There are several types of material that are utilized throughout the book. There are some direct interviews with industry professionals such as Dr. London and Dr. Rawson with UCLA, several studies that are mentioned, as well as personal observation, with both biographical and historical accounts with the entirety of chapter 9 exploring the history of methamphetamine, as well as currently known social, environment and health effects. I did find thought that I was wondering at points during the book, when the author makes comments or suggestions with what could be considered facts, except that he makes no mention of his references. For example on page 177, the author describes how “in one study 85 percent of children of divorce were heavy drug …show more content…
I often have youth that utilize chemical substances to “even out,” or to help them feel “normal,” more so it would seem than, through the acts of peer pressure or “everyone is doing it.” As a community residence we have the resources and are able to work though some of the issues that Nic, and his family experienced. This includes aspects, such as having groups, in house that are geared toward the youth and meant to assist them where they are in their own development. Nic also had more freedoms than the youth in our program, who may only leave the residence for field trips, some youth do leave for school, and others do go home on the weekends, but outside of those limited outings, they are in the house and accounted for every fifteen minutes. Nic was able to be out of the home at night, go to parties and stay over at friends’ houses, and his lackadaisical fathers parenting style would allow for it. In the community residence, there is no room for that type of boundary crossing, and if a youth takes it upon themselves to leave, the police are called and then the youth are taken for mandatory hospital evaluations, which the youth do not like, so this is also a deterrent for them leaving the property. Since leaving the property is not advantageous, the youth have a difficult time gaining access to drugs or alcohol and it is not worth the consequences. In all, I believe that to book only served me, as a social worker, the purpose of seeing how a upper-middle class family copes with addiction, as well as showing how the dynamics of divorce, new siblings, step-parents, and a poorly executed custody arrangement affected this family. This family is going to cope very differently given their access to resources, resources that provide their addicted son with private schools, top-notch therapists, rent for apartments, and very expensive
The book I chose to read for this assignment is called “Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction”. The target audience can be parents, adolescents, recovering addicts, college students and mental health professionals.
Adderall is a combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which work on the central nervous system as stimulants. A stimulant is a drug that produces a temporary increase of function activity by affecting the chemicals in the brain. There are 4 salts the combine to for the active ingredients, dextroamphetamine saccharate, dextroamphetamine sulfate, amphetamine aspartate monohydrate, and amphetamine. Inactive ingredients are also present, but they do not play a role in Adderall’s function.
was said to be, "A little ditty about Crystal Meth and oral sex."(Durchholz 1). These opinions did
For example, he uses the book discussed in class The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. A lot of material discussed in class he discusses in his book. Dr. Hart talks about how the charges for have crack cocaine are far worse that having pure powdered cocaine. Within his research as stated before, he presents myths about drug addiction. Everyone is taught to believe that people become so addicted to a drug that the drug becomes irresistible. He uses the alternative of cash and discovered that even those who are regular users or “addicted” would prefer the
Once these individuals in rehab serve there sentence the majority of them, won’t look straight to the next opportunity to get high, but the next opportunity for a better future after being encouraged in rehab to accomplish something in life, compared to someone’s attitude coming out of prison. One story involved a man named Richard with his wife Marcia. She was an addict who was often jailed for it, but Anthony believed like many others that “addiction can be overcome with proper help. He believed that the solution was to get her into a mental hospital [and] get her whatever she needs – Xanax, morphine, to get her chemical imbalance right. Show her some respect. (114)” Give her some working skills, so once she gets out she is capable of being successful but instead she kept getting “kicked down the steps” by the criminal justice system. The jailing and torture of addicts is routine to people serving cases for drug related offenses, who are often not built to endure prison, let alone jail. “The Justice Department estimates that 216,000 people are raped in these prisons every year. (This is the number of rapes, not the number of rapes – that is much higher.) (109)” This is ultimately shows the simple fact that many people are not built to endure
remove the juvenile from the home or not, the “attitude” (Elrod & Ryder, 2011) of the juvenile,
Methamphetamine is said to have first made its appearance in the United States as early as World War II (Anglin, Burke, Perrochet, Stamper, & Dawud-Noursi, 2000). It was given to soldiers and pilots to increase their endurance as well as their attentiveness. Roughly two decades later, a liquid form of methamphetamine became available for the treatment of heroin addiction. It wasn’t until the 1990’s where it really began to be a problem. In trailer parks across Oregon, methamphetamine abuse was at an all-time high (Byker, 2011). By 2003, meth had begun spreading throughout the United States as the number of reports of meth labs increased from as far east as Florida.
