whether hard drugs should be legalized or not is a very important subject for multiple reasons. One reason this topic should be studied and debated is so that every person will have a found understanding of both sides and will be able to successfully determine their view point on the subject. This should also be studied so that we can either put the war on drugs to an end or at least have a sound understand on how the majority of the population feels about the prohibiting or legalizing hard drugs. We should
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modern war on drugs has been going on the America since the 1970s with the stated goal of creating a drug-free America. However in the span of 40 plus years dedicated to fighting a war of drug prohibition with $1.5 trillion dollars estimated to have been spent in the process the results are less than satisfactory. Regardless of the multiplying millions of dollars allocated to drug enforcement each year addiction rates in America have not fallen at all since the start of the modern drug war by President
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Analysis “Should Laws Against Drug Use Remain Restrictive?” In this article‚ executive vice president of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Herbert Kleber‚ along with the founder of this organization Joseph Califano Jr. states their opinions supporting the restrictive laws against drug use. On the other end of the spectrum‚ author Peter Gorman provides his ideas as to why these drug laws have been ineffective and actually increase the amount of drug abuse in our society. Kleber and
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Drug testing is a very controversial issue in today society. It causes uproar from the students and the workers across America because they feel that it is an infringement of their rights. I believe that it is an infringement of a person’s right to be tested of drugs just out of the blue and without just cause. I also believe that a person should be tested if they injure themselves or cause an injury to someone else on the job because then the employer is not held accountable or responsible for
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America’s War on Drugs: Policy and Problems In this paper I will evaluate America’s War on Drugs. More specifically‚ I will outline our nation’s general drug history and look critically at how Congress has influenced our current ineffective drug policy. Through this analysis I hope to show that drug prohibition policies in the United States‚ for the most part‚ have failed. Additionally‚ I will highlight and evaluate the influences acting on individual legislators’ decisions to continue support
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Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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Narcotic Drugs Narcotic drugs are substances of which has been used as pain relievers but are most popular with being socially unacceptable. According to research‚ “a narcotic is an analgesic or pain-killing substance that depress vital body functions such as blood pressure‚ pulse rate and breathing rate; regular administration of narcotics produces physical dependence” (Saferstein‚ 2011). This suggests that narcotic drugs primarily target the functioning of organs used for respiratory usage. Nonetheless
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Psychoactive Drugs are chemical substances that alter behavior‚ mood‚ perception‚ or mental functioning. Through the consumption of substances many cultures have found ways to alter consciousness. Psychoactive substances apply their effects by transforming biochemical or physiological processes in the brain. The message system of nerve cells‚ or neurons‚ relies on both electrical and chemical transmission. Neurons rarely touch each other; there is a microscopic gap between one neuron and the next
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The new dangers of synthetic drugs by Arnold‚ Carrie. The Lancet 382.9886 (Jul 6‚ 2013): 15-6. I ’ve selected to talk about synthetic drugs because it ’s one of the fastest growing drugs in the world. Drugs like spice which is a synthetic form of marijuana has been growing. In the military we ’ve had serious issues trying to detect the chemicals use in a monthly urinalysis. The problem with synthetic drugs is each person that produces it uses different products. It ’s hard to determine what ’s
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sports‚ the competitors need to practice to become better‚ not default to who has the money to buy the best drugs. Performance enhancing drugs may help during a couple of games‚ but it’s not worth putting so many lives at risk. Forest Tennant JR.‚ who is an NFL drug adviser‚ has estimated that half of all professional athletes have been exposed to drugs in their careers. Recreational drugs are taken by athletes‚ not for performance enhancement‚ but for the purpose of enjoying themselves. As harmless
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