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    This document is a reflection paper from a student on their Life, Society, and Drugs course. The student discusses three main impacts of the course. First, they learned about the various effects of different drugs on the body as well as reasons for drug use in different parts of the world. Second, the course impacted their desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle and avoid drug use and addiction. Third, the knowledge gained will help in their future career as a psychologist working with teenagers, by providing understanding of drug impacts and medications.

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    This document is a reflection paper from a student on their Life, Society, and Drugs course. The student discusses three main impacts of the course. First, they learned about the various effects of different drugs on the body as well as reasons for drug use in different parts of the world. Second, the course impacted their desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle and avoid drug use and addiction. Third, the knowledge gained will help in their future career as a psychologist working with teenagers, by providing understanding of drug impacts and medications.

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    This document is a reflection paper from a student on their Life, Society, and Drugs course. The student discusses three main impacts of the course. First, they learned about the various effects of different drugs on the body as well as reasons for drug use in different parts of the world. Second, the course impacted their desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle and avoid drug use and addiction. Third, the knowledge gained will help in their future career as a psychologist working with teenagers, by providing understanding of drug impacts and medications.

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    Kimberly Ponce Gonzalez

    Professor West

    HLTH 1050

    30 April 2020

    Reflection Paper

    Life, Society, and Drugs. As soon as I read that name for the course I had already wanted

    to take it. I read the little description of what the course was going to be about and I was even

    more enamored because it was a class about drugs on the international side of things. I decided I

    was going to take it and I don’t regret that I did. I learned a lot from this course and a lot of it I

    can use throughout my life as well since we do deal with drugs in our reality.

    Throughout each module I had noticed that many drugs can have many similarities in

    either the effects or what it can look like or etc. And each drug also has many differences. I

    hadn’t known much about drugs in general because I haven’t done any and I wasn’t really

    surrounded by it other than alcohol and tobacco so learning about each of the different drugs was

    interesting. I learned about the many effects different drugs can have on your body. For example,

    when I refer back to my research paper, I learned about the different forms of marijuana use

    more in depth and more on the reasons why people use it as well. Marijuana is one of the most

    common drugs and it doesn’t have much of a negative impact like other drugs do such as cocaine

    or methamphetamine but it can most likely go to that extent if someone had tried. It was also

    interesting to learn how in different parts of the world they use different drugs and for
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    contrasting or similar reasons. It’s also interesting to see if one country uses a drug for either

    medicinal purposes or recreationally more often.

    The impact of this course has definitely impacted my life and how I want it to be like in a

    healthy lifestyle. Learning about the distinct drugs and students experiences with each one of

    them can really make you think differently about a drug and it can affect your future choices as

    well. I know I will continue to not use any drugs except alcohol on the occasional holiday

    because it can be super damaging to your body. It also impacts not only your life but other lives

    around you and I don’t want that negative lifestyle of becoming an addict and going to rehab or

    doing these drugs and end up being sick and my family having to take care of me because of my

    selfish actions. Another impact this has had on my life is when I go travelling. I travel a lot and

    so whenever I go to different places I can really see how one state or country has been affected

    by a certain drug compared to another state or country that has been affected by a completely

    different drug. For example, I had recently gone to Puerto Rico and I didn’t see much drug use

    besides smoking. Compare it to Mexico, I have seen people smoke as well as drink a lot of

    alcohol. I can definitely take into factor that the climate or the types of people definitely make a

    huge impact on that.

    For the future, I would definitely take this class and the things I learned in the career I am

    pursuing. I want to become a psychologist and I haven’t really decided what part of therapy I

    wanted to do because there are multiple forms of therapy out there. One form of therapy I have

    been interested in is being with teenagers and young adults. Seeing how drugs can impact

    teenagers and young adults has been surprising to me and I know that if I go into that certain part

    of the field I may encounter someone struggling for help in drugs. I also know that being a
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    psychologist I would have to send someone to be prescribed with certain medication sometimes

    like to help them get better sleep or whatever it is. Learning about the opiates section has really

    helped me understand prescriptions more and I am glad that this will help me further understand

    bit by bit of my career even if it’s a little itty bitty baby step.

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