Drug overdose

Cocaine is one of the most use drugs for teens and middle age people in the entire world. Cocaine is one of the found drugs around the world, it is sell cheap and it comes in many forms as well as looks. About 7.5 million of people use drugs around the world which includes people from the age of fifteen to the age of forty years old. The United states id the second biggest country that the people use drugs. People are pressured to use drugs to fit in, also because it is mentioned on movies and…

Caffeine is a major licit drug in America today. Common saying is in selling this is “AMERICAS CUP OF COFFEE”. Routs of admission: drinking it through cups or bottles (oral), pill form. Less common effects are listed in my next sentence. Less: vomiting of blood material looking like coffee grounds, weakness or tiredness, swelling of the face ankles or hands, rapid breathing or slowing of breath, lightheadedness, irritation, indigestion, headache, muscle twitching, persistent bleeding, rash,…

with no responsibility. The number of children in Tucson being exposed to drugs, mainly from their guardians, are increasing. Although drugs may not be physically handed to the child by the parent, they are still at exposure to many health risks, whether it be second hand smoke, prenatal, or paraphernalia lying around the house. To ensure the safety of children and their health, Tucson should reach out to more chaotic drug driven homes and offer more help to proactively stop exposure, in turn…

Each year medically prescribed drugs are responsible for more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, a report by CDC found that each year over 15,000 Americans die by overdosing on prescription drugs. “Prescription overdoses are an epidemic in the U.S.” Dr. Thomas Friedan, director of the CDC. “Most people who die from prescription drug overdose are taking someone else’s medicines”, he says. According to the National Institute on drug abuse, an estimated of 48 million people (aged 12 and…

Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug. The use of this drug is very destructive, it can be injected, smoked, or snorted. When it enters the body quickly and can cause physical and psychological effects. Heroine has some pretty negative consequences there can be long term, short term and the ultimate side effect. Heroin has long term effects. You develop a tolerance for the drug. You need more of the drug to get the kind of high that you want. You experience physical withdrawal…

a certain drug can cause one to be very disoriented and lose sight and focus on what tasks are at hand. A recent study by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that in the year 2012, 6.8 million people aged 12 or older were current nonmedical users of prescription drugs. Of the 6.8 million people, 4.9 million were users of pain relievers. (1) Prescription narcotic drug abuse, or nonmedical use of narcotics, has been identified as an epidemic on the rise. In most cases, drug abuse…

CLIENT INFORMATION Danielle Swanberg is a 30-year-old, Catholic, married, white female. Danielle recently got married in the summer of 2016 to Brian Swanberg; the couple has no children together. She recently moved from her parents’ house beginning of 2016 and now lives in Claremont, California with her husband. Mrs. Swanberg arrived at the treatment facility on November 22, 2016, and described to be a concern for her safety. An interview was conducted with Mrs. Swanberg. The interview…

Valium What determines the success of a drug? The answer may seem obvious – if the drug works then it will be successful. It seems like a logical conclusion to make, and indeed this does play a key role in determining how popular a drug will be. But why are there some drugs, like diazepam, that still produce their intended effects but are no longer as successful in the marketplace? It seems that the answer has a lot to do with how the public perceives the drug, and whether it is given a…

or misuse in the Older Adult population is a growing problem. As our population ages this problem will increase. Alcohol is reported to be the primary substance of abuse for persons aged 50 or Older. Opiates are the second most common one. Common drugs are prescribed for anxiety, pain, and insomnia. Older Adults can become addicted as do their younger counterparts due to taking medications first for pain management. Treatment resources for pain management and addictions are limited for Older…

had died from an OxyMorphine Overdose! I broke out in tears for what seemed like the hundredth time since she had died. I couldn’t believe she had gotten ahold of this drug. We knew it was not a medication she had been prescribed because we had cleaned out her apartment days after she died. The truth hit me, and that is my mother was a Prescription Drug Addict. I share her story in this paper because it is the reason I chose to research and write about Prescription Drug Abuse. In my research, I…