Essays on Substance Abuse

Drug abuse and its impact is a huge epidemic in today’s society. Drug abuse has become a social phenomenon, (World of Sociology, Gale). It’s becoming an even bigger issue and more popular as the years go by. The addiction is gradually pulling more and more people into the depths of it throughout time. “Regardless of…

The Criminal Justice system in the United States is continuing to find better ways to deal with substance use and crime. During the late 1960s to the middle of the 1990s, there were challenges corresponding with the management of social harms that came with the heroin and cocaine epidemics. Since then the challenges in the…

Introduction The majority of teenage students under the age of eighteen have consumed prescription drugs (nearly seventy percent), smoked a cigarette (twenty percent), or drank alcohol (forty percent). because critical neural circuits are still actively forming, teens’ brains are particularly susceptible to being modified by those substances in a lasting way-making the development of a…

Vocational rehabilitation counseling is a concept that is not always talked about when it comes to substance abuse treatment; most of the time vocational rehabilitation is not in the plans of treatment although it is an important concept. SAMSHA states, “Vocational rehabilitation counseling focuses on the process of improving an individual’s functioning in primary life…

Substance abuse is a national epidemic raging throughout our country. It does not discriminate against age, gender, sexual orientation or social status (Cherry, Dillon & Rugh, 2002). People think they can control their use but the brain changes, the addiction takes over your life and all sense. Addiction is a disease that can affect anyone…

The Beginnings of Trauma Theory The foundation of associating trauma with mental disorders are thought to be the brainchild of Jean-Martin Charcot; a Neurologist who worked with traumatized women during the late 19th century. Charcot’s interest in hysteria, a disorder which around that period was frequently diagnosed in women, led him to believe that trauma…

Introduction Opioid-related deaths continue to rise ever year in the United States and around the world. According to the CDC, in 2016 drug overdoses claimed the lives of over 63,000 people in the United States. Of those deaths, two-thirds were attributable to opioid use. The DSM V criteria for a substance abuse disorder requires the…

It is no secret that experiencing life influenced by a parent who is an addict can result in a magnitude of lifelong effects. Having a substance dependent parent is mildly common, where up to 25% of American individuals were raised in homes where substance abuse occurred (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2018). This literature review…

Alcoholism and drug abuse have a huge impact on our society today. Of particular concern to policymakers is an addiction in minors. Understanding the factors that influence these behaviors can certainly help in eradicating them. The influence of Hollywood in the prevalence of alcoholism and drug addiction is a factor that is not often explored….

Introduction For this research study, I have chosen to focus on reasoning and decision making when it comes to addiction. People have argued that addiction prevents people from proper decision making and self-control. Other people have argued that addiction is autonomous and that people make choices of their addiction. By possibly defining the causes of…