Abstract : purpose of this paper is to inform my classmates the rate of substance abuse for Iranian high school students. High school students who are either experienced being prison or awaiting a trial for a crime that they made‚ either with HIV or without it.This research has been done by me‚ Dr. Arash and Kamiar Alaei 5 years ago in Iran. Dr. Kamiar Alaei spent over 3 years in prison and his brother Dr. Arash is still in prison for their phenomenon research on AIDS in Iran. I will discuss about
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Cultivating a Solution for the Youth of America Prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic across the United States‚ destroying and affecting many lives of young Americans. Why do so many people abuse prescription drugs? Many think that prescription drugs are safer and less addictive than “street drugs.” After all‚ these are drugs that moms‚ dads‚ and even kid brothers and sisters use. The dangers are not easily seen‚ but the future of America’s youth will soon be in severe danger if the
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A solution to the war on drugs Name: Institution: Date: Abstract The War on Drugs is extensively regarded as a requirement in the present society that has been laden with the burden of drug abuse‚ addiction‚ rehabilitation and increased crime rates due to drug abuse. War on Drugs has remained a deep rooted contentious campaign that has been debated over and over for several years in the search of a liable solution that can solve the problem permanently. The war on drugs affects every citizen
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McKesson Pharmaceuticals “Combat Against Drugs” McKesson Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical drug distribution company that strives to improve the image of the past scandals that affect the reputation of the company and interactions with future clients. The company hopes to enlighten the issue of drug abuse and drug overdose over addictive prescription drugs – which are commonly pain relief medication. A few of the most abused prescription medication includes methadone‚ Vicodin‚ and hydrocodone
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The term drug abuse most often refers to the use of a drug with such frequency that it causes physical or mental harm to the user or impairs social functioning. Although the term seems to imply that users abuse the drugs they take‚ in fact‚ it is themselves or others they abuse by using drugs. Traditionally‚ the term drug abuse referred to the use of any drug prohibited by law‚ regardless of whether it was actually harmful or not. This meant that any use of marijuana‚ for example‚ even if it occurred
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Nigerian universities‚ the activities of drug addicts are known to have been source of threat to lives and property. (Aluede 2000). The impact of substance abuse among Nigerian youths has been a hallmark of a morally bankrupt‚ decadent and wasted generation and loss of our societal values and ideals. The situation now appears to be such that no one can claim ignorance of what is happening. We cannot sit on the fence and criminally pretend on the menace of drug abuse among our young people. Little wonder
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Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Kartia Kelly COM/156 May 19‚ 2013 Eileen Kicmal A recent poll conducted by the Partnership for a Drug Free America found that adolescents listed drugs as the most important problem facing people their age; prescription drug use is a major problem in our country. (Sallin‚ 2006; Partnership for a Drug Free America). In the United States the second most commonly abused category of drugs are prescription drugs‚ which is then followed
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Teenage Drug Abuse Drug abuse is not a new case anymore‚ since it has existed for a long time. It has been discovered that most people who struggle with drug addiction began experimenting with drugs in their teens. There are many different factors in our society that have contributed to the support of drugs. One such reason is that teens may feel pressured by their friends to try drugs; they may have easy access to drugs; they may use drugs to rebel against their
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The Effects of Drug Abuse on Teens The article that I have chosen to do my Healthy Living Media Project on is “The Effects of Drug Abuse on Teens.” I found this article on the Internet and it came from a rehabilitation centre called Casa Palmera. The article that I have chosen talks about the most commonly abused drugs by teens‚ signs of drug abuse as well as the effects of drug abuse on teens and teen drug rehab. Unfortunately experimenting with drugs can lead to drug abuse and addiction
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Neuroticism in Association with Drug Abuse Kourtney Abstract Research on neuroticism‚ a primary division of personality‚ is extensive: many studies have found that scores of neuroticism are relate and are predictive of life stress‚ emotional and psychological disorders‚ and substance abuse. Personality was inventoried using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). An individual’s drug abuse was consistently evaluated in the literature by
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