The Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse has a range of deleterious effects on the user‚ the people surrounding him and even society at large. It is one of the most serious problems affecting almost every society today‚ and even though a wide variety of solutions have been proposed and attempted‚ drug abuse is still a prevalent part of modern life. Effects on the Family Drug abuse has a number of negative effects on a family. Finances often suffer as a result of drug addiction in the family. The
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Drug awareness seminar held at STC THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted a drug awareness talk last Aug. 27 at the St. Theresa’s College (STC) auditorium along General Maxillom Avenue in Cebu City. Alan Trani‚ human resource officer of STC‚ organized the seminar with PDEA officials Ramon Montenegro and Nicholas Gomez as the resource speakers. Gomez said “milkshake” is the “in thing” among the drug users today. Milkshake is a mixture of Nubain‚ a regulated drug‚ and shabu
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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 the risk factors and social background of 3 Islamic countries‚ Iran‚ Kuwait and Iraq. The rate of HIV‚ and variety of drugs. Just from one high school
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Nowadays the use of drugs is very common in our life. There is no precise definition for drug‚ as the meaning of it follows according to how the users intend to use it. Some may called it medicine but some may called it death‚ but the main purpose of drugs is actually to reduce pain or kill some cancer cells in our body. Unfortunately‚ many people especially those uneducated teenagers tend to misuse drugs. They have no idea how it can both harm them physically and mentally. I would say that the
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Teen Drug Use and Sports Teen drug use is an issue which many adults are unaware of the signs of usage and damaging effects. Many adolescents believe that if they use drugs like their friends‚ it will make them “popular” or “cool”. Regardless of the reasons why teens start abusing drugs‚ this choice can have many negative impacts and ruin many aspects of their lives. There are numerous reasons why a teenager would feel the need to start abusing drugs. It is often said that during adolescent
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sources. 1. Describe the topic/issue in your own words (100 word minimum): The USA should end the war on drugs by decriminalizing it and regulating it. This is a major issue in my eyes. Billions of dollars are wasted on a war that has lost its effectiveness. Meanwhile instead of spending money to prohibit something‚ you can make money regulating it. Gang activity will for sure decrease as drug money is their main source of income. Also this war exists not only in the USA‚ but it seeps into other countries
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are presented following the research questions. The results show that most of the street boy’s caregivers are unemployed and illiterate‚ but according to the family members poverty was not the reason why the boy left home. An incident that had an impact on all families was moving to the city from the rural countryside. For all families this lead to the boy going to the street. The most common coping resource for all family members was their family and to have good health. Keywords: street children
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Drugs‚ Crime and Prohibition Do drugs really cause crime‚ or is it our governments way of controlling the communities? Many people blame drugs for every problem in our society‚ but is it the true evil in our society? No one person can answer that question. There are only opinions and supposed theories on this issue. We have been taught over the years that drugs were bad and that they only affected the poor and less fortunate‚ and turned them into crazy criminals‚ but this isn’t true to any extent
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get your dream education. You found your solution; the study drug. Sadly – a problem is still to be found; the study drug. Because what you and many young students from USA don’t know is these pills actually are made for treating ADD and ADHD diagnosed patients‚ and by that fact can cause side effects to people like you without these diseases. The phenomenon “Study drugs” are greatly criticized by David Sack in his article; “Do Study Drugs Breed a Nation Of Winners – or Cheaters?”. David Sack points
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dissolution is a key target for controlling the duration of a drug’s effect‚ and as such‚ several dosage forms that contain the same active ingredient may be available‚ differing only in the rate of dissolution. If a drug is supplied in a form that is not readily dissolved‚ the drug may be released more gradually over time with a longer duration of action. Having a longer duration of action may improve compliance since the medication will not have to be taken as often. Additionally‚ slow-release
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