As I’m sure you know‚ drug abuse has been a big problem in the United States for many years. There are more and more people being taken to jail daily for having possession of illegal substances. Because so many of these people are being held in jail for such a small crime‚ people who are committing much worse crimes‚ like putting other people in danger‚ are getting away with shorter and less severe punishment. We are running out of room for the people who need to be in prison by filing them up with
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Australia is a drug-using society. The most common drugs used are alcohol‚ coffee‚ nicotine and various medications. Less commonly used are illegal drugs such as cannabis (marijuana)‚ ecstasy‚ heroin and amphetamines (speed). What is a drug? A drug is any substance‚ solid‚ liquid or gas‚ that brings about physical and/or psychological changes. The drugs of most concern in the community are those that affect the central nervous system. They act on the brain and can change the way a person thinks
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Legalization of Drugs: Against Everyone agrees that something must be done about the tremendous physical and emotional health problems that drug abuse causes. Concern about the abuse of drugs is so widespread that recent polls indicate it to be one of the most serious problems in today’s world‚ threatening the security and freedom of whole nations. Politicians‚ health experts and much of the general public feel that no issue is more important than drug abuse. America’s other pressing social
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on poverty‚ they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me. And I ain’t never did a crime I ain’t have to do.” -Tupac. The war on drugs targeted many communities particularly those of color. Throughout America‚ people of color have always been the target. In the 1980’s and 90’s the drug war increased drastically. The war on drugs was just another reason to fuck with the people of color. The United States constantly targets minorities‚ and the crisis of the drug war increased the prison population
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long-lasting effects than amphetamine‚ used illegally as an intoxicant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Methamphetamine is a drug that kills slowly‚ but surely and along the way it has many severe health complications. This drug has nearly up to eight or more slang words that are used in the street. Methamphetamine is defined as meth‚ speed‚ crank‚ zip‚ chalk‚ ice‚ crystal it is a drug classification: schedule II‚ stimulant according to (Stubenrauch‚2006). There are
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Should Drugs Be Legalized? Drugs are actually kind of brilliant products as they bring a lot of advantages to our society especially in medical area except when someone misuses them. Because of these abuses‚ certain drugs have been designated as illegal articles in lots of countries across the globe. Thus‚ we can see that in these recent decades‚ our society has involved in holy drug wars with the aim to strike against this disastrous drug abuses trend. However‚ a new phenomenon occurs when some
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The milestone drug legislation I have chosen is the “Pure Food and Drug Act” of 1906 which was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its fundamental design was to boycott remote and interstate movement in contaminated or mislabeled sustenance and medication items‚ and it coordinated the U.S. Department of Chemistry to review items and elude wrongdoers to prosecutors. It required
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Huemer: “America’s Unjust Drug War” In the essay “America’s Unjust Drug War” by Michael Huemer‚ Huemer discusses the facts and opinions around the subject on whether or not the recreational use of drugs should be banned by law. Huemer believes that the American government should not prohibit the use of drugs. He brings up the point on drugs and how they harm the users and the people in the user’s life; he proves that the prohibition on drugs in unjust. Huemer believes that drug prohibition is an injustice
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The Effects of Drug Abuse How many times has a person heard about the consequences of drug abuse? Have people ever really taken those consequences into account? Drug abuse is one of the major problems in our society. The causes of drug abuse are really unknown‚ but the effects of this epidemic are very serious. Many people get used to taking pills or like the way that illegal drugs make them feel. They can easily get addicted and abuse those drugs; that is the problem. The purpose of this essay
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Every four out of five workplaces in the United States since 2006 now require you to take a pre-employment drug test . All employers should be able to give their employees a drug test randomly. But‚ the question is should employers be allowed to do random drug testing and that’s a big yes from eighty-four percent of all employers. There are many reasons why the employer should drug test at the workplace like to make the workplace a safer environment‚ also to maintain productivity and attendance
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