Substance abuse

Since I am obtaining my CASAC, learning about this topic is vital due to the correlation between substance abuse and sexual addiction. At my internship site, I have already encountered multiple clients who have sexual impulses so this information is valuable. While handling a client who has a sexual addiction, individual, family, couple and group counseling…

1. In these adverts, alcohol is being indirectly portrayed as, even though these individuals are not seen to be drinking, it can be deduced that they would only behave in the manner in which they do if they were drunk. Alcohol is therefore indirectly portrayed in these adverts as being degrading and embarrassing as well as unhealthy and most unpleasant. It is also portrayed as something menacing, which can cause violence, instability and recklessness. The individuals in the advert are portrayed…

alter one’s mindset, resulting in a mental imbalance and potential poor decisions. Deciding to enter rehabilitation and being successful can be extra difficult when a person’s mind and body are both out of order. Alcohol is one of the hundreds of substances that people can get both physically and mentally addicted…

Date: October 7, 2016 From: Dylan Williams Re: Substance Abuse in Native American Communities Problem Statement: What actions should Donald Trump take to combat substance abuse disorders in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities? 1.5 Background: According to the World Health Organization, substance abuse is defined as, “the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs.”1 In 2014, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…

I fully believe in the substance abuse police that McPherson College enforces. I think that college students as well as everyone else has enough to deal with and stress over without adding drugs and other illegal substances to that list. It will only make what that person is dealing with worse. There are several reasons why the college’s students might want to use illegal substances, it could be for physical or emotional reasons. No matter the reason I think that the policy should be enforced,…

Drug Court is a successful option for many addict offenders. The Drug Court program focuses on rehabilitation for the root of offenders problems. Unlike regular probation, Drug Court allows the offender to have a more focused experience in the court system. Drug Court requires the participants to test negative on a urinalysis report weekly and also to participate in AA/NA groups or other recovery self-help groups. Through Drug Court, offenders are treated with the expectation of treatment being…

You 're driving home after a long day at work, you look in your review mirror and hear the sirens: a cop is pulling you over. Now you 're sweating because you have 24 grams of weed in the cup holder. The cop begins to search your vehicle; finds the marijuana, and let 's you go. This scenario, is an example of what would happen if drugs were decriminalized in America. Contrary to this, would decriminalizing drugs in America have a negative effect on the nation, or an adverse one? Drug arrests in…

Male addicts were selected for the purposes of the research, because a female is more easy to get diseases, according to the experience of the authors, people outnumber female addicts in both drug abuse and committing a felony, and are as such more available for the research. A female is weaker than a man so when one woman use drugs can be more dangerous that a man. There are a lot of cases where kids are attacked by a female because she is using…

Close your eyes and imagine some teens doing some illegal drugs. They invite you to do drugs with them but you deny. You’re about to walk away but then out of nowhere you hear a bunch of sirens. By now there’re a ton of cop cars parked around them . While you were leaving you were glad that you denied. Hello class and Ms.Renkema by now you might of realized that my speech is about drugs. Have you ever faced peer pressure? An example for peer pressure be, someone “popular” at your…

life. As a drug user, that person’s reality is now wrapped around the drug. A drug abuser’s life is now socially reconstructed around that drug, leading to his entire reality to change dramatically. When a person chooses to engage in any type of drug abuse, the concept of symbolic interactionism comes into play; specifically the principle of the use of meaning once derived. According to this principle, a person’s interactions are needed to guide…