Drug Journey Thesis: The process of drugs in pharmaceuticals is actually a very long one. There are several different stages that a company undertakes in order to get their drug to the doctors‚ pharmacists and patients. We will look at this process over the next few minutes. Introduction: As a Chemistry major I’m passionate to study on drugs and would like to involve in pharmaceuticals. I’m also inspired from my family where my brothers-in-law are pharmacist and besides I love chemistry since
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Drug awareness seminar held at STC THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted a drug awareness talk last Aug. 27 at the St. Theresa’s College (STC) auditorium along General Maxillom Avenue in Cebu City. Alan Trani‚ human resource officer of STC‚ organized the seminar with PDEA officials Ramon Montenegro and Nicholas Gomez as the resource speakers. Gomez said “milkshake” is the “in thing” among the drug users today. Milkshake is a mixture of Nubain‚ a regulated drug‚ and shabu
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“Drug Awareness Paper” Surveys show that around 17 percent of high school students use drugs‚ whether they know the dangers or not. Some may not know the dangers and that is one of the problems we have. So we need to make the dangers more noticeable so they will most likely not do it. Also teenagers do it because of peer pressure or they think its cool so that drives them to doing drugs. The best approach to keep this generation from using drugs is have parents be there for their teen when
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Different drug uses in colleges College is a great place for students to build a solid foundation for their futures. College is a place where students finally get a little more freedom‚ responsibility and a chance to mature. All of these great things during the whole “college experience” but drug abuse has always been a big issue in college campus’s nationwide. The abuse of drugs seems to get worse every year. Drug abuse among Students is a big issue for so many different reasons. Students will
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Effects: Increased energy‚ forced wakefulness‚ and mental alertness. Withdrawal: headaches‚ agitation‚ tiredness Tolerance: Increasing amount taken in over a period of time Alcohol: Uses: beer‚ wine‚ hard liquor‚ “unwind” for the taste‚ increase social ability Effects: Females are more likely to experience liver and brain damage after drinking less extreme amounts than males. Alcohol tends to shut down the parts of your brain responsible for controlling inhibitions and making judgments. Impairs
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There is a drug that cures drugs. A drug called naloxone can save a drug user’s life. Samantha (no last name) shared how the drug helped awaken an unconscious drug user. "I always have it because I’m scared to death‚" Samantha said. The "it" she is referring to is Naloxone. Naloxone is referred as the fast acting antidote for opioid overdoses. Samantha is a long-time heroine addict. Police officers are now equipped with Naloxone in case they come in contact with an overdosed drug user. Baltimore
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Drug Obsession Most teenagers tend to want to try new things because it’s shown on TV in a cool or unique way. Drugs are a popular topic for TV shows‚ movies‚ music‚ and music videos for this generation. TV shows‚ movies‚ and music show that it’s okay to do and or sell illegal substances clearly this is wrong. Showing drugs in this capacity give the illusion that it’s okay to take or do them. This makes teenagers assume that it is alright to take the substance even though it is not. Drug
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Business name: mercury drugs Logo Product: pharmacy‚ drug BagumbayanStreet‚ Sta. Cruz‚ Manila‚ Philippines (1945) The company began in 1945 with a single drugstore owned by Mariano Que. He named it after Mercury‚ the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology‚ whose caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol of medicine. The store began cutting packaged‚ bulk items into single pieces and selling them individually; this practise is colloquially called tingí-tingì in Filipino. Upon the invitation
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Drug trafficking is getting more serious everyday that if we do not make an attempt to stop or slow it down‚ deadly consequences will occur. There have been so many articles about this issue and the rate of deaths of people using drugs is increasing rapidly. Everything has a start and so do drugs. The drugs come from traffickers who don’t care about the result of people using it; therefore‚ they only care about how much money they gain. That is why I chose this topic; I chose it because I want to
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Drugs in Sport The use of drugs in sports goes back a long-long time‚ in fact back to the original Olympics held from 776 to 393 BC. Old texts suggest that humans were always trying to find ways to do more work with less effort (work hard but suffer less). This caused them to find‚ invent & use drugs or supplements. Thus people began using drugs & performance enhancers. Doping is the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport‚ it is illegal‚ but the use of drugs completely isn’t. That
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