How nice our societies would have been, and a lot many people would not have died because of drug addiction. ... If your child shows the desire to take drugs, don't come down too hard on him or her as it might actually increase their desire to have it. Parents need to develop openness and trust with their teenage children and chances are, that if at any stage they had the desire to try drugs they may come and ask their parents about it and it would become easier for the parents to make them understand the worst effects that can happen to them after the use of drugs. ...

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How nice our societies would have been, and a lot many people would not have died because of drug addiction. ... If your child shows the desire to take drugs, don't come down too hard on him or her as it might actually increase their desire to have it. Parents need to develop openness and trust with their teenage children and chances are, that if at any stage they had the desire to try drugs they may come and ask their parents about it and it would become easier for the parents to make them understand the worst effects that can happen to them after the use of drugs. ...

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This has meant that those animals that were sick or maimed would eventually die out as they were less prepared to face those challenges that were presented to them in the wild. ... By utilizing and ingesting different substances, we have found a way to prolong and the save the lives of those weak and dying members of our species which has perpetuated "bad- genes and "dirtied- the gene pool. ... Craving as a conscious desire to use drugs may be more readily perceived by the abusing as opposed to the dependent individual, because once a person! ... The individual, knowing from experience tha...

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Many people argue the fact that alcohol causes aggressive behavior and marijuana does not, and hundreds of thousands die in automobile accidents involving alcohol and this is far more than the number in marijuana related accidents. ... Marijuana use in America is very popular and not uncommon, that is probably why there is such a strong desire for many Americans to promote marijuana use. ...

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Marijuana, dope, weed, pot, however one desires to call it, should be legalized throughout the United States for it's many medicinal purposes and moderate recreational use. ... Medical history shows that no one has ever died from an overdose of cannabis. ...

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While, Larry Singleton raped a teenage girl, mutilated her, chopped off her arms, and left her in the desert to die. ... For example, Len Bias, the basketball player, died of a cocaine overdose. ... Prices will go down, drug related crime will dissipate, people will be able to seek the medical attention they desire, and the rights of the people will be restored. ...

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This same responsibility is shown Through Sonny's desire to create music. ... He hadn't started any sort of reconciliation towards this, but after his daughter died and Sonny was in jail, he decided it was time for this redemption. ...

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Marijuana is known as a highly addictive drug, but as Vidal points out, people should have the rights to do drugs if that is what they desire. Cancer patients are going to die painfully if they are not given substances to help alleviate the suffering; marijuana helps to alleviate pain. ...

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Legalizing Marijuana Specific Goal: I would like to show that by legalizing marijuana, not only will the government be saving millions of dollars but thousands of sick and dieing individuals will have it available for medical use. ... The first part of the problem is that so many of us use it, that the government has to spend billions of dollars a year trying to counter act our desires. ...

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The cocaine addict must give up not only cocaine, they must give up using alcohol and marijuana because other drugs can create a strong desire for cocaine. ... However with dangerous drugs, addicts might die because of overdose. ...

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Supporters of marijuana legalization answer that for many patients, traditional medications do work and they do not require or desire medical marijuana. ... A 1999 report by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded: "It is well recognized that Marinol's oral route of administration hampers its effectiveness because of slow absorption and patients' desire for more control over dosing. ... ... Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. ...

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As a result, the natural opiate receptors shrink and stop producing and eventually just die off within six months to one year after beginning to use the opiate. ... As a result, the natural opiate receptors shrink and stop producing and eventually just die off within six months to one year after beginning to use the opiate (Farnum, S. 2007). ... The medical community lacked the desire to find a treatment for what they believed was a hopeless condition and refused to deal with it. ...

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This criteria includes a pattern of alcohol use leading to serious problems, as indicated by three or more of the following at any time during a period of twelve months: tolerance, the amount alcohol that you need to feel drunk or intoxicated; withdraw symptoms when you are not using alcohol, that includes tremors, insomnia, nausea, anxiety, or drinking more throughout to avoid these symptoms; drinking more alcohol or drinking over a longer period of time than you intended too; having an ongoing desire to cut back on the amount of alcohol that you are drinking and fail at your attempt to do s...

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Marijuana assists in the alleviation of these side effects by easing the nausea that many AIDS patients suffer from, and also by increasing their appetite; so that once the nausea subsides they also have a desire to eat. ... These people, some of which are dying from the diseases that the marijuana is assisting them in alleviating the symptoms of, would be allowed to spend their final days relieved from the symptoms while spending time with their family and friends. ...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States history as well as posterity was created, approved and just two years later instituted as the foundation for a fledging yet promising nation destined for greatness. It was a great concept envisioned by extraordinary men, a system in which the people of the land reign, governing through democratically ...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history o...

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Drugs and Athletes Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they...

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A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel tha...

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Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure i...

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