PHILIPPINES: MASSIVE DRUG ABUSE Submitted by: Howard Elton Navarro John Kenneth Maimot Submitted to: Prof. Desserie Maynes March 13‚ 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grateful acknowledgements are due to the following resources for lending their books and ideas for this research paper. And also the authors for letting the researchers used the following articles and selection of their books for this subject matter. Kaban ng Hiyas Library of Mandaluyong City for the books Google as research engine
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The definition of child abuse is mistreatment of a child by parent‚ guardian‚ or an adult responsible for his or her welfare. Now‚ should drug use by pregnant women be considered child abuse? Babies should be born healthy‚ not have the risk of dying. But‚ when women are scared to seek prenatal care‚ abortions are not considered child abuse‚ and pregnant women have to smoke marijuana for medicinal reasons‚ might change your mind. Paul A. Logli‚ an Illinois prosecuting attorney‚ argues that it is
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This article‚ from U.S News‚ discusses the the drug abuse crisis that America is experiencing today and what President Obama plans to do about it. America has seen drug abuse spike not only among lower classes‚ but also among middle class Americans‚ white and black. In recent years‚ drug overdoses‚ particularly with Opioids- which have morphine- like effects‚ have even killed more people than motor vehicle accidents have. President Obama plans to end this crisis by expanding access to treatments
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Drug Abuse among Teenagers Drug abuse among teenagers’ has become a number one problem in this decade. Drugs such as marijuana‚ ecstasy‚ prescription drug‚ cocaine‚ heroin. In halants cocaine‚ and heroin‚ however are fast become the drug of choice for teens‚ and be doing that they can take an overdose and die. Sometimes a teenagers can get so high on a drug they it will cause them to commit suicide. Drug is not just for the poor and the middle class the rich take them too. It has got so bad that
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Testing for Drugs of Abuse U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES • Public Health Service • Alcohol‚ Drug Abuse‚ and Mental Health Administration Urine Testing for Drugs of Abuse Editors: Richard L. Hawks‚ Ph.D. C. Nora Chiang‚ Ph.D. Division of Preclinical Research National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA Research Monograph 73 1986 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol‚ Drug Abuse‚ and Mental Health Administration National Institute on Drug Abuse 5600
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Musical Influence on Substance Abuse English 1302 Professor Young Sex‚ drugs and rock n’ roll. This commonly used phrase sums it up pretty well. It seems as though anytime I hear anything about a rock band‚ especially from the 1970’s or 1980’s there is some sort of drug abuse somewhere along the line with at least one or more of the band members‚ and this will usually result in the break up of the band or the death of a member. Well I started getting sick of rock music getting a bad
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Therefore‚ the start of this increase in drug abuse and widespread illness is due to the condemning ignorance in which the United States is responsible for. If there would have been doctors involved that would have alerted the people of the great dangers of drug abuse and cocaine and crack cocaine addiction as doctors Smith and Wesson tried to warn the country. The 1960s drug use were characterized as “youthful rebellion.”It gained the attention of the President Nixon and therefore he established
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OUTLINE I) JOB DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES 1.treat people in recovery a.help talk about‚ understand‚ and cope with their problems 2. work to prevent drug and alcohol abuse 3.educate parents to get involved in children’s exposure to drug and alcohol 4. counsel family and friends of addicts a. asks questions and concerns they may have b. finds out how they think addiction is impacting their life
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eml3FdNffxU&feature=related (start at 0.8) (30 seconds) Some of you may remember back in 5th grade the D.A.R.E song. You know the song about staying away from drugs and making your own choices. Come on! It had little dance moves that went along with the words. Well if you don’t remember‚ heres an example of the Chapman Elementary school in Dublin Ohio singing at their D.A.R.E graduation. (play video) Who went through a program like this in their elementary school
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rejection of illegal drug use. According to a 2012 Pew Research study showed that 87% of Americans view the current drug culture in America either as a serious problem or a crisis (Motel‚ 2014). There are many illegal drugs viewed as taboo in American society; including‚ but not limited to‚ ecstasy‚ heroin‚ inhalants‚ bath salts‚ spice‚ cocaine‚ meth‚ and crack. In addition‚ there are legal drugs that can often lead to abuse‚ such as‚ alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and prescription drugs. Crack cocaine is
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