Jade Johnson November 30‚ 2010 SA 5005 Social Welfare Policy and Services Drug Addiction: A Hobby or a Disease What is Drug Addiction Whether talking about any drug addiction: alcohol addiction‚ cocaine addiction‚ methamphetamine addiction‚ or even heroin addiction‚ the pattern is the same‚ the person tries to escape some physical or emotional pain by taking drugs. This could be a physical or emotional pain‚ or the discomfort of boredom‚ peer pressure‚ and/or lack of social skills. The
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Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time served for drug offenses. The war
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One of the major issues facing Latin America is the production and distribution of illegal drugs‚ which include cocaine‚ marijuana‚ heroin and more recently methamphetamine. This geographic area is crucial to the illegal drug industry because it is the world’s only source region for coca‚ which is used to produce cocaine (this is harvested in Colombia‚ Peru and Bolivia). Also‚ Central America‚ Mexico and the Caribbean are the main corridors for transporting drugs to the United States and Europe
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It is available in most all areas of the state and is usually used in powder form. However‚ crack cocaine is more common in the larger urban areas like Fairbanks and Anchorage. There were 6.40lbs of cocaine seized in 2015. Heroin: Another highly addictive drug that is popular in Alaska is Heroin. This drug is found all over the states‚ including smaller areas of Alaska. In 2015‚ police seized 6.67lbs
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Addiction: “the number one health problem in America” the most common psychiatric problem on the planet In the past‚ the focus of treatment was on the absence of the treatment‚ but now it is on moderation. Reasons of using substances: to aid religious practices to explore the self to alter moods to treat disease to promote and enhance social interaction sharing drugs can be intimate like sharing food/coffee‚ etc. to enhance sensory experience and pleasure to stimulate artistic
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Legalize It In 2000‚ George Bierson’s "Marijuana‚ the Deceptive Drug"‚ was published by the Massachusetts News. Bierson concludes that marijuana is harmful in many ways‚ including brain damage‚ damage to the reproductive system‚ and weakening of the immune system. He also attempts to convince the reader that marijuana is a "gateway drug" that leads the users to venture into much harder drugs. I believe that research to support anything can be found if one is looking hard enough‚ but that
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Mexican cartel became so vicious. The drug cartels have been around for many years‚ and it all started when they would smuggle heroin and marijuana to the United States. Things got really bad when Columbia started using Mexico’s routes to import cocaine the United States. The Columbians ended up hiring Cartels from Mexico to import the drugs‚ and when one of the leaders got caught they had a lot of power that some hit men took over and the rivalry started. The cartels do not fight just to fight they
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the Division target one of the following drug trafficking groups: Mexico-based poly-drug organizations‚ Colombian cocaine and heroin trafficking organizations‚ and Nigerian/West African groups trafficking in Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin. Chicago-based street gangs such as the Gangster Disciples‚ Vice Lords‚ and Latin Kings control the distribution and retail sale of cocaine‚ heroin‚ and marijuana. Most law enforcement agencies in Illinois cite the violent crime associated with gang- related
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developed‚ to teach the monkeys how to self- administer the drugs through intravenous catheters. Then the psychologist injected the monkeys for the first time the drugs. Because they were several monkeys each one received a different drug‚ some received cocaine‚ morphine‚ amphetamines‚ nalorphine‚mixtures‚ chlorprmazine‚ mescaline‚ codeine‚ pentobarbital‚ ethanol‚ and caffeine. The researchers observed a behaviour right afterwards the administration‚ and after some days they started to provided the prepared
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Thousands of people die every year from tobacco and smoking related illnesses‚ and hundreds of innocent people die every year in auto accidents caused by drunk drivers. It ’s even possible to die from alcohol poisoning‚ but marijuana has never been directly attributed to any deaths. Despite all this‚ public opinion on marijuana is still based on myth and prejudice even though it remains relatively harmless. The harmful effects of marijuana have been exaggerated. In the 1930 ’s the United States
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