What can lead someone to become addicted to drugs? ... It is normally assumed that drug abuse is initiated because of peer pressure or to just be sociable; people also do tend to believe that drug-users can quit their habit if they're willing to change their behavior. ... Being addicted to drugs is considered to be a disease that causes obsessive drug seeking and use, despite the harmful penalties to the drug and those around the users. ... It has been shown that drug abuse runs in families. ... (Pedersen, 1981)7 While these drugs are considered to be pharmacologically similar, some evide...

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In the article entitled "Drug Abuse by the Teenagers ", Venumadhava (2013) explores how drug abuse by the teenagers affect the society and their family, the article also highlights the reasons why the teenagers take drugs along with the most frequent drug they use. ... Moreover, drug use has been increasing among the young people worldwide and most drug abusers are under the age of 30. ... As more and more teenagers become victims of drug abuse the resulting damage from drugs is evident. ... Although, Malhotra and Biswas (2006) focus primarily on cannabis they also believe that when teenage...

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When a person uses a psychoactive drug and the affects that drug has also depends on the person's expectations, the social setting, and cultural beliefs and value. ... The psychoanalytic theory was developed by Sigmund Freud and his followers who believed that behavior disorders are symbolic expressions of unconscious conflicts, which can usually be traced to childhood. ... Regardless of the initial source of the addiction, drug use dramatically changes the brain. ... People drink specifically to get drunk and take other drugs to get high. Motives for using drugs also vary. ...

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They are specifically involved with the prevention of drug abuse and drug trafficking. ... The introduction of drugs into American culture and the efforts to normalize drug use started to take a terrible toll on the nation. ... Prior to the 1960's Americans did not see drug use as acceptable behavior, nor did they believe that drug use was an inevitable fact of life. ... To deal with America's growing drug problem the Drug Enforcement Administration was created in 1973. ... Drug Problems the Drug Enforcement Administration Faces The illegal drug market in the United States is o...

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Unfortunately, drugs are still being circulated, and drug addicts run rampant. The drug market diminishes the standard morals and ethics of a society with the beneficiaries being crime syndicates and drug dealers. ... Anslinger was so determined on criminalizing drugs, he requested judges to increase the minimum sentence on the drug policy. ... The drug propaganda of the 1940s and 1950s was often so complex nobody believed the government's cautions on drugs. ... In 1986, Anti-Drug Abuse gave drug addicts full responsibility of their actions, all users accordingly penalized for possession....

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The illicit drug market, pre-drug war, is estimated to be a hundred billion dollar a year business. ... Positive liberty calls for the federal government to fulfill a more substantial role in individual lives thus it is believed for that reason the federal government should not give itself too many liberties of this type. ... The parameters of the drug prohibition policy that will be investigated are the Untied States prohibition of drugs christened the war on drugs of 1989. ... Effects on Society The effects on society are not miniscule like(Treaster) the government would have you believe. ....

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Today, taking a drug test is as routine as filling out a job application. ... This means that more than 10 million employees use illicit drugs, making the workplace an important environment in which to intervene with drug users and to help prevent employees from starting to use illegal drugs. ... Drug testing is primarily focused on protecting a workplace from negative effects of alcohol and other drug abuse. ... A drug testing policy should include the drugs that are being testing for, who will be tested and under what conditions, the consequences of testing positives or refusing to take the ...

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Yet there are people who want this drug to become a Schedule II drug, which would declare the drug to have current accepted medical use but will still be considered to have a high potential for abuse. ... Some people believe that marijuana should become a Schedule II drug so that it will be available to the sick. ... People believe that it is the safest and most effective medicine that can be used for terminally ill patients. ... Legalizing the drug, especially for medical reasons, will undoubtedly make children believe that it is actually something good for them. ... First of all, this drug i...

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The other side maintains that drug testing for welfare would be a positive change because some people believe that it would be in the best interest of the children who have parents who are using drugs, others think that drug testing welfare recipients would ensure them to use the welfare for a temporary time and get themselves back to the working field, and drug testing would give welfare to the people who really need it, rather than abusing our system. ... The opposing party also believes that the people who are receiving the welfare benefits are being discriminated against because since the...

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Canadians believe that teen pregnancies are a serious national problem. ... Many pregnant teens believe that their babies will lead lives very different from their own. Poor, inner city, undereducated women who may live with drug addiction, violence, and a sense of hopelessness. ... Many teens that have experienced childhood sexual abuse don't believe that they can control what happens to them or their bodies. ... Early sexual behavior has been related to various types of risk taking behaviors, such as alcohol, drugs, and delinquency. ...

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These days adolescents who use drugs, including alcohol, do so because they like the feeling of what the drugs do to their brain. ... Drugs of abuse also boost dopamine levels. ... While it's not the only chemical involved in drug abuse, experts have come to believe that dopamine is the crucial one. ... This allows high concentrations of dopamine to remain available in the brain longer than normal, which is believed to cause the high associated with cocaine use. ... Pupils are given information about tobacco, alcohol, solvents and controlled drugs and are taught how to refuse offers o...

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Many have smoked marijuana to experience the drug's psychedelic effects, while others use the drug to treat various illnesses and pain. Within the past century, however, the drug's medicinal value has come under much scrutiny. ... The legalization of this drug for medical purposes can only lead to future drug addiction, negative side effects, and susceptibility to further damage through recreational use. ... With this in mind, it is far more conceivable to force treatment on drug abusers, rather than consenting to their demands by legalizing marijuana, or any other drug. ... Kevin Co...

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My view about this problem is that, governments should legalize this kind of illegal drugs. As a rule I personally believe in freedom and I think every one can do what they want and choose their lifestyle. ... When I was 15 I had to take a stand: do I take drugs or not? I am a peculiar person, I decided to look for all kind of information about drugs and one of my friends, who smokes cannabis which he cultivates at home, told me that I had to read a really interesting article about criminal gangs related to drugs and farmers in Colombia. ... So we are facing of one of the social and govern...

