particular‚ to endeavour to bring about prohibition of consumption‚ except for medicinal purposes‚ of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health. Section 71 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act‚ 1985 (as amended) provides as under: "Power of Government to establish centres for identification‚ treatment‚ etc.‚ of addicts and for supply of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances - The Government may‚ in its discretion‚ establish as many centres as it thinks fit for identification
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Athletes should be drug tested because it can cause many problems for example. Bryan Berard was caught using steroids when playing in the NHL. Steroids can cause health problems. For example‚ “ Aggression‚ hostility‚ and depression are known side effects of steroid use.”Steroids can cause many health problems at a young age. Use of steroids can ruin your life. If you have a family your family will leave you. If you have a job you can lose your job. If you play a sport you can be kicked out of your
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society developed‚ more and more problems emerge. Many people start to use drugs to kill time but it also causes severe influence on the society since drugs have different side-effect and many people use them to do crimes. Government started to use drug education and imprisonment to educate people that drugs are not good for people and to punish those who use it to do crimes. However‚ people started to find out that drug education is not helpful and inefficient. Besides‚ imprisonment also causes
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Drug Legalization/Research The debate over drug prohibition ending has been going on for decades. People worry that it will bring more deaths and crime‚ but can it really get any worse? The drug war is costly and controversial since we don’t know the outcome. It could be a better solution‚ where people realize they craved drugs because it was the forbidden fruit and it loses publicity. Or it could cause more deaths since it may be easier to obtain and there’s no consequences if you decide to
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Prescription Drug Abuse Today I am going to talk to you about prescription drugs abuse. Many of us know people that take prescribed medication on a daily basis and I don’t know about you guys but I have seen people that have become addicted in which it’s sometimes painful to watch. No one decides to get addicted to prescription pain pills‚ sometimes a person’s body becomes immune the amount and that’s why they need more and more to help control the pain. What is prescription drug abuse? According
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Anderson‚ Indiana has a very big drug problem that needs to be taken care of. One of the major drugs being used in Anderson is meth‚ there have been 25 cases of people being arrested with the possession of meth in the last year. There are more drugs going around Anderson than ever before‚ but meth is one of the biggest problems that Anderson is facing. There is a list of different drugs going around and there are a lot of problems that have arisen from its happening. Anderson‚ Indiana is an
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Drugs and Addiction Carl Jung‚ a Swiss psychiatrist once said: “Every form of addiction is bad‚ no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol‚ morphine or idealism.” I agree with what he said. It’s true; addiction is not only bad‚ it can be dangerous! Do you know how many people who take drugs die each year? According to WHO (World Health Organization)‚ 2‚000 Americans die each year from using heroin‚ in England‚ 5‚000. 2‚500 Americans die each year from using cocaine. Alcohol kills 80‚000 Americans
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Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use Since the dawn of society there have been people whose behavior differed from the rest of society. There are many different theories and perspectives on why people do things like abuse drugs‚ and although we my never have all the answers‚ sociology still help us to understand the problem better. In order to understand the theories of deviance‚ and apply them to drug use in our society one must first understand what deviance is. Alex Thio defines deviance
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Executive Summary Now a day’s drug addiction has become a great problem in all over the world. Third world countries like Bangladesh are greatly sufferer from this problem. It’s just like cancer. As a part of the society different Universities are facing this problem. Our university ‘University of Asia Pacific’‚ specifically our department ‘Department of Business Administration’ is facing greatly by this problem. Recently it has become the top concern issue for the disciplinary committee. Considering
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A big problem some people face each day is drug overdose. Many people have been addicted to drugs and in some cases it has lead to death. Drug overdose can cause a lot of effects of someone’s mind and body. Many lives are lost because of overdosing on drugs such as smoking‚ painkillers‚ and even alcohol. Overdosing has become more and more of a big problem over the years and could be very dangerous. Many people have been suffering with overdosing for many years. People in United States have died
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