...Prescription Drugs Reaction Paper 1 By Jessica Lieurance Being the parent of an 8, 9, and 10 year old, I was in total shock reading this article. You can imagine the fear that struck my gut when I read kids are starting to abuse prescription drugs as early as the age of 12. How does a 12 year old get access to prescription drugs? Well, the answer to this question was less shocking but equally disturbing. This article was an eye opener and a learning lesson for me. Not only do we, as parents, have an obligation to be involved in our children’s lives, we also must gain awareness to the dangers that surround them outside of our homes. Everyone knows that illegal drugs are a threat to our children on a daily basis. We are all taught in elementary school to “just say no”. Kids are told all kinds of horror stories about drug deals gone wrong, chemicals added to the drug that were lethal, and the physical effect of the drugs. Not once in school do I remember being warned about prescription drugs. After all, who wants to confuse a child by telling them that the medicine a doctor gives them can be equally harmful as the drugs sold on the street? However, failure to inform our children of the dangers of abuse of prescription drugs leads children to trust that these drugs are not harmful to them. Doing so results in children believing illegal drugs are bad and can hurt you, but prescription pills are good and were made to “fix” you. Unfortunately, children are unaware that both drugs are...
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...Good What causes kids to start doing drugs? Why do something so horrible? A lot of things probably lead to kids doing drugs, such as a bad divorce of their parents, hanging out with a bad group of friends, or some other type of horrible cause that happens within their life. Most kids start off doing drugs because of the friends they’re hanging out with such as if you’re hanging out with a friend and they’re like, “Hey man just try this it won’t hurt you”, so you feel pressured into doing those drugs. You think it makes you look cool or makes you fit in with the crowd when really you look like an idiot and should be saying no to the drugs. Another reason why kids start drugs is because the parents go through a hard divorce and the kids are thrown from parent to parent and the parents don’t care what the kid does anymore because in reality they don’t know what their kids doing or where their kid is. When they should be watching every move they make, then later on down the road they want to blame the kid or themselves which takes a bigger toll on everyone around them and themselves. Other causes of kids doing drugs are things such as depression, insecurity, boredom, lack of intelligence, what they feel like and many more reasons. They feel depressed and they think doing drugs will make them feel better and take away the pain, when in reality when the high wears off all there problems come back. They just need to face them instead of hiding from them. Some kids think a lack of...
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... 1 Reality television has evolved over the past sixty years. They have went from clean practical jokes to a portrayal of an American family to how to party, lie and deceive. The more the focus is on partying, drugs, sex, vulgarerness, the more our young people will portray these traits. There needs to be more focus on good wholesome clean fun, that keeps the youth safe and healthy. The way to change the way our society is headed is to stop the programing that is hurting all of us. Reality shows of today teaches the youth that its alright to disobey their parents, its alright to party, do drugs, have sex with multiple people, get pregnant, and that the guys that don't have to stay around or take care of the situation they helped put the girl in. The cause and effects of today's reality shows far out weigh the advantages they have. Its hard to believe that reality shows have been around for almost sixty years. The very first reality show was produced and aired in 1954, the show is Candid Camera. It was innocent practical jokes on unsuspecting strangers on the streets. The reactions were funny and the jokes were tasteful and clean. The next show is where our reality shows stem from. Its was produced and aired in 1973. An...
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...variety of drugs for a variety of reasons. Some of the most addictive drugs include, but are not limited to: cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines (uppers). Drug rehabs offer drug abusers an opportunity to rid their addiction. Drug rehabs are located in virtually every city and town in the United States as drug addiction is a problem that will not go away. The same holds true for drug addiction in Europe and other parts of the world as well. The exact cause of drug abuse and dependence is not known. However, a person's genes, the action of the drug, peer pressure, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, and environmental stress all can be factors. Peer pressure can lead to drug use or abuse, but at least half of those who become addicted have depression, attention deficit disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or another mental health problem. To Keep your Child Away from Drugs should be the single most important agenda that you today as parents of children above 11 must have because drug abuse and drug addiction in children is increasing at an alarming rate. It is a problem of not a particular class of society, of a city, place, economic or ethnic group. It is everywhere and is becoming everybody's problem. Remember all children are vulnerable to the temptation of drugs. Usually it goes out of control before you can do anything about it. So keep your ears and eyes open and take the help of the following suggestions in doing so. Never put your teen on the...
