...Drugs A recent issue in today’s society is the use of prescription and illicit drugs within the teenage population. There are seven major categories in which drugs are labeled, that include the following: CNS depressants, CNS stimulant, hallucinogens, dissociative anesthetics, narcotic analgesics, inhalants, and cannabis. The misuse and exploitation of these drugs can have life-altering effects which can lead to death. Many teens are unaware of the consequences when taking the previously mentioned drugs. Central Nervous System, or CNS, depressants slow down the operations of the brain and body. These include alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety tranquilizers, and antidepressants. The second category consists of Central Nervous System stimulants,...
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...‘Illness is simply a matter of bad luck, bad judgement, or bad genetics’ is a statement that expressed how health can be affected by the ‘luck’ of the environment that an individual is born into. The aforementioned statement expressed how health can be affected through a bad judgement of misdiagnoses made by health practitioners. The statement then declared how having bad genes allows an individual to become more susceptible to specific disease (Marvell, 2012). This statement focused on how health is influenced by psychological (bad judgement) and biomedical (bad genes) determinants, for example, being overweight is seen has having bad genes however, sociocultural factors such as gender, media and age can also largely affect an individuals’ health status. In 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) released the Madrid Statement, saying: "to achieve the highest standard of health, health policies have to recognize that women and men, owing to their biological differences and their gender roles, have different needs, obstacles and opportunities." Meaning that the needs and barriers of both women and men (for example, women are more likely to develop breast cancer than males) are a major influence on the health of the individual and if the Government wants to achieve high national health, knowing the needs and overcoming the barriers must be addressed. A bad luck obstacle males have to face is the expectancy to participate in labour intensive jobs such as being a constructor and...
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...Investigating the Incline of Marijuana Usage among Adolescents Dashaun Fails COMM/112 2/12/2013 Karen Hamilton Within the last several years there has been a slight increase of marijuana usage nationally amongst adolescents ranging from the ages of eleven to eighteen. Youth tend to be easily pressured or influenced into smoking marijuana by entertainment such as movies and music, as well as friends and family members that condone the habit. Since it is nearly impossible to overdose on marijuana alone, it is most favorable among adolescents because it does not pose an immediate threat to their immune system compared to other drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy. According to http://www.guide4living.com, marijuana has an active ingredient in it called Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, which causes many temporary side effects such as fatigue, distorted perceptions, rise in blood pressure, and hunger. Once the THC is inhaled it only takes a several seconds to travel to the user’s brain then it gradually flows throughout the remainder of their body. When adolescents frequently use marijuana it causes a significant decline in their cognitive skills, because their brains are still in a premature state and still has ample time to reach its optimal potential, when marijuana is continually smoked throughout the early adolescent stage until early adulthood, the chances of becoming addicted rises. Now that the some states has made it legal to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, it is...
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...There are going to be several ethical concerns in dealing with adolescents that are smoking an illegal drug. I will discuss all the ethical issues that can be a concern to the IRB. The ethical issues will range from consent to confidentiality. A critical issue is going to be achieving valid results in this study. When looking at the THC levels, this process is going to be hard to regulate because the strength of the cannabis is not regulated and it can be hard to determine. The THC strength varies even when it comes from a reputable source for instance a dispenser of medical cannabis. This measure is important and if inconstant will cause issues. I want the subjects to have close to the same amount of THC in them or the amount they consume,...
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...Marijuana: An Addictive Drug for Teens Amina Saad Substance Abuse Counseling August 1, 2013 Argosy University Marijuana is the most popular illicit psychoactive drug amongst millions of people world wide (Inaba & Cohen, 2011). Today marijuana is a popular drug amongst teens and remains the most commonly abused drug amongst them by a wide margin (New Port Academy, 2013). It is an addictive substance for teen’s recreational use. The 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that the use among marijuana among 12 to 17 year olds increased 9 percent from 2008 to 2009, (ONDCP, 2013). According to New Port Academy (2013), A study funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse found that in 2002, more than 10.8 percent of all 10th graders and 32.4 percent of 12th graders abused marijuana at least once in the last year. It was also found that in teens between the ages of 12 to 17, boys were more likely to use marijuana than girls, (2013). “Marijuana effects a juvenile brain more severely than an adult brain,” (Inaba & Cohen, 2011). Among adolescents, alcohol use is first and marijuana use follows. As of 2011, Marijuana became legal in 16 States in the United States (Inaba & Cohen, 2011). According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), there has been increasing efforts to legalize marijuana which can cause marijuana to drop in price, increasing the use of the drug (2013). Keeping it illegal keeps the price of marijuana...
