TEENS – Drugs addiction?
Question by ~?Rainbow Babe?~: TEENS – Drugs addiction?
More and more teenagers seem to be using/becoming addicted to drugs. Why?
I am doing a research project for my Sociology class and wondered if you could answer a few questions for me 🙂
If you are a teenager and use drugs, please answer these questions.
Or if you would like to tell about someone else too.
Names will be changed for my project
How old are you?
Where do you live (country is fine)
When did you first become aware of drugs?
When did you first take drugs?
What drug was it?
How often do you use it?
Do any of your family members use drugs?
Is drug addiction common amongst your friends/school?
Any other information?
Thank you so much for your time
Best answer:
Answer by ? Ambie 😀 <3's Pickles ?
How old are you? – I’m 15
Where do you live (country is fine)? – US of A
When did you first become aware of drugs? – I become aware of them in like 5th or 6th grade. I found out my dad was arrested for drugs this year in like January.
When did you first take drugs? – I didn’t take them, my dad did. I never noticed anything weird we he was living with us. He would sleep a lot and was really angry and yelled most of the time.
What drug was it? – I have no idea, I don’t even want to know.
How often do you use it? – I’m not sure how often he used them.
Do any of your family members use drugs? – My dad.
Is drug addiction common amongst your friends/school? – Yes, I know one kid from my 5th grade class who was caught smoking weed at the mall. Plus my high school has a lot of pot heads
Any other information? – Don’t EVER do drugs 🙁 I had to grow up without a father
Answer by **honey*bee**
i dont do drugs but my bf does
hes 16
we live in Las Vegas Nevada “America”
he started using them a few months ago
weed
i dont know when
none of my family members do
lots of my friends use drugs
i hope that helped
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Is this a marijuana addiction?
Question by Kevin Johnson: Is this a marijuana addiction?
I smoke marijuana an average of once every week and I can’t seem to go without marijuana for more than 2 weeks, 3 weeks in rare cases. Is this an addiction?
Yeah I smoke twice a month right now but why is it coincidence that it is always every 12-16 days? After I smoke it I don’t think about it then always after about 2 weeks I get the urge to smoke it.
Best answer:
Answer by 12345
Not Right Now,But Its Turning Into An Addiction.
Answer by mimi 🙂
It will start to turn into a addiction if you dont stop. try and smoke once or twice a month not more.
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Symptoms of Bipolar Mania?
Question by Candy: Symptoms of Bipolar Mania?
I think a family member of mine has bipolar maybe bipolar mania. What’s the difference between them and how does it make a person act. The person also smokes crack I was blaming their personality on it but when their not high off smoking crack their personality is still the same and maybe worse.
Best answer:
Answer by Captain Awesome <3
Google it.
I did-
“Mania is a hallmark symptom of bipolar disorder. To be more precise, mania is a cluster of symptoms that are associated with one aspect of bipolar disorder. An episode of mania can quickly spiral out of control, causing a great deal of disruption and mayhem for the individual and his or her loved ones. As such, it is important to be familiar with the warning signs of mania.”
Answer by Kate
It is extremely difficult to diagnose mania in the presence of a drug addiction, and many professionals will not diagnose the condition until the patient has been in rehab for a certain amount of time so that their true moods can be assessed.
Crack cocaine can produce effects that are similar to a manic episode:
– High energy
– Decreased need for sleep
– Pressed, rapid speech
– Psychomotor agitation (not being able to sit still)
– Racing thoughts
– Irritability
– Hallucinations (often tactile, such as the feeling of bugs crawling under the skin)
Other symptoms of mania that aren’t necessarily associated with crack (though could be) include:
– Impulsivity (spending sprees, unprotected sex, etc.)
– A rush of creativity or productivity, taking on lots of new projects, being abnormally productive at work or home
– Delusions, of persecution or grandeur (usually grandeur, like thinking they’re God)
– Full blown psychoticism; having totally lost contact with reality, severe delusions and hallucinations, potential for violent or self-injurious behavior.
You can see just how many of the symptoms look very similar to either condition, so it’s really hard to say the difference. But mania isn’t a personality setting, it’s a mood swing. A person with bipolar disorder oscillates between two ‘poles’ or varying ends of the mood spectrum. People with bipolar disorder who have manic episodes also have major depressive episodes, and periods of normal mood in between. If your relative has also had major depressive episodes, and also has periods of normal mood, then they very likely have bipolar disorder. A person usually has to have had BOTH a manic and depressed episode to be diagnosed with bipolar I disorder.
