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scapegoat to alienate certain groups in society. For example, in reading number 5 points out, “passage of narcotics laws and their stringent enforcement required a reviled “other” in order to create an anti-drug consensus… “Cocaine crazed” southern black men, marijuana smoking Mexican migrant, and pregnant crack whore” (Inciardi and Mcelrath, 2011, p.66). What stood out to me in the course of the semester were the drug…

out she lost custody over Christopher and he is being kept by social services. Angela is seen by the next door neighbour who asks what is wrong “it hurts, Rachel, it hurts all over” Angela says. In this moment of vulnerability she gives in to taking heroin in the next door neighbour 's apartment. “She could feel it. Floating. Lightness. Total bliss.” this showed me that drugs take people away from their reality and into a blissful transient state of mind that they will do anything to get to…

One of the main contributions to the incarceration rate per capital is the current laws on illegal substance in America. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, “Federal mandatory minimums were incorporated in the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act” (Seigel 162). regarding sentences both for dealers and users. These restrictions and rules are far from perfect; Unreasonable laws only serve as a catalyst to problems worsening. The idea of decriminalizing drugs to most is questionable. Far often people are…

Hypnotherapy and Opium Addiction Treatment Sylvie Bridgman PNUR 4585 November 12th, 2015 Mebs Karim Hypnotherapy and Opium Addiction Treatment The focus of this paper is to understand and potentially implement findings from a study which centered on the use of hypnotherapy in treating opium addiction into my own nursing practice. I will begin by providing a summary of the article and it 's findings and then move onto how I could integrate these findings into my own practice, and whether I…

When administered, sugammadex forms a water-soluble complex with aminosteroid non-depolarizing agents, thereby reversing NMB.22 Sugammadex has an affinity for aminosteroids as follows: rucoronium> vecuronium> pancuronium.1 Specifically, sugammadex is 2.5 times more selective for rocuronium than vecuronium.23 Sugammadex acts three to eight times faster than neostigmine to reverse a NMB.24 Due to its highly selective reversal of rocuronium-induced NMB, there is a new but growing interest in…

marijuana(“NSDUH-FRR1-2014.pdf”). This is due largely in part because marijuana is so easy to access. “Eighty-five percent of high school seniors report that illegal drugs are ‘fairly easy’ or ‘very easy’ to get”(Rosenbaum). This is a result of the black market created by the anti-drug laws we have. Dealers who sell marijuana only care about money. A crisp twenty dollar bill spends the same whether a marijuana dealer got it from an adult or a child. This is where a change from a prohibition…

Ross Coomber’s study entitled “A Tale of Two Cities: Understanding Differences in Levels of Heroin/Crack Market-Related Violence-A Two City Comparison” looks into drug market violence in two English cities. Most media portrayals of drugs, drug use, and drug dealers is sensationalized and often inaccurate due to gross exaggerations and generalizations. Coomber questioned this logic, however, prompting his study into the reality of drug market violence. He began with a broad research question…

Anton and both his parents’ relationships are total opposites from Anton and Echo’s relationship. Between tough love and an addiction that follows Anton everywhere is making him feel worthless. Being addicted to a heavy drug like heroin, takes over a person life mentally and physically. Throughout the whole play John Waters has been trying to give Anton tough love. In the first act after Anton gets kicked out of the Courage Center for not staying clean, John wants to make Anton sleep in the car…

According to healthypeople.gov, in 2005, approximately 22 million Americans are struggling with drug or alcohol problems. Consider the recognition of approximately 95% of people with substance use problems. Of people who recognize their own problems, it has made unsuccessful efforts to get the 273,000 treatment. These estimates will increase prevention efforts and highlight the importance of improving access to treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Drug abuse has a…

1. INTRODUCTION Warfarin is a most common Anticoagulant in prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events despite the availability of new drugs such as Novel Oral Anticoagulants due to its affordability. The establishment of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) helps to guide the dosing requirement for patients receiving the warfarin therapy. However, over-anticoagulation leads to adverse events such as haemorrhage while thromboembolic events can happen even at a recommended dose.…