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Few things in life are harder than watching a son fall into and struggle with an addiction to alcohol or drugs. It can make a parent feel like a failure and inspires feelings of helplessness. However, you can make a vital difference in your son 's life by making a stand and getting him help. It will be a difficult process for you both, but it can help save him from a life of destructive addiction. Watching For Tell-Tale Signs Drug use and addiction will change your son 's behavior in a wide…

2007). Physicians freely prescribed opium and morphine as pain relievers and major pharmaceutical companies advertised products containing heroin and cocaine to citizens of all ages. It was not until the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914 that congress responded to substance addiction in American by controlling the importation and dismantle of opiates. By 1925, heroin had also become illegal in the United States, and by the 1940s, illegal drugs were extremely difficult to find and the promise of…

For decades, overcrowded prison populations have been at the top of the list for penal reform in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Prisons reports that nearly 85,500 individuals are currently incarcerated on drug-related charges, making up 46.4% of the total inmate population in our prison systems. Of those incarcerated on drug charges, nearly half are low-level drug offenders with no current or prior violence charges on their records. (The United States War on Drugs, n.d) Are…

Addiction is not a disease it is the result of a series of bad life decisions. It is the person’s choice to start using drugs or addictive substances, at some point that person also actively had to make the decision to continue using the addictive substance despite the negative repercussions, and that individual also made the decision to stay in the negative environment that is influencing their bad choices. Addiction is a path people choose for themselves, you are not born an addict. You did…

Have you ever heard or seen those scary border stories? Do you ever watch documentaries or television shows, even the news on the border safety? Over 32% of all inmates in state prisons in the U.S. were under the influence of drugs or caught with possession of drugs. Drug enforcement agencies or DEAs makes over 30,000 arrests each year due to illegal narcotics. Nearly 48,000 people have been killed over the past 5 years in Mexico due to suspected drug-related violence. Also, remember the guilty…

“In 2014 in the United States alone there were over 47,055 lethal drug overdoses, with 18,893 deaths related to prescription pain killers and 10,574 deaths related to heroin” (“National Opioid…”). Both prescription pain killers and the illegal drug heroin are linked by one key ingredient: opium. Opium is involved in the production of narcotics ranging from prescription medicine to illegal drugs. It has had an impact on many different points in history and on today’s world. From its impact in…

The Most Difficult Drugs to Quit for an Addict If you have ever been curious about the 10 hardest drugs to quit, there are different ways to rank them. However, one of the most accurate ways is simply look at the number of addicts that exist at any one time in this country. Granted, some drugs are more readily available than others, but it can be argued that the total number of people with addiction is a good measure of how addictive a drug is, therefore, difficult to stop using. Cigarettes…

Because marijuana is a drug, by definition, it changes the way the human body works. It gives users an altered perspective on reality. 1 Corinthians 10:29 says “For why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?”. The legalization of marijuana is a battle the world has been facing for many years. It is time to give the people their freedom to smoke marijuana legally. Although Marijuana legalization could increase the cost of addiction treatment of those introduced to heavier…

Although there were some good effects of prohibition it mostly hindered rather than helped the advancement of society in the United States of America ranging from the encouragement of organized crime to the nation’s use of large amounts of government spending in a vain ungainly battle against drugs the few benefits of prohibition are far outweighed by the vast and negative consequences that it produces. The topic of prohibition is a very important one to the American populous because there is an…

for a poor decision affecting only themselves is immoral. Protection is rehabilitating them and letting them pursue their dreams. The state of New Hampshire has been in the news due to the recent heroin epidemic. Supporters of the drug war want tougher measures because of the near 400 deaths from heroin across the state in 2015. Portugal, a country roughly the same size as New Hampshire has faced a drug crisis much like it, and have solved it 15 years ago. Once Portugal decriminalized drugs and…