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Drug Dependence

In order for a chemical to be considered a drug it must have the capacity to affect how the body works--to be biologically active. No substance that has the power to do this is completely safe, and drugs are approved only after they demonstrate that they are relatively safe when used as directed, ...

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Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse

Dawn Guba Dguba001@terra.edu Goal of Paper "Discuss way to prevent abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse. Do you agree/disagree? Should a prescription be required for over-the-counter cold remedies?" PREVENTING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE Psychoactive Drugs Paper ...

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Drug Abuse

affects all of us in our daily lives. It ruins families and destroys relationships. Teens especially are prone to due to immense peer pressure, everyday stress, and depression. Marijuana use is on the rise everywhere, and with marijuana comes the harder drugs, making an important and critical ...

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Drug Dependence

Symptoms of Substance Dependence Associated with Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Illicit Drugs --- United States, 1991--1992 Each year in the United States, approximately 400,000 deaths result from cigarette smoking, 100,000 from misuse of alcohol, and 20,000 from use of illicit drugs. Many of the ...

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The Day In The Life Of A Drug Addict

I awoke to the smell of an old house, the lights were off and the house was cold and damp. Doug was nudging me saying "Wake-up! I got us a wake-up . . . get out of bed!" He was wide awake and holding a sixteenth of cocaine in his hand. My stomach started churring as I got up and ran to the ...

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Substance Abuse Relapse

Traditional/Alternative Approach Matt Cantrell November 24, 2011 Missouri Baptist University Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts in Counseling degree to Dr. Damon Gamble Abstract Substance abuse relapse decreases with the use of traditional and alternative ...

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Prison vs. Treatment Center

Prison vs. Treatment Center I feel that the Criminal Justice System, Lawyers, and Judges can do better in helping and correctly placing our American Drug Abuser in treatment centers instead of placing them in prison for years because their are addicted to drugs. The purpose of my paper is to ...

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Comparing Treatment Approaches

An analytic review of Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction by Donald W. Landry (1997) and Buprenorphine Suppresses Cocaine Self-Administration by Rhesus Monkeys by Nancy Mello et al. (1989) The general unsuccessfulness of treating cocaine addicts has led to the development of new therapeutic ...

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Methamphetamine: Built For Speed?

? Methamphetamine has reclaimed a place in the lexicon of "party" drugs. Hailed by nocturnal adventurers, condemned by raver idealists, is speed a sleepless dream or an addictive nightmare? Here at the end of the millennium, the pace of modern life seems fleeting -- a whirl of minutes, hours ...

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Effects Of Drugs On Adolecents

Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in colleges today. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, clarifying their ...

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Dealing With Marijuana Addicts

Interacting and dealing with Marijuana addicts has shown me a lot about an addiction that often gets overlooked. Marijuana is often just looked as something fun or relaxing to do on recreational times but when the use becomes a routine and an obsession that is when the problem begins. Marijuana ...

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Drugs And Teenagers

Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in today's high schools. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, clarifying their ...

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Needle Exchange Programs

More than a million people in the United States inject drugs, at a cost to society (in health care, lost productivity, accidents, and crime) of more than fifty billion dollars a year. (Holland n.p.). According to the Department of Health and Human Services, there were 216,000 heroin ...

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War On Drugs

The word drugs, is a difficult word to define. It can have various definitions; A drug is anything one can get addicted to; from legal to illegal substances (Idralowitz, 2002). A well-known drug that most Americans suffer from is tobacco and alcohol. Unfortunately this is not illegal in the U.S ...

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Life Of He

It's four fifteen in the morning. His skin is crawling riddled with scabs and scars, he hasn't showered in days. Sleep is a foreign figment that he no longer desires, his fingers twitch with a craving. He reaches for his phone but no tone comes, he has not paid the bill. Where will he get his next ...

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“Smoke” The Prohibition!

The Federal Government, while trying to protect us from our human nature, developed harsh anti-drug policies with the hope of eradicating illegal drugs. At the time, these policies seemed simple enough: we will impose penalties on those who use substances illegally, we will intercept drugs coming ...

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Should We Legalize

E-mail: mdb123s@mail.smsu.edu Should America Legalize The Federal Government, while trying to protect us from our human nature, developed harsh anti-drug policies with the hope of eradicating drugs. These policies seemed simple enough: imposition of penalties on those who use substances ...

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Heroin Abuse

If a single reason can be given to illustrate the urgent need for reform of the current Australian drug policy it is this; that the prohibition strategy is simply not working. The toll from heroin deaths in Victoria has risen 73 percent over the last ten years, addiction and overdose rates are ...

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Heroin Legislation

The Heroin War: Why We Must Change our Battle Plan If a single reason can be given to illustrate the urgent need for reform of the current Australian drug policy it is this; that the prohibition strategy is simply not working. The toll from heroin deaths in Victoria has risen 73 percent over the ...

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Heroin A Long Dark Path

The use of hard drugs in America is on a steady rise. Heroin is one of the biggest reasons for this. Heroin is one of the most dangerous highly addictive drugs on the black market today. A board member on the National Institute of Health estimated that there are currently about 600,000 heroin ...

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