Justin Throughout the years modern culture has glamourized drug usage through popular culture such as music artist‚ videos‚ and celebrities. The media usually targets teenage to young adult because they are yet at an impressionable age. According to US Health and Human Services Department studies show by the twelfth grade‚ about half of adolescents have abused an illicit drug at least once. The most commonly used drug is marijuana but adolescents can find many abused substances‚ such as prescription
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Illicit drugs is another name for Illegal or forbidden drugs. Having any type of Illicit Drug in your possession is illegal and if you are caught selling‚ buying‚ using or owning drugs‚ you most likely will go to jail. There are three main categories that these drugs fall under; Stimulant‚ Depressant and Hallucinogens. Some drugs can be a mix of any of these categories because they produce different effects for everybody. --------------- Stimulant Drugs make you feel more alert and awake. They
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Should hospitals test pregnant women for drug use without their consent? Hospitals‚ during their normal course of treatment should test pregnant women for drugs of any type‚ whether legal or not. Of course‚ the patient should be informed of such testing‚ but consent should not be required. Findings of illegal drugs should be used to educate and treat the mother for an addiction rather than informing law enforcement of such an activity. Hospitals are in the business of treating people’s ailments
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his or her welfare. Now‚ should drug use by pregnant women be considered child abuse? Babies should be born healthy‚ not have the risk of dying. But‚ when women are scared to seek prenatal care‚ abortions are not considered child abuse‚ and pregnant women have to smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons‚ might change your mind. Paul A. Logli‚ an Illinois prosecuting attorney‚ argues that it is the government’s duty to enforce children’s rights to begin with a healthy‚ drug-free minded‚ and healthy
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“SHOULD A PREGNANT WOMAN BE PUNISHED FOR EXPOSING HER FETUS TO RISK?” TAMEA SPURLIN HEALTH RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY (HS542) JANURARY 23‚ 2011 PROFESSOR GOMILLION In my opinion‚ pregnant women should be punished for partaking in legal behaviors such as taking fertility medication‚ smoking‚ and drinking‚ all of which can cause harm to the fetus. I think a woman should subordinate her right to control her life when she decides to become
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Illicit Drug Use in Pregnancy COM 220 August 1st‚ 2010 Illicit Drug Use in Pregnancy Studies in 2008 have shown that the amount of babies born to drug addicted mothers has almost doubled since 2003. Pregnant mothers have been using drugs during pregnancy for thousands of years without knowing the effects they can have on their unborn baby. Even though some people claim that illicit drugs used by pregnant mothers cause no harm to the fetus‚ there have been studies that show otherwise. Cocaine
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Should drug abuse by pregnant women be considered child abuse? What is drug abuse? Drug abuse is a pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependant‚ mean using a drug that is not prescribed to you. Abuse of drugs or alcohol by parents and other caregivers can have negative effects on the health‚ safety‚ and well-being of children. People tend to try drugs once and then again and that’s how they become addicted. People that are strained out on drugs usually need a lot of help. The
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Licit and illicit drug use in 20 years By jacob Wheeler Abstract I am writhing a paper on my opinion of what licit and illicit drug use might look like in twenty years. It is in my opinion that licit drug use will advance with technology and science. Thought the history of drugs as science and technology advanced so did the quality of our drugs. Not only is there more drugs now a days but the way we use them is quite different than before. We have improved both the genetic structure of
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Illicit Drug Use During Pregnancy Nicole Sanchez Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy Drug exploitation in pregnancy is an elaborate public health problem with conceivably serious conflicting effects for the mother‚ the fetus and spreading to the developing child. When a mother becomes pregnant‚ it is important to her baby’s health that she has a healthy lifestyle. This includes eating plenty of nourishing foods‚ getting a decent amount of rest and exercising normally. For
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will hear about drugs‚ especially so-called illicit drugs. What are illicit drugs? According to Webster’s dictionary illicit drugs is defined as not permitted‚ unlawful (1997: 369). These illicit drugs then do not include things like alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ or prescribed medicines. But these types of drugs can also cause just as many problems as so called illicit drugs. How do sociologist look at this subject and what are we doing in our communities to help people using illicit drugs? In the United
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