Substance-related disorders

How is it that a company can thrive and not lay off a single employee due to economic circumstances, during seven generations of on and off economic instability, recessions, and the ever-changing rules and regulations of governance? (Koller, 2015). Those are some of the questions people ask when they look at Lincoln’s history books. Lincoln Electric Company specializes in the manufacturing of Electric motors and welding machines, situated in the industrial area of Cleveland Ohio. By using a…

In application, the artist is the pillar of an arts organization. It is the artists who substantially found organizations and in doing so take on multiple roles. It is the artists whose works provide the substance of the organization. It is the artists who interact with the audiences and communities of the organizations. Structurally, however, it is not the artist who forges the organization forward, rather it is a collaboration of departments. Although I…

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programs that drug/alcohol/smoking addicts go through?” is far from its conclusion. This is evident from the fact that there are numerous arguments raised by both opponents and proponents based on varied opinions. Proponents support the idea that many substance addicts have been able to recover through these abstinence programs while opponents do not support this idea. Some of the reasons claimed by proponents include the fact that addiction affects the functioning of the brain and an…

devastating public health issues faced by New Hampshire (NH) communities today. Substance misuse in the state begins at an early age. In fact, according to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), NH has some of the highest nationwide rates of alcohol use, marijuana use, and prescription drug misuse, particularly among youth and young adults (NSDUH 2014). Below demonstrates how NH young adults’ substance use rates compare to the average rates in the Northeast and the…

research over the past twenty years as been complied as a basis for the 2014 United Sates Drug Control Policy goals of prevention. With the intention to “avoid the consequences of drug use among youth” (2014, p. 7) and notably reduce the numbers of substance abusers in the long term. This encompasses a variety of drug categories ranging from to depressants to hallucinogens which requires that proposed programs be tailored to a drug of choice or adaptable. These programs along with in depth…

(“DrugFacts”). In America, utilization of heroin is increasing immensely among the society. Addiction to drugs such as heroin has negatively affected our society and it must be taught to avoid its continuation. Heroin is known as “H” and originates from a “substance extracted…

Intro In the United States, “8 million people met the criteria for a “substance use disorder” (Smith, M., Stocks, C., & Santora, pg. 109). A treatment plan is a “written document about a person’s substance abuse, and how a health care professional plans to treat them” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 168). The details within the treatment plan “look at what is causing the persons substance abuse problems and what treatments are planned to treat this problem” (Stevens & Jones, pg. 168). Clearly, since…

Many illicit narcotics have proven medicinal purposes, like “opioids for pain, amphetamines for narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and even cocaine for local blood control and anaesthesia in ear nose and throat (ENT) surgery” (Nutt, 2015, p. 2) A comparative risk assessment of drugs done by Dirk Lachenmeier and Jürgen Rehm, placed alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, and heroin all under high risk toxicological levels, while other agents (opiates, cocaine, amphetamine-type…

Treatment vs. Incarceration for Opioid Abuse There are more than 15 million Americans that suffer from opioid abuse disorder (WHO,2014). This paper looks at treatment options verses incarceration. Out of the 2 million people in federal and state prison more than one-quarter of them suffer from drug abuse (Common Sense for Drug Policy, 2016). What is more astonishing is that most of them do not receive the treatment they need to recover from their opiate addiction. There are many treatment…