Amphetamine

Achievements & Drugs As most of us assume, students succeed and prosper through school to become something they 've always wanted to be. Unfortunately, many students begin to slack off of their school work and begin to fall in the wrong direction. Drugs take a high toll on students. Some use them to forget things or get a feel of calmness to ease them. Students may later become addicted to any type of drug they 've taken. It is no good for them but it is what they 've adapted to. For example,…

Due to the physician shortage in the United States, Physician Assistants (PAs) are taking over the role of a physician, especially in the rural areas of each state. Physician Assistants (PAs) who are considered mid-level providers and are also well known members of the medical field, are known for providing care for patients, and working under the authority of a physician. PAs were first introduced to the United States Health Care around the 1960’s. This profession was created to expand and…

Portugal is the country that decriminalized drugs in their country. We all want to know what led Portugal to start the decriminalization of drugs, according to the article Portugal’s Experiment “ it all started during the mid-twentieth century, when Portugal experienced fifty years of military dictatorship, and when leftist democratic was reestablished in 1974”. Portugal is and still is the only European Union state explicitly to decriminalize drug usage. Portugal’s decriminalization came about…

Today, I began my first day in the insurance/billing office observing two ladies call insurance companies and different patients to check their insurance benefits. First, I started off helping them file some invoices, consent forms, and verify benefits for certain procedures. Also, I got to go through old patient files to check for the patients that did or didn’t have a procedure done. After lunch, I started putting together patient information packets and prenatal care packets. Overall, I think…

assume that ADHD medication gives my kid an unfair advantage, but what it gives him is a fighting chance.” says Ariel McGovern, a Florida mother of two children diagnosed with ADHD(Williams, P.). Stimulant meds such as Ritalin(Methylin) and Adderall(Amphetamine salts) are used in the treatment of ADHD in youths in elementary school all the way into adulthood, but it isn’t until adolescense that abuse becomes a major problem. Currently 8% of youths are diagnosed with ADHD and receive years of…

Knowing and understanding the history of drugs in Sweden is important to understand the current policy that is in place. Sweden was one of the first Western European countries to experience a major drug epidemic in the 1960’s (Johannson). During that time the drugs were mostly stimulants and, at the time, not seen as addictive so people were able to purchase these drugs at local pharmacies with regulations. After some regulation problems began to occur. There was a trial set up with 110…

Drug testing has become known as an essential part of gaining employment. There are some places of business that require drug testing, and there are few who do not require drug testing. It makes the most sense that the fields getting drug tested would involve public safety. Fields involved in public safety can include, but is not limited to: police officers, firefighters, emergency paramedics, and emergency dispatchers. This may also include doctors, nurses, nurses’ assistants, and the majority…

This is especially true in western and southwestern areas of the state. Statistics from the 2014 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) shows that following marijuana addiction treatment enrollments, amphetamine enrollments were the second leading illegal substance sending residents into treatment. Likewise, data from the North Dakota Department of Human Services reveals that 59 children in 9 southwest counties were entered into foster care for parental…

as AAS and human growth hormones (HGH), and how athletes are intentioned by using it more to come in content of “illicit drugs”, which are drugs that are illegal to make, sell or use. This is a example of cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis, heroin and amphetamines ( Dunn, Thomas, Swift and Buns, 2012, p.28). Adding on more, it also stated that other athletes engaging in these kinds of drugs, others assume that if they take the same illicit drugs as them, they could succeed to win (Dunn et al., 2012)…

During this paper, I will be informing the reader of the many different types of addiction, addictive behaviors, treatment options available for addiction, and how addiction impacts the lives of the victim and their family. Ten percent of all adults in the United States consider themselves to be in recovery from a drug and/or alcohol abuse problem (Feliz, 2012). According to an article in Psychology Today, ” Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (e.g., alcohol,…