abuse Leads to Substance Use and Violence Abstract Why does being abused as a child lead to substance abuse and violence as an adult? This research studies this question from an environmental, socialization, psychological, and biological perspective. Low income families have great stressors and may make the wrong choice to abuse their children and take drugs or drink alcohol. Those children may fail to bring themselves out of that type of living environment, due to their families’ lack
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dpipe in the rarest of circumstances. Neurological and cardiovascular effects have been reported as well in strong users such as shortterm memory loss and the possibility of heart disease. And for casual users, the propensity to frequently smoke exists since the high is a feeling that can’t be replicated outside the drug due to the high concentration of THC, the main addictive property in marijuana. Marijuana abuse can cause brain damage, such as shortterm memory loss and the inability to perform motor functions
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Infants with Intrauterine Drug Exposure Between 400,000 and 440,000. That is the number of estimated infants affected by prenatal alcohol or illicit drug exposure each year according to the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. That is between ten and eleven percent of all births and frankly that number is way too high. Major maternal substances of abuse that affect newborns are amphetamines, opiates, cocaine, tobacco and alcohol. These substances can
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conclusions on the effectiveness of substance abuse treatment programs are numerous. However, there does not appear to be a single answer or even a manageable set of solutions for how to effectively and efficiently treat those suffering the ill effects of substance abuse. This paper aims to make the case that the most effective way to deal with this problem is to attack it at the source, by trying to eliminate, or at the very least disrupt, the supply of illicit drugs available for purchase and consumption
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Substance Abuse Problems MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS Anyone who has any sort of addiction can often say they have tried to quit whatever their addiction might be, hence the word addiction. Most of the time we don’t understand why they become addicted. Some people’s addiction or addictions can often progress to lead to other addictions, or even some sort of health issue, including mental illness. In this paper you will continue to read how drugs in general can cause people to
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Amphetamine use and Abuse Abstract Since the 19th century when Americans first discovered new wonder drugs like morphine, heroin, and cocaine, our society has confronted the problem of drug abuse and addiction. The United States--grappling with its first drug epidemic in the early 20th century--gradually instituted effective restrictions: at home through domestic law enforcement and overseas by spearheading a world movement to limit opium and coca crops. By World War II, American drug use had become
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