Steroids, Illegal or Not, a Quick Fix for Some Athletes Issues of cheating or winning at any cost, are becoming more and more common among athletes of all ages and levels of ability. ... After its initial use in bodybuilding the drug spread like wildfire thought the rest of the sports world, ranging from sports in high school to professional athletes in the Olympic Games. ... It has been estimated that at least 1 in 15 male, high school sports athletes have used steroids, which means more than a half-million high school athletes have used steroids. ... A "NIDA" funded survey of drug abuse...

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What purpose does prohibition intend to serve besides restoring the middle-class suburban America from "lawless criminals"? ... The criterion for Schedule are as follows: The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. ... To further the demonstrate the absurdity, a synthetic version of cannabis known as marinol is listed as Schedule III, even though it uses the exact psychoactive ingredient responsible for the "high" cannabis induces, THC. ... Surprisingly, years after the policy change, drug usage among all age groups including teenagers declined from 10 per ...

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Heart problems, hormonal changes, reproductive system damage, weakened immune system, birth defects, cancer, fat cells retain the drug and can keep one high for long periods of time, Amotivational Syndrome, driving ability hurt, the gateway effect to other drugs and drug use leading to crime are all cited as marijuana related problems. ... In fact, according to animal testing, forty thousand times as much THC as you need to get high would have to be consumed to overdose. ... Whereas ingesting marijuana is a common practice in the Middle East as with the drink "bhang", or even when people bake ...

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More than 83 million Americans (37 percent) age 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once, according to the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).2 The major active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which causes the mind-altering effects of marijuana intoxication. ... Marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of middle class Americans. ... Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug of choice for Americans, exceeded only by alcohol and tobacco in popularity.3 Types of Drugs Used by Past Month Illicit Drug Users Aged...

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The social disturbance of the 1960s brought with it a dramatic increase in drug use and some increased social acceptance; by the early 1970s some states and districts had decriminalized or legalized marijuana and lowered drinking ages. ... Drugs also were used: • To see visions or gain insights • To dull the pain of ritual mutilation in initiation ceremonies • To enhance the strength and pain resistance of warriors to prepare them for battle, or to program them to kill • As pain or hunger suppressants • To help cope with thin air at high altitudes &bul...

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Yet, it has taken the totalitarian regimes behind the iron curtain, the fascists dictatorships of the middle east and Africa as well as our own swollen welfare state to finally prove them right. ... In our economy that supply did not equal the demand; middle-class Americans could no longer afford their luxuries and materialistic wants in as much the wealthy were satisfied by spending a meager portion of their income. ...

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