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    Name: Patricia Franklin | Persuasive Essay: Outline Worksheet Review “How Do I Organize My Brainstorm into an Outline?” of “The Writing Process” Media piece. Assignment Directions: Outline your persuasive essay below by completing the following: 1) Use the feedback you received from your instructor to revise your thesis statement. Write your thesis as a complete sentence as you would in your essay. Record your thesis statement in the “Thesis Sentence” entry under the Introductory Paragraph

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    Prescription drug abuse is any use of prescription medications in a way that is not intended by the prescribing medical professional. Prescription drug abuse and misuse involves taking shared medication‚ as well as over consumption of medications in order to experience elicited feelings. Inappropriate or excessive drug use may become compulsive and ongoing despite negative consequences (https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/prescription-drugs/what-prescription-drug-abuse). Canada

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    The Effect of Drug Abuse on Students and Others Prakash Chandra Roy 1 Abstract Bangladesh with the most populous and poorest countries in the world faces many challenges including drug that has become an issue due to its geographical location‚ poverty and illiteracy. Although there is no precise figure of the drug dependant people‚ but is estimated around 4.0 million people mostly youths are dependant to some form of drugs‚ and increased trend among all kinds of people is alarming. The present

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    declared war on drugs. This is a war that has been fought on many levels and in many places. The Whitehouse released statistics that state‚ “anywhere from 52 percent (Washington‚ DC) to 80 percent or more (Chicago and Sacramento) of male arrestees tested positive for the presence of at least one drug at the time of their arrest” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/criminal-justice-reform). This information gives some insight into the pervasiveness of the presenting problem. Drug addiction is an

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    information sharing between professionals and how it impacts child abuse: social work perspective ’. This theme was the basis for the research and published research articles were used to analyse the research question. The reporting of child abuse is a complex issue that generates lots of controversies but recently‚ social policy has been focused on improving the way child abuse is reported. The Nursing Standard (2013) reports on how child abuse and the risk of it should be reported by professionals that

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    Introduction Drug abuse is a serious problem which has affected many individuals in American society for decades. When we take a look into American history‚ it is apparent the magnificent availabilities of science and technology available today have not always been around. With the lack of scientific knowledge and the once non-existence of drug abuse‚ it is fair to say our discoveries of drugs were once ingested in some form out of pure curiosity of the human mind. (Levinthal‚ C. F. 2010)

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    In all societies‚ there are substances that are deemed as both not acceptable and acceptable for consumption. The laws today are a result of ever changing societal norms. Before a particular drug is discovered‚ it is not illegal; it simply exists in nature. When that substance is introduced into a society‚ it must be determined if its effects are in line with the societies morals which may be in large part regulated by the dominate religion. If it is proven to be beneficial to the society and abides

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    Drug/Alcohol Abuse Americas Downfall Aldonia Bailey COM/156 10/17/2012 Letitia Trent Throughout American history you can depict that individuals have been propelled by their peers as well as circumstances to use drugs/alcohol and commit crimes which the outcome has been a downward spiral in the American economy. We can see this in the higher poverty percentage and the lowering of the American dollar. However this downward spiral doesn’t mean the American people can’t take a positive turn and

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    a look at the prescription drugs and the abuse of it. I would like to look into different origins to where prescription drug uses for non medical purposes might have started (ie. residential mobility‚ disabilities‚ race‚ or gender) . It would also help if I look at what are pharmacists and prescribers thinking when they are prescribing and giving the drugs to their patients. Bibliography: Felicilda-Reynaldo‚ R. D. (2014). Recognizing Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Part I. MEDSURG

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    EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ON The Effects of Drug Abuse On the Human Race Donnetia L. Simmons Springfield College‚ Charleston The Effects of Drug Abuse On the Human Race Although‚ the economy is bad and most Americans are not financially stable‚ the drug industry continues to thrive. It also contributes to some of the country’s problems. Illegal and legal drug abuse play vital roles in child abuse cases‚ homelessness‚ unemployment‚ suicide‚ and even long term medical issues. Drug abuses effects

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