Controlled Substances Act

Diagnosis The client, Gwen Cummings, comes to the inpatient substance use treatment facility presenting with apparent symptoms of severe substance use disorder and potentially childhood trauma. According to the criteria from the DSM-5 on Substance Use Disorder, the “substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Gwen shared that she and her boyfriend recently woke up late prior to their attendance at their friend’s…

“Consequences of Illegal Drug Use” remarks, “Accidents, crime, domestic violence, illness, lost opportunity, and reduced productivity are the direct consequences of substance abuse.” In majority of substance abuse cases, the abuser is either sent to jail or lives a life of misery. When the law is involved, some may think that throwing a substance abuser in jail is the best route but that may not be the case. “Prison time for Drug Users” argues that while the abuser is in jail they can’t…

FDA should be able to control the chemical substances that companies put into their products, particularly when the chemicals are known carcinogens, neurotoxins, endocrine disruptors, or pose any other possible harm to the human body. In her article, Ventura admits that natural products don’t tend to be as satisfying as their harmful counterparts. The attractive properties of the beauty products that people desire are the result of the harmful substances being put into them. Moreover, the…

In the same way that mental illness in general was once stigmatized and no longer is, substance addiction must also be released from the burden of social disgrace that has long been wrongly attached to it. We hope to restore dignity to all individuals who are afflicted with the painful cycle of substance abuse. In addition to working to eliminate the shame and guilt that many substance abusers endure, we feel that providing top notch services to clients is one of the best ways that…

Cocaine as with many of illicit drugs, can be backed a theory regarding why users experiment leading to use, abuse, and may become addicted. My theory behind drug usage, in this case, cocaine, is backed behind the classical theory biological instinct – that being a psychological theory of reinforcement. It is important to understand what is meant by reinforcement theory – which can be split into two categories. The first, being positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement “occurs when the…

After reading Roger’s vignette, it is apparent that he has moderate stimulant use disorder, with the use of amphetamine-type substances (APA, 2013; Roberts & Louie, 2015). The symptoms that Roger presents in the vignette are hyperactivity and restlessness from childhood, high blood pressure, nausea, use if crystal meth and dextroamphetamine, crashing when stimulants wear off, switching from snorting to smoking meth, failed business and marriage, behavioral problems in school, low energy,…

hinted taking into account that most abusers of similar illegal stimulants eventually overdose. The expression “covered in white” is a figure of speech since the woman is not literally covered in cocaine, but rather has inhaled a great amount of the substance. As the drug addict becomes aware of the overdose, she regrets the decisions made and wishes for her life to be different. In the quote, the singer no longer compares the nameless human to an the spiritual being but instead identifies her…

make up substances that can be pure substances such as Mercury, Iron, gold biscuits or mixtures such as air we breathe, food we eat and water we drink. A substance is a kind of matter that cannot be separated into other kind of matter by any physical process. For example sugar or salt solution, air, water, water in oil. A pure substance consists of a single type of particles (Elements and Compounds).Mixtures are substances formed when different kinds of particles come together. When a substance…

The Dealer Lucky was a big time drug dealer , he was around about I say 23 years of age , he started out real young watching his dad bringing in money but he didn't know what he was doing to bring in that type of money so he got curious and starting selling little nickel and dime bags . Lucky started getting into trouble. He started getting careless like he was untouchable . He started slipping up he would drive with drugs on him and he always would use the same route he never switched his…

Growing up my older brother Tyler and I were the best of friends, referred to by my mom as ‘attached at the hip’. We went everywhere together, making fun out of the smallest things. He was one of the people that made my childhood so great, always happy never worried about a thing. As I began to grow older however, I began noticing subtle changes in Tyler. He began coming home later, detaching himself from the family, and excluding me from everything he did. I would’ve never guessed that these…