Essays on Addiction

Nick Reding talks about the use of drugs and its adverse effects Nick Reding talks about the use of drugs specifically methamphetamine and its adverse effects such as rural fights and fall in the economic state of the small town. The town is full of drug dealers and addicts. The drug...

I would like to start by commending the station for its stellar performance in 2017 and I hope that this will remain the case this year as well. One thing that is clear so far is that building safety regulations have reduced the number of fires that the station handles...

Over the years, there have been increased concerns over the effectiveness of America s War on drugs which to a great extent has failed. The war on drugs was declared in 1971 by President Richard Nixon to combat illegal use of drugs, as a result, the country has experienced an...

Over the past couple of years, the social issue of legalization of marijuana has been widely debated in the United States. Some states like Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana to demonstrate what they want in their nation. The situation brings up the big query of whether the nation should...

Hall, G., " Weis, B. Elder Abuse. Elder Care: A Resource for Inter-professional Providers. Retrieved March 9, 2015, from http://aging.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/elder_abuse.pdf (2007). Elderly abuse has become one of the most concerns on tribal lands despite many cultural norms stressing on the respect for the old. The author notes that, Native American elders...

Heroin Heroin; also commonly termed as hell dust, Smack, horse, dope and diamorphine among others, is a highly addictive illegal opioid substance derived from the opium poppy plant that elicits euphoric effects. Heroin is usually in the form of a brown or white power or in some instances a black sticky...

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has been in existence since 1988 in the US to encounter drug trafficking (Keck, Michelle, and Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera 47). ONDCP was established by the Congress and has been striving to reduce the use of illicit...

Mental Health Drugs and Their Impact on Society In each country, the number of people under mental health drugs is high and has been rapidly increasing over the past few years (WHO, 14). When prescribed mental health drugs are cheaper and highly available to everyone, then the economic value of the...

The discussion about marijuana has been in the public limelight for a long time.  For many years, the drug has been under one of the prohibited with users and suppliers prosecuted for this offense. However, recent research has changed the perception of most Americans towards the drug. Keeping the drug...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: The Use of Marijuana as a Treatment Option Post-traumatic stress disorder has over the recent years been so prevalent in different populations and mostly between the veterans. Antidepressants are presently being used as the cure for PTSD patients. However, they are believed to produce low reduction proportions and...

Veritably, marijuana legalization in the United States is essential to the health sector for its pivotal role in the treatment of diseases such as glaucoma, cancer, and epilepsy. Two contradicting sides have stable positions on whether it ought to end up lawful or ought to stay unlawful. Most states in...

Marijuana has been used for thousands of years for medicinal, recreational and mental purposes. The legalization of marijuana has been faced by controversy of the past few decades. Those who oppose its legalization claim that pot has a high potential for abuse and lacks any medical value. The war on...