Drug Abuse Resistance Education

For Marcella, the nature and severity of her use is arguable. While she reports little use, the severity of the effects of her recent use are beyond what a recreational user would display. The negative consequences of her use, in this case, far outweigh the frequency of her substance use. Her motivation for change appears to be low; there is no indication that she is scared by her attempt, is remorseful for the attempt, nor is there any evidence she thinks she has an issue with substance use.…

Drug Addiction and Rehabilitation: The Effects it has on the Family and the Community. A question many of us ask that are familiar with drug addiction is, “Can a person addicted to drugs ever really be rehabilitated, or do they all end up going back to their old lifestyles, and if so why?” Well, in this research paper, I am going to try to help you find an answer for this question, or at least give you enough information to be able to state your opinion on the question. In This paper I will…

turning to drugs. This is because drugs can give the person a sensation of escape from reality, but it is really only a temporary feeling. The addiction of escape can drive someone to continuously abuse drugs in order to make them feel in control of the thing they originally wanted to change. Likewise, when someone has a mental illness the symptoms may drive them to self medicate in order to soothe their imperfections. Studies have shown that there is a connection between substance abuse and…

Substance abuse in particular, has an increasing strong correlation with homelessness. Time after time, individuals fall victim to substance addictions. A person who forms an addiction normally displays visible signs that require very little effort to identify. These signs include a change in behavior, distance themselves from family, redness in eyes and lose of interest about or take care with their grooming (Drugs). This can easily spiral into an individual losing control of their lives and…

Although teenage drug use has started to decline in recent years, the issue still is largely present in the United States (NIH, para.1). Knowing the harmful effects drugs can have on any individual's mind and body has not seemed to deter adolescents from continuing to take them. So, the real question that is raised remains - why do teens ignore the facts and what needs to be done in order to reduce/stop teenage drug use? There are a number of reasons that come to mind when asked why adolescents…

way to demonstrate why Mr. Beah should speak is by seeing his guilt, addiction, and most of all is atonement in his words. The most abominable consequence of child soldiers is the addiction to drugs. These children aren’t just stripped of their childhood become dependent on drugs. Ishmael Beah shows how drugs become a coping mechanism to block out all the violence they’ve committed and what…

Drug Users Should Go To Treatment Drug addiction is an illness causing extreme drug craving, drug seeking and use. Despite all the consequences it still continues. Drug addiction begins with the single act of taking drugs, and over time the ability to choose not to do so becomes harder and harder. Taking drugs and seeking the high becomes a compulsion. The behavior results from prolonged drug exposure on the brain and how it functions. The disease affects the way the brain works in regards…

and funky hole and just saw the sun up there, outside.” (Sonny’s Blues 5). Throughout the years, drug abuse has had a significant impact on society. Additionally, there are different reasons people become addicted to illegal substances. “Sonny's Blues,” a short story written by James Baldwin, takes place in Harlem. “Sonny’s Blues,” illustrates the horrible consequences of a person’s life under drugs; the light and dark imageries used by the author represent the narrator's feelings of…

Do people really deserve a second chance? It really depends on the situation, personally I think if someone, is mean and grumpy all the time, sure, they deserve a second chance, because they can change, like Scrooge from A Christmas Carol, he is always mean and grumpy at the beginning, and at the end, he's so nice and happy. You have to do so much to get a second chance, and really show you’ve changed, but even if you do it will always, find a way back to you. I’m more on the side that,…

health of people who live in them (as cited in Stanhope, 2014). Therefore, to use the ecological model to discourage drug use, I will have to determine the major environmental factors that the individual is in constant interaction with. Such environmental factors include family circle, social network, peer groups, school, cultural beliefs, and government policies on drug use. Drug use is influenced by intra and interpersonal factors – such as personal attribute and social network, and the…