Different drug uses in colleges College is a great place for students to build a solid foundation for their futures. College is a place where students finally get a little more freedom‚ responsibility and a chance to mature. All of these great things during the whole “college experience” but drug abuse has always been a big issue in college campus’s nationwide. The abuse of drugs seems to get worse every year. Drug abuse among Students is a big issue for so many different reasons. Students will
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DRUGS A drug is a chemical substance taken into the body that modifies or affects chemical reactions in the body. Generally‚ drugs are developed for medical use. Without drugs‚ people would live much shorter lives or suffer greater pain. All drugs are dangerous when misused. ANTIBIOTICS [pic] What are Antibiotics? a chemical substance ‚ produced by a microorganism (bacterium or fungus) which will inhibit the growth or replication of other microorganisms. • Effective
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BAD EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION Drug is a kind of stimulant. It is extracted from the papaver‚ a kind of tree living in lands that are very high from the sea surface. Drug can exist in many type such as liquid‚ powder or tablet. It can be taken into a person’s body by breathing‚ smoking or injecting. In medical field‚ drug is very useful in reducing hurt. But it can only be used following doctor’s instruction because it is very easy to be addicted. Drug addiction has become serious problem all
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Loubna Idrissi August 24‚ 2012 Drug Recovery Addiction is the uncontrollable habit of using drugs‚ alcohol‚ and gambling and sometimes even behaviors such as eating or exercising. (http://addictions.about.com/od/howaddictionhappens/a/defaddiction.htm). Many people become addicts to help them heal or numb the pain that might have been caused by either mental or physical abuse‚ unemployment‚ family or relationship problems‚ and many more. Throughout this essay I will be talking about the
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The problem of alcohol and drug abuse is of high importance nowadays. It is especially acute among young people and this fact horrifies most of all. Today the statistics shows deplorable numbers of young people‚ drinking and taking drugs. What is more terrible is that more and more young people start drinking and taking drugs. It is high time to stop this epidemic if our society does not want to loose its future. Alcohol abuse is itself very harmful for a human organism‚ especially for a young
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Criminology 101 – The war on drugs. Enforcing drug laws * drug dealers richer * increased drug related violence * corrupted law enforcement * dissuaded drug abusers from seeking medical help. Verses “ to legalize illicit drugs‚ stop arresting drug users and focus entirely on treatment”. * unrealistic thus Goode argues “ the optimal strategy is a program focused largely on…reducing the damage that both drug abuse and the war on drugs illicit on users and society
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Unit 1 Short Paper Psychoactive Drugs I believe was designed to be used for medical purposes‚ which I also fee that people who use them are in danger of harming their body and mind. According to news briefs People like Michael Jackson and Jerald Levert also others known people have abused drugs for what reason I can only guess for depression or the stress of being celebrity. Whatever the reasons were they are no longer living due to the drug abuse‚ so I can only imagine the people who are
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L. Casler The War on Drugs University of Southern California Introduction Nearly half a century has passed since Richard Nixon officially declared a War on Drugs. Several theories exist regarding Nixon’s motives behind the declaration. The most commonly cited theory states that the war on drugs was declared in response to the large number of soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin. Proponents argue that Nixon actually declared a War on Drugs in fear of the civil rights
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effects on substance on the user and to their families‚ friends and society. This will include the analyses social aspects of many of the key issues involved in drug abuse. First I will be looking at to psycho active drugs and how it effects. Secondly discuses the effects on behavioral‚ physical‚ psychological and social impact of drug abuse and its consequences for families‚ friends‚ health‚ education‚ crime and employment. At the end I will include a conclusion including the main important points
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Drug use is widely regarded as one of the most serious health problems in our country today. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (2002) “an estimated 13.6 million Americans were current users of illicit drugs in 1998‚ meaning they used an illicit drug at least once during the 30 days prior to the interview. This represents 6.2% of the population 12 years old and older. An estimated 1.8 million (0.8%) Americans aged 12 and older were current users of
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