Antoaneta Stefanova October 5th‚ 2012 DRUG TOURISM Unconventional Tourism Homework Definition: Drug tourism is defined as travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction. It also includes travel experience that is accompanied by the consumption of said substances. Specification: This type of tourism includes crossing a national border to obtain drugs over the counter that are not sold in one’s own country‚ or traveling
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Drug abuse has an effect on all aspects of life; overall health and wellness‚ family life‚ and the community. With there being so many different kinds of drugs the effects are endless. The effect of drug abuse does not discriminate or focus on any one person. Drug abuse can be found in any area of the world and the overall effects can be devastating to anyone involved. A person’s choice to use any kind of illegal drug or abusing prescribed medicines can have a damaging impact on their overall health
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social 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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Drugs are chemical substances that alter behaviour‚ mood‚ perception‚ or mental functioning. The general perception by most people is that a drug is a bad substance and should not be used. This is true; but drugs are still used by millions of people. Many governments use millions of money in countering the growth‚ processing and distribution of drugs. However this seems to be a losing battle. For us to be able to control how drugs are used in society the best thing is to legalize drugs and by doing
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Since the establishment of the laws concerning the illegal drug trade‚ the entities involved at the Federal level have been involved in a multi-national effort to curb the importation‚ as well as exportation of illegal drugs. Enforcement actions have caused alarm at many levels‚ because of the number of policy driven incarcerations (mandatory sentences)‚ even for those who are involved in mere possession of limited amounts. Critics have long been heard calling for an end to criminalization of use
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Crude drug A crude drug is any naturally occurring‚ unrefined substance derived from organic or inorganic sources such as plant‚ animal‚ bacteria‚ organs or whole organisms intended for use in the diagnosis‚ cure‚ mitigation‚ treatment‚ or prevention of disease in man or other animals. Crude drugs are unrefined medications in their raw or natural forms. Prior to the 1950s‚ every pharmacy student learned about crude drugs in pharmacognosy class. Pharmacognosy is the study of the proper horticulture
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gives you an unnatural advantage against your opponent. Drugs or blood transfusions can provide a 5 or 10 percent advantage (Thomas Murray‚ Hasting report). Doping up your body and eliminating the concept of fair play is different from exceeding to your best abilities natural and being competitive. When participating in sports‚ it builds character to be determined‚ honest‚ and cooperative‚ but when an athlete pumps illegal performance enhancing drugs into their system it shows true character on what they
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Drug addiction‚ in recent decades‚ has become a matter of concern for every individual‚ community and nation. Mankind no doubt has been using and abusing drugs right from the very beginning‚ but in the present century drug addiction has emerged as a cancer and has brought within its fold almost all the segments of society. The technological revolution has brought about sweeping changes throughout the world and has reduced the entire world to a global village. Knowledge explosion and technological
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specifically in the means of drugs. As a former judge‚ Gray has insight into exactly how many people are incarcerated due to the mental disease of drug addiction‚ and how criminalizing their use does everything but aid our citizens. As the current USA’s drug policy has only worsened the problem since 1970‚ he suggests to create a new policy with ten major goals in mind‚ focusing on decreasing the harm illicit substances have on our population as well as the harm drug money has on the world. There
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Drug Trafficking Drug Trafficking In The United States English Composition 2 Instructor May 7‚ 2012 I have been a police officer for close to 14 years. During this time I have been exposed to many situations and experiences regarding drug trafficking. I have witnessed the damage this epidemic has/does to a community. These first hand accounts of drug trafficking have left me compelled to write a paper
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