Assessment Description

Create an outline for the final paper that follows standard outline formatting standards. Be sure to include the following in your outline to ensure the final paper addresses all required content:

1. Brief history of the drug
2. Psychopharmacology of the drug
3. Current trends or issues 
4. Societal concerns or issues related to the topic
5. Significance or relevance of topic to the counseling profession
6. Any future implications

Topic:The History of the Increase in Opiate Addiction

This assignment meets the following NASAC Standards:

3) Describe the behavioral, psychological, physical health, and social effects of psychoactive drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, on the consumer and significant others.

14) Be familiar with medical and pharmaceutical resources in the treatment of addictive disease and other substance-related disorders.

16) Recognize that crisis may indicate an underlying substance abuse problem, and may represent a window of opportunity for change.

20) Understand the addiction professional’s obligation to adhere to generally accepted ethical and behavioral standards of conduct in the helping relationship.

103) Describe warning signs, symptoms, and the course of addictions.