Drug abuse is defined as "an excessive or improper use of drugs, especially through self-administration for non-medical purposes"(Drug(s), 2008). ... These six steps include "education, tracking and monitoring, proper medication disposal, enforcement, and the prescription goal plan " (Prescription Drug Abuse, 2011). ... While enforcement cannot be done be everyone because citizens are not law enforcement personnel, they can report it to authorities to ensure that it is enforced. ... Many law enforcement agencies have tip lines or voicemails set up where callers can call in anonymously to repor...

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The population of drug users includes a wide variety of different peoples as well, one can see the use of drugs spans across a spectrum of people of various backgrounds. Other aspects relating to the frequency of drug use by individuals can also demonstrate how diverse the population of drug users is, as well as it brings up the issue of differentiating between using, abusing, and being dependent on drugs. ... As the human race has developed not only have laws changed regarding drugs, but the drugs themselves have evolved. ... As time has progressed, one can see how technological improvemen...

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Anti-marijuana legalization groups such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and city police departments argue that the legalization of medical marijuana can lead to the use of other drugs and increased drug trafficking. ... Many agencies that are anti-marijuana such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments argue that marijuana should not be legalized. ... The Drug Enforcement Agency also believes that if marijuana is legalized as a medicine, then in turn, it will lead to the abuse of other drugs, an increase in drug trafficking, and crime will increase due to a higher rate of marijuana...

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The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. ... Drug smugglers tend to carry and sell hard drugs in extremely potent form (i.e. cocaine) for the same reason. ... Moreover, marijuana has been proven to be less toxic and less expensive than conventional medication and in many cases more effective than commercially available drugs ("Against Drug Prohibition" 13). ... NORML first raised this issue in 1972 in an administrative petition asking that marijuana be moved from schedule I to schedule ...

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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. ... "Numerous large-scale cost-benefit analyses reveal that every dollar spent on drug treatment saves between $2 and $7 on law enforcement, corrections, health care, lost productivi...

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Lobbying groups show substantial evidence, that marijuana is an effective prescribed drug. ... City council women Christine Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies, which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments, argue marijuana should not be legalized. ... The main reason why the Drug Enforcement Agency does not want marijuana to be legal is because there is no har...

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Although some chronically ill people and their physicians argue that the drug eases their pain and suffering, the question still is fiercely debated by law enforcement and the medical community (Donnelly 1-2).4 Modeled after underground pharmacies that provide AIDS patients with unapproved drugs, Buyer's Clubs have existed informally for at least 15 years. ... Drugs Enforcement Administration insist there are few, if any therapeutic uses of marijuana. ... The proceeds from an asset for features are divided among the law enforcement involved in the case, a policy that invites the abu...

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It was at this point that the introduction of using live, un-anesthetized, animals to study toxic effects on an increasing array of drugs, pesticides and food additives was introduced. ