Methamphetamine Abuse The report of Methamphetamine is an artificial painkiller with more rapid long-lasting effects than amphetamine‚ used illegally as an intoxicant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Methamphetamine is a drug that kills slowly‚ but surely and along the way it has many severe health complications. This drug has nearly up to eight or more slang words that are used in the street. Methamphetamine is defined as meth‚ speed‚ crank‚ zip‚ chalk
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History of Crystal Meth Crystal meth otherwise known as Amp‚ Crystal‚ and Speed is a highly dangerous drug. Crystal meth was first developed in Japan in 1919. It was used to keep troops awake. Japanese Kamikaze pilots were given crystal meth before their suicide missions. In 1950 crystal meth was used as a defense against depression. It was mainly used by college students‚ truck drivers‚ and athletes. In 1970 the US government declared crystal meth to be dangerous and illegalized it. Effects
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Joslynn A. Davis Professor Harold Shaffer HSR 371 November 12‚ 2014 Intervention Paper A&E Intervention: Christina’s Story Introduction In season 11: Episode 1‚ the world is introduced to a beautiful 21-year old woman named Christina from Riverside‚ California. From first glance‚ she is an animated young spirit‚ with a big heart who is enjoying the spoils of life. Her friends and family describe her as “someone that you gravitate towards...she’s beautiful‚ outgoing and smart. She loves to laugh
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Curly Bill Brocuis (Powers Boothe) and his band of Cowboys slaughter innocent people at a wedding. Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers Virgil (Sam Elliot) and Morgan (Bill Paxton) arrive in Tombstone‚ Arizona. The men hope to settle down with their wives and start a new life‚ this time without having to keep the law. When Wyatt Earp arrives‚ he meets long time friend and partner Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer). The two start talking about their past travels‚ and it is implied that Holliday is dying
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“Cocaine wasn’t new and neither was selling it. There had always been older dudes who grew their pinkie fingernails out to sniff coke. There were always down-low dealers who partied with their customers as they supplied them…. but for the most part doing coke was something that happened at private parties‚ something you might’ve of heard about but had never really seen.” (Jay-Z 18) Cocaine was a drug popular in the 80’s but was known to be very expensive. In the mid-1980 there became a smokable form
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CRACK COCAINE ABUSE Physiological Psychology PSY 350 Professor Cindi-Marie Willoughby INTRO: What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “cracking up”? Usually one thinks of laughter and good times. Well‚ let me give you another scenario that isn’t quite so pleasant. Cracking up also refers to the abuse of crack cocaine. Even though cocaine was once used for medicinal purposes‚ crack cocaine abuse has been the cause of many deaths. Since crack cocaine abuse causes respiratory and
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Public Interest Lawyering Project A Survey on Substance Abuse among the Youth in India Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Statement of the Problem 7 3. Objective of the study 8 3.1. Broad Objective 8 3.2. Specific Objective 8 4. Methodology / Research Design 9 4.3. Statistical tools employed 10 4.4. Geographical Coverage 10 4.5. Unit of Data Collection 10 5. Findings 11 5.1. Pie – Chart No. 1 11 5.2. Pie – Chart No. 2 12 5.3. Pie – Chart No. 3 13
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September 23‚ 2013 The United States like many other countries‚ has its drug-related crimes. Crimes that are committed through the use of drugs such as rohypnol‚ ecstasy‚ GHB‚ GBL‚ ketamine‚ methamphetamine‚ and PCP‚ otherwise known as club drugs. Club drugs‚ often found at nightclubs‚ bars‚ and “raves”‚ is a genera term used to refer primarily to synthetic psychoactive substances. The use of these club drugs has been increasing rapidly according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. I believe
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When taken‚ meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy‚ and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go. Thus‚ drug users can experience a severe “crash” or physical and mental breakdown after the effects of the drugs wear off. Because continued use of the drug decreases natural feelings of hunger‚ users can experience extreme weight loss. Negative effects can also include disturbed sleep patterns‚ hyperactivity‚ nausea‚ delusions of
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Ecstasy or MDMA (3.4 MethyleneDioxyMethAmphetamine) is a stimulant type of drug‚ that comes in a tablet that is often branded. This drug also comes in powder‚ gel capsule‚ or liquid form. Ecstasy has a short history and is first found being used medically‚ until being using an illegal drug. Originally‚ it was developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912‚ and was named MDMA. In 1953‚ Ecstasy is used as psychological warfare tests by the US Army‚ and then revise as a psychotherapy medication to
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