$5.00 The Effects Former Drug Abuse;Family and Friends
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Preview: ... ction, and disturbed patterns in one’s behavior. Some drugs such as heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and hydrochloride, have no recognized therapeutic effect in humans. Use of these drugs often incurs criminal penalty in addiction to the potential for physical, social, and psychological harm. Drug abuse does not just effect those abusing the drug, it als ...
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$5.00 DRUGS AND SOCIETY
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Preview: ... edative. A still larger amount poisons and can kill. This is true of any type of drug. Only the amount needed to achieve the effect differs. Drugs block off all sensations, the desirable ones with the unwanted. And while drugs might be of short-term value in the handling of pain, they wipe out ability, alertness and muddy one’s thinking. One has a choice between being dead with drugs and being alive without them. An estimated 200 million people inter-nationally consume illegal drugs. Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, reflects that 19.5 million Americans (or 8.2% of the population aged 12 or older) were drug users in the month prior to the survey. ("Office of National Drug Control Policy") <br>which can be used to alter prescription, mood, or physiological state (www.merriam-webster.com)” There is always a solution for drug abuse.<br> People take drugs for many reasons. Some of those reasons are: <br>* To fit in with the crowd<br>* To escape or relax <br>* They are bored <br>* Drugs seem to make them forget about their problems.<br>* To rebel against someone or something<br>* To experiment <br>* Stress<br> People think drugs are a solution not knowing it will only add to the problem. As terrifying as the consequences of drug use are, and as hopeless as they can seem to the addict, there are always solutions to the drug problem. <br> There are several types of drugs. Alcohol is the most common drug used and abused. Another commonly used drug is Marijuana. Marijuana is usually rolled up in a cigarette referred to as a joint or a nail. Marijuana can also be brewed as a tea or mixed with food, or smoked through a water pipe called a bong. Some street names are blunts herb, weed, or pot. Heroin is another commonly used drug. It is usually injected, snorted or smoked. Some street names are: smack, H, or horse. Cocaine is another drug used. It is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant . Some street names are: crack, snow or rocks. (Dras, 2005)<br> As a drug user thinks of something, a mental picture forms in their head. These mental pictures are easy to see and relate to what it is being seen. Imagine a cat with their eyes closed, and this is the picture that is p ...
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