Questions 1 Refer to the question‚ s25 of the TAFE Education Act 2002‚ there is an offence “ to bring heroin‚ cannabis‚ cocaine or any other drug onto a TAFE campus”. Before we look the part (a) and (b) of the question‚ let’s definite ‘any other drug’ first. Drug is not considered as a food‚ however it can be taken or put into a human body have medical‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or other effects. There is no single‚ precise definition for drug. Under control law‚ government regulations
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criminal justice system as opposed to a specialty treatment center. Another changed behavior that the criminal justice system is working diligently to do is placing nonviolent drug offenders in treatment centers rather than them remaining incarcerated. Opioid prescribing and use has increased‚ and while most were prescribed to people with pain‚ many of these prescriptions ended up in hands of
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What is an Opiate? Opiates‚ or narcotics‚ are a group of drugs most often used for moderate to severe pain relief. Opiates are the drugs derived from opium and its ingredients‚ such as morphine and codeine‚ and opioids are synthetic imitations of these types of drugs. The term opioid also refers to naturally occurring substances in the body‚ such as endorphins and enkephalins‚ which act on the brain to decrease pain sensations (Ling‚ 1990). Frequently abused prescription pain medications include
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Advance Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice Fall Session A‚ 2013 Abstract According to the systematic review covered by Apfel‚ Turan‚ Souza‚ Pergolizzi & Hornuss‚ 2013 there is a significant reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting and opioid use when using intravenous acetaminophen. The reviewers used Medline and Cochrane databases to conduct their search along with a hand search of abstracts to identify randomized-controlled trials using intravenous acetaminophen. The review was to determine
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cases requires some form of medical treatment. There are many treatment options available to those struggling with addiction. The three most well-known options are rapid detox‚ suboxone‚ and methadone maintenance (Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction Facts for Families and Friends). Though each form of treatment has its own advantages and disadvantages‚ they all have one common goal; drug freedom. Research has shown that those receiving treatment are nearly twice as likely to achieve
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Prescription Drug Use and Abuse It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray‚ 46‚ of Germantown‚ Md.‚ says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life. Tranquilizers‚ which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness‚ numbed Ray’s agony‚ helped her sleep‚ and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon
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fatalities in road traffic accidents. Over the last decade opioids analgesic overdoses have claimed over 125‚000 lives. The definition of an overdose is the accidental or intentional use of a drug or medicine in an amount that is higher than normally used. “In 2010 of the 38‚329-drug overdose deaths in the United States 22‚134 (60%) were related to pharmaceuticals. Of the 22‚134 deaths relating to prescription drugs 16‚652 (75%) involved opioid analgesics‚ and 6‚497 (30%) involved benzodiazepines”
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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EFFECTIVENESS INTRODUCTION Methadone occupies a position of huge prominence in drug misuse treatment to date. It is estimated there are around 650‚000 illicit drug users receiving treatment globally (WHO 2008). Historically it was the earliest form of opioid replacement therapy and continues to be the most widely used form in the United States‚ Europe and Australia (Ward et al 1998). The most recent figures for Scotland show approximately 22‚224 people are receiving methadone for drug misuse (Scottish
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