into the black market and are sold illegally‚ often to young people. Some observers‚ including the head of a congressional crime committee that spent two years probing the problem of illegal drug trafficking‚’ believe that the drug manufacturers cannot be blamed if their products are put to illegitimate use. Do drug manufacturers have any moral responsibility to ensure that their products are not put to such use? In this paper I am going to discuss the six different ethical theories‚ including utilitarianism
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Not only are drugs illegal and harmful to the human body‚ they also distracts student’s focus on both their classes and their studies. High school is a time when students are to prepare for the real world‚ mature‚ and gain knowledge. Although‚ with the influence of drugs‚ becoming a successful‚ independent adult is very difficult. To help students‚ high schools throughout the United States should implement legal random drug tests for their students to reduce the risk of drug use‚ improve academics
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and it isn’t fair. Performance enhancing drugs shouldn’t be used in sports. Performance enhancing drugs are illegal in pro leagues and college. They also shouldn’t be used because they have severe health risks‚ and it’s better for your body to grow naturally. Performance enhancing drugs are used all the time in the sports. But of all the sports‚ baseball has the most issues with performance enhancing drugs. Pro baseball leagues have found out that these drugs are mostly coming from Latin countries
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shouldn’t use drugs. I believe that drugs ruin your body‚ mind ‚ and life. Drugs affect your body in many different ways such as brain damage ‚ heart problems‚ kidney failure‚ liver problems and the list goes on and on. First of all Drugs are against the law and until the law is changed‚ anything to do with growing‚ transporting and selling of drugs is illegal. So unless you want to spend some time behind bars i suggest you think twice before trying any drug. The most common drug that is used
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The issue of mandatory drug testing for certain jobs is perplexing and a complicated topic. After hearing both sides of the debate presented in class‚ I feel that drug testing for certain jobs is a beneficial aspect to incorporate into the workplace. I feel this way due to the potential that testing for drugs in certain jobs such as healthcare‚ government officials‚ law enforcement and other occupations that involve decisions that can directly impact the lives of others‚ has on removing harmful individuals
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students that are liable to be drug tested. Random drug screenings to students that are in grades 9-12‚ participate in extracurricular activities‚ or those who drive to and from school is an invasion of privacy and therefore should only be limited to drug screenings if reasonable suspicions are raised. Students that participate in clubs‚ school sports teams‚ organizations‚ music groups‚ and academic competitions are placed into a pool of students that a liable to be drug tested at random. This method
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RELIGIOSITY‚ PEERS‚ AND ADOLESCENT DRUG USE Stephen J Bahr; John P Hoffmann Journal of Drug Issues; Summer 2008; 38‚ 3; Health Module pg. 743 In this paper‚ the writers examined the relationship between religiously‚ peer drug use‚ and adolescent drug use among 4‚ 983 Utah adolescents and the 13‚ 534 respondents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Heath). Adolescents who were religious were less likely to smoke‚ drink heavily‚ and use marijuana than adolescents who
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of 5-panel drug test kits at workplace Drug abuse has become the primary concern at workplace as a vast majority of drug abusers are used in America According to National Study on Drug Use and Wellness (NSDUH)‚ 2009 report‚ among the total 19.3 thousand current illegal medication users older 18 or older‚ around 67 % (12.9 million) were applied either full or part-time. Common drug of abuse Millions of people in the US are destroying some kind of illegal drug. Some of the typical drug of misuse are:
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prevention. Well‚ the government could provide more information about drug abuse through advertising‚ and they could also enforcing laws to minimise the problem of drug abuse. First of all‚ for advertising‚ the government could provide the information about drug abuse through advertising on TV and social networking website e.g. Facebook‚ twitter etc. For the contents of advertising‚ the government could include the bad influences of taking drug e.g. mental problems‚ family problems and criminal problems.
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Drugs have been a problem in our society for years. They have been used and abused by many groups‚ including amateur and professional athletes. Drugs are also used for recreational use not just for performance enhancement. Society is directly influenced by the usage of drugs in sport. A study in 2002 showed that "An estimated 3 million people aged 15 or older reported that they used marijuana or hashish at least once in the year before the survey" This shows that 12.2% of all Canadians either have
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