Substance-related disorders

Collins, Mark McAllister, and Kamala Audry shows the difference between substance abuse and substance addiction by separating the different characteristics that are apparent in abuse and addiction. Substance abuse is described by the authors as, “showing recurrent use resulting in a decline of the ability to produce everyday actions, as well as intervention with the law” (Collins, McAllister, & Adury, 2010). To be categorized as substance abuse, an individual shows a decline in performance or…

Our society is afraid of what may happen to us if we continue down the road were taking. We are keeping to ourselves putting up a wall and keeping foreigners out. People are taking legal and illegal drugs like soma to help them relax more. People worship other things besides god like material things. Our society is falling apart. Our society is starting to keep outsiders out of our country. Our country’s leader is putting up a wall to keep outsiders out. People judge others by color like…

Many songs these days relate to drug addiction or recovering addiction. Avalanche by Bring Me the Horizon is an example of a song addressing people having struggles of relapse. Oliver Sykes, the lead singer of the band, Bring Me the Horizon, had coped with drugs like Ketamine, a painkiller that helps with sore throats and vocal cords. He had gone to rehab for the painkillers since his then-fiancée, now wife told him to go and get better. The chorus represents him trying to figure out who he now…

effects of the drug begin to wear off are they will feel tired, general weakness and lack of energy. In order to regain energy, they often choose to continue taking ecstasy. After taking several times, confusion, depression, anxiety, personality disorder will occur. They become more dependent on…

Identification of an Unknown Compound to Determine Proper Waste Procedures Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823 October 13, 2015 For completion of CEM 161 Section 009, under supervision of Abstract: In order to determine the identity of the compound we performed many experiments with a solution of the compound. These experiments included testing for all of the following ions; ammonium, halide, sulfate, carbonate, nitrate, and acetate…

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INTRODUCTION Substance abuse is a prevalent issue that carries the massive weight of negative stigmas in the eyes of society. The abusers are seen as social pariahs to the rest of society especially when children are involved. When substance abuse is detected in a home involving children, the first reaction of the public is to remove the child from the home. However, removing a child from their home environment is not always the most logical solution for the health and safety of the child. The…

Identifying Unknown Substance. Examining the physical characteristics of the available compounds in the lab was how possible compounds were eliminated from any or further testing. Based on how the compounds physically looked, it was almost for certain that calcium chloride was the unknown compound. However, another compound was used to test as well (ammonium chloride) since relying only on physical characteristics alone would not allow for proper experimentation. The unknown ended up being…

precipitate that formed was an insoluble solid because Cl of NaCl reacted with Ag of AgNO3, creating a Cl- ion above the aqueous solution [3], results on Table 2. Finally we used a cation flame test, results on Table 4. When we burned the unknown substance the flame was a bright orange, yellow color. This was because the flame reacted with the Cl of NaCl causing…

brain are not abnormal. “The changes in the brain evidenced by brain scans of heavy substance users do not represent a malfunctioning brain.”(TED p.4).…