Drug Abuse in Nigeria Essay

Preventing Drug Use and Addiction Societies everywhere in the world have been affected by drug use. Kids are experimenting with new drugs every single day and more and more of those kids become addicted to drugs. When someone becomes addicted to drugs, it causes them to not think clearly and rationally and makes getting a job more difficult for them. Kids are a big target for drug dealers because they are young and uneducated about the dangers of drugs, and kids are pressured by their friends…

performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) really worth the risk? This is a question many of athletes have to seriously ask themselves and weigh the consequences. Many athletes don’t ask actually themselves this question and just go and take these drugs. Some athletes don’t even get told that they are taking PED’s. Other cases involve team doctors recommending players to take these drugs, having no regard for the player's health. So the big question is should performance enhancing drugs be allowed in…

how addiction affects others and the duality of good and evil. Addiction is a hard thing for someone to come to terms with and realize it is evident in their own life, it affects others more than one can think. There are 4 stages of addiction, Drug Experimentation, Regular Use, Problem use/Risky Use and Addiction (Chemical Dependency). In the book Dr. Jekyll experiences all of these, in the beginning of his story he says, “But the temptations of a discovery...at last overcame my suggestions…

like schizophrenia. This drug may cause something called amotivational syndrome and adolescents who regularly…

marijuana, cough medicines, and prescription drugs are the most commonly abused substance used. Many people think that middle school students shouldn’t be drug tested because they might not be doing drugs. Middle school students should be drug tested because (1)drugs messes up your brain,(2)you can become depressed, and (3)there is a risk that they might become addicted. Middle school students should be drug tested because drugs messes up your brain. Drug testing middle school student is…

influenced by external factors, the main one being the use of drugs. Drugs such as cannabis, alcohol, heroin and ecstasy have the ability to affect a person’s well-being because they are psychoactive drugs. These drugs interfere with the chemicals in the brain, this then affects the messages those chemicals are trying to send and as a result of the changes to the brain a person’s mood and behaviour will be altered. Psychoactive drugs can cause any number of temporary mental health problems…

DISCUSSION In-depth-interviews with OTC/prescription drug abusers in Amman city provided us with a deeper overview about the problem from a different perspective. However, the main limitation to carry on this interview with is that abuser may lie and not tell the truth as on our case he said the main cause that lead him to addiction is seeing his friend dying in front of him 10 years ago , but he is addicted for more than 19 years . The following is the discussion of the main qualitative…

Drug abuse is the curse of modern sport and has infected it since the establishment of organised sport. Some of the first known incident of drug abuse date back 3 millennia (O'Brien, 2013). Usage of illegal performance augmenting drugs are not just unethical it is unfair to other participants too. Regardless disproportionate usage of drugs can be deadly and addictive. Currently according to their judiciary system many countries has strict punishment as banning for 6 months to lifelong ban.…

my pipe from the sidelines. That all changed the day my brother died of a heroin overdose. He was only 25 and had just gotten engaged the week before, he had his whole life in front of him. At that moment I thought my life is worth living without drugs…

Addiction Potential Scale vs Addiction Severity Index The Addiction Potential Scale (APS) and the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) are both used to measure substance abuse. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages, but they both work together to determine not only who has the potential to become addicted to alcohol and drugs, but also the severity of the addiction. Both are critical to assessing a person’s addiction, or likeliness to develop an addiction, so that the individual can be treated…