Prescription drug

Proposition 61 is The Drug Price Relief Act and it deals with the regulating of drug price by requiring state agencies to pay the same price that the US Department of Veteran Affairs pays for prescriptions. Although proposition 61 entices many voters, it excludes 88% of Californians. Voting Yes on Prop 61 means state agencies will be prohibited from raising drug prices on any of the lowest prescriptions paid for by the US Department of Veteran Affairs. This will limit the price state agencies…

David Sheff's book provides details of the challenges that parents go through as they try to confront their children's addiction to drugs. Towards the end, the author outlines his own journey to help his son overcome dependence on methamphetamines. Based on the fact that addiction is a common problem in America, Sheff (2008) writes on behalf of many parents who suffer in silence as they witness their youngsters turn into slaves of narcotics. Analysis In his memoir, Sheff (2008) admits that…

show light on the causes of drugs abuse, addiction, and depression. Research have shown that drugs abuse, addiction and depression has negative impacts in our society. ( psychological, environmentally and genetically) are factors which are associated with the issues of drugs abuse, addiction and depression. The areas of drugs abuse, addiction and depression will be discussed in this research for understanding the comorbidity. Drug abuse, addiction and…

(Reddy, 2006). Patients treated with opioids for postsurgical pain often develop a lethal addiction to those painkillers. Victims will often seek out more painkillers, prescription opioids, or illegal drugs to compensate their addiction. As a result, 2.1 million people are suffering from complications related to the prescription of opioid analgesics including morphine and lidocaine (Valkow, 2014). Opioids are the standard method of managing postoperative pain. The lumbar spinal fusion…

individual should be able to do whatever they want. No one should have control over what another person wants to do with himself or herself. Marijuana has always been portrayed as a drug that is super bad for an individual, as well as a gateway drug for other drug uses, abuses, and misuses such as, cocaine, heroin, prescription pills, molly, ecstasy, crack, DMT, LSD, PCP, and much more. Many people today admit to the illegal uses of marijuana. The interest group that I exemplify, “The Loud…

In his article, “Decriminalizing Drugs Would Not Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse,” William J. Bennett argues that the legalization of drugs would not prevent people from misusing or abusing a drug. He brings up the death of Whitney Houston, including other celebrities, and how “legalizing drugs and making them more readily available would not have saved her life.” He believes that legalization will actually accelerate the misuse and abuse of drugs. Bennett uses Portugal as an example of what…

pain temporarily, these drugs are highly addictive. Many patients, especially those who take more than the prescribed amount, often develop a dependency to these drugs, resulting to addiction. There is growing evidence that these drugs are being widely prescribed and abused, causing an increase in health care costs. To help fight the growing number of dependency and addiction to these drugs, doctors should take more time explaining the many harmful side effects of these drugs to their patients…

Drug use in American culture has a profound presence. It can be found in TV shows, music, and some drugs even have advertisements. Alcabes’ article Medication Nation even acknowledges advertisements as being a part of the problem of over medication. I believe that excessive drug usage is a now a popular thing and has been caused by the American culture. Watching television shows is a popular thing to do in American culture but some of the shows that we are watching in our down time are…

The use of drugs among children threatens their safety, well-being, and future. Studies conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, show that by the age of twelve and thirteen, some children are already abusing drugs (National Institute on Drug Abuse, n.d.). Drug prevention programs are designed to raise awareness on drugs and prevent, reduce, or reverse the use of drugs. “Prevention is most promising when it is directed at impressionable youngsters. Adolescents are most…

Schedule II substances according to the drug classification system established in the The Comprehensive Drug and Abuse Prevent and Control Act of 1970 represents drugs with the highest abuse potential. As stated in our text and this article, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug and Schedule I drugs are viewed as having no acceptable medical use in addition to having high potential of addiction. Schedule I drugs are not legally available on either a prescription, which marijuana is, or…