Substance Abuse Essays and Research Papers

The U.S.A. is currently in the midst of an opioid crisis. What is the opioid crisis? It’s the situation that we are in where the frequency of opioids being abused and overdosed has rapidly increased, creating many different problems all around. This essay will focus on how the opioid crisis began, the mental effects of…

Drug abuse is the illicit use of any drug in a way that is not approved or supervised by a medical practitioner.There are two major types of drugs that are usually abused Stimulant /Depressants: these are drug that temporarily make the mind and body active. It means that when someone takes such drugs in excess,…

In the Masters of Social Work program, substance abuse classes and training is offered at a minimum in which results in about 1 percent of the social workers specialized in substance abuse and substance abuse disorders to be certified after being in a continuing education course. In many cases, social workers who choose to only…

Prescription opioid dependency, abuse, and misuse are commonly encountered issues in the mental health profession and are observed with greater frequency among specific populations, including those with criminal backgrounds (Kopac, Hurt, Proctor, & Hoffman, 2016; Peters, Young, Rojas, & Gorey, 2017). While the prevalence and expense associated with opioid issues is generally understood as pertaining…

Thus far, we have defined substance use/abuse as addiction, but we have not identified the type of addiction or substance used to achieve it. Addictions include an obsessive/compulsive desire for a substance, an obsessive/compulsive repetition of a behavior, or a combination of both. Behavioral addiction and substance addiction have a high rate of co-occurrence, suggesting…

Hackensack New Jersey is a densely packed, lively city. From our windshield survey, we observed members of the community outside their apartment complexes, grocery stores, and around schools. Another focal point for the city is the hospital, where we observed hospital workers taking a break from work, or on their commute to work. The community…

Alcohol use among teenagers is a serious problem and is responsible for death and injury in automobile accidents, physical and emotional disability, deterioration of academic performances, aggressive behavior that causes a number of other sociological problems in families and among friends. It is also the primary cause of criminal behavior and a leading cause of…