Week Assignment: Overview

At this time the heroin turns to a sticky liquid ND wriggles around on the foil like a Chinese dragon. Fumes are given off and it is inhaled sometimes through a rolled up newspaper, magazine or some kind of tube. There are “two-thirds of all heroin users chase the dragon; chasing the dragon is less of a health risk than people using needles. ” (Cools, J. , 1 992) When a person shoots up everything goes straight into the blood stream: entrust heroin but also anything the heroin has been cut with and any other toxic substances. Chasing the dragon means no toxic substances will directly get into a person’s bloodstream.
The inhaling of iron fumes would enter the lungs where the blood vessels would absorb the heroin. What is the problem? Besides health problems, heroin causes many problems in society; families can be broken, relationships heroin could cause domestic violence, child abuse, and risk of sexually transmitted diseases. According to studies, “show that surprisingly, poor people spend a greater percentage of money on acquiring drugs than middle-class and upper-class people. ” (Rehabs, 201 5) What are the individual and social implications of this problem?
The nature of social environmental factors influence on substance abuse is unclear. A longitudinal study was undertaken to determine the relative power of social network and neighborhood characteristics to predict continuing illicit drug use. ” (Schroeder, PhD, Latin, PhD, Hoover, PhD, Curry, MS, Knowles, Sad, & Celebrant, Sad, 2000) The medical and social consequences of drug heroin are, “hepatitis, HIVE/AIDS, fetal effects, crime, violence, and disruptions in family, workplace and educational environments have a devastating impact on society and costs billions of dollars each year N. 2014) What do the experts say about the problem? The impact of heroin use is an issued all cross the United States, heroin being identified as the most or one of the most drug abuses that has affected regions coast to coast. Heroin is extremely addictive no matter how a person uses it, injection and smoking increases the risk of addiction. Once a person becomes addicted to heroin it takes control of their lives. What have we, as a society, done about this problem? One Of things our society is trying to do is creating a drug-free society, however there has never been drug-free society in our history of civilization.

The majority of Americans agree that the drug war is not working. Therefore our society has come up with three simple solutions; “offer treatment to people who wants help with their drug addiction, leave people alone who don’t want or need treatment, and continue to hold people responsible for their crimes that harm others. “(Newman, T. , 2014) How are public policies and other, less formal responses working? Heroin overdoses is happening every. Inhere around me. The public policies such as addict who wants help must enter a treatment center.
However, if the heroin addict really doesn’t want help, going into a treatment center will not work at all. In Northern Kentucky, “our hospital SST. Elizabeth has a new program to provide Malone kits for heroin ODD victims, the hospital is expecting to get at least 600 of the kits. ” (Filcher, J. , 2015) This kit may save lives, but it wont stop a person from using heroin. Describe an alternative solution to the problem and effective response to Heroin. Kentucky Senate panel approves anti- heroin bill after hearing an emotional testimony.
In January, 2015 the Senate Bill 5 was approved to help Kentucky deadly heroin epidemic. One of things that was on that bill was “permitting police officers, firefighters, and aromatics to carry and administer Malone, a drug that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose, without any civil or criminal liability. ” (Chives, J. 201 5) Conclude with your thoughts about your chosen social problem. My thoughts in regards to heroin may not be a solution but a question instead. Heroin is everywhere, it could be a person spouse, sibling, child, niece, nephew and their cousin, heroin doesn’t care who it is a devil drug.
There is so much information out there telling people or even showing people what would happen to them if they used heroin. Does that stop them no? My nephew seven or eight years ago, used to be bull rider. He was hit in the face by the bull’s head which caused my nephew a lot of pain, and a plate inside the right part of his face. His doctor had him on Concoction for pain medication which caused him to get addict to this drug. When the doctor took him off cold turkey and weaning him off, sadly the only relieve he had was finding another drug to help with the pain and the withdrawals. That is when heroin took over his life.
He has been in out of county and state institutions, plus rehab centers after rehab centers and continues after few months of being release, he has overdose once again on heroin. When the devil drug calls out your name, the addict will come. Of course just like anybody else that has a love one, hopes they never used again, but now after my nephew had done it so many times, it’s hard to hope when you know it isn’t going to help. My solution for my nephew and any other addict being released from rehab, find something to occupy your time. I have tried to encourage my nephew to become a drug counselor, and he won’t even consider it.