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...A Rebuttal of Gun Control What would be going through your mind if you were at your barber and a deranged man came in and began pointing a gun at others and you. You have your 5 year old son with you? Would you be thinking if they would ban guns this would have never happened? Probably not! What you were probably thinking is if I had a gun on me I could protect not only my own lift but also my sons life and the people around me. People are starting to see a gun as an object of death and destruction, and not what they are intended to be. There is a major debate going on in the U.S. on gun control. Should people have the right to carry a concealed weapon or should they only be allowed to have a gun in their home? Another question is if the government were to ban guns would that be doing us law-abiding citizens more harm than good? Or maybe they should only allow guns in the hands of people that have had background checks and our licensed to handle them. “Guns are a part of America’s way of life. Today many people are under the impression that guns are the root of all that is evil.” (Patton, 2011). Who would be the person that would save a lady that was being raped? Probably someone who owns a gun and its use is not intended for evil, or what about someone that is breaking into your home? Who is the person that will save the day? Once again probably someone who owns a gun and it is not intended for the use of evil but more for the purposes of eliminating the evil. Those people...
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...could’ve made it from there. In the “Singer Solution to World Poverty,” an article that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics, calls attention to the urgent need for food and medicine in many parts of the world. Singer argues that prosperous people should donate to overseas aid organizations such as UNICEF of Oxfam America all money not needed for the basic requirements of life. “The formula is simple: whatever money you’re spending on luxuries, not necessities, should be given away.” Singer’s solution can help some people in some situations, but it can’t help everyone. There are many instances where donations of money given to people would help immediately and there are rich people that can support many families. However, I don’t believe that people in poverty should be given handouts, there are people that wouldn’t necessarily benefit from donations, and if the rich are controlling all donations they have more power than our government. I believe that some money should be given to help create jobs in our country, and instead of donations being used for funds it should be the tax money from all the people....
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...they are with their kids). After the first episodes of 16 and Pregnant and Teen mom many more seasons began to come out; four episodes of 16 and pregnant in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and then leading to three seasons of Teen Mom (Teen Mom 2 and Teen Mom 3). Shortly after the shows aired it was said that girls were getting pregnant on purpose just to be on the new television show. The newly show for pregnant girls isn’t helping girls prevent pregnancy. But more of leading girls on to become pregnant just to be a star get their 15 minutes of fame. Is the show really coming off as educational and realistic or are the shows making the girls make bad decisions. It all started with Maci, Farrah, Amber and Catelynn on the first season of 16 and Pregnant. The show was made to be educational and prevent teen pregnancies, to show young girls and boys about the real struggles of being a teen parent, showing the real struggles of parenting. It went into great and deep detail of the everyday lives of the girls. The show started off as a good educational show but then lead into more drama than just teen pregnancy. Catelynn had more than just issues with dealing with her adoption. She dealt with drama between her boyfriend and issues with her family having to do with drugs. Fahrrah had issues with her family as well. Maci and Amber had issues dealing with both their boyfriends. The show slowly started to change from an “educational” show to more of a reality show. Girls saw how Amber, Farrah, Maci...
