“As the problem of drug prescriptions for controlled substances continue to soar, there were 6.4 million Americans using prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs non medically. Of the 6.4 million, 4.7 million use pain relievers (“Abuse”). The use of prescriptions will always be misused there is no way to resolve this problem, and it’s always going to be a dramatic increase in prescription drug abuse. Abusers will have temptation to relapse. Misuse of an addiction to opioids is a national problem that affects public wealth as well as social and economic welfare.…
Performance enhancing drugs can help an athlete’s performance, but there is long term effect on the athlete’s body. Therefore, World Anti-Doping Agency and other organizations must do a better job to help athletes understand the risk of using PED. Background The Olympics began testing athletes for the use of performance enhancing drugs around 1968, the National Football League began in 1987, and the Major League Baseball began in 2003. The use of PEDs was not a crime until 1988, when Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act.…
The jury viewed pictures of what the police claimed was an operating meth lab. Pictures included various pots, pans, dishes, and chemicals in or next to the kitchen. A small amount of meth was found in one pan, confirming the claim. When the residue meth was manufactured, and by whom, still remained a question. The prosecution could not establish any time frame for when the lab manufactured the meth residue the police seized.…
Over the years, Player Enhancing Drugs have become very popular for many athletes. The risk is high for a higher return. Although there are many other ways to enhance performance, some athletes still tend to lend on these “drugs”. The history of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED’s) date back to the ancient Greek times (“Drugs and Athletes” Gale).…
In the past, addiction was not perceived the way it is today. Addiction was not considered to be a disease, but instead a moral defect in the individual. Addiction was viewed through religious and/or cultural beliefs as opposed to being looked at scientifically (Stein and Santos, 1998). All around the world, individuals suffering from addictive behaviours were mistreated due to the lack of education available in regards to mental illnesses. The stories of how our ancestors perceived and treated mental illness in the past is both repulsive and inhumane.…
Ethical Dilemmas The use of performance enhancing drugs has been an issue for our society as early as the 1960’s. Performance enhancing drugs are used to gain an advantage over one’s competitors. The National Football League and National League Baseball were some of the first major organization to start testing their players for steroids (Performance Enhancing Drugs, 2016). These drugs are so widely banned and morally frowned upon; the athletes who still chose to use them do so in secret.…
This researcher will investigate information to respond to the following question “To what extent has war on drugs decreased the drug epidemics in the united states of America?” around the 1960’s, drugs became very popular and many young civilians were exposed to this, which started to alarm the government the harmful downfall it was causing to society. Before the 1960’s drugs were used for a very fair amount of time for medicinal purposes or associated spiritually meaning nobody thought drugs including marijuana, opium, and coca or psychedelics as something that can cause damage to your health. Legalization of this drugs began because of who would use these drugs.…
The article "The Role of Traumatic Event History in Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents" hopes to address the problem of non-medical use of prescription drugs among teens and reduce risk. The purpose of the study was to identify risk factors to aid prevention of NMUPD in adolescents. In particular, the study seeks to use previous demographic and other substance use risk factors that correlate with lifetime non-medical prescription drug abuse in teens. The survey added to this by trying to see if mental health and a history of trauma could also be risk factors associated with NMUPD in teens (McCauley et al., 2009). The conclusion of the telephone survey in this study showed that…
The war on drugs dates back to the stone ages where people would drink the left overs from stone age pots. Four thousand years ago opium was discovered by the Sumerians and they began to use this drug as a spiritual ritual. In 2737 BC, a Chinese emperor discovered marijuana and it became known for medicinal purposes only but the people used it for personal use to get the feeling it gave them. Then about eight hundred years ago Mexicans began to use marijuana for religious reasons and soon after they began to pay miners for their work with the leaves from coca plant . During the 1700’s to 1900’s King George started persuading leaders of America to plant hemp seeds in hopes of growing a profitable textile and rope business.…
During the 1850s opium addiction was a big problem. Many people were addicted to it and they needed to find a way to stop it. They gave people morphine which they thought was less addictive and less dangerous but that just lead to more problems. They “solved” the morphine problem with heroin. And after heroin it was methadone.…
One of the drugs or rather class of drugs I’d like to discuss are opioids. These drugs/medications which have the tendency to be highly abused, but because of their properties in treating pain, these drugs are widely utilized in modern medical practices. Since the body naturally produces pain killers which are trace amounts of opioid compounds, actual pain killers or opioids enhance these pain killing mechanisms, therefore creating a significant potential for abuse in patients. This is discussed in detail in substance use and abuse in module 4.5. For example heroin has been used and abused throughout history, heroin is a derivative of opium which naturally occurs in poppy plants and by extension trace amounts of heroin could be found in opiate…
Nonmedical Prescription drugs among college students Prescription drugs abuse among college student is on the increase everyday. “The rise in illicit prescription drugs are among college age youths. 1 in 4 college students have used prescription drugs illicitly.…
Drug Use During the Vietnam Conflict Drug usage during the Vietnam War era was very common. Many soldiers who were drafted into the army had previously experimented with drugs, and it has been estimated that this included 30% of enlisted soldiers. While the remaining 70% of soldiers may not have ventured into drug use before the war, it became all to easy for them once they entered Vietnam where heroin and opium were easily accessed by the soldiers. The drugs were cheap and pure which enabled soldiers to get high with combining heroin with marijuana, or with tobacco. The issues of drugs during the Vietnam era was significant due to soldiers drug use over the course of the war, the associated drug trade that formed, and the negative after…
Drug abuse in America is at an all time high across the country. The effects of drug abuse on 18-35 year old male and females in America changes the way drug addicts see reality. Drug abuse can affect a person’s mental alertness, consciousness, cognitive and neurological functions, as well as lead to death, homelessness, loss of family and friends and even prison. Prescription drug overdoses constituted for more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, and as many, more emergency room visits. Most people start out with a legit medical issue that leads to a prescription for pain, cancer, and even stress.…
The use of drugs by Native American Indians is a prevalent issue in today’s society and by looking at the history of these drugs we can find out why this problem remains (“Native American Drug Use Highest Among Teens, New Study Finds,” 1). There are three main drugs that American Indians used before European settlers began their voyages to America. They are, coca leaves, peyote, and tobacco. These three main drugs all have early origins among the American Indian people and are used as stimulants providing a high with the correct dosage. The first records we have of these drugs being used are when Columbus received gifts from the Native Americans containing tobacco (“The History of Tobacco,” 1).…