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Methamphetamine Essays and Term Papers
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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MethamphetamineMethamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a crystal-like powdered substance that sometimes comes in large rock-like chunks. When the powder flakes off the rock, the shards look like glass, which is another nickname for meth.
Methamphetamine is addictive, and users can develop a tolerance quickly, ...
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Meth LabsMethamphetamines are powerfully addictive stimulants that dramatically affect the central nervous system. The drugs are made easily in clandestine, or illegal laboratories with cheap over the counter ingredients. These factors combine to make methamphetamines drugs extremely dangerous, and ...
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Synthetic Drugs Of AbuseIt 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 occuring the last 3000 years,
and probably longer. The mescaline containing peyote cactus has ...
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Psychodelic DrugsAlcohol
Alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in this society. It is
accepted as a part of social life. Its use is widely promoted via sponsorship of
sporting events. Advertising infers that drinking is the path to happiness,
success, romance, etc. There are references to alcohol and its ...
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Drug War With MexicoUnited States taking actions in the Mexican Drug War
Today in the country of Mexico, something has the people on edge. The Mexican Drug War has spread though every part of this third world country, causing the citizens to flee for safety. Most of these citizens are crossing the Mexican-United ...
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Substance Abuse RelapseTraditional/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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Destroying WacoE-mail: phatty69_98@yahoo.com
November 28, 1999 I was one of only nine survivors of the Waco blaze -- 74 men, women and children died -- and I've devoted the last six years to understanding what happened there. Back in 1990 I had been drumming in a stagnant Los Angeles rock band when I met and ...
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Mexico's Drug TradeApproaching and addressing international drug issues in 1999 is not a simple task due to numerous contradictions that involve the inherent nature of economics, politics, culture, and individual ideologies. The normal attributes of drugs, as well as the changing characteristics of these ...
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Is Ritalin Over Prescribed?Imagine for a moment that you are nine years old again. You are sitting in your third grade classroom trying as hard as you can to listen to your teacher, but you just can't. The heater is making this clicking sound that won't stop and the class hamster is running all over his cage. Further more, ...
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U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The BorderA Written Final Project
Presented to
Professor Larry Herzog
San Diego State University
MAS 355
The U.S. Mexico International Border
In a recent newspaper article written in the San Diego Union Tribune
called “U.S. Scourge Spreads South.” A very disturbing fact was ...
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U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border____________________
A Written Final Project Presented to Professor Larry Herzog San Diego State
University
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MAS 355 The U.S. Mexico International Border
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In a recent newspaper article written in the San Diego Union Tribune
called “U.S. ...
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The Economics Of Drugs And ProstitutionIllegal drugs are considered one of the most severe problems facing our society. These include cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. These substances are seen as problematic for a number of reasons. Firstly, they are highly addictive and create a serious chemical dependence in their users. These ...
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Meth 2Methamphetamine is an amphetamine that has been used in
treating narcolepsy, Parkinson's Disease, and obesity. When used
illegally, this drug, which is also called crank, speed, ice, chalk,
crystal, and glass, may cause a person to be paranoid and violent.
Crank can be smoked, snorted, sniffed, ...
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BarbituatesBarbiturate. Now where would you think of a name like that? Legend has it that this drug was derived when a 29 year old research assistant, Adolph von Baeyer, was working in his Belgian laboratory in 1863 when he took the condensation of malonic acid and combined it with Urea. Von Baeyer went ...
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“Images Of Law Enforcement In The Toilet”The media have made Law Enforcement Officers out to be the bad guys. Although we have an incredibly high crime rate in Clark County, and in the United States for that matter, the police are the ones being put in the spotlight with constant accusations of unjustified shootings. The media, by ...
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Assence Of Drug AddictionPhysical dependence of drug addiction is not really important. The reason for this is that fluid withdrawal symptoms of heroin, alcohol or any other drug in general can be managed by the proper redress. When it comes to physical symptoms upon withdrawal, the most hazardous drugs don’t produce any ...
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War On DrugsThe 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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Child Abuse: A Growing ProblemAlycia Stevens
CHF 423
Integration Paper
"Child Abuse-A Growing Problem"
Child abuse is one of the highest growing social problems in the United States. A social problem is, "a condition that a significant number of people believe to be a problem. A condition in which there is a sizable ...
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Inadequacies of ProhibitionThe Inadequacies of Prohibition
Christopher Trifilio
Lyndon State University
Christopher Trifilio
Kelly Colby
Eng 1082-L03
03/29/17
The Inadequacies of Prohibition
In the 1970’s the Nixon administrated started “the war on drugs”. The presidential administration enforced ...
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