that America has a drug problem. Every day‚ millions of dollars worth of drugs are being sold and used‚ causing inumerous health problems for American users everywhere. The strict anti-drug federal policies‚ however‚ do not seem to have any effect on today’s rising number of deaths caused by addiction. Though many believe that the dangers of illegal drug use can be remedied with stronger policies against them‚ the best thing the government can do for today’s recreational drug situation is to legalize
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Detailed Record Title: Surgical Strikes in the Drug Wars. Authors: Kleiman‚ Mark1 Source: Foreign Affairs; Sep/Oct2011‚ Vol. 90 Issue 5‚ p89-101‚ 13p‚ 1 Black and White Photograph Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *DRUG traffic *GOVERNMENT policy *DRUGS of abuse -- Law & legislation *DRUG abuse *INTERNATIONAL trade MEXICO -- Foreign economic relations -- United States UNITED States -- Foreign economic relations -- Mexico Geographic Terms: UNITED States MEXICO : 522293 International
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child and the family. These permanent and unchangeable effects arise from a fetus attaining fetal alcohol syndrome from its mother. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of malformations and disabilities resulting from a pregnant woman drinking heavily during her pregnancy. FAS is unique in that effects on the children are directly linked to maternal drinking habits. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is currently the leading cause of mental retardation in the United States. A baby with
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to become criminals in order to get their drug‚ being able to get drugs for which they ’re sure of the quality." Isn ’t it a gateway drug to harder substances? "The effect of criminalization is to drive people from mild drugs to strong drugs... Crack would never have existed in my opinion if you had not had drug prohibition. It was drug prohibition- why was crack created? Because cocaine was so expensive." [Cocaine was so expensive because of drug prohibition.] But what about the morality
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Alcohol Annotated Bibliography. Introduction. This Annotated Bibliography has been developed in co-ordination with an Alcohol Poster presentation‚ with the aim of elucidating the dangers alcohol has on a person’s health and wellbeing. The author chose alcohol as a topic‚ as it is well-known to be dangerous but in contrast it is readily available for people to purchase. Alcohol dependency has serious detrimental effects on people’s health and social lives. The World Health Organisation (WHO‚ 2008)
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Alcohol withdrawal symptoms‚ especially DTs‚ can worsen quickly. As a result‚ it’s important to monitor even seemingly minor withdrawal symptoms. If your alcohol consumption has been chronic and heavy‚ you have an increased risk of developing DTs and should not attempt to complete detox at home. By receiving the right treatment during detox can manage withdrawal symptoms and even prevent more serious symptoms from developing. Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline Assuming that a patient has no other medical
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Drugs: Good or Bad Imagine a world where drugs are legal‚ walking down the street and seeing people on drugs everywhere. Where almost everyone is going into convenient stores buying crack‚ marijuana‚ or even heroin. What kind of world would this be‚ to see junkies on the side of the road and it is perfectly legal. To see more crime than ever before from people who are trying to steal‚ kill‚ and rob just to get a fix. Believe it or not‚ but at one point all drugs were
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most kids start‚ because my friends were all doing drugs. My drug abuse started really getting bad at about fourteen years of age. At 14‚ I was using marijuana about three times a day and I was using LSD at least once every two days. By the time I was 17‚ I was no longer using marijuana and LSD. I had moved on to harder and more destructive drugs. I was using amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis by the age of 17 years of age. I was abusing drugs behind my family’s backs for years. I stayed clean
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Introduction How can we really define rape when alcohol is involved? Alcohol-related sexual assault is a very common occurrence amongst college students‚ especially when they know each other. These situations often occur at house parties‚ sororities‚ or even at parents’ houses. Alcohol has always been used as an excuse for committing such horrendous actions. Even though alcohol consumption disrupts higher-order cognitive processes such as conceptualization‚ planning and problem solving‚ people
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Abstract Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has unfortunately become more common among new born children. While much progress has been made in understanding the consequences of drinking during pregnancy‚ it is still difficult to find the underlying damage that is caused to the child. This research paper will look at the harmful effects of FAS. The effects will look at not only the physical damage but the cognitive damage as well in the child. This research paper
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