Essays on Drugs Page 9

What happens if a person uses a substance when they do not really need to? Why would they want to? How does peer pressure become involved with your decision to abuse substances? What would you do if you were peer pressured into taking a substance that you didn’t want to? What are the mental effects…

The connection between youth offending and drug and alcohol use cannot be denied. Drugs and alcohol are part of the personal stories of most young offenders in New Zealand. International criminological and drug literature supports the view that those young people who use illicit drugs are more likely to engage in criminal activity. Further investigations…

There have many debates on should middle schools require drug testing for students in sports and other extracurricular activities. I think we should drug test middle schools students in extracurricular activities. Doing this would help stop and prevent the drug spread for present and future generations. One obvious reason on why we should require student…

The prevalence of opioid addiction is on the rise. Opioid related overdoses were responsible for over 42,000 deaths in 2016, which is more than ever before (“Public Affairs”, 2018). Opioid addiction is continuously being studied to develop more effective treatment programs and to examine the impacts of long-term use on the nervous system. Drug addiction…

According to an interactive article by the New York Times, the number of Americans who have died from overdoses has increased by 650% since 1990. In October, President Trump announced declared the opioid epidemic a national health emergency and he talked about the $80 million initiative that will go towards pain management research and an…

It’s no secret the abuse of drugs has become a widespread epidemic. Although it seems to be stereotypical for teens, this problem is rising more in the adult population. There really is no set population or genre to label as the specific drug abuser. Many people don’t understand why or how other people become addicted…

“I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He’s taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of his death from being…

As we look into and dissect the U.S.’s policy on drugs we can see some things that it does well and some of the downfalls that it has compared to other countries. In the last writing assignment we unpacked the U.S. drug policy and examined some things that it excels in versus some of the…

Why other people are addicted to drugs? That’s the question that crosses to our mind when we saw an addict person. Sometimes, assumed that drug users are commonly lack of self-control and that’s why they couldn’t stop using drugs and resulting to change their behaviors. Facing the reality today, addiction in drugs is a very…

Reflecting on Addiction On the surface, “Miracle Polish” mirrors the myth of Narcissus, following a man who, after discovering the effects of a mysterious polish, becomes obsessed with his own reflection. However, within the fantasy of Steven Millhauser’s short story lies a very real and morbid subtext. “Miracle Polish” presents an allegory of drug abuse…