Have you ever wondered how much money is spent on illegal drugs annually? So far over $352‚492‚916‚346 has been spent on drugs worldwide. Drug trafficking is a business that just keeps on growing. Many attempts have been made to control global drug production and supply resulting in the current form with the 1961 UN single convention on drugs. These attempts include harsher laws regarding drug trafficking. Government uses the police and military for the enforcement of laws‚ and to punish users.
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Americans use or have used some type of drug(s). When the topic of drug use and/or abuse brought up‚ naturally‚ alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and illicit drugs are brought into the discussion while disregarding medically accepted drugs. Prescription drugs are usually not included although they make up a high percentage of misuse‚ abuse‚ and death. Properly prescribed medication causes approximately 106‚000 deaths and over 2 million serious side effects. Illicit drugs cause between 10‚000 and 20‚000 deaths per
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Imagine being a senior in high school‚ your sport season is about to start and you have been practicing harder than you ever have. You’ve beat many records throughout your high school career and is the star athlete of the school. Many colleges are ready to give you offers on scholarships and you want to show them your best. But even though you’ve been working as hard as you can‚ you just can’t get close to the record you set last year. Many of your teammates are suggesting you to take some steroids
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pharmaceutical drugs are becoming overpriced. The increase in prices has become too high and has caused countless people to not have the ability to buy the medicine they need. This is a problem. These expensive pharmaceutical drugs have taken over the market as well as bullying their competitors out of business. Due to the competition‚ demand‚ and patents‚ companies have dominated specific drugs. I believe these three effects are making companies that produce the drugs to stop thinking about their patients
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The War on Drugs is such a huge issue in today’s society. What is the war on drugs? It refers to the governmental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. There are many other drugs that are more harmful to your body then marijuana. Alcohol and tobacco‚ which are legal “drugs”‚ are two of them. There are many reasons to why the government should legalize marijuana and there are also many reasons to why the government should not legalize marijuana. Today I
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Hello I’m Liam Savery and I’m going to talk about drugs‚ not about how marijuana should be legalised or how other illicit drugs should be allowed in medication‚ but the access to fairly priced drugs used in medication. Recently in the news a man name Martin Shkreli has been pointed to a lot and has been given the nickname “America’s most hated man” and one would not be considered shitted by the boldness of the nickname. The reason Martin has been in the news is due to the fact that the company he
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June 8‚ 2005 Tips for picking a topic: Don’t pick a topic that is too big of broad. You have a limited amount of time for each speech so you need to pick a topic that can be completed or covered in the allotted time. Don’t pick a topic that is too technical or obscure. Places to find topics: Newspaper o School Newspaper Television Magazines o Discover magazine o Scientific American o National geographic o Martha Stewart Living o Newsweek o Time The general purpose is always
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Have you gotten a negative impression surrounding the topic of drugs? Though drugs seem to be directly connected with crime‚ their legalization can create a more beneficial environment for people and companies;both indirectly and directly. Legalizing drugs aids the trade/stock markets by eliminating the black markets‚ as well as reducing violent crime and homelessness rates‚ essentially pulling the world a couple steps closer to becoming a negativity-free zone. Prohibited market systems consist
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believe brand name drugs are better than generic drugs? II. (Reveal Your Topic) Today‚ I want to talk about generic drugs versus brand name drugs. III. (Establish Credibility) I have been with CVS for four years. I am a nationally certified pharmacy technician (also known as a CPhT). I work alongside many pharmacists and come across many drugs. I have to call doctors every day to change a person’s medication. IV. (Preview) Today‚ I want to talk about generic drugs. I want to talk why
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Her speech starts off with specifics about her background: she comes from a family whose father was a “blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home‚” and she gives her audience a specific and strong picture about her father’s disease and how he had to struggle at every moment‚ but continued to work and support the family. Michelle’s father‚ “Never stopped
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