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...Beach State College How War On Drugs Effects Everyone Gregory Mullen Police Administration 1 Frank Aiello 4/23/13 There have been many issues of drug trafficking and decriminalizing substances like cocaine and marijuana for many years throughout a lot of countries’. There has been a huge timeline of situations that we have experienced and faced with during the 70s through the 21st century. This information about to be given just shows how easy it is to get mixed in with drugs. The 60s led up to the 70s of drug war conflicts between people in the world. But before the 70s the government just thought of drug use was a social disease and would die out soon enough before it became a problem. In 1971 president Nixon said that drugs were too much of an issue to not recognize it throughout the U.S. so he announced the War on Drugs. That was four decades ago and today it still is a major issue in today’s society and does not seem to be taken control of. He also said that it is “public enemy number 1.” Even though in 1972 the prisoner rate had fallen dramatically throughout the U.S. In 1973 Nixon created the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) which was a statement to put an end to drug trafficking and to enforce all of the public safety departments to start cracking down on this particular subject. The budget in 1973 was 74.9 billion dollars (Drug Enforcement Administration). “By 1975 the Columbian police took 600 grams of cocaine, then the drug traffickers took action...
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...true story of slum gangs outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The movie is told from the viewpoint of Rocket, a poor fishmonger’s son, who longs to become a photographer one day and leave the violent and corrupt area. The film opens with Rocket standing in the street between the police and a gang. The movie then flashes back 10 years to tell the story of how he got there. Three hoods called “The Tender Trio” rob local businesses in a Robin Hood-type fashion, giving some of the loot to citizens of the City of God. One boy named Li’l Dice suggests they rob a local motel and all of its guests. He serves as lookout and ends up firing a phony warning shot, sending the rest of them fleeing while he goes in and slaughters the staff and occupants with a gun. The police’s presence quiets them down and all but one of the Tender Trio meets their death. The movie then fast forwards a number of years to show that Li’l Dice is now named Li’l Ze and he and his friend Benny run the drug empire in town by eliminating all but one drug dealer named Carrot. Li’l Ze is infatuated with killing and believes it is the simplest way to end his problems and take control. Benny decides to leave the gang life and move to a farm with his girlfriend and is shot and killed at his going away party by someone aiming for Li’l Ze. With Benny gone, nothing is stopping Li’l Ze from taking out the last remaining dealer, Carrot. A war breaks out between the Li’l Ze’s gang and Carrot’s gang...
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...Shedding Light on a Dark Subject People that attempt suicide don’t want to die, but the pain they experience makes them think there isn’t a way out. These people feel only despair and lonely. Often times, the only company that they keep are the voices within their heads. Some conditions and symptoms that are warning factors for suicide include depression, loneliness, increased substance use, distress, and irritability. Also many suicidal people beforehand say goodbye to their personal attachments, or give them away. These symptoms are biological and chemical changes in their brains that affect their moods causing thinking disorders. The people of Fahrenheit 451 are very depressed they have the illusion of a perfect life, but on the inside they all know it's a lie. For example, Mildred to escape loneliness interacts with her “family” on the parlor walls family for hours. Interacting with her family allows her to be a different person, and to have something to do, since Montag is never really there. Many people who are depressed have a habit of abusing drugs. Mildred and many others from her society also abuse sleeping pills on a day to day basis. In the novel it points out that many people a day overdose, and this has become one of the social norms. Another example is...
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...and 2.3 million (6.0 percent) were heavy drinkers,” according to the agency, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in the Department of Health and Human Services. To solve this problem, would be to try to avoid it from happening, and that is, keeping the legal drinking age at twenty-one years old. The minimum drinking age has been an argument as to lowering the drinking age to 18. Candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich, from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, argues, “Of course, they should be able to drink at age 18, and they should be able to vote at age 16.” Then there are groups that have been formed such as, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, who are strongly against lowering the drinking age to 18 and fully support 21 to be the legal drinking age. Lowering the drinking age to 18 resulted in more car accidents, deaths, and harmful effects to the body at such a younger age. Having the legal drinking age at 21 is for everyone’s own safety and health, also less under age kids will and have the ability to drink. In the 1970’s the drinking age was 18 years old because it was thought if you could fight in the Vietnam War you should be able to drink. However, having the legal drinking age at 18 lead to an outrageous number of younger kids drunk driving, causing traffic crashes and deaths. This was the main problem they faced with having the drinking age lower. The government found a solution to stop the number of death rates, by passing the National Minimum Drinking Age...