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I believe that drugs should continue to be banned because it helps enforce fair competition, protect the health of the athletes and will continue to have a positive effect on Australian society and world sports. ... Performance-enhancing drugs are banned in sport to ensure a fair competition to all athletes. ... It has become knowledge that drugs do have adverse effect on health. ... It should also be pointed out the damaging health effects of drug consumption. ... If drug testing stopped, or if drugs were allowed to enhance an athlete's ability, it would create a negative effect on soc...

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This is the amount spent annually in the U.S. on the war on drugs. Number of people arrested in 2011 in the U.S. on nonviolent drug charges: 1.53 million. ... Marijuana is undoubtedly the most popular illicit drug used in America. ... " Along with the profit of this illegal cash crop, there is an ongoing of drug lords and violence that coincides with the illegal trading of drugs. ... I believe that the best solution is that Marijuana should be regulated in much the same way as alcohol, and be sold only in certain types of shops such as it is now in medical dispensaries and require an age ...

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Is Legalization A Realistic Alternative To The War On Drugs? ... In sum, the drug market is already saturated with a combination of legal and illegal drugs. ... Instead, drug-related crime increased, drug dealers from other nations brought their business to Zurich, and the health care system was overwhelmed as drug users were in constant need of resuscitation. ... While legalizing drugs is not a statement that drugs are good, it is no longer a statement that drugs are not bad. Legalization can easily be interpreted as removal of condemnation and equating once-illegal drugs with the harmless...

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Is Legalization A Realistic Alternative To The War On Drugs? ... In sum, the drug market is already saturated with a combination of legal and illegal drugs. ... Instead, drug-related crime increased, drug dealers from other nations brought their business to Zurich, and the health care system was overwhelmed as drug users were in constant need of resuscitation. ... While legalizing drugs is not a statement that drugs are good, it is no longer a statement that drugs are not bad. Legalization can easily be interpreted as removal of condemnation and equating once-illegal drugs with the harmless...

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It is obvious that drugs are quite present in our society, therefore has the United States drug policy deferred drug trafficking to the point where it is beneficial to our society. ... The supporters of marijuana legalization believe that it will benefit American society in three major ways, which include revenue enhancement, medical benefits, and hemp production. ... The other drug at issue is the designer drug ecstasy. ... He is believed to be the first human to ever test the effects of ecstasy. ... Many psychologists believe MDMA can be prescribed and help with depression because ecst...

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In 1908, Drug prohibition began with the Opium Act and Cannabis was not added until the Confidential Restrict List in 1923. ... There has been reported cases were drug leaders will cut their marijuana with chemical substances found in methamphetamines and crack cocaine that can make the drug addictive. ... The removal, or at minimum reduction, of drug violence in our streets would be beneficial to everyone in Canada. ... Legalization would necessitate a number of set policies surrounding the sale and usage of the drug. ... They strongly believe that the public, media and policy makers must be ...

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The development of problem-solving courts was an innovative response to offenders' problems such as: drug abuse, mental illness, and domestic violence problems. ... Since the introduction and success of drug courts in 1989, several addition forms of problem solving courts have come to light. ... Key tools of drug courts are frequent monitoring, education, alcohol and drug testing, and rehabilitation programs (Casey 2005), which participants frequently appear before the drug court judge, and meetings with court-affiliated case managers regarding progress. ... For example, if a person is se...

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The Drug Enforcement Agency reports that Vicodin is the most abused prescription drug in the United States. ... The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration believes Vicodin may be the most abused prescription drug in the country (DEA, 2007). ... Subject to individual tolerance, many medical experts believe dependence or addiction can occur within one to four weeks at higher doses of Vicodin (DEA, 2007). ... These people are not "drug addicts" in the stereotypical sense, but people with real medical conditions who find themselves in the same situation as drug addicts. ... The medical communi...

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The use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs are unacceptable. ... The NFL only suspends players for 4 games after a failed drug test, which is 25% of the season. ... Players are more likely to test for street drugs by their colleges and universities than by the NCAA. ... Schools are much more likely to end up testing for street drugs like cocaine and marijuana. ... I believe that part of the problem is how accessible they are. ...

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Since then, the development of Performance-enhancing drugs has hit a rapid increase and massive amounts of more powerful drugs have been produced. Athletes of different sports, gender and age use these drugs all over the world. ... The question that raises a huge amount of commotion is: Should performance-enhancing drugs be legalized? Several ideas and beliefs have connotations to the use of drugs in sport. ... These sources also suggest that legalization of these drugs should aim to educate athletes instead of promoting public shaming and punishments so a safer method of using these drugs as ...

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If the offender is under the influence of drugs or alcohol a minimum sentence of 8 years and maximum of 25 years applies. ... The government crackdown also allows for drug and alcohol testing conducted by police on suspected offenders who are believed to have committed an alcohol or drug fuelled offence, this includes assault, reckless grievous bodily harm and unlawful wounding. As a state wide initiative to reduce drug and alcohol fuelled violence a new definition of public intoxication has been introduced. ... I believe the new legislation is great and should have been introduced earlier, ...

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This paper will discuss the relationship between two commonly abused recreational drugs and schizophrenia. Cocaine and marijuana are two of the most commonly used drugs in the country, and have very different effects on brain function. ... This correlation is likely to do the use of drugs whose use is linked with marijuana use, amphetamines in particular. ... Schizophrenia is commonly believed to be linked with an oversensitivity to dopamine, which would cause the person suffering from it to feel somewhat the same way as a person who abused cocaine. ... Although both of these drugs are p...

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