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...A STUDY ON DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP 青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究 THE FINAL REPORT (FINAL version) February 2011 1 PREFACE The project on the study on “DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP” (“the Study”) is being undertaken by the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention and the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong (“the Consultant”). The research team comprises the principal investigator (PI), Professor Paul YIP, Director of the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention and Professor of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong, and eight co-investigators (Co-Is), Dr. CHEUNG Siu Lan Karen (Demographer), Dr. Sandra Tsang (Social and Family Worker), Dr. Samson Tse (Focus group expert on mental health and drug abuse), Dr. Wong Oi Ling (Family therapist, Family Institute), Prof. Karen Laidler (Sociologist, expertise on assessing drug abuse problem), Dr. Paul Wong (Clinical psychologist), Ms. Frances Law (Social Worker), and Dr. Lilian Wong (Associate Consultant, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hospital Authority). We would like to thank Mr. Gary Ip, the research assistant of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Ms. Garlum Lau, the senior research officer 2 of the Department of Sociology, the participants and NGOs for focus groups and case studies for their kind and valuable support on this...
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...A STUDY ON DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP <<青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究 青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究>> 青年濫藥與家庭關係的研究 THE FINAL REPORT (FINAL version) February 2011 1 PREFACE The project on the study on “DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTHS AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP” (“the Study”) is being undertaken by the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention and the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong (“the Consultant”). The research team comprises the principal investigator (PI), Professor Paul YIP, Director of the Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention and Professor of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong, and eight co-investigators (Co-Is), Dr. CHEUNG Siu Lan Karen (Demographer), Dr. Sandra Tsang (Social and Family Worker), Dr. Samson Tse (Focus group expert on mental health and drug abuse), Dr. Wong Oi Ling (Family therapist, Family Institute), Prof. Karen Laidler (Sociologist, expertise on assessing drug abuse problem), Dr. Paul Wong (Clinical psychologist), Ms. Frances Law (Social Worker), and Dr. Lilian Wong (Associate Consultant, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hospital Authority). We would like to thank Mr. Gary Ip, the research assistant of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Ms. Garlum Lau, the senior research officer 2 of the Department of Sociology, the participants and NGOs for focus groups and case studies for their kind and valuable...
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...Technologies and products. The market, producing drug paraphernalia is cashing in on children’s addiction. Marijuana is being marketed in candy form, bright intriguing packaging, used to attract youth. Marijuana is easier than ever to use with all the new gadgets coming out to make smoking undetectable, efficient, and easy. There is no more need to develop a bong out of a water bottle, now youth can buy items such as the third iteration of Pax Labs’ eponymous handheld vaporizer which is subtler than ever before. Or one can purchase a Puffco Peak, which is a battery-powered gizmo with four different heat settings, which allows smoking to go undetected. For older parents with children using marijuana, they may not even know what to look for to know that their child is using. Macro Perhaps the government perhaps sees this all as part of the consumer society. Using taxation, regulation, and prohibition to gain. “Most critics have argued that...
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...relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain; they change its structure and how it works. These brain changes can be long-lasting, and can lead to the harmful behaviors seen in people who abuse drugs (Drug Abuse & Addiction, 2015). Addiction is a lot like other diseases, such as heart disease. Both disrupt the normal, healthy functioning of the underlying organ, have serious harmful consequences, and are preventable and treatable, but if left untreated, can last a lifetime (Drug Abuse & Addiction, 2015). Adolescence is a period full of challenges, changes and apprehension, especially for individuals in high school facing peer pressure amongst their friends. There are times when friends and acquaintances can have an increasingly strong influence during adolescence. Drug-using peers can sway even those without risk factors to try drugs for the first time. Academic failure or poor social skills can put a child at further risk for using or becoming addicted to drugs. The internal instability, the intense conflicts, and the uncertainty as for the future make the adolescent vulnerable to a series of situations, among them the use of drugs. Several authors alert that this stage is the most critical and sensitive for the initiation of the use of psychoactive substances. The consumption of drugs at this stage can bring serious physical and/or mental impairments...
