REEARCH PAPER ON DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN KENYA ABSTRACT Drug and Substance abuse is recognized globally as the greatest impediment to sanity of our social fabric‚ the greatest health risk and also it is touted to be one of the biggest derailments to our Economic growth. With all the misgivings associated with this menace‚ the international community; to which Kenya is a member resolved to tackle the issue
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Boubelik Engl 102 MWF 3:00pm Yuan Ding 26 March 2012 Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the U.S. "Prescription drugs are the number-one drug problem that we face today‚" says David Rotenberg‚ executive director of the adolescent treatment center at the nonprofit Caron Foundation. "They are more widely prescribed‚ more widely available‚ and more widely abused by adolescents than they have ever been before."(DiConsiglio‚ 1) Abuse of prescription drugs is one of the fastest growing problems for young adults
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Lauryn Hilger Speech Block 1 Ms. Jerome April 5‚ 2014 Persuasive Speech Introduction Janelle from teen mom is the perfect example of someone who wasn’t ready for her baby. We saw her mom holding her hand and letting her go and do all of the stuff that she wanted. TV shows glam up what it’s like being a teen mom. If we would look at a normal teenage mother the situation would be so much different‚ think about all the girls who are or have been pregnant in Millard…. We get to go to football
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deal of concern that media depictions of illicit drugs‚ alcohol‚ or tobacco inaccurately portray the true nature of drug abuse and its negative consequences. I want to describe how I feel the social problem of drug abuse is reflected by the media through music and television. However‚ I mainly want to focus on the influence of music videos. I think that drug abuse has been overly glamorized showing the younger generation that using illicit drugs (mainly marijuana) is socially acceptable. Not only
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Prescription Drug Abuse in America Illegal drugs in the United States have been a topic of discussion for as long as anyone can remember. For years we have been fighting a war against drugs and this paper will not reflect current trends of illegal drugs‚ but will show that the new problem these days in America is prescription drugs. According to state law enforcement officials‚ “An analysis of 168‚900 autopsies conducted in Florida in 2007 found that three times as many people were killed by legal
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day in the United States‚ an average of two thousand teenagers use prescription drugs without a doctor’s guidance for the first time. Prescription drug abuse is the number one killer of middle aged Floridians‚ killing an average of 9 people per day in Florida. How should we fix this issue in Florida and save other people from putting their lives in jeopardy? I propose that anyone who has a record of prescription drug abuse should be forced to be the government’s guinea pigs. They have to completely
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Methamphetamine Abuse The report of Methamphetamine is an artificial painkiller with more rapid long-lasting effects than amphetamine‚ used illegally as an intoxicant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Methamphetamine is a drug that kills slowly‚ but surely and along the way it has many severe health complications. This drug has nearly up to eight or more slang words that are used in the street. Methamphetamine is defined as meth‚ speed‚ crank‚ zip‚ chalk
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Persuasive Speech Outline Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to support the teaching of sexual education in schools today to prevent teenage pregnancy. Introduction I. It’s 3am and being a 17 year girl tucked away in your bed nice and warm; you hear blood curdling scream from the room next door. No it’s not an intruder it’s your two week old baby ready for his 3rd diaper change. II. By supporting the teaching of real life situations from sexual choices and education regarding
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DRUG ABUSE Trisha Roopchand -- 300602934 Khushnuma Patel -- 300683692 Bernadett Porkolab -- 300662466 Clifford Borland – 300561807 GNED 500 – 074 CARA NAIMAN MARCH 27‚ 2013 Introduction Definition of drug abuse: the use of a drug for a nontherapeutic effect. Some of the most commonly abused drugs are alcohol; nicotine; amphetamines; cocaine; opium alkaloids; synthetic opioids; benzodiazepines‚ ketamine; and anabolic steroids. Drug abuse may lead to organ damage‚ addiction‚ and disturbed patterns
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In 2012‚ around 10 million people visited two of the most popular Seaworld parks combined. Those 10 million people were unknowingly endorsing and supporting animal abuse. I believe‚ Seaworld parks around the world are abusing their animals emotionally and physically and should reevaluate how they care for their animals. One of Seaworld’s most famous attraction are the Shamu shows! But what goes on behind the scenes? After the shows the Orcas return to their 180 feet by 90 feet tanks‚ which are
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