issue of whether or not drugs should be legalized has been debated since drugs have been made illegal in the United States. The issue is complex and far reaching‚ having repercussions in our social‚ economic‚ and political life as well as many others areas. At the beginning of this paper I will be summarizing an essay called "Legalize Drugs Now!" by Meaghan Cussen and Walter Block‚ who support legalizing drugs. Cussen and Block believe that the current prohibition of drugs is a violation of a person’s
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Illegal drugs‚ and their outcomes There are 2 types of drugs‚ medicine and the illegal ones.T he drugs we take to improve our health is good‚ but not too much. Thats why we have doctors to tell us how many we should take in a day.The illegal drugs‚ such as weed‚ pot and many more‚ are dangeruos to our health. In this Essay ‚ I will be talking about the risk factors of illegal or prohibited drugs.‚ also the effects of it. In our society today‚a lot of people around the world take these illegal
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schedule I drug. The short term and long term effects can cause serious health conditions including brain damage‚ memory loss‚ psychotic-like behavior‚ heart damage‚ hepatitis‚ and HIV transmission‚" says Dr. Nora D. Volkow‚ director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (1) The use of methamphetamine has been proven repeatedly to be associated with irreversible damages to the brain. Even though the neurotransmitters in the brain may recover once the individual has abstained from the drug‚ the
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Drug abuse is becoming prevalence in Nigerian societies. This justifies the intensive media campaign against the menace. The commonly abused drugs are aspirin‚ cannabis‚ heroine‚ amphetamine‚ cocaine‚ indian-hemp‚ alcohol‚ tobacco etc. Social studies as a dynamic and problem solving discipline has drug education as one of the emerging areas of study. Drug education intends to expose the learners to uses‚ abuse and contraindication of drugs. Social studies being an integrated discipline which
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Drugs and Crime Midterm Shon P. Skinner Professor Judith Revels CJ432 Drugs and Crime 3 April 2011 Outline The following essay is divided into the following sections: 1. Introduction 2. Drugs Types of drugs i. Medicated ii. Hallucinogen a. Examples of drugs i. Amphetamines ii. Heroine iii. Methamphetamines 3. Anti-drug legislation i. Harm reduction as compared to Zero tolerance 4. Conclusion
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Drug Profile Paper University of Phoenix PSY/425 March 22th‚ 2012 Drug Profile Paper This paper will illustrate several aspects of how drugs affect our lives. Addiction philosophies including the psychology and physiology will be explained in an attempt to describe how drugs affect our bodies both physically and mentally. Secondly‚ different drug categories types will be covered including: stimulants‚ depressants‚ narcotics‚ hallucinogens‚ and cannabis. Each of these categories has different
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in our nation today is the use of illegal drugs. Being fought against our own citizens‚ a national effort to eliminate drug production and use has failed leaving in its wake complete chaos. Assault‚ property crime‚ murder‚ corruption and many other things are burning through society fueled by the drug war’s policies. In addition to these problems there are the initial problems that illegal drug users inflict on themselves and society; the same ones the drug war was supposed to eliminate. Prohibition
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ALCOHOL and DRUG ABUSE What is Alcohol and Drug Abuse? Derek Williams 4/9/2013 ABSTRACT This paper will discuss what alcoholism and drug abuse is‚ what the different types of drug abuse are‚ what the causes of alcoholism and drug abuse are‚ and how it is determined. It will also explain the history of‚ and what are the treatments of alcohol and drug abuse. People abuse substances such as drugs‚ alcohol‚ and tobacco for varied and complicated reasons‚ but it is clear
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There is no question that drugs and crime are related‚ however difficulty stands when trying to establish a causal connection between the two. According to Ronald Akers‚ ‘compared to the abstaining teenager‚ the drinking‚ smoking and drug taking teen is much more likely to be getting into fights‚ stealing‚ hurting other people and committing other delinquencies’ (Gottfredson and Hirschi‚ 1990). At a surface level‚ drugs and crime are linked as it is a criminal offence to possess certain substances
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the pattern that is most seen by medical professionals when it comes to compulsive users. This will only happen until the side effects and hangovers are so severe. The user will swear off the drug after crashing. Some users will even seek help from medical professionals and be prescribed medications. The second drug abuse pattern us where the user “makes peace” with the drug. They accept the suppressed serotonin by using large doses of MDMA. It ends up becoming more like methamphetamine than ecstasy
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