Effects of Drug Abuse Essay

Victoria Reyes Mr. Bolivar Drug Abuse Drug abuse is a disease is characterized by drug seeking and a use that is Compulsive, or difficult to control despite the harmful consequences it brings Themselves and the people around them, and their families harm (drugabusegov). The person who is doing the drugs most of the time aren’t aware of how it harms them and affects the people around them mostly family and friends. This affects our society because when…

Drugs have taken over the lives of many people today. These people could have fell into peer pressure or could have grew up around drug use and fell into the lifestyle. When they had tried drugs for the first they most likely lied to themselves saying it would be the only time. However, that is likely not the case. There is two known ways that drugs affect the brain. They are knon as the Repeat Effect and the "Pleasure" Effect. The Repeat Effect is how someone becomes addicted to drugs. The…

Drug use is a major problem in the U.S. Some schools at the middle school level are now testing their students for drugs. While some people think testing middle schoolers for drugs is not helping, drugs can affect the way sports are played, and cause health problems, such as addiction. First, schools should be allowed to perform drug testing on student athletes because drugs affect the way sports are played. Drugs like alcohol, cannabis, and opiates slow down breathing by lowering the capacity…

Prescription drug addiction is a major problem in the world today. Many people are getting addicted to drugs that are prescribed every day. People who are getting addicted to drugs do not realize the risks that they are taking. Risks including what drugs can do for them mentally and physically, but what it could do to their families and the people who care for them. Are prescription drugs safe or dangerous and what are the risks that could be caused from abusing drugs? Prescription drug abuse…

“Recreational drugs is a drug as (Cocaine, Marijuana, or methamphetamine) used without medical justification for its psychoactive effects often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive” (Merriam Webster). Many people believe that even if they do not do it all the time they will not get hooked. “In my 17 years of living i have seen and done things that an average person has not seen or done, for one i have seen someone get shot and killed just…

people who struggle with substance abuse problems. I work for drug court in Thibodaux. People in the drug court program have gotten into trouble with the law because of their addiction to their drug of preference. I see the effects of what substance abuse can do with their life and how it affects their life with their family. They have to go through intense treatment with the drug court counselors to try to fix there lives. I have a sister who dealt with substance abuse problems and it affected…

Each and every day, teens succumb to the pressures of drugs and alcohol. Whether kids realize it or not, their lifestyle and daily activities have a major impact on the choices they make. Given that over 50 percent of high school seniors have abused some type of drug , it is clear that they are becoming a major issue (Substance Abuse Concerns par. 16). Drug and alcohol abuse is also actively present in the novel, The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, when Charlie and his newly…

Drug and substance abuse affect the lives of both the abuser and the family members. "Substance abuse on the part of parents, like domestic abuse, can lead to any child maltreatment. Parents under the influence of drugs or alcohol can physically, sexually, or emotionally abuse their children and often do." The use of drugs and other substances for reasons other than medical purposes is likely to result in a variety of negative impacts ranging from health, social, physical, emotional to…

programs are one of the many primary preventions strategies that are out there for things such as drug abuse among adolescents. However, it is not enough to think that educating adolescents will help aid them in preventing negatives health behaviors or even changing negative health behaviors. Behavioral interventions (aids adolescents with their recovery and increase their skills to withstand drug abuse), family-based approaches (involves family members, parents, and sometimes if necessary…

turning to drugs. This is because drugs can give the person a sensation of escape from reality, but it is really only a temporary feeling. The addiction of escape can drive someone to continuously abuse drugs in order to make them feel in control of the thing they originally wanted to change. Likewise, when someone has a mental illness the symptoms may drive them to self medicate in order to soothe their imperfections. Studies have shown that there is a connection between substance abuse and…