Regardless of Methadone’s use in the position of treatment with the community, some individuals still have chosen to use methadone as their cardinal choice of drug. Despite the fact, the usage of the drug in this manner is illegal. In 2000, it was estimated 1,200 treatment facilities in the U.S. were dispensing methadone. As I stated at the beginning of the paper, methadone is currently a Schedule II and is available in oral solutions, tablets, and injectable forms. With methadone being so popular in the treatment community there are many manufacturers responsible for producing methadone.…
Justin, Great post! There are so many drugs that are illegal, yet it seems that the ones that do the most damage are the ones that are legal. Prescription drugs are abused so much, especially by younger generations. Pain killers and tranquilizer medications like xanax are even mixed in with alcohol in order for a stronger and better high. Many people overdose on these medications yet pharmaceutical companies try and make them more available to the public.…
OxyContin is an opioid pain medicine, and is sometimes called a narcotic. It is used to treat moderate to severe pain that is expected to last for a long time, such as pain from injuries, arthritis, and cancer.. OxyContin is the brand name for the time release formula of oxycodone hydrochloride. Depending on the dosage, OxyContin provides up to twelve hours of relief from chronic pain. It works by changing the way the brain and the nervous system respond to pain.…
Oxycontin was first made in germany in 1916. It was designed to be better medication than heroin, cocaine, and even morphine. It first came to america in 1939 in 1996 people were using it in world war one. Some street names are hillbilly heroin, blues, kickers, oc, oxy, ox, and oxycontin. And it sells as much as $5 to $10 for 10 mg 10 to $20 for a 20 mg pill and 25 to $40 dollars for 40 and 80 mg pills.…
AMPHETAMINE WITHDRAWAL Overview The repeated use of amphetamines will cause psychological AND physical dependence that may also result in withdrawal when the medicine aren't any longer being used. According to the United States National Library of medicine, once use of amphetamines suddenly stops, withdrawal symptoms quickly set in inflicting the brain and also the body to travel through a series of uncomfortable, not, therefore pleasure some reactions both psychologically and physically. Amphetamine use really causes an initial spike within the creation of the natural hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine that is followed by a lowered production of those present hormones over time. The result's a physical dependence that the body develops…
Thinking about the staggering numbers that are reported on the news, it is quite disturbing to see and read the statistics that account for what is called the opioid epidemic in the United States. However, drugs and addictions are not a modern plague, and it is a problem that has been around and piling for years. During the 19th century, the restrictions on drugs were insignificant, and highly addictive substances were not limited in terms of age. As described in parts of module four, in 1885, cocaine was introduced as a solution for every illness ranging from "depression to hay fever. "…
Opioid abuse epidemic in the United States has been growing steadily over the last few years. However, today, it has reached to levels that cannot be, or rather shouldn't be ignored by anyone. Opiod abuse epidemic has affected millions of Americans till now. It is estimated that every 19 minutes, an individual dies in the country because of opioid abuse, indicating that it's time to act real fast.…
An increasing social issue within America is the abuse of substances such as heroin and other similar opioid painkillers. Opioid painkillers are taken as prescription painkillers provided by doctors for serious pain. It is estimated that almost 25 million Americans use opioid painkillers for nonmedical reasons (Dart et al, 2015). And this number seems to be increasing steadily and within suburban areas. Overtime many patients were taking painkillers for nonmedical reasons and became addicted to them.…
Within the past year, eleven million Americans abused an opioid pain reliever and two million became dependent on them. Opioids are one of the most accessible drugs because of how often they are prescribed and are often seen as a gateway to other drugs. Seeing that most opioid abusers are aged twenty-five to forty, it is safe to say that many have children or will have children. As with any type of drug, opioid use has a significant effect on the daily life of the user, which in turn, affects their loved ones. Children whose parents are abusing opioids have shown to be more delinquent, have more mental health problems, and have a higher chance of accidental overdose.…
Opioids and Incarceration Incarceration of individuals is rapidly rising and the “war on drugs” has targeted opioid addicted users with no other ways of treatment other than jail time. Opioids are widely used for people with legitimate problems and the easy accessibility is making it possible for people of all ages and race to get a hold of. The crisis of opioid epidemic is only getting bigger along with the jail population. Anything from Xanax to Codeine can be easily attainable for the purposes of getting high. Another that is illegal, is heroin.…
Native Americans with Addiction Counseling Native Americans have a difficult time with past, present and future. They have been mistreated and misunderstood. Native Americans till this day have a hard time, as a young man or women growing up as a Native American. They have only two choices for their lives, to live on the reservation with their tribes or abandoned their heritage and choose to live amongst the populations of the United States.…
It is a cause of distracted driving. It causes users to go into debt as people waste all of their savings on something that has the power to kill them. Often, people let this information go in through one ear and out the other and ignore these consequences and still choose to use tobacco. Considering the effects of tobacco, tobacco should become illegal, as it would result in a healthier America. About 15 billion cigarettes are sold daily- or 10 million…
Over the years, the idea about legalizing drugs has always been a discussion. Although we use the general term, there was no specific type of “drug” mentioned in these arguments. It is obvious that some are more harmful than others, but overall, each drug could be as addicting than any other. There are many different drugs that have different effects. In my opinion, man-made stimulant drugs seem to cause more harm to their users more than “natural” drugs such as cannabis.…
The argument on whether drugs should be legalized has been going on for so long now. Some people say as an Americans we have the right to choose whether we want to do drugs or not. It is really hard to control the consumption of drugs, because people are going to do them whether they are legal or illegal. Other people say that the laws that are being enforced now are good to control drugs. “There will also be more unpublicized fatal and maiming crashes, more job accidents, more child neglect, more of everything associated with substance abuse”(M. Kendrecke).…
Death From Squares Every year hundreds of thousands of people die from smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year (Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking). Cigarettes ruin slowly but surely the lives of numerous smokers and even nonsmokers. Cigarettes should be illegal because of the products in cigarettes, the damages they cause to the human body, the negative effects they have on pregnancy, how addictive they are, and how they affect nonsmokers. With the banishing of cigarettes the world would be a much healthier and safer place for everyone.…