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    Decriminalize Drugs

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    unhealthy‚ hazardous‚ and even fatal by the authorities that be; the U.S. government has declared to wage a "war on drugs." It has been roughly fifteen years since this initiative has begun‚ and each year the government shuffles more money into the unjust cause of drug prohibition. Even after all of this‚ the problem of drugs that the government sees still exists. The prohibition of drugs is a constitutional anomaly. There are many aspects and sides to look at the issue from‚ but the glaring inefficiency

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    Drugs in Sport

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    the first team‚ representative side or a sporting scholarship at a Greater Public Schools (GPS) which then could lead to the opportunity to make a break into the professional sporting teams. With the increase of drug use young players start thinking that taking performance enhancing drugs is necessary to ‘make it’. The competition in sports is so fierce it amounts to a huge build up on players and teams to perform‚ including the pressure from big business asking for ‘more’ because the more the players

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    War On Drugs

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    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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    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

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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 and its effects

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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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    Court System Structure I

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    in the federal court system. Federal courts consist of three levels of courts. District courts are the federal courts of original jurisdiction‚ the U.S. Court of Appeals is the intermediary appellate court‚ and the U.S. Supreme Court is the highest federal court. There are 94 district courts and 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals. Those dissatisfied with the outcome of a case heard from the district courts can take it to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Cases are brought to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision

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    Legal Studies Assessment Case Study Identify the correct legal citation of the case Citation: R v CAMPBELL (2010) NSWSC 995 Judgement date: 3 September 2010 Parties: Regina‚ Desmond Campbell- offender Judgement of: J Latham Counsel: M Tedeschi QC/ S Herbert- (Regina)‚ S Hughes- (offender) Solicitors: S Kavanagh- Solicitor for public Prosecutions- (Regina)‚ M Bowe Solicitors (Offender) Legislation Cited: Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 Cases Cited: R v Coulter (2005) NSWSC

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    Alcohol vs drugs

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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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