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It seems that within our society it is easier to lock someone up for their substance use disorder rather than helping them to overcome it. Essentially what we are doing is locking up the issue itself. In a study conducted in Spain it showed that individuals who were given mandatory community treatment rather than incarceration had…

“Sooner or later, we need to respond to the fact that we have an epidemic of substance abuse that is taking a real toll on the lives of young people in America” says psychiatrists Dr. Keith Ablow. Fifty percent of twelfth graders in the United States admitted to using drugs in the past year. Legally, only students that participate in extracurricular activities can be required to take a drug test. Should student athletes should be required to submit drug tests before participating in school…

designer drug is an analog of an illegal drug that has been modified structurally and/or functionally such that it can be sold in the US because the chemical structure of the substance no longer matches a known controlled substance (Wohlfarth 2010). People, especially teens, can purchase these “new psychoactive substances” (NPS) online and from friends, without an understanding of what they are actually taking. Deaths due to designer drugs happen, and often the victims are unsuspecting,…

because they can also test for MDMA, GHB, or steroids (“Frequently Asked Questions” 14). These random drug tests are very useful to high schools, because the test can be created for the exact needs of the school in order to significantly decrease the amount of students using illegal…

given a choice to decide whether they would like to have one on one sitting with another inmate or if they would like to do a form of role play. If the group decision is chosen to be one on one, the worker will divide the inmates, allowing them a set amount of time to talk freely with each other about their personal stories to see if there 's any resemblance or similar occurrences within each story. After the one on one session are complete, and each inmate has had one on one session with each…

criminals active in the community. John Smith being a newly adult, did not have the best childhood. He was expelled twice, he established drugs at a young age with and without his parents, and multiple charges. The charges were “Delivery of a controlled substance” and “Possession of drug Paraphernalia”. John has had negative out outcome of the juvenile system, and it ended up failing. I have been requested to produce a Pre-Sentence Investigation on Mr. Smith to avoid incoming crimes. As the…

As we know today the war on drugs have failed, not only are nonviolent drug offenders risking their lives in prison, their causing corrections facilitates to be overcrowded and underfunded. It would seem that there should be other options rather than just sending nonviolent drug offenders to prison. “There is no evidence that imprisonment reduces the likelihood of recidivism. Instead, we find compelling evidence that offenders who are sentenced to prison have higher rates of recidivism and…

Science assignment A lot of young teens or adults experiment with heroin thinking, “I’ll try it once or twice. I can always stop.” But those who start down that road find it nearly impossible to turn back. Heroin is a drug that slows down the messages travelling between your brain and body which can also be classified as a depressant drug a depressant drug, or central depressant drug, is a very commonly used drug for pain relief or endogenous compound that lowers neurotransmission levels, which…

Upon walking into the NA meeting I attended, which was located at Lutheran Memorial Church in their basement on Erial & Blackwood-Clementon Rd, I felt extremely out of place because I am not familiar with this environment making me a “fish out of water”. The meeting was called Miracles on Monday, which is held from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM every Monday, and I would soon find that the name was very fitting for what takes place within those basement walls on a weekly basis. The normal feelings an addict…

with serious medical conditions or diseases. Why is it that society judges and looks down upon addicts? Drug addiction should have the same coverage, help, and sympathy as those of any other medical conditions who also seek for treatment. Although substance abuse treatment and therapy is not 100% guaranteed to save an addict’s life or to “cure” them, neither is a the treatment such as chemotherapy which is used to help save the life of someone battling cancer. Chemotherapy may work, or it may…