Drug Abuse Resistance Education

As sports programs become more and more competitive, and as drug use among high-schoolers is on the rise, in some districts, mandatory drug testing is becoming popular. Drug testing is being implemented as a necessary tool to determine ineligibility in athletics as well as other extracurricular activities in school. These tests not only reduce drug abuse among student athletes but they also indirectly protects the health of athletes as drug use is diminished. In addition, this disciplinary…

Prescription Painkiller Abuse: Who’s at fault? Have you ever wondered how a person started having a painkiller abuse? Is it the doctors or the patient's fault? Statistics show that young adults are the people who mainly abuse prescription drugs. In 2014 alone more than 1,700 adults overdosed.(drugabuse) More and more people become dependent on drugs. What is a painkiller abuse and how does that come to be? Drugs change the way your brain reacts to things even if it is something you are…

Before starting drug addiction counseling, it is very important to know what actually addiction is. Addiction is the habituation of the body to certain unnatural substances. These substances can range from nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and other addictive substances. These alien substances not only effect neurotransmitters in the brain but also various organs of human body ranging from eyesight to sense of taste. Drug and alcohol addiction causes various parts of body from proper functioning in…

Schwarz & Powers, 2011). The transition from childhood into adulthood comes with a number of difficulties, including exposure to alcohol and drugs. Although experimenting with alcohol and drugs during adolescence is common, it may also lead to dependency and addiction (Stagman, Schwarz & Powers, 2011). For this reason, it is important to treat adolescent drug use and dependency at an early stage to prevent further addiction and dependency issues into adulthood. Currently, there are several…

They said that the NIDA has given them a little glimpse of hope that there is a drug out there that can help. They also said that they believe that there is a chance that addiction could be a brain problem and that there could be a way of solving it. There have been some causes where medicine has help patients to quit with the help…

can be triggered by many different types of factors: environmental, behavioral, cognitive/social, biological, etc. Everyone is different when it comes to what may trigger a relapse, therefore there is no set way on how to process through substance abuse treatment programs. For example, relapse can be caused by “battles with depression or even patterns of destructive habits” (Haris, Fallot, Rebecca, 2005). Environmental factors can play a big role in relapse due to friend choices or one’s…

epidemic of substance abuse that is taking a real toll on the lives of young people in America” says psychiatrists Dr. Keith Ablow. Fifty percent of twelfth graders in the United States admitted to using drugs in the past year. Legally, only students that participate in extracurricular activities can be required to take a drug test. Should student athletes should be required to submit drug tests before participating in school sports because it could cause them to quit using the drugs; therefore,…

Treatment of co-morbid alcoholism and PTSD in veterans ? comparison with other drug dependencies 11-15-16 Loggins, K., Gutierrez, C.A., PharmD, Wilcox, R.E., PhD.* Target: Journal of Addiction and Preventive Medicine ABSTRACT Combat instigated PTSD is one of the more complicated psychological conditions that occur in the modern world. To add to the complications of treatment, PTSD is often accompanied by other psychological comorbidities and substance use disorders; of which the most…

The knowledge I acquired from ASD100 This course was very interesting to me as I believed as an addict and alcoholic that I knew a great deal about substance abuse, drug use and methods to treat addiction, as I have attended a 12 step based in patient program, as well as a cognitive behavioral therapy based program during my incarceration in the Federal prison system. I however did obtain new information about the video series such as how alcohol effects the brain, and not just the liver. I…

the article titled “Perceived Discrimination and DSM-IV–Based Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Disorders” by Haslyn Hunte and Adam Barry, three criteria has been established as must be present to identify substance dependence according to the DSS-IV criteria. First, is tolerance. For example, tolerance is described as a need for increased amounts of a substance to achieve intoxication or the desired effect. If a drug is continually used at the same dose, then, there is a diminished effect, which…