Psychoactive Drug Psychoactive drugs are everywhere in society today. Not all of these drugs are illegal but they do affect you mentally and physically. For example‚ some of these drugs are used every day by a vast amount of people. The most well-known psychoactive drugs are “tobacco‚ alcohol‚ and caffeine”; some of the drugs that are not as widely used are “marijuana‚ mescaline‚ opium‚ and cocaine.” (168). Psychoactive drugs are‚ ‘”drugs capable of influencing perception‚ mood‚ cognition‚ or behavior
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witnessed illegal drugs being used in their schools‚ illegal drugs being sold‚ illegal drugs in the possession of students‚ students high on drugs and students that are drunk. Parents think that until they get rid the schools of drugs‚ students will not bring good grades and achieve high marks. In schools in Newfoundland and Labrador‚ drugs are a huge issue. Smoking weed has become as regular as smoking a cigarette. The youth are even selling marijuana amongst themselves. All kinds of drugs are being
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from the menace of drug abuse. Even the great American nation is in its grip and India is not far behind. Drugs have been used for medical purposes since time immemorial. But these days drugs and narcotics are being used freely by people all over the world. The abuse of narcotics has caused wide spread concern in all the nations of the world. The number of people using opium‚ cocaine‚ charas‚ sedatives and other narcotics has surpassed all dimensions. Thus the abuse of drugs has become an international
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DRUGS - YES OR NO Drugs are a problem of the twentieth century‚ although they have been used by our ancestors hundreds of years ago. They have come to European countries mostly from Indian and Asian tribes‚ and because they were pronounced illegal‚ a whole new way of making money has been created: selling drugs. Personally I am against taking drugs. I have seen their consequences and that is the main reason for my opinion of them. I do not mind the legal drugs - such as nicotine or caffeine
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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CHEMISTRY DRUG DESIGN AND DISCOVERY BY: xxxxxxx Introduction A drug is a substance that we used mostly in our daily lives. It is a chemical substance with physiological effects when ingested or introduced into our bodies. The response produce can either be beneficial or harmful. Toxins and poisons can be classified as drugs. This report the term ‘drug’ is for medicinal or pharmaceutical purposes. Drugs used to prevent or treat diseases. Drug design also known as rational drug design
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Designer drug From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Designer drug is a term used to describe drugs which are created (or marketed‚ if they had already existed) to get around existing drug laws‚ usually by modifying the molecular structures of existing drugs to varying degrees‚[1][dubious – discuss] or less commonly by finding drugs with entirely different chemical structures that produce similar subjective effects to illegal recreational drugs. For example mephedrone is a designer drug. History
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declared a “war on drugs.”() The problem is that the department of corrections was ill prepared to house the newly made convicts. This created over population in prisons all over America because of a failed attempt to “crack down.” It is a fact that countries with overbearing drug laws tend to have more drug problems than those who don’t. Now that new studies and facts are coming to light we have finally entered a stage in which to rebuild drug reform. The American war on drugs is a failing system
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Schedule II drugs are currently accepted for medical use in the United States. These drugs have many medical benefits‚ but are highly addictive and dangerous if not used correctly. They are classified by their ability to cause serious physical or physiological dependency. The drugs in this category include‚ but are not limited to‚ Adderall‚ Lortab‚ Vicodin‚ Hydrocodone‚ Percocet‚ and OxyContin. Many of these drugs are sold‚ illegally‚ on the streets. This only allows more people to feed the addiction
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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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