Methamphetamine

Let’s begin. What exactly is a stimulant? I am so glad that you asked, a stimulant is “a substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.” Types of stimulants that I am sure you’re aware of are, cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, diet pills and more” (Inaba 3.1). Typically, the…

The Fresno Bulldogs are made up of primarily Mexican American.They are one of many criminal street gangs.They are considered to be one of the largest Hispanic gangs in Central California because there memberships are estimated to be between 6,000 to 12,000 in the city of Fresno alone.The Bulldogs are broken into six different known sets which include Eastside, Northside, Parkside, Calwa, Westside, and County Dogs. The Bulldogs are a gang tied to an impulsive lifestyle that reflects the demands…

Crematorium Embalmer: The lady at the crematorium showed us the crematory machine and went through what happened to the bodies inside them. She also went in depth into the world of embalming and how that was done. She showed us the two chemicals added to the bodies in preparation for their funerals, that were preservatives called arterials and formalin. The funeral director also informed us all that when someone loses their teeth to drug addiction, she has a plastic insert that is placed between…

1) In the past, the meatpacking business is probably one of the most demanded and high-paying jobs where employees are highly skilled. As time passed, the meatpacking business became modernized, in which employees with skill are no longer needed. Follow McDonalds’ footstep, the meatpacking industry started to integrate the factory assemble line in their system and it resulted in the firing of hundreds of workers. With this new system, each worker stood in spot along the line performing the same…

ABUSE According to medical dictionary – abuse is a form of action due to which an individual intentionally harms or injuries another person. Abuse also consists of inappropriate activity like use of any illegal substance (alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamines). There are various types of abuse: 1. ADOLESCENTS BEING ABUSED BY OTHERS  Physical abuse – it includes injury inflicted by another person. The injuries can be inflicted by punching, kicking, biting, burning or use of a weapon. Physical…

The national bills introduced this legislative session focused on primary prevention of substance abuse and distributing grants from national stakeholders to create individual state treatments. The two substances mentioned in these bills were general substances and opioids. “General substances” refers to the abuse of multiple drugs, which includes opioids. The opioid abuse bills focus specifically on opioids and heroin. HR 4378, referred to as the Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of…

For this assignment I had the opportunity to observe Renee Boucher's resource room class at Sunset High School in Beaverton. This observation was interesting and different from previous observations I have done, for this was my first time observing a high school classroom. From my understanding the students in the room were in grades 9-12. When I arrived Ms.Boucher was giving announcements for the week. Then three students did a book talk. Students are required to read a book of their choosing,…

Addiction in Adolescence: Social, Developmental, and Neurobiological Implications The current definition of addiction is anything that involves a recurring failure to control one’s own behavior which leads to continuing pathological behavior despite significant negative consequences (Cote, Rolland, & Cottencin, 2013, p. 1516). Adolescence is a critical developmental period between childhood and adulthood which encompasses major changes in social, physical, and psychological development. In…

This psycho educational group is designed to target teens and adults at-risk of substance abuse. This group targets those who have already used alcohol and/or drugs, including those that are considered “hard drugs”, such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine (which are illegal everywhere). Those who are recently experiencing increased use…

The theory that marijuana is a gateway drug is pretty much that smoking marijuana leads people to use harder drugs like heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. They argue that because people who use these harder drugs sometimes have a record of marijuana use that the marijuana must be the cause of this. The implication is that because the user is already smoking they are becoming desensitized to use…