Yapp Ms. Jones English 3A 6 December 2013 Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse is common in all societies. Families and communities are becoming less happy‚ suffering from serious injuries due to drug abuse‚ or torn apart by death. Around the world and throughout time‚ drug abuse has shown to be common among families. Abuse of any kind takes over everything in the abusers life. Drugs and alcohol abuse can affect a person’s capability to keep a job. Drugs and alcohol not only affects the person itself
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Effects of Drug Abuse Effects of Drug Abuse COM/156 February 9‚ 2014 Amanda Yates Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse is a growing issue all over the world‚ and while the concentration on drug awareness has dramatically increased over the years‚ the number of families effected by drug use continues to rise at an alarming rate. Drugs are defined as “: a substance that is used as a medicine: an illegal and often harmful substance (such as heroin‚ cocaine
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Australia is a drug-using society. The most common drugs used are alcohol‚ coffee‚ nicotine and various medications. Less commonly used are illegal drugs such as cannabis (marijuana)‚ ecstasy‚ heroin and amphetamines (speed). What is a drug? A drug is any substance‚ solid‚ liquid or gas‚ that brings about physical and/or psychological changes. The drugs of most concern in the community are those that affect the central nervous system. They act on the brain and can change the way a person thinks
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Effects of Drug Abuse People who use drugs experience a wide array of physical effects other than those expected. The excitement of a cocaine effect‚ for instance‚ is followed by a "crash" : a period of anxiety‚ fatigue‚ depression‚ and an strong desire to use more cocaine to alleviate the feelings of the crash. Marijuana and alcohol interfere with motor control and are factors in many automobile accidents. Users of marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs may experience flashbacks‚ unwanted recurrences
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Topic 1 In drug-related prosecutions‚ the State bears the burden not only of proving the elements of the offenses of sale and possession of shabu under Republic Act No. 9165‚ but also of proving the corpus delicti‚ the body of the crime. “Corpus delicti has been defined as the body or substance of the crime and‚ in its primary sense‚ refers to the fact that a crime has been actually committed. As applied to a particular offense‚ it means the actual commission by someone of the particular crime
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The Effects of Drug Abuse How many times has a person heard about the consequences of drug abuse? Have people ever really taken those consequences into account? Drug abuse is one of the major problems in our society. The causes of drug abuse are really unknown‚ but the effects of this epidemic are very serious. Many people get used to taking pills or like the way that illegal drugs make them feel. They can easily get addicted and abuse those drugs; that is the problem. The purpose of this essay
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Causes And Effects Of Drugs Drug abuse is a very common problem in most countries‚ so it seems like a list of a topic could be heard everywhere. Of course‚ drug abuse on our bodies to cause some harm. The following are the side effects of some commonly abused drug name and on our bodies. First of all‚ heroin is an opiate processed directly from the extracts of the opium poppy. It was originally created to help cure people of addiction to morphine. Upon crossing the blood-brain barrier‚ which
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illegal drugs that are being abused by our society today. Drugs such as marijuana‚ meth‚ and the abuse of prescription medications are on the rise. It is important for everyone to raise their level of awareness in order to reduce the risk of drug abuse or to help someone they care for who is already suffering from drug abuse or addiction. Illegal drugs come in different shapes‚ sizes‚ and types. Each particular drug produces unique effects on the user; this is why you may have heard the term “drug of
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The Cause & Effect of Drugs If drugs are bad then why do people choose to do them? There are several reasons to why people begin to use and eventually get hooked on drugs. Some people just want to experiment and see for themselves how drugs make their mind and body feel. Others get hooked on due to problems they have that make them stress and even depressed. There are many more reasons to how people begin to use drugs. One thing is certain‚ drugs are not beneficial and therefore should not
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Effects of Selected Drugs During anesthesia‚ there is a great amount of drugs used to suppress the pain that would occur to the body. There are some common drugs that are used. Alcohol‚ Aspirin‚ Lidocaine‚ Morphine‚ and Succinylcholine are all used during anesthesia. Each is used to interrupt the pain signals during surgeries. Without these medications‚ the body would not be able to withstand such trauma occurring to perform the procedure fully. For many years‚ men and women have used the
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