Drugs in sport The nature of sports promotes a strong desire to win‚ and many athletes will do anything to rise to the top. Every elite athlete wants to get an edge over their competition‚ causing many athletes to turn to performance enhancing drugs to gain this edge. Drug use in sport can cost players their super stardom dream career‚ but more seriously‚ their own lives. The wide-spread illegal use of drugs has eliminated the question of which athlete has the strongest raw power‚ to the question
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Amber Newton Narcotic Drugs CRJ 311 Forensics Seitu Stephens February 27‚ 2013 Narcotics are classified as drugs that bring relief from pain or sluggishness. Unfortunately‚ the line between narcotics and illegal drugs has blurred and many illegal drugs are known as narcotics instead of what they truly are. One example used in our studies was cocaine. Cocaine is viewed as a narcotic‚ but is actually a stimulant that inhibits the central nervous system. Opiates are analgesic narcotics
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Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disease which causes obsessive drug seeking and use even though they’re aware of the damage it causes to their family and themselves. The drug seeking becomes compulsive mainly by the effect the prolonged drug use has on behavior and the brain. Drugs have a huge effect on the human brain. They alter they way you think and act. The chemicals in drugs enter your communication system in the brain and change or disrupt the way your brain can send‚ receive
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Substance Abuse Education Drug is an element that could possibly change the physical‚ psychological‚ emotional and behaviour of a human being. It is only used when it is prescribed by the doctor‚ because if drugs are misuse by the user‚ their individual’s physical‚ emotional or behavioural condition might distorted. The reasons behind are peer pressure‚ curiosity‚ adventure‚ feel good‚ escape from reality and easy access of drugs. Several people who are using drug are stress or having anxiety/
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birth weight Small head/ brain Cuts the flow of blood and oxygen to the fetus Cause the placenta to pull away from the wall of the uterus before labor begins Serious life long health problems Withdrawal of drug Methamphetamine (Meth or Ice) Psychostimulant and sympathomimetic drug Enters the brain and triggers a cascading release of norepinephrine‚ dopamine‚ and serotonin Prone to abuse and addiction Withdrawal symptoms: excessive sleeping‚ eating and depression Effects on Pregnancy
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DRUG ADDICTION Addiction in Philippines Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of addiction in Philippines‚ and how addiction effects users‚ and Filipino. Controlling Idea: Addiction has components that influence the behavior in addicts‚ there are scientific reasoning‚ warning signs‚ and treatment alternatives. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse about half Filipino have a loved one‚ a friend‚ or an acquaintance who is addicted to drugs. I. The definition of drug abuse
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Against Performance Enhancing Drugs Performance enhancing drugs should be illegal in professional sports. Players found using these drugs should be banned from playing professional sports. The reasons why are because using these drugs is cheating‚ unfair to other players‚ and unfair to fans. Using performance enhancing drugs is cheating in sports. Players are boosting their performance instead of using their own abilities. The point of playing a sport is to see which team or person is the
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Drugs and its effect Drugs are used in everyday life and in the modern world‚ new drugs are being created to beat diseases and illness. However‚ with the amount of drugs available from consumption‚ there tend to be a few users who abuse the use of legal and illegal drugs. Different drugs that were created to combat headaches or pain to ones that are created to enhance performance or happiness for a short period of time. Abuse of drugs can affect a person economically‚ psychologically and physically
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Physical exercise is more important for older people than for younger people. Nowadays‚ an increasing number of people‚ work in the office and seat whole day‚ are beginning to realize〝doing exercise is closely related to health.〞That is why I see lots of people‚ old and young‚ exercise in the playground. However‚ some people think that physical exercise is more important for older people than for younger people‚ while I believe every age
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People should insist on a challenging plan rather than a practical plan.人应该坚持自己有挑战性的梦想还是注重实现现实的梦想。 As a Chinese ancient proverb goes‚ a man with plan is a man with hope. When it comes to plan making‚ some may stick to a practical thought while others may prefer a challenging one. As for me‚ I would rather choose the latter one for the following two reasons. Firstly‚ a challenging plan is more likely to ensure efficiency. The major reason why a practical plan appears more appealing is that it
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