Drugs. Everyone have probably heard of them- on the news, social media, school, or amongst a group friends. Drugs are bad; everyone has heard that, but why? Drugs cannot be bad just because parents and schools say they are, right? A complete overview and insight into the world of drugs and the dangers of illegal, addictive substances will be provided. Drugs are an evident hazard and epidemic in today’s society, so it is definitely necessary that a full point of view is apparent.
From the very beginning of human history, drugs have been used for medicine and recreation, some of these recreational uses have been good while others have been lethal. The first known use of drugs comes from the time of the Sumerians around the year 5000 BC. Thousands …show more content…
Opioids are sometimes referred to as a narcotic, which is a drug that affects mood. Basically, naloxone is used to help against overdoses or diagnose whether a person has overdosed, particularly from an opioid. A sign of a person who has overdosed from an opioid is slow breathing, small pupils, slow heartbeats, and extreme drowsiness. Naloxone is injected into a muscle, usually the thigh, or vein through the use of an IV, similar to EpiPen, every two to three minutes if needed. One of the main warnings about naloxone is that there are possible side effects that mostly impact pregnant women or women …show more content…
It is pretty easy to believe that becoming “famous” instantly makes you more acceptable to drugs… and that sort of right. “What actors, singers, athletes, even CEOs have that regular people might not have is more access to drugs, more time to indulge, more money to pay for it, and often a horde of enabling hangers-on who are financially dependent on them and thus more motivated to supply substances for them. It adds up to a situation hard to walk away from” ~ Duff McKagan-former bass player of Guns N’ Roses and drug addict. The stress of being famous also adds to the problem. Celebrities are held high (mostly) in the public eye and that kind of stress and pressure leads people to drug use. Even if a celebrity is trying to recover, constant press surveillance and intrusion make it hard for celebs to build up the courage to go to rehab and fix their problems. Kathleen Bigsby- CEO of The Canyon at Peace Park comprehensive treatment center- stated “the problem for celeb addicts is they have to struggle and recover in public, in the glare of social media and the 24/7 celebrity-media industrial complex. Nowadays even D-list celebs are in the spotlight, unlike in Billie Holiday's
From the very beginning of human history, drugs have been used for medicine and recreation, some of these recreational uses have been good while others have been lethal. The first known use of drugs comes from the time of the Sumerians around the year 5000 BC. Thousands …show more content…
Opioids are sometimes referred to as a narcotic, which is a drug that affects mood. Basically, naloxone is used to help against overdoses or diagnose whether a person has overdosed, particularly from an opioid. A sign of a person who has overdosed from an opioid is slow breathing, small pupils, slow heartbeats, and extreme drowsiness. Naloxone is injected into a muscle, usually the thigh, or vein through the use of an IV, similar to EpiPen, every two to three minutes if needed. One of the main warnings about naloxone is that there are possible side effects that mostly impact pregnant women or women …show more content…
It is pretty easy to believe that becoming “famous” instantly makes you more acceptable to drugs… and that sort of right. “What actors, singers, athletes, even CEOs have that regular people might not have is more access to drugs, more time to indulge, more money to pay for it, and often a horde of enabling hangers-on who are financially dependent on them and thus more motivated to supply substances for them. It adds up to a situation hard to walk away from” ~ Duff McKagan-former bass player of Guns N’ Roses and drug addict. The stress of being famous also adds to the problem. Celebrities are held high (mostly) in the public eye and that kind of stress and pressure leads people to drug use. Even if a celebrity is trying to recover, constant press surveillance and intrusion make it hard for celebs to build up the courage to go to rehab and fix their problems. Kathleen Bigsby- CEO of The Canyon at Peace Park comprehensive treatment center- stated “the problem for celeb addicts is they have to struggle and recover in public, in the glare of social media and the 24/7 celebrity-media industrial complex. Nowadays even D-list celebs are in the spotlight, unlike in Billie Holiday's