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According to Fox News, a student named Austin Harrouff from FSU joined a long list of young people who had committed crimes such as cannibalism recently using a drug called “Flakka” or known as synthetic drugs. Also the CDC reported in August 2016 that state death was increased by 426 percent from 2013 to 2014. Why do people use drugs such as Flakka? This paper is used to explore why people do drug use. What is a drug you may ask? Well a drug is “any chemical substance other than food or water…

Interventions can be grouped into four types. The first type of intervention is maintenance programs. This program is an outpatient program that involves the provision of methadone to heroin and opiate addicts. Over a period of time those in this program will no longer experience the highs and lows when it comes to addiction to other drugs. This program shows positive results. The second type is therapeutic communities. These communities…

The United States has experienced an increase in the number of cases of Hepatitis C over the past decade. There are counties across the United States that are at an increased risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreaks. These diseases are efficiently transmitted by exposure to contaminated blood and blood products and often lead to co-infection. This has been shown by increased transmission occurring among injection drug users, primarily those under the age of thirty (Zibbell et al,…

medications. Heroin standout amongst the most commonly used drug that individuals have been addicted to nowadays. It has turned into a major issue in today society. Drug addiction is a disease which has ruined many lives and caused many deaths nationwide. In fact, in 2011, more than “4 million Americans aged 12 or older had used heroin at least once in their lives” (“DrugFacts”). In America, utilization of heroin is increasing immensely among the society. Addiction to drugs such as heroin has…

The United States Constitution, which serves as the supreme law of the United States, was written by men who envisioned a government that would be fair and just. To further protect the citizens of this land, amendments have been added that offer protection of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government. Today, the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution is the cornerstone of litigation related to drug testing of welfare recipients. While the funding of…

The National Drug Control Strategy is revised each year by the President of the United States. The United States has been fighting a losing war against drugs for decades. In hopes for a winning war against drugs, the main strategies for the nation’s illicit drug use is to stop the use of drugs before it starts by educating the youth, reduce the health and social costs of illicit drug use, reduce drug related- crime and violence, shield America’s air, land, and sea frontiers from the drug threat,…

for extended periods of time. Although the drug has proven to reduce pain levels and allow chronically ill patients to be able to go through their day as normally as possible, the fact that they share the same chemical make up as the illegal drug heroin shows that these prescription drugs are just as dangerous and addicting as the street form of the substance. Simply having the drug be prescribed rather than having to find it on the streets does not mean that…

Fentanyl is an opioid that is illicitly produced and combined with heroin to increase the potency of the drug. “Drug dealers are mixing the illicit fentanyl in order to increase the potency of weakened heroin” (Staff). This lethal mixture has caused thousands of deaths; therefore, heroin addicts, the public, and the government need to be aware of the crisis. Along with medical personnel, law enforcement officers now carry Narcan, a drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. The…

Ill Manors (2012) is a low budget British crime/drama film, written and directed by Ben Drew who is also an artist that goes by the name Plan B. This film was released in June 2012 with a budget of £100,000. The length of the film is 121 minutes. The age certificate is 18, the reason for this is because there is very strong language, there is a sex scene right at the start of the film, and violence all throughout the film. There is also the use of drugs invoked in the film as well. The most…

Are you or someone you know facing the struggle of addiction? Addiction is the state of being addicted to a certain idem or thing. A specific example of an addiction is drugs, a chemical that harms the body of the user. Drug addicts often do not realize what their addiction is doing to them. Ultimately, what is at the stake here is addict’s lives. Many drug abusers throw their life away, get killed, or commit suicide because of drugs. On the site Recoverygateway.org, it shares a fact stating…