Despite the common knowledge that drug and alcohol use during pregnancy is harmful to an unborn child, many pregnant woman choose to use drugs and alcohol throughout the duration of their pregnancy. ... According to Zivi, a woman was not criminally charged with child abuse resulting from the use of crack cocaine during her pregnancy until 1987. ... Using drugs and alcohol during pregnancy is both physically and psychologically harmful to an unborn child. ... If a woman chooses not to legally abort her pregnancy, that woman is obligated to ensure the unborn child's safety both inside and ...

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Women who drink during pregnancy run a serious risk of damaging their fetuses. ... Denial is one of the most common characteristic an alcoholic tends to have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a condition affecting some children born to women who drink heavily during pregnancy. ... Throughout all of her pregnancies my aunt was an avid drinker. ...

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When people hear the word "drug," they usually think of an illegal substance such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other drug that can be found on the street. Most people never consider the fact that consuming alcohol can be just as harmful as illegal drugs, not only on the body, but on the min...

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Many people say marijuana use would increase if it were to be legalized. Research disproves this argument, from 1972-1978, eleven states decriminalized the drug. The results revealed no increase in usage. The obvious solution is that marijuana should be legalized with constraints, in other wor...

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A big problem in today's world is the habitual drug use by teens and young adults. A 2010 survey shows that by the time kids are in eighth grade about thirty-six percent of them have used alcohol at least once in their life. This number increased to seventy-one percent by the time the teens reached ...

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The catalysts that prompts the initial consideration of recovery are often outside of the addict's control and can range from a multitude of situations such as, an unplanned pregnancy, criminal charges and threat of incarceration to the loss of employment, disintegration of their family or an overdose death of a close friend or relative. ...

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Since the 1960s the plant species Cannabis sativa L., also known as marijuana, has been the topic of much controversy, being illegal, in its medicinal and recreational implementations. The reasons for its illegality, however, are just not sound enough, when they are compared to the potential positiv...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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Since the passage of the Harrison Act in 1914, the federal approach to drug abuse control has included a variety of ways for reducing both the supply of, and demand for, illicit drugs. At first the supply and demand reduction strategies were grounded in the traditional deterrence model: Though legislation and criminal penalties, individuals would be discouraged from using drugs; by setting an example of traffickers, the government could force potential dealers to seek out other economic pursuits. In time, other components were added such as enforcement, treatment, education, and pre-venting...

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