The goal of deterrence has its limits because rules and former sanctions, as well anti-criminal modeling and reinforcement are met with young rebellious minds. Traditional counseling and diversion, which are integral aspects of community corrections, can sometimes be ineffective, and studies have shown that sometimes a natural self intervention can take place as the youth grows older; resulting in the youth outgrowing delinquency. 2. What is the difference between a.. What are foster homes like?
Equally important, therapy for parents with children who abuse drugs, participate in treatment interventions in a therapeutic setting with the Family Therapy Model, using Cognitive Behavior Therapy or CBT. The main goal of CBT is to improve family relationships by promoting sobriety and correcting the erratic or destructive behaviors/patterns, which aid in a person’s addiction. The goal is to educate family members about triggers, in the event of a relapse or erratic behaviors that resurface. In the event, families can resolve conflict in a positive way and recognize future erratic behaviors, before it's too late. Nevertheless, the Strategic family therapy is the best option, for Ryan and his family because of the relationship and separation
Drug abuse has been around for many years, since the early 1800’s and has increasingly gotten worse. The dependency of heroin and opiates has succeeded in breaking down barriers in color and classes, you could say it is a habit of equal opportunity with whoever wants to try it. Methadone has been used to treat heroin abuse for many years, but is now used to treat opiate dependency also. Although it has been found to be very addictive, the doctors claim it is the most successful in helping some addicts lead functional lives. It seems strange that a drug that is addictive is given to take the place of another addictive drug. You might ask yourself, why should I care if a better treatment is found to replace methadone if it doesn’t affect
They had dialogue of Walter and Jesse talking about the chemicals in the meth and what can happen if an error occurs if too much material is added. These characters go in detail in finding the correct material to make these drugs which why I found this show to be great by how they focus on the small details. I thought the violence wasn’t as realistic or on par as the drugs. There was a couple scenes of blood occurring and it looked real as in the actual, but the blood was the only thing that threw me off. Drugs had the effect of conflict in this show whether they’re making money or not the effects of making crystal meth had many people revolved around Walter and Jesse to die from knowing too much or having no purpose to them. Violence is usually shown to kill characters off or to intimate them with
The first two chapters of the book are about the drugs in general. The chapters explained how drugs have been used in the early history of the peoples for clients welfare, religious rites, but also to produce intoxication and euphoria.
The majority of youth can be served by these community-based services. Too often incarceration is used as a first step rather than a last resort. By using the money currently spent on incarceration and focusing it on community-based options for treatment and supervision that keep youth close to home should lead to more productive future adults.
Before being capable of fighting the use of drugs and alchol, one must come to an understanding of why some people use drugs. The decision to ultimately use drugs is influenced mainly in childhood. Whether in a poor ?ghetto? neighborhood, or in a middle-class suburb, all children are vulnerable to the abuse of drugs. Most high-risk children are effected by personal and family circumstances (Falco 51). If a child?s parents are substance abusers, then it is a fairly safe prediction that the child will abuse drugs later in life. Also, early-life experiments with drugs greatly increases the chance of abuse later in life. Academic problems, and rebellious, anti-social behavior in elementary school are also linked to drug problems, in addition to truancy, delinquency, and ear...
After interviewing my teenage cousin whom has been in several altercations at home and school, enlightened me on the ways that teenagers in her age group gets involved in drug use. Kids start as young as ten years of age using, selling, and experimenting with drugs. My teenage cousin was expelled from public schools when she started experimenting with drugs. She was surrounded by many challenges when she enrolled in the alternative behavioral school. Many students, whom attend the alternative behavioral school use drugs, sell drugs, are on probation, have been arrested, engage in sexual activity and drink alcohol. Being surrounded by several of these activities that take place in the school, she has been approached by many, and has taken an interest in engaging in these bad activities. She lies to her parents about where she is going and where she has been. She has sold her electronics for drugs and alcohol, snuck out of her house to party with friends, and have runaway to stay with her friend to take part in sexual intercourse. Peer influences, as we have seen, a...