So if their personality is always “cracked out” even when they aren’t high, it’s hard to say. They need, first off, to stop smoking crack. Have they ever been to rehab? Has your family ever attempted an intervention? If worst comes to worst, call the cops and tell them that this person has crack cocaine in their house. The police will arrest them, and they will likely be sentenced to jail time AND 30 days in a rehabilitation facility. This seems like a cold thing to do, but if it means the difference between dying on crack or possibly getting clean, I think it’s worth it.
Once the person is off drugs, they need to be evaluated by a mental health professional, a psychiatrist or psychologist. That person can tell if they have a truly abnormal mood disorder, or if it was just the drugs making them behave strangely.
Good luck. I also have a relative who struggles with crack addiction, so I know just how hard it is to watch them live like that.
Edit: Gardensallday has a good point, check the laws in your area. In my state (Florida) it’s on a case by case basis. First-time offenders might not receive any jail sentence, only 30-90 days in rehab, while repeat offenders can receive jail sentences.
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Magic mushrooms!!! plz answer! Drugs!!!?
Question by I<3JB: Magic mushrooms!!! plz answer! Drugs!!!?
I am researching magic mushrooms!! if you know this info plz tell me! best answer wins!
How is the drug used?
How is the drug abused?
What are the consiquensces of choosing this drug (Addiction issues)
How can a person quit doing this drug?
Statistics on users of this drug, Race, socieconomic class, gender, age
Best answer:
Answer by Blake
1. I’m not sure if you mean besides the psychedelic aspect or not. Either way, people ingest magic mushrooms to be more in tune with their inner spirit and mother earth. It is a very spiritual thing that shouldn’t be abused. It is not a recreational drug at all. It takes away in filters that your mind has so you are seeing everything as it truly is for the first time rather than what your mind has trained you to perceive it as. Basically, they are for spiritual purposes, but there are plenty of kids and people just looking to get ^HIGH^ that will abuse them and not get much more out of the experience besides some giggling and some “pretty colors.” Do not take them lightly.
2. The drug is abused by People growing them and eating large amounts of this drug to stay “High”
3. When taking this drug you make feel light headed and see strange colors and shapes. One of the good things is also a bad thing which is that you may also think positive about just about everything and think that what ever you may do will lead to something good, but some people have died because of this.
4. A person can quit by getting consoling, going to do community things to keep their mind off drugs and the use of them, have a healthy diet because people that are healthy usually end up staying that way because they feel really good about themselves. When you feel depressed and things of that nature then you turn towards these things, such as the use of drugs and alcohol because they are depressants.
5. There really isn’t any statistics on this drug because any one who is anything that I said before may turn towards the use of drugs.
Answer by HotDiggity!
go on talktofrank.com
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Answer by Keely H
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Question by mwwaldrop: suboxone-then what?
Greetings
I currently have what I consider to be a major opiate
addiction. I take 10-15 lortab 10s per day every day.
This has been a problem for quite a while now. I
stopped once for about 6 months, but had to have
dental work which caused me to relapse. There is no
possibility of me doing a rehab stint of any kind as
my job will not allow it. I have lost all interest in
any hobbies I have and now take them simply to be able
to get up in the morning and be functional.
What are my chances with suboxone? I
have researched this and am curious as to whether this
will help me stop before I end up killing myself. I’m
looking at this (suboxone)option as a “means to the end” of my abuse. I am 43 yrs old and feel certain that along
with the addiction, am going through some type of
midlife crisis as well. I don’t have the guts to
actually commit suicide but as the number amount I take increases, so does the chance of me doing the deed.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated
Best answer:
Answer by Bob
First, if you are thinking of suicide – really thinking of it, don’t worry about the job and them “letting” you do rehab.
You can speak to your doctor and tell him/her exactly what you just told us. They will find a way to help you without you necessarily having to go through formal rehab.
Good luck!
Answer by Straight Cat
Well, I feel that if you really want to get off the pain meds then do what a doctor would do for you. Slowly ween yourself from them. You are right, you will kill yourself if you continue.. It is strange how this pill that will give you energy will give someone else a head in the plate, actually knock them out.
You are dealing with something very strong and powerful and I pray for you to get off these pills that are killing so many people. It is good that you have opened up and are talking about it.
Good luck
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