Substance abuse

A controlled substance is an illicit medication that can have a negative impacts on an individual's wellbeing and welfare. It could refer to marijuana or heroin; their ownership is a crime under federal as well as state laws. As consequence, state and governments have decided to direct these substances. An individual discovered having a controlled substance can be fined and held in jail by neighborhood, state, and government law authorization. Medications, substances, and certain chemicals used…

having six or more drinks or drinking until intoxicated — ended in divorce 50 percent of the time." (Caba 2) Caba writes on the influence alcohol can have on a marriage. Caba backs up his statements with a study that the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse funded. Opinions differ on alcohol, but alcohol may be considered ne of the gifts from God. In the book of Ecclesiastes it states, “Go, eat your bread in joy,…

Her deadly drug abuse caused her to repeatedly turn up late or not turn up at all to her acting roles in which created a negative public image and a bad relationship with her cast and crew members. Another reason for her drug and alcohol abuse could be linked with her dissatisfied marriage with the famous play writer Arthur Miller in which she was married to for five years. Proof…

breeding ground for substance abuse. Free from parental control and a sense of being free may inspire student athletes to drink and then in turn lead to am abusive behavior. Student athletes have an undoubted elevated status on campus and also may be placed in a volatile environment to promote drinking…

“As the problem of drug prescriptions for controlled substances continue to soar, there were 6.4 million Americans using prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs non medically. Of the 6.4 million, 4.7 million use pain relievers (“Abuse”). The use of prescriptions will always be misused there is no way to resolve this problem, and it’s always going to be a dramatic increase in prescription drug abuse. Abusers will have temptation to relapse. Misuse of an addiction to opioids is a national…

go to residential schools, thousands had their lives ruined by the years of physical, emotional and even sexual abuse. These people had their culture stripped away from them, and they were thrown out into the world without a clue about how to survive in it. The traumatic events that occurred at the residential schools gave countless victims PTSD leaving them to resort to substance abuse to smother their pain and causing many to die alone with no one to remember them. Examples of those affected…

The client is a thirty four-year old Caucasian male single, has no children, currently resides with his three roommates in Seattle, Washington was self-referred to the Evolutions Treatment center to address his Substance Abuse Disorder. Brian was born and raised in Kennewick, Washington primarily by his biological parents. He noted he grew up with his twin brother, older brother. When asked about his childhood, he described it as "structured" he was not allowed to express his emotions, but…

Been an abuse victim or witness abuse have been reported to have a big impact in the youth growth. According to NIJ kids that have been victims of sexual assault are three to five times more likely to suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by witnessing or experiencing a terrifying event in the youth life. This can include nightmares, anxiety attacks and sometimes flashbacks that bring them back to the…

Substance abuse and dependence has been identified as a coping mechanism for female victims of domestic violence but sometimes this can mean it also increases the level of abuse the victim receives because it makes her more vulnerable which will automatically give the abuser more control. One of the first statement regarding the connection was released in 1988 with a study created by both stark and Flitcraft, in this study they stated that “women who experience domestic violence are more likely…

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…