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In 2015, of people surveyed, 90% of people aged 18-25 had used methamphetamine in the past year. Each one of those people has a family that is also affected, as much or even more so than the addict in question. Addicts and their families’ perspectives are often ignored, but in his short story collection We Live in Water, Jess Walter explores their perspectives, along with other fringe members of society. Walter focuses on the members of society that many consider “problematic” or “distasteful”,…

“Addiction breaks bonds and hearts and all the rules.” The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction by Sandra Swenson. One’s addiction to drugs creates a tremendous toll on the body, not only theirs but especially for those around them. Those that truly suffer are those who hold the addict close to their heart, financially they have to be strong. The same follows for their own health and cooperating with the user. The use of drugs, abusive and recreational evokes many complications not…

Sabrina Peters Drugs and Crime February 17, 2018 Writing Assignment #1 The text defined criminological theory as “ a set of concepts linked together by a series of statements to explain why an event or phenomenon occurs” (Pg. 75). In my opinion, the criminology theory that best explains drug use, which includes purchasing and possessing of drugs, is rational choice theory. Rational choice theory is the idea that an individual makes a reasonable choice after weighing in…

Introduction Ralphe Di Clemente (2009) defines risk taking behaviour as engaging in activities that may have harmful consequences. These behaviours may include smoking, alcoholism, taking other drugs and engaging in sexual activities. There are a number of factors that can lead to these activities and a number of long term consequences as a result. Brown (2011) established the four tasks of adolescence: 1: to stand out by developing identity, 2: to fit in by creating affiliations with peers,…

COMM 101 Tutorial 4 1. These drinks are as dangerous as the critics maintain. It is because of our body’s natural defense is to get sleepy and not want to drink but the mixing of caffeine and alcohol will cause us to perceive ourselves less intoxicated than we actually are. We are not aware on how much alcohol we are consuming and this may lead to alcohol poisoning. It is reported that a New Jersey student’s blood alcohol level is 0.4 which is 4 times the legal limit for driving a car after…

Case 2: Drug selection in treatment of migraine-Triptan Migraine is a severe headache felt as a throbbing pain at the front or side of the head. Triptan, the 5-hydroxytryptamine agonists are widely used as first-line abortive therapies for migraine headache patients. The currently available triptans offer clear evidence of improved clinical and economic outcomes compared with previous anti-migraine therapies, such as ergotamine alkaloids. However, the clinical and economic benefits of triptans…

From extreme drugs to always being on the internet all the time, those would be considered unhealthy. Would you classify as being addicted to the internet the same as being addicted to an extreme drug, such as heroin? The answer is yes, addiction is being dependable on an item or an activity that you can't live without. In the incipient of that moment, someone arrives home, proceeds to get on the internet, whether it be on a phone or computer, or lighting up the joint of an illegal drug.…

Dr. Mengele would have his victims put into chambers and then tested with drugs. The children had to be exposed while being tested on, and the doctors tested them by making injections with lethal germs, sex change operations, and the removal of organs and limbs. Mengele’s next experiments were even more revolting. He would carry out twin-to-twin transfusions and stitched twins together in order to create “Siamese Twins”. All the experiments were tested without using an anesthetic or other…

They will know if they overdose, the Narcan will revive them and bring them out of the overdose. The user may then return to doing the same thing and again be revived from an overdose. Heroin and other opioid users may not be fully employed, thus don’t pay taxes. Governments, i.e. taxpayers, will be footing the bill for enabling the bad behavior. Some users given Narcan can become angry because a responder not only took away their high…

Memoir: Pill Head In the following memoir, Pill Head: The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict by Joshua Lyon, a twenty-seven year old gay journalist with an out-of-control addiction to opioids guiding the reader through his journey as an addict. The story starts with Lyon discussing how his addiction started in high school with drinking, marijuana and other drugs sprinkled in here and there, he discovers pills at eighteen and beings a love affair. While writing this memoir he weaves in stories of…