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Street Drug Addiction in Nevada Street drugs are defined as “substances purchased from a drug dealer; may be a legal substance, sold illicitly (without a prescription, and not for medical use), or it may be a substance that is illegal to possess.” Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Street drug abuse is a recurring pattern of use that causes detrimental personal, professional, and social consequences for the user as a result of using drugs. Specifically, in the case of street drug abuse, the use of…

Substance addiction continues to be an epidemic across the nation. Hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers have been accursed of child abuse and other crimes when they or their newborns have tested positive for control substances. (Pro publica) Substances such as nicotine, marijuana, alcohol opiates, cocaine and methadone pose serious risks health risks to the developing fetus. Currently in the United States, 18 states consider substance abuse during pregnancy child abuse under civil child…

Research Proposal Introduction and Significance Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is defined as chronic relapsing brain disease characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. AUD can range from mild to severe and recovery is possible regardless of severity. According to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5), AUD consists of two distinct disorders: Alcohol Dependence and Alcohol Abuse, each…

Drug abuse is one of the biggest things that are happening everyday around the world. Drug abuse is dangerous to do, in which can affect the human body. These affects can be very long term or even for forever. The more a person is abusing drugs the more that they are damaging themselves. There are different types of drugs that many put to use. You are able to name more than fifty different types of drugs that are being used illegally or even legal. Drugs may not only have effects on the body but…

Everyday 91 people die from an overdose in the United States. These deaths are not all from street drugs. Since 1999 prescription related opioid overdoses have resulted in the death of 183,000 people. Many people develop opioid addiction from being prescribed an opioid for common injuries, accidents, or illnesses. Along with opioids, stimulants and depressants are commonly abused and misused and it becoming a growing problem. Prescription drugs are drugs designed to treat a specific illness,…

Hacienda Heights, California The census-designated place known as Hacienda Heights, California is located in Los Angeles County. At the time of the 2010 census, this community was home to 54,038 residents. The area was once an agricultural town in the 1940’s, but has since transformed into the bedroom community of Hacienda Heights. California is one of the most populous states in the country. With the millions of residents residing in the state, statistics show that the number of individuals…

Is it addictive? If so, what makes it addictive? Heroin is highly addictive, yielding 23% of all people who have tried it addicted. Heroin, like morphine, is made from poppy seeds. Morphine is an opiate used to treat moderate to severe pain under doctor’s prescription. Morphine and heroin work in similar ways, both causing releases of dopamine by connecting to opioid receptors in the brain. However, though they are similar in the way they work, Heroin has 3 times the potency of morphine,…

Treatment vs. Incarceration for Opioid Abuse There are more than 15 million Americans that suffer from opioid abuse disorder (WHO,2014). This paper looks at treatment options verses incarceration. Out of the 2 million people in federal and state prison more than one-quarter of them suffer from drug abuse (Common Sense for Drug Policy, 2016). What is more astonishing is that most of them do not receive the treatment they need to recover from their opiate addiction. There are many treatment…

Methadone is a Schedule II drug that belongs to the opioid family of drugs. Methadone it is an extended acting synthetic tranquilizing painkiller. In the early 1960s, two New York physicians, Marie Nyswander and Vincent Dole, ascertained that when methadone is taken on a daily base, it is a constructive habituated medical treatment for individuals who have become opioid addicts. Since the 1960s, methadone has been strategized to help people who are dependent on illicit drugs such as opioid,…

Heroin use and addiction is an epidemic that has spread rapidly across the United States over the past two decades. It is surprising that this epidemic is spread across every social class in America. Poor or rich, they are using or have an addiction to heroin. Addiction usually leads middle to lower class citizens to a life of crime to support their habit. Substance abuse care in correctional facilities is nothing new. Although, incidents are being brought forth that show a lack of care for…