Impact of Drug Abuse on Families Essay

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    expect the same for drug addiction but in cases including illegal substances, the “treatment” is anything but helpful. In the many readings we have had, it was brought up frequently that drug usage was a symptom of the current lifestyle separated from nature most of the human population lives. This lifestyle was described multiple times as being one that is confining or captivity we forced on ourselves. So it really doesn’t make much sense to be responding to the problem of drug offenses in…

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    Effects Of Drug Abuse

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    Drug abuse is a worldwide issue that developing countries as well as developed countries face. According to, The Drug Abuse Working Network, drug abuse is defined as, “The nonmedical use of a substance for any of the following reasons: Psychic effects, dependence, or suicide attempt/ gesture.” Drug abuse come in many forms such as using prescription drugs in an inconsistent manner which is not accepted by medical practice, use of over the counter drugs in contradiction with the approved…

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    Introduction whaat and why Drug addiction is a powerful demon that can sneak up on you and take over your life before you know it has even happened. In today’s world this this demon is set lose upon us, our friends and family by someone we trust with our lives, our doctor’s There’s an epidemic happening right now and America is leading the charge. Pain, stress and anxiety are things that many people live with every moment of everyday. In today’s modern world the easiest was to fix these problems…

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    Cases of substance abuse are most often looked at individually, looking at the abuser and their problems, however addiction affects the whole family, especially in situations where there are children involved. These children face difficulties from the start often starting with fetal alcohol syndrome or neonatal abstinence syndrome, having to cope with neglect, role reversal, and emotional chaos, with the higher risk that they will become addicted to drugs or alcohol themselves. The parental use…

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    Substance abuse has varies effects on an individual and their surroundings especially society as a whole. The government has spent more than 200 billion dollars annually in the United States alone in their approach to decrease substance abuse. The expenditures can be accounted for the improvement of abuse, unemployment, criminal activity, illnesses, homelessness and domestic violence. Data has shown that drug abuse is the result of as many as four demises and is the effects of negative social…

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    A drug is any substance other than food, that when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin or dissolved under the tongue causes a physiological change in the body. Drugs can be classified into two major categories; medicinal and psychoactive. Medicinal drug is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose a disease or promote well-being. On the other hand, psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that affect the function of the central nervous…

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    Substance abuse has many contributing factors. Substance abuse is the excessive use of drugs and or alcohol. Many people don 't understand why abusers become so dependent on drugs. People who use drugs for a long time can change the structure and function of the brain(webmd). This leads to the impairment of a person 's self-control and the ability to make smart decisions(webmd). Ultimately making the user take more drugs. Using and abusing are two different matters. when someone is using drugs…

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    decrease the drug use among Americans, the war on drugs has been a failure. In addition, “Just Say No” and D.A.R.E campaigns tried reaching youths to prevent them from taking drugs. In addition, many treatment programs have targeted those who are addicted to drugs to get treatment and other help that will stop them from further drug use. Since President Richard Nixon declared the war on drug Drugs it has been one of the most controversial topics in society today. After many years of drug…

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    Under no circumstances should drugs be legalized; drugs have negative consequences not only for individuals, but may also affect the entire families in numerous ways. For example, a parent or parents that abuses drugs is more likely to abuse and or neglected their children, these children often grow up and become substance abusers themselves. Authors like William Bennett are advocates for the legalization of drugs. Bennett who is the author of ‘’Should Drugs Be Legalized’’ meet with several…

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    substance abuse can affect anyone, and it is important for not only the addict to understand, but also the family, friends, community and medical field as well. Millions of people suffer from addiction, from drinking, use of prescription drugs non-medically, substance abuse of illicit and over-the-counter medications. According to SAMHSA 's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22.5 million people (8.5 percent of the U.S. population) aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or…

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