Answer the following question. To support your answers, use examples from your own experience and references to texts you have read.
Three high school students are being evaluated by health care providers at a drug rehabilitation clinic for adolescents. Hector, a 15- year-old boy, appears agitated and restless. He tells his health care provider that he is having muscle spasms. Upon examination, the care provider notes that Hector has a rapid heart rate and a dangerously high blood pressure. Carolyn, a 16-year-old girl, is being reassessed following a visit to the emergency room last night. According to the ER records, Carolyn was at a party with her friends when she suddenly had a seizure. Her records also document that she has an abnormal heart rate upon submission. Dante, a 14-year-old boy, was also admitted to the ER the night before. Dante's parents found him lying on the couch in a deep sleep. When they could not arouse their son, they rushed him to the hospital where he experienced a convulsion. Later that night, Dante's parents discovered medication hidden in his room that his mother had used earlier, following major surgery.
1. What type of drug do you think Hector might be using?
2. What long-term problems can this type of drug cause?
3. What drug likely caused Carolyn's seizure and abnormal heart rhythm?
4. How do users obtain the most drastic "high" using this drug?
5. What drug might have caused Dante's symptoms?
6. Do you think the drug Dante used is legal or illegal, or does it depend on the circumstances? Explain your answer.
Answer the following question. To support your answers, use examples from your own experience and references to texts you have read.
Three high school students are being evaluated by health care providers at a drug rehabilitation clinic for adolescents. Hector, a 15- year-old boy, appears agitated and restless. He tells his health care provider that he is having muscle spasms. Upon examination, the care provider notes that Hector has a rapid heart rate and a dangerously high blood pressure. Carolyn, a 16-year-old girl, is being reassessed following a visit to the emergency room last night. According to the ER records, Carolyn was at a party with her friends when she suddenly had a seizure. Her records also document that she has an abnormal heart rate upon submission. Dante, a 14-year-old boy, was also admitted to the ER the night before. Dante's parents found him lying on the couch in a deep sleep. When they could not arouse their son, they rushed him to the hospital where he experienced a convulsion. Later that night, Dante's parents discovered medication hidden in his room that his mother had used earlier, following major surgery.
1. What type of drug do you think Hector might be using?
2. What long-term problems can this type of drug cause?
3. What drug likely caused Carolyn's seizure and abnormal heart rhythm?
4. How do users obtain the most drastic "high" using this drug?
5. What drug might have caused Dante's symptoms?
6. Do you think the drug Dante used is legal or illegal, or does it depend on the circumstances? Explain your answer.
