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    Drug Trade

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    Illicit Drug Trafficking Background Drug trafficking and illicit trade has proven to be a major problem that the international community faces as it enters into the twenty-first century. Currently the illegal drug trade market is one of the largest sectors of the modern global economy. Because of this fact‚ the drug trade is deeply rooted in many nations economic and social cultures‚ which makes it very difficult to control. Drug trafficking also brings with it the problems of organized crime

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    Drug Study

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    DRUG ORDER | BRAND NAME | PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIONS | INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | ADVERSE EFFECT | DESIRED EFFECT | NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES | Metoclopramide 4mg per ampule TIV‚ statAntiemeticStart of Drug AdministrationJuly 25‚ 2012 | Vitamet | Stimulates motility of upper gastrointestinal tract without stimulating gastric‚ biliary or pancreatic secretions; appears to sensitize tissues to action of acetylcholine; relaxes pyloric sphincter‚ which‚ when combined with effects on motility‚ accelerates

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    Enhancement drugs

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    enhancing pill that does the work for them. You would probably even feel pressured to take the enhancements yourself‚ considering it’s working so well for your team mates and they’re not working as hard. Any enhancement is unethical and unfair. Using such drugs would be an advantage that no one should have. There are multiple reasons brain enhancement is wrong. One reason is that it is unnatural. Taking a pill or some other form of medication to make you more cognitively enhanced is very unnatural. Keim

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    Sports and drugs

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    gives you an unnatural advantage against your opponent. Drugs or blood transfusions can provide a 5 or 10 percent advantage (Thomas Murray‚ Hasting report). Doping up your body and eliminating the concept of fair play is different from exceeding to your best abilities natural and being competitive. When participating in sports‚ it builds character to be determined‚ honest‚ and cooperative‚ but when an athlete pumps illegal performance enhancing drugs into their system it shows true character on what they

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    Drug Abuse & the Youth

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    of drugs and alcohol. But before trying to understand why is drug abuse such an appealing source among the youth‚ it is important to know what is substance abuse itself. “Substance Abuse” ‚ also commonly known as “Drug Abuse”‚ is a patterned use of a substance such as -drugs‚ in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical professionals. It refers to the harmful use of psychoactive substances including alcohol and illicit drugs. People

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    Drug Diaries

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    These diary entires are Katy Brenner’s documentation of her experience in the drug scene during the 60’s in the early stages of the Hippie movement. Diary entry #1 Febuary 3rd 1961 Dear Diary‚ due to the huge new "Hippie" movement going on here in portland and apprently around the U.S‚ drugs seem to have become very popular latley. This sparks my interest as everyday while at school my friends seem to talk about diffrent things they have tried and experienced and it’s starting to make me a little

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    Marijuana.Cocaine. Ephedrine. These are some of the commonly abused drugs in the Philippines. Recently‚ the drug problem is quite alarming.The increasing number of arrested drug traffickers‚ seizures of big volumes of dangerous drugs‚ controlled precursors and essential chemicals and dismantling of clandestine laboratories since the conception of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency show the extent and impact of the drug abuse and drug trade problem in the Philippines. The illegal trade of methamphetamine

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    Illegal Drug Use

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    Introduction Illegal drug use and abuse remains a pervasive social issue despite significant efforts to quell its existence. In fact‚ a recent report released by the RAND Corporation (2005) notes that drug abuse has become such a prominent social issue that substantial increases in prison populations all across the United States have been attributed to the tougher sentences that have been put in place for drug users. With the realization that current social policies toward reducing drug abuse are not working—only

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    Drugs in Islam

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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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    Afghanistan Drug Trade

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    Global 28 March 2013 Afghanistan Drug Trade The sound of gunshots fills the empty space right outside the door. People are screaming and loved ones are holding each other‚ fearing for their lives. This chaos is a direct result of the Afghanistan Drug Trade. Afghanistan is a small country in the Middle East. It is located North of the Arabian Sea‚ and it borders many countries including Pakistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Iran‚ Tajikistan and India. All of the drug trade in Afghanistan‚ was the trading

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