Controlled Substances Act

are often full of anger they tend to shift to other people by being sarcastic, cynical, stubborn, resentful – to name a few ways that passive-aggression can be manifested. 3. “Let’s leave it for tomorrow” way of living There’s no question that substance abuse can make people selfish. They often lack sympathy or empathy toward others, but frequently expect others to adjust to their needs. o “It’s not fair that I have to...” o “I can’t do it today, let’s leave it for tomorrow.” o “That’s too…

to treat life -threatening and broad spectrum of medical conditions. Unfortunately, the broad medical provision of the Emergency Department attracts non-emergent use by homeless and uninsured individuals with physical health, mental health, and substance abuse disorders Lin, Bharel, Zhang, O’Connell and Clark (2015). Lam, Arora, and Menchine (2016) reported homeless individuals and member’s with mental health conditions use the emergency department as their primary medical service and for…

Some key factors mentioned in the article spoke of how the “effects of age, sex, race/ethnicity, mental health disorders, functional impairment, and type and number of substance use disorders in relation to specialty and non-specialty services” (Aarons, A.G., et al pg. 48) effect the impairment of adolescents in the juvenile justice courts. These key components showed that unlike the research has shown above it wasn’t just…

The article “Embraced by the Needle,” written by Gabor Maté, is about the reasoning behind drug addictions. In this article, Maté describes how drug addictions can result from various situations and backgrounds. One thing that is common between all addictions is that they “always originate in unhappiness, even if hidden” (Maté, 2016, pp. 506). The article describes how addictions can derive from neglect during childhood; or, it could develop from a loving home with the burden of stress and…

What is a chemist? A chemist is a scientist that studies, physical and chemical properties of different forms of matter. There are two profound chemist whose findings were crucial to today's understanding of chemistry. There names were Marie Curie and Dimitri Mendeleev, both chemist made significant impacts on modern day science and society. Dmitri Mendeleev is responsible for the creation of the periodic table, while Marie Curie is responsible for discovering radioactivity, which advanced the…

The story Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction was a painful and heartfelt depiction of a broken family and the destruction of a boy, Nic Sheff, who encountered a fight with a drug addiction. This autobiography was written by his father David Sheff, who has a complicated life of his own that played a part in his son’s development of a love hate relationship with methamphetamine. After David began the process of divorce with his wife Vicki, the custody battle took an…

and grew up with the belief that being an addict was a choice. It led me to feel worse about myself that I already did when I was using. It made me feel like I was the bad person and that addiction itself was a choice. In my future career, as a substance abuse counselor, I do not want any of my clients to feel the way that I felt about my own addictions. I do not want them to feel the guilt and blame that I assigned to myself. I think using the information that I learned in this documentary…

immediate stressors such as lack of fresh water, lack of power, and an inability to find suitable and stable lodging (Lowe, Chan & Rhodes, 2010). By the time of evacuation the mental health of the survivors rested in a very fragile state. An increase in substance use can likely be attributed to attempts of survivors to cope. What stared…

Substance abuse is all too common within most populations, although particularly common in lower financial class neighborhoods. People experiment with drugs for several different reasons, to enhance their athletic abilities, to simplify with stressful life circumstances, to relax, to rebel or simply because their social environment influences it. The use of drugs does not automatically confirm addiction, however the amount of influential power it is has on someone’s every day life at home,…

The drug laws in America are often viewed as an unquestionable part of discouraging unwanted behaviors in our society. Federally, the Drug Enforcement Administration has been tasked with combating drug use. In addition to this, state and local governments make and enforce their own laws and regulations with respect to drugs. The term “ War on Drugs” is something that most people are familiar with and it is no secret that if you are caught with illegal drugs, you will find yourself in a very…