It affects people in so many ways. Crimes committed against innocent children because of parents that get involved and addicted. Reports on how corrupted organizations hold fundraisers to stop drugs are as a front and later seem to be the biggest drug traffickers using any means necessary to carry their drugs throughout the world. Throughout the years‚ there have been newscasts of numerous members of various societies that have been associated with these organizations. Politicians and celebrities have
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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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American Drug Policy AKA The War on Drugs The American Drug Policy is a social issue with many pros and cons. So many different areas are impacted daily by the laws of this policy when one tries to separate the issues and wade through the muck and mire of what‚ who‚ where‚ why and when‚ all sense of truth and reality becomes a confusing unreachable goal. Both sides of the debate have their own set of statistics that support their argument. I suppose in order to analyze this policy; one will have
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A recreational drug is categorized as any substance with pharmacologic effects that is either taken voluntarily for personal pleasure‚ or for satisfaction rather than for medicinal purposes such as cocaine‚ marijuana‚ or ecstasy. These types of drugs are easily found and are used by more than 22 million Americans ages 12 and older; nearly nine percent of the U.S. population. If these types of drugs were to be made legal‚ a positive change in the economy would be the ultimate outcome. In 1961
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Teenage Drug Addiction and Depression Com/220 Ryan Y. Johnson April 18‚ 2010 The teenage years are often filled with doubt‚ vagueness‚ uncertainty and confusion due to much life Changing obstacles. More and more teens are turning to drugs to deal with their troubles and numb their pain. Teenage drug abuse is on a rising high. The drug choice by teens is pain relievers‚ prescription drugs‚ tranquilizers‚ and stimulants. Often teens also use sedative drugs to get high. Teenagers turn away
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Problem of Combined Drug Intoxication (CDI)‚ a.k.a. Polydrug or Polypharmacy Intoxication and Multiple Drug Intake (MDI) The relatively recent deaths of celebrities such as Heath Ledger‚ Michael Jackson‚ and Anna Nicole Smith‚ lend themselves to a discussion for this first discussion board. When you are presented with the term "drug overdose‚" what is the first thing that comes to mind? Illicit drugs like heroin or cocaine? Suicide? Small children taking prescription drugs that were not secured
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The Impact of Drugs on Society Drugs have effects on society in many different ways. The negative consequences of drug abuse affect not only individuals who abuse drugs but also their families and friends‚ various businesses‚ and government resources. The ONDCP (2202) discusses the effects of drug abuse. “Although many of these affects cannot be quantified‚ ONDCP reported that in 2002‚ the economic cost of drug abuse to the United States was $180.9 billion.”(www.usdoj.gov ) Devastating
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Mexico has had a long time issue with its border next to the United States‚ drug smuggling is one of the more infamous of the issues. But‚ more often than not when people think of issues with Mexico‚ they think about the problems with illegal immigrants. Drug smuggling is one issue that greatly impacts both Mexico and the United States and is often hidden behind issues with Immigration. Mexico has been trafficking drugs illegally now since the 1980’s into the United States. Many Americans are aware
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liberal approach to addressing the drug problem in their country. In the early 2000’s‚ Portugal moved to decriminalize all possession and use of drugs ranging from marijuana to heroin and cocaine. A lot of good has resulted from Portugal’s progressive drug policy. At first‚ many were skeptical about whether or not this new policy would work‚ or if it would actually exacerbate the drug problem. People also claimed that the new drug policy would open the country to "drug tourists" further intensifying
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Synthetic Drugs of Abuse It seems that primitive man at times wished to escape his reality. He or she probably found some natural herbal drugs to facilitate this desire. In fact abuse of the coca leaf and the opium poppy has been occurring the last 3000 years‚ and probably longer. The mescaline containing peyote cactus has been abused by the indians for even longer. They thought it was a gift from god because they often realised profound truths when they where inebriate(at least‚ thats what they
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