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...develop and reward valued skills. The arguments against sports are may be more involved in drugs or be involved with the cops. Academics and sports both have different budgets. Most school prefer more than the other and spends more money on it. So they can be successful academically and athletically. If a student is involved with an out of school activities such as football or some type of club they will easily find friends that are interested in what they like and they will build a bond with one another. Being in a sport will also will build their self-esteem because if they do something great like throw a touch down for a football team or win a trophy for their club. Suffering from lack of involve keeps kids busy, out of trouble, and keep up good grades according to ( Joe Beck, Gazette 2009, after school programs can help teens succeed academically) they will feel accomplish and will want more and more. Playing a sport that they are really good at will help enhance their physical and mental fitness. It will help their physical fitness by making them stronger when they weightlift. It will make them more fit to because they run and it will burn the fat off their bodies. It will make them work harder in school because they have to have passing grades to play. They must have a mind-set do to good in school to play Doing a certain sport or being in a certain club may or may not affect your popularity. Popularity will make you cool and have a lot of cool friends. Such as, if they...
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... As there are different kinds of child abuse. Such as, physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse, and neglect. Abuse occurs in all cultures. It doesn't care if you're rich or poor, what color your skin is, what your religious background is, or any other mitigating factors. No one is immune to abuse. If a child has unexplained bruises, broken bones, and even cigarette burns, that is physical abuse. Physical abuse can also cause death to the child. No adult has a right to beat a child, no matter what. There are many reasons why a parent or an adult uses physical abuse on a child. The parents or adult could have come from an abusive home himself or herself. If that is all that the adult was taught growing up, then that is all he or she is going to know. This is what makes it possible for it to be passed down to their children and their children will pass it down to their children. It is an endless chain of abuse. Alcohol and drugs play a big role in child abuse. The parents are already stressed out by a variety of social conditions and when they get home from work they can start drinking or using drugs, if not both, This can trigger the violent behavior. I must mention that alcohol & drugs aren't the cause for all parents who abuse. My adopted parents didn't drink alcohol or use drugs. They were even "upstanding" members in our community & active members in the church. Ironic now when I think about my childhood that Sundays were the only days of the week that I didn't get knocked...
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...Alcoholism on Children in the Family Effects of alcoholism on children in the family. From addiction in the long run, guilt, anxiety, embarrassment, the inability to have close relationships, confusion, anger and depression all effect the child of an alcoholic. One in five adult Americans have lived with an alcoholic relative while growing up. Alcoholism runs in families, and children of alcoholics are four times more likely than other children to become alcoholics themselves. (AACAP) According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence there are 18 million alcoholics in the U.S and there is 26.8 million children that are exposed to alcoholism in the family. (AAMFT) Making all these children at a higher risk to be addicted to alcohol or any other substance such as drugs. Addiction is when a person craves and uses the substance despite its adverse consequences. (David G. Myers) Addiction is something that can be passed on in the family it might be the same choice of addiction but the addiction is there. Addiction fits the saying, “The apple doesn’t fall to far from the tree.” Meaning that basically what a child’s parents did in there young life or life period most likely there child is going to follow those same footsteps in life. The way a family lives can determine a big outcome of how a child lives their life after they grow up. A parent’s role in the family is to keep a healthy environment for the child or children. The environment does not need to be perfect...
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...youth sports are too dangerous for children to play but most kids that play sports benefit in a healthy way. Youth sports help kids make good life decisions and can also help with social skills, helping them later in later future events. Britt Hallingberg, a scientist at Cardiff University, claimed, “Many youth people benefit from participating in fun, structured activities out of school.” This claim shows that sports can be healthy for you and your social life in and out of school. John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach also said, “Playing youth sports creates higher grades, high self-esteem, stronger...
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