Briana Mack Dr. M. Okulate Biology 112 Honors 04 April 2014 Drug Addiction and the Effects on the Brain The prevalence of drug addiction in America has been an epidemic in the past fifty years because of the violence and tragedy of events where drug use was the catalyst. Cocaine‚ Methamphetamine‚ Ecstasy‚ Amphetamine‚ Heroin‚ LSD and many more abused drugs have destroyed many lives and families from constant abuse of the substances that emasculate the body with every dose. Even though the United
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Urine drug screening Factors affecting a valid specimen Urine creatinine concentration is assayed to detect diluted specimens. This can be caused by surreptitious addition of tap water or excessive fluid intake before the collection. A urine creatinine level < 1.76 mmol/L indicates a dilute specimen. A repeat specimen should be considered. The temperature of the specimen indicates if it is freshly passed. If the specimen is fresh‚ the temperature should fall in the range of 33–38°C. If
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Drug Screening Teachers Prepared for: The Board of Education Abstract Currently‚ new hire teachers are not drug tested. This policy needs to be changed because teachers highly impact the students they come in contact with. This paper is a proposal written in APA format in order to persuade the Board of Education to change the drug screening policy for new hires in local the school system. In order to be eligible to earn a Tennessee teacher certification
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Prescription drugs and the effects of overdose In the United States a life is changed every fourteen minutes due to prescription drugs. Overdose from prescription drugs is becoming an really dangerous epidemic. Prescription drugs are becoming more dangerous than illegal drugs. Oxy-cotin‚ Vicoden‚ Xanax and soma are common names for really addictive prescription drugs. Teenagers take the drugs to get high‚ while adults take the drugs for bum knees‚ and sprained backs. No one plans on getting addicted;
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Current Topics in Health 26 November 2012 Drug Addiction a Disease? Drug addiction‚ a new major phenomenon in our society today. The dependence‚ compulsive craving of a drug which becomes priority over all other issues in one’s life. We recognize that this issue of drugs and addiction is a growing problem now affecting most in this world. The physical characteristics of addiction would trembling‚ sweating‚ loss of appetite‚ and seizures. Psychological characteristics are harder
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Drugs in the Music Industry The Music World-glamorous‚ fast paced‚ and a world most of us will never be part of. But if we knew what it entailed‚ would we still want to be? The whole world seems to be building itself around drugs more and more every day‚ and music industry isn ’t immune. In fact‚ music is one of the most influential art forms of today ’s society‚ and drugs‚ especially to today ’s youth‚ just add to the attractiveness of it all. In the last two or three years‚ drugs‚ especially
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Psychology Psychoactive Drugs and their Effects Medications that effect people psychologically are called psychoactive drugs. They are often helpful in treating depression‚ anxiety‚ insomnia‚ and other psychological complications. Psychoactive drugs don’t affect the underlying causes of these disorders‚ but they can provide symptomatic relief to allow people to live more normal lives. Anxiety can be defined as persistent nervousness‚ tension‚ or panic caused by stress or other psychological
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The Legalization of drugs is not something I would agree with in my lifetime‚ nor do I believe it would cut down on crime. Drugs are illegal for good reason‚ they are hazardous to the health of the user‚ but abnormal behavior and financial need to support their drug habit are both major contributors of crime by drug users. For example‚ large amounts of cocaine can lead to erratic and possibly violent behavior which can lead to criminal behavior. Stealing either money or items to sell for financial
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Drug Addiction is a Disease Sabrina Hinds Axia College of University of Phoenix Drug Addiction is a Disease Drug addiction is a disease because addictive personalities do not have control over their addictions. To prove this claim‚ the reader will learn about how addictive personalities become addicted; how dopamine contributes to the addict’s addiction; how society treats addictive personalities; and how drug-addiction is a mental illness just like any other mental illness. This paper
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War on Drugs Week One Assignment CJA 234 [Type the author name] 10/4/2011 Prison and the War on Drugs. The war on drugs has been implemented for more than 30 years. Currently‚ there are close to a half million persons imprisoned on drug charges in this country. That is a tenfold increase over the 50‚000 in 1980. (jrank.org‚ 2011) In the past few years‚ close to $40 billion has been spent annually fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the drastic increase in drug-related
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