The world we live in has various obstacles and issues that negatively affect society and the way in which we live our lives. The war on drugs is one of the most violent and controversial issues in the United States current political system. Drug abuse is linked to issues such as racism‚ crime as well as economic discrimination. The “War” was properly declared in the 1970’s by President Nixon due to the server abuse of illegal substances. President Nixon in an interview stated this war as “Public
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Contextual Conditioning of Drug Tolerance and Drug Addiction Research on the contextual conditioning of drug tolerance shows it is an important factor in understanding drug addiction in humans. Context is a way of noting that the likelihood of a behavior or response depends on certain conditions. Contextual conditioning is said to occur when a person becomes conditioned not only to the drug but also to the environmental circumstances or cues in which the drug is taken. Studies have shown that tolerance
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Do people ever think about the consequences about drug abuse? Not many of us do but we all know what it does to us. Drugs are harmful to the brain and the body system itself; they affect the heart in many ways and because of that people become unconscious as to what their actions are. They do not realize how badly they can harm the community around them. Drugs are normally used by those who are not involved in activities such as‚ religious clubs‚ sports‚ etc. The users are normally stressed
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of drugs and alcohol. But before trying to understand why is drug abuse such an appealing source among the youth‚ it is important to know what is substance abuse itself. “Substance Abuse” ‚ also commonly known as “Drug Abuse”‚ is a patterned use of a substance such as -drugs‚ in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical professionals. It refers to the harmful use of psychoactive substances including alcohol and illicit drugs. People
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The War on Drugs‚ a collective term for the series of federal anti-drug efforts run by the United States government‚ attempted to significantly reduce the import‚ manufacture‚ sale‚ and use of illegal drugs and narcotics (Head‚ 1). Regardless of the intention‚ the four-decade long legal movement left a staggering amount of political and social unrest‚ such as the monetary costs for the efforts‚ the harsh laws associated with drug possession‚ and the inflated penalties for relatively low-end crimes
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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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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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Psychoactive Drugs are chemical substances that alter behavior‚ mood‚ perception‚ or mental functioning. Through the consumption of substances many cultures have found ways to alter consciousness. Psychoactive substances apply their effects by transforming biochemical or physiological processes in the brain. The message system of nerve cells‚ or neurons‚ relies on both electrical and chemical transmission. Neurons rarely touch each other; there is a microscopic gap between one neuron and the next
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Herman D. Hopkins Eng. 121 Composition 1 Lindsay Ludvigsen September 5‚ 2012 Running Ahead: Alcohol vs. Drugs Alcohol vs. Drugs This essay is about the use of alcohol and/or drugs that can be harmful and deadly to an individual. Alcohol can be used for different reasons‚ like for a special occasion or you can be on a casual date‚ but it can also be used for depression in which most cases people abuse it by going over the limit. People who abuse alcohol use it to
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ILLEGAL DRUGS History The illegal drugs problem in the country is real and pervasive. It is undermining the moral fabric of our society and is victimizing almost everyone‚ including even young children in the grade schools. It has become a threat to national security. The national drug strategy which is primarily focused on "demand and supply reduction" appears to be working ineffectively. On the contrary‚ the demand for illegal drugs continues
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