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...CheckPoint: Drug Use and Delinquency Response What are the main reasons of youth drug use? One of the main reasons that a youth chooses to use drugs in this article states that they are trying to gain social recognition. They want approval from there peers and could even be trying to cover or numb there own hurt or feelings by taking there own bodies to another world. This is most common to a teen that lives in areas of poverty apposed to ones that live in upper class areas and go to upper class schools. Seems like this is the in thing to do when it comes to there friends, they may have issues fitting in at home so they use this way to fit in somewhere. Unaware that it is easy to get into drugs but hard to get out. How does drug use relate to delinquency? Once a teen has formed a relationship with drugs then they have to find ways to support that habit that they have obtained, This is where the delinquency starts they sometimes don’t have to money or access to money to buy there drugs so they steal or rob maybe even prosecute in order to get the drugs they want, The further they get into drugs the less interested they become in school or social events so they start to fade out of these areas as well. Only leaving time to get into trouble or find more ways to get the high that they want out of the drugs. They stop thinking about what kind of trouble they can get into and start and I don’t care mode of thinking, Reference: LAURITSEN, J. L., SAMPSON...
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...the country know someone that uses or abuses at least one drug. Not only are drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines bad for you, over the counter drugs such as painkillers can be just as bad. Some people even make the choice to use steroids to have an advantage in athletics or just to look more physically fit. Drugs have been a serious issue for student athletes for a long time and are still an issue today. Drug testing of members of high school athletics and activities should take place to make sure that students aren’t making decisions that could turn into addictions and so that they are putting themselves in a position to be successful. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2013, drug use was down to just under twenty-nine percent. This was about seven percent lower than the year before. Drug use had started to decrease until the use of marijuana skyrocketed. Today, fifty percent of high school seniors have admitted to using an illegal sometime in their life and about thirty-five percent admitted to using marijuana in the past year (The Science of Drug Abuse & Addiction). Also reported was the use of Adderall. Just fewer than...
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...some people consider marijuana to be a destructive drug that can cause serious health problems or even death, others think it is an alternative way of curing diseases. Some people may just smoke it for satisfaction. While many people believe marijuana is considered a destructive drug, depending on the usage it can also have a positive impact on human bodies. Marijuana is a product derived from a hemp plant named Cannabis sativa. Referring specifically to the plant’s leaves and flowers, this ancient drug that first originated in China around 2727 B.C...
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...Drug Legalization Drug legalization is an increasingly common topic that’s debated frequently. Drug legalization is not considered a glamorous topic by any means and in fact many prefer to sweep the protruding issues of drug legislation under the rug. In the United States alone since the beginning of the war on drugs in 1972 they’ve increased spending 17,000% from $101,000,000 to $17,400,000,000 in 1999.(McNamara, J. D. (1999)). While many might think that greatly increased spending most have major positive impacts on drug use it’s in fact quite the contrary. Overdoses on heroin have skyrocketed from 2,000 in 2004 to 10,000 in 2014 (Overdose Death Rates((2015). )). Additionally the United States currently has close to 25% of the world's...
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...killed by tobacco." - W.H.O. The incidence of drug abuse among children and adolescents is higher than the general population. This is notably because youth is a time for experimentation and identity forming. In developed countries drug abuse among youth is generally associated with particular youth subcultures and lifestyles. This causes an acceptance by members of the subcultures of drugs and their use. In Asia figures of drug abuse are hard to find but after cannabis, Amphetamine-type Stimulants (ATS) are the most commonly uses amongst children and youth. There have been various studies carried out in the region regarding drug abuse. A 1996 study of eight cities in seven provinces of China showed that over a half of heroin abusers are below 25 years of age. A school survey conducted in 1999 among students aged 12 to 21 years, in Vientiane, reported 4.8 per cent lifetime abuse for ATS. In India an NGO survey revealed that 63.6 % of patients coming in for treatment were introduced to drugs at a young age below 15 years. According to another report 13.1% of the people involved in drug and substance abuse in India, are below 20 years. Heroin, Opium, Alcohol, Cannabis and Propoxyphene are the five most common drugs being abused by children in India. A survey shows that of all alcohol, cannabis and opium users 21%, 3% and 0.1% are below the age of eighteen. An emerging trend about child drub abusers is the use of a cocktail of drugs through injection, and often sharing the same...
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...The consequence of marijuana legalization in adolescents is a topic of concern in the public. Even though there is no recorded death due to excessive consumption of marijuana, society fears its legalization increases youth intake, health problem, and violence. In the article “Teens will suffer if R.I. decriminalizes marijuana”, the author Brendan P. Doherty argues that use of marijuana results in effect to brain, violence, and public safety (par 1). Doherty is a law prosecution veteran and a criminal investigator (par 4). He is experienced in operating drug arrests and interviewing teens, adults, and juveniles indulged in marijuana (par 4). He is a 28-year-old adult; fearing decriminalization will encourage young people to smoke pot, which impairs their health. Therefore, he writes the article to make teachers, counselors, parents, and any person concerned about young adults of the country aware of the effects of decriminalization (par 2). Furthermore, he...
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