Turner 1 Barry Turner Neal Peters English 101 29 April 2013 Should it be legal In 1978 the state legislators of New Mexico made a law allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from nausea caused by chemotherapy‚ much of this due to the efforts of a cancer patient by the name of Lynn Pierson. The Federal government modified the law to make it comply with IND regulations requiring a research program. The FDA also demanded many studies
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Prescription drug overdose and abuse is a common problem faced by many individuals today. According to the CDC (2013)‚ prescription drug overdose and abuse has increased exponentially since the 1980s. In 2009‚ the prescription drug overdose was five times that in 1980. Deaths due to drug overdose exceeded those due to motor vehicle accidents for the first time in 2009. The majority of these deaths were attributable to opioid overdose. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ approximately
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Emergency Department visits that are contributed to hydrocodone abuse. In 2000‚ the estimated visits were 19‚221. The DEA laboratory system seized and analyzed over 1.3 million hydrocodone tablets in 1997. Since hydrocodone is considered to be morphine like in every aspect‚ it is easy to see why one may choose to use and abuse this substance. For the hydrocodone abuser‚ the quickest way to feel the effects of vicodin is to snort it. The way that vicodin acts on the brain can cause it ’s user to
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Jordan McAllister Mrs. Reinard English 12 25/May 2017 Title of Research Paper Many Americans use drugs to make them happy or ease the pain. They use a variety of drugs legal and illegally. Society needs to recognize the rapid increase of antidepressant and opioid use in the world. America has seen a rise in the usage of antidepressants and opioids in America‚ primarily due to the cause of depression and Americans trying to escape the real world and their problems. As a society need to realize the
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Before President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971 he enacted the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The federal government uses the Controlled Substance Act to outline the drugs into five classifications or schedules. They are categorized by the level of dependency‚ abuse potential and their medical use. A doctor may choose to prescribe you a drug but regulations are set into place to limit them from the amount and dosage to avoid abuse and dependency to each substance. A doctor is registered
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Throughout the country huge masses of people suffer with the addiction to prescription painkillers. “The number of these deaths reached a new peak in 2014 to 47‚055 people‚ or the equivalent of about 125 Americans every day. (Park)” These numbers will only continue to rise as the abuse of opioids continues on. The abuse of opioids have ravished through the nation causing extreme pain and heartache. The opioid epidemic can be controlled and stopped by learning the drugs affects‚ the consequences of
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Andrew Costa Professor Myles HUS 211 Substance Abuse 3/12/15 Opioids Outline Intro- Opium- from the Greek word opos‚ meaning juice or sap‚ was originally chewed‚ eaten‚ or blended into various liquids and swallowed. (Inaba 4-7) It was cultivated in The Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Dating all the way back to the 206 B.C.‚ Opium was a major product traded on the Silk Road. This classification of drugs is used primarily to treat pain‚ diarrhea‚ and cough. They are known to bring on a sense
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Discerning the atrocious epidemic that we as Americans are facing from opioid abuse began from pain management problems that is subjective to individual patients; the patient’s sensation is what we must believe and respect. Additionally‚ drug companies’ drug representatives have convinced doctors that opiates such as Vicodin‚ OxyContin are not addictive drugs. They are‚ also‚ advertising narcotics as the drug of choice for doctors to offer their patients to help with their pain symptoms. Back in
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ingredients‚ such as morphine and codeine‚ and opioids are synthetic imitations of these types of drugs. The term opioid also refers to naturally occurring substances in the body‚ such as endorphins and enkephalins‚ which act on the brain to decrease pain sensations (Ling‚ 1990). Frequently abused prescription pain medications include hydrocodone (Lorcet‚ Lortab‚ Vicodin)‚ oxycodone (OxyContin‚ Percocet‚ Percodan)‚ codeine (Tylenol 2s‚ 3s‚ and 4s)‚ fentanyl (Duragesic)‚ and morphine (MS Contin). These
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included in some of those multiple cases. “I am certain there are more than 15 deaths that involved heroin‚” he said. With these statistic’s it’s very clear how out of control the drug problem has become in Monroe. Heroin is derived from morphine which is a natural substance found in the seedpod of the Asian opium poppy plant. With long term use the user not only gets mentally addicted to the drug‚ their body’s also become physically dependent on it. According to the website drugfreeworld
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