REPORT ON ILLEGAL DRUGS History The illegal drugs problem in the country is real and pervasive. It is undermining the moral fabric of our society and is victimizing almost everyone‚ including even young children in the grade schools. It has become a threat to national security. The national drug strategy which is primarily focused on "demand and supply reduction" appears to be working ineffectively. On the contrary‚ the demand for illegal drugs continues
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-Introduction page 1 -Difference between legal and illegal drugs page 2 -Century’s most popular drugs used by teenagers page2 -Level and age of people use such drugs relative to their gender page 3 -The countries that supply such drugs page 3 -Effects of drugs on the health of users and society page4 -Solutions
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Illegal Drug Use During the Vietnam War‚ American soldiers and officials used illegal drugs such as marijuana‚ heroin and opium to release stress from war and to kill the pain of an injury. The uses of narcotics were not strictly monitored and were sold at low prices increasing the amount of usage. The use of illicit drugs may have also resulted in some sexual assaults that led to children with mixed nationalities. Before the Americans came into Vietnam‚ drug laws were not well determined and people
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ILLEGAL DRUGS are drugs which have controls on them by a government and are illegal in certain situations (a person is not allowed to have them). A drug is any chemical designed to affect the human body. A psychoactive drug is a drug that affects the brain. Some controlled drugs are allowed if you have permission from a doctor. Other drugs are illegal - meaning you are never allowed to have them. Individual countries and places have different laws about different drugs‚ and there are also international
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Heroin Originally created to help cure people of addiction to morphine Common method of use: Intravenous injection Effects on Pregnancy & Prenatal Development: Low birth weight which can result in: language and other learning disabilities‚ behavior problems‚etc Poor fetal growth Premature delivery Still birth Premature rupture of membrane- bags of water that holds the fetus break too soon Born addicted to heroin which leads into being treated for withdrawal symptoms which include:
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little while. My Community has used my optimism in a beneficial manner. This is shown through my ambition to teach others‚ the optimism I have for dramatic arts‚ and through dedication to an annual school fundraiser that raises money for the Rwanda Foundation. Since first entering the educational system‚ I was inspired by this institution to learn‚ grow‚ and eventually teach others who need it most. My optimism for education‚ and volunteering to tutor‚ benefits those of my community. By tutoring
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Impact of Illegal Drug use Among Teens Sandra Rocker ENG 122 Instructor Tamara Dorris January 24‚ 2011 Reducing Drug Trafficking in the United States Impact of Illegal Drug use Among Teens For over one hundred years‚ the United States has been dealing with the use and abuse of illegal drugs. The federal government has spent billions of dollars since 1906 trying to stop the production‚ distribution‚ possession and use of drugs. The war on drugs has been long and costly with
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The Effects of Drug Use on the Adolescent Brain In the past fifteen years‚ school districts across the United States have raised awareness of the harmful effects of drug use on the human body‚ on adolescents in particular. How do drugs damage a teenager’s brain? The function of neurotransmitters in the teenage brain is often targeted and altered by psychoactive substances. The interference of neurotransmitters can directly damage the fragile developing neural connections‚ and the use of these
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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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Protective and risk factors behaviours of young people related to drug use. My health issue is drug use. Young teenagers goes through the phase of adolescence when they have to start making decisions relating to themselves and their health too. Sometimes this procedure of making decisions can be hard for them as there are protective and risk behaviours associated with it which they might or might not be aware of it and ignore it as most of the people do. Protective behaviours are those
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