Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem in their lives. The meeting, I attended, was on 1/8/15 at 8:00 pm located at Desert Spring Church 2301 Kings Row Reno. There were four members that attended the meeting in the basement of the church. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs and the only requirement for its members is to come to meetings and to have the desire to stop using drugs. The members of NA were all users and even the leaders of the group were users too. The leader of the group was a lady (we will call her Sally) and a man (who will be referred to as Jim). Sally was a very interesting lady because you could see how drugs had affected
On February 27, 2014, I visited an Alcohol Anonymous (A.A) therapeutic group meeting called Another Chance. Another Chance is an intergroup meeting located inside the Concord Baptist Church of Christ, at 833 Gardner C. Taylor Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11216. Another Chance has been in operation for over thirty years, and holds open discussion meetings on alcohol use and prevention, every Thursday from six in the evening until seven o’clock. This group interaction with alcohol substance use and abuse focuses on helping all members regardless of race, ethnicity or culture, to abstain from drinking one day at a time; and encourages them to maintain healthy thoughts and emotions through the use of the “Twelve Steps and Traditions” of recovery and intervention approaches.
Narcotics Anonymous is a group that has taught me many values. They have twelve values, twelve traditions, and twelve steps. As a group we learn to accept all of the above for mentioned beliefs. There is what you call a home group. That is your main meeting session with your sponsor, (if you choose to have one which is recommended), sharing time, to talk about whatever you choose i.e. your day, if there was a relapse, a stressful day, and just trying to talk to others who understand every struggle we have on a daily basis to stay clean.
...e or social group for being an addict if it is not fully understood that they are trying to recover from their addiction (Methadone Cons).
On September 21, 2016, I attended my first Narcotic’s Anonymous (NA) meeting at Cana Lutheran Church. Before attending this meeting, I had some preconceived views on what an ordinary NA meeting might be like. I originally thought of the meeting only as a group of individuals seated in a circle while sharing their feelings. I imagined that these people might be forced to attend the meeting by a spouse or some other influence in their lives. However, I was certainly mistaken. This meeting was much more; in fact, it is an essential part of the recovery process for many.
It was the late 19th century when a lot of conflict for families from the Industrial Revolution and illegal drugs had easy access to anyone in the United Sates. These illegal drugs like morphine, cocaine, and alcohol were available through manufacture, delivery, and selling. It was proved that the over use of alcohol and violence in families’ homes were linked together around the 1850’s and that women and children were being abused by the father and husband from the letters and journals that were wrote. These were times when women were stay at home mothers and it was the man’s responsibility to be the provider for the wife and children. Because of the abuse in the household it led up to the temperance movement. The purpose
Ms. Roxie Riggs is a Caucasian female some sixty-five years of age presenting with narcotic addiction for an evaluation for possible medical addiction treatment. She is currently receiving treatment with buprenorphine; however, her practitioner moved away. Ms. Riggs was placed on methadone in 2001 (age 51), and stopped in 2005 (age 55). She has also been treated with naltrexone in the past, but not with naloxone. Ms. Riggs first began taking buprenorphine on January 1, 1994, and is still using the substance.
There is no way one would talk about suboxone without its main component which is buprenorphine. Buprenorphine is a secondary form of the opioid alkaloid Thebaine. It has a chemical structure of C_29 H_41 〖NO〗_4. It acts differently depending on the activation site or receptor it is located. It works at mu and kappa opioid receptors as an agonist and at the delta opioid receptor as an antagonist. As a derivative of Thebaine, it is a stronger and longer-lasting painkiller compared to morphine. It proved to be more effective than morphine, when used in a comparably small dose.
Heroin overdosing is the point of use where the addict wants to be without realizing the seriousness of the fact they are literally at the point of death. Drug overdose deaths in the United States have risen steadily since 1970. Painkillers actually kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined, according to the Centers for Disease Control, but heroin is still one of the No. 1 killers of illegal drug users. One in 10 heroin overdoses ends in death. XXX Heroin overdose causes the body to go into a deep sleep where the respiratory system shuts down. When you are sleeping your body naturally remembers to breathe. When you overdose, your body essentially forgets to breathe. Blood pressure dips significantly and causes the heart
In 1974, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) in order to gather data on drug-related medical emergencies in major metropolitan hospitals in the U.S. There are two basic types of information that are reported. The first is the number of times that someone has been to an emergency department for ANY reason that relates to recent drug use. This can include purposeful or accidental overdoses, the use of illegal drugs, adverse reactions to medication, and recreational use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs. The second is the number of drug-related deaths, as determined by a professional. These are seven major circumstances that are the most addressed when it
During session with client, teacher informed me that client had to incidents prior to my arrival. The school had a Christmas program in the cafeteria. Jah'Raye became upset, teacher mention she wasn't sure why he was upset. She just felt it was possible to much noise and movement for the client. He was asked to go to the office to avoid getting into trouble. He went without incident and was ok with the decision made.
As a newly elected sheriff of my county I would structure a narcotics unit that is sufficient for the jurisdiction, as well as, accommodates the two major Interstate roads and the other country that borders the county. The United States is limited by national boundaries to what can be done about drug trafficking (Abadinsky, 2014).
A controlled substance is any drug, whether prescribed or illegal, that has the potential of abuse or addiction. A controlled substance comes under a category of prescription drugs that contain an elevated level of restrictions for the public’s protection.
What is cocaine? Cocaine is a powerful and highly addictive (due to the way it functions) stimulant that is considered one of the deadliest drugs to date. When someone intakes this substance, it results in euphoric emotions, adding on to why it is deemed highly addictive. Cocaine overdose occurs when a person ingests enough of the drug to result in fatal side effects, normally ending with death. In 2011, just over half a million of the drug-related visits to emergency rooms were due to cocaine, and in 2014, more than 5,000 people died from cocaine overdosages. Aside from these facts, there are many other factors that can be addressed when thinking about cocaine abuse.
What is a drug addiction? A drug addiction is something that is hard to overcome. Sometimes it happens intentionally or sometimes it happens by accident and by accident I mean someone is prescribed a medication by a doctor and they become addicted to it. Intentionally, on the other hand, is when a doctor prescribes a medication and they intentionally abuse it. Prescription drugs aren’t the only things that are addicting, drugs like marijuana and heroin are addicting as well. In a more specific definition drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or a legal medication.
1. What is meant by the term "drug abuse": Drug abuse is the use of a habit forming drug that can lead to addiction and dependence; this can also cause serious medical issues such as damage to the kidneys or liver. This can also cause mental harm such as hallucination or memory loss. The ultimate damage it can cause is death.