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    Sean‚ I have heard about your decisions outside of track. Not anything to do with your grades‚ but your choices to chew tobacco. This is terrible for your health in so many different ways. Tobacco can cause many different types of cancer‚ tooth decay or gum recession‚ and ultimately death. I’m not writing to tell you to quit. I’m writing to show you the side effects of chewing tobacco. If you continue to chew tobacco your chances of getting cancer are doubled. Cancers like Oral Cancer‚ Esophagus

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    prescription drugs. “Prescription drugs are playing an increasingly larger role in U.S. life‚ with nearly half of all Americans taking one or more medications” (Thompson 2013-2014). “Since I went to pharmacy school‚ I learned Drug Enforcement Administration’s  (DEA) and FDA rules and regulation which made me  wonder about how and why misuse and abuse of prescription drugs costs the country an estimated of $53.4 billion‚ which is very high compare to other countries. With such a strict Food and Drug Administration

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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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    When you enter drug rehab you’ll also enter into individual therapy for drug abuse. This is an important aspect of any rehab program. In it you’ll face yourself and learn about why you became an addict in the first place. Why Individual Therapy for Drug Abuse is Important With individual therapy for drug abuse‚ you’ll have one-on-one conversations with a therapist who’s trained in drug abuse and addiction. These are private sessions‚ unlike group sessions. Understanding they do complement each

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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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    Drug Abuse and Treatment Centers in Afghanistan Feb 5‚ 2013 Drug Abuse and Treatment Centers in Afghanistan The issue of narcotic drugs production and consumption is worsening in Afghanistan which threatens the security and hinders the development. Afghanistan as the largest opium-producing country in the world produces 94% of the world’s opiates and thus has 920‚000 illicit drug users. Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and many other major organizations such as International Narcotics and

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    Contents Page Preface’ - 1 Drugs and Drug Related Problems Drug Laws 1. Alcohol 2 15 19 2. Solvents 3. Cannabis 4. Tobacco 5. Caffeine 25 29 34 38 41 6. Amphetamines 7. Cocaine 8. LSD 9. Magic Mushrooms 47 51 53 55 10. Sedatives and Minor Tranquillisers 11. Heroin and other Opiates 59 PREFACE This Third Edition is an extensive revision and updatin of the two earlier versions. New materiakinc~udes information on drugs such as Ice‚ Ecstasy and Buprenorphine

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    Goretti Wong 6B (27) Say NO to drugs Drug abuse is on the rise among young people in Hong Kong which is a serious and alarming phenomenon that every one of us should face squarely to. Before we figure out ways to help them‚ we must first understand the reasons for teenagers to take drugs. Peer influence is the dominant reason for teenagers to take drugs. Usually‚ friends among a group share same interests and their behaviors are expected to be consistent with one another. At the same time

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    Current Regulations for Standardization of Crude Drugs In India a great deal of bulk knowledge exists among ordinary people about the traditional use of herbal medicine. It is difficult to quantify the market size of the traditional Indian system. Since most practitioners formulate and dispense their own recipes. The present annual turnover of product manufactured by large companies is estimated at approximately US $ 300 million compared to a turnover of approximately US $ 2.5 billions for modern

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    SUBSTANCE ABUSE Substance abuse otherwise known to many as drug abuse is the recurrent us of a substance referred to as a drug whereby the user consumes the substance in quantities or methods neither approved nor advised by the required professionals i.e doctors and this definition also applies when certain activities are performed using the substances contrary to the policies and rules that govern their (drugs) originally intended use. In addition to there being many drugs already on the global

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