Substance-related disorders

In The Last Boy Scout a kid who was taking performance enhancing drugs went crazy and started shooting people then shot himself. That can happen in real life. There have been cases where kids who are on drugs harm others, too. Although less people would join or try out for sports it wouldn’t be fair if the people who do drugs start over people who work hard. Drugs in schools can be a total disaster because it could mean less kids would care or try out for many sports. If a smart kid or athletic…

Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is similar in color and shape to gold, and is easily mistaken for gold because it generally occurs naturally with gold. Pyrite, though, can be easily distinguished from gold by running some simple tests and doing some simple observations. Pyrite can form in many areas and shapes, the larger crystals can be perfectly formed into intriguing cubes, penetrating twins, and many other fascinating forms, while the smaller crystals can give of a shimmering or…

After reading the editorial on drug testing, I chose to support those in favor of drug testing welfare recipients because they use statistics and the opinion of experts to support their claim. In contrast I did not support the opponent's arguments against drug testing there was not enough reliable evidence. I support those in favor of drug testing welfare recipients, because they use statics and expert opinions. They stated that Illegal drug users must not be able to use tax=payer provided…

Heroin is classified as a narcotic. Narcotics are a type of depressant that suppress the sensation of pain by stimulating the receptor sites that deaden pain. All narcotics come from a plant substance called opium. Heroin is a imitative form of morphine without the disagreeable side effects of morphine. The theory was that heroin was purer than morphine and the impurities heroin lacked is what caused the harmful side effects in morphine. Heroin is two to four times more potent than morphine.…

INTRODUCTION:Ever since its discovery, Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) has continued to occupy a central place in the armamentarium of psychiatrists inspite of advances in psycho pharmaco therapy. Despite both medical and legal opposition it is still widely practiced as one of the cheapest, safest and yet one of the most effective therapeutic technique in the whole of medical sciences. Due to trauma caused to the patient physically and psychologically with unmodified direct electro convulsive…

a man seriously injured himself after a bad LSD trip, landing him in the emergency room. Believing he had insects under his skin, he cut himself open in attempts to get rid of the critters he thought were infesting his body. In fact, many of LSD related injuries and deaths are due to the vivid hallucinations portraying horrifying images, causing the user to inflict harm on themselves or others around them. Long term users may also develop psychosis…

Another way that welfare recipients can abuse the welfare system, is by being a drug user. If the money that is used to help those in need, goes to an individual that uses drugs, that is one less person that will receive help. On the online article “Point: The Welfare System Should Not Support Drug Users”, the writer states “It is unreasonable to expect taxpayers to pay for someone else's food, housing, and other expenses while that person uses their own money to buy drugs” (“Point: The Welfare…

Recovery (SM) is a 4-point recovery program that helps gain independence from addiction from both substances or activities. It is not like 12-step groups that help with drugs and substance abuse recovery, such as AA (alcohol anonymous) and AN…

August Alsina August Anthony Alsina Jr. is a 23 year old singer. His birthday is September 3, 1992. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. August is a very popular vocalist in the industry today; you might have heard his top single called “I Luv This.” In addition, because of his amazing vocal cords, he is considered to be an R&B artist but, he says otherwise. He says that he is just an artist that makes music and that he does not want to put a title on that. August had a very rough childhood…

Addiction can take control and destroys will it destroy you ? Addiction is when you are dependent on something , would do anything for it , love it , always using it , and letting it separate you from those you love . some people say that addiction is just drugs or pornography but there is so much more . Some say there is no such thing as too much of something good or bad (addiction) . They are wrong Addiction can ruin and change someone's life ,because addiction can kill , And addiction will…