Heroin

Ignorance is bliss. The song “The A Team” written by Ed Sheeran should be valued because it talks about a young woman who is homeless and addicted to class A drugs. Class A drugs consist of heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy among many more, they are the highest form of drugs available. This woman in Sheeran’s song is so desperate to receive the drugs that she turns to prostitution to be able to afford them. This song brings awareness of drug abuse and the consequences of using. In the lyrics “Goes…

Maintenance Treatment is the use of Methadone administered over a long period of time as treatment for someone who is addicted to opioids such as heroin. Methadone is used as an alternative to other drugs that the patient has an addiction to. Methadone treatment involves making the patient addicted to a synthetic narcotic, methadone, instead of heroin or whatever other drugs the patient may use. Methadone is a very strong drug, making it only require one hit a day for patients to get their fix.…

At this very second someone in the world is trying to persuade another individual about something, it could be on a topic they are passionate about or for their benefit. In President Obama and Macklemore’s case, they are on a mission to persuade people to find help for anyone that has, specifically, Opioid Addiction problems. When President Obama and Macklemore were aired on May 14, 2016 for the Weekly Presidential Address, both of them introduced the idea of finding support for Opioid Addiction…

During the mid to late 90s, there was a growing epidemic on the eastern seaboard where heroin was leading to skyrocketing numbers of overdose deaths. This called into action members of the U.S. Department of Human Services to both recognize the problem and begin efforts to curb the destruction of the drug, especially on the streets of Harlem. What Harlem and many other cities across the country started to see was the introduction of a drug by the name of methadone. Methadone was widely viewed by…

It has been found that heroin is also fairly cheap on the streets. Fifty percent of newer heroin addicts are white women. Perhaps, this may be due to being prone to addiction, depression, or some other psychological issue. Some people may carry a gene that will leave you vulnerable. Although, there are many factors that determine if a person will become an addict or not. Heroin is the drug that almost took my sister’s life. Addiction is said to have…

answers. CASE STUDY FINAL RAY AND KSIR (1996) After reviewing the information provided by the case study by Ray and Ksir (1996), I found the information to pose some valid analogies, and prompt reason to continue to be concerned. Currently, heroin and other opioids are rising in outrages numbers throughout the United Stated. According to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and the article, Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — The United States, 2000–2014 by Rose A. Rudd,…

In this paper I will venture to focus on the core causes of opiate addiction in adult men. For the purposes of clairity and and efficiency I will refer to all opium based (natural: “opiate”) and (synthetic: “opioid”) as opiates. I have chosen this subject because addiction is fascinating to me. I’ve learned that there are a multitude of addictions aside from drugs. Merriam-Webster online defines addiction as “ a strong and harmful need to regularly have something or do something.” With that…

Guzman sold until he became the largest drug dealer in the world. In Mexico, he sold marijuana, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other drugs. He later began to sell all over the world. This brought in huge profit to Mr. Guzman. He lead many cartels and gained power solely because he sold drugs illegally. In places like Mexico and Guatemala, where…

Sex addiction is a relatively new phenomenon in human history, some believe it is a legitimate disorder while other believe it is created by religious groups and conservatives out of mere disapproval and from high profile individuals who needed to justify their adultery. It can be hard for researchers to assess because unlike chemical dependencies, sex is a natural behavior, just like eating, sleeping and breathing. Studies have been done on sex addiction but no conclusions were reached(1). This…

Ethical Perspective on Drug Prohibition The article “Another Lost War: The Costs and Consequences of Drug Prohibition” (Chambliss, 1995) stressed that few countries decriminalized drugs since it helped to decline the crime rate and incidence of drug abuse. Even though there were a mass of challenges that America needed to face with, America still prohibit drugs. As mentioned above, the Costs for the enforcement of drug prohibition policy costed a large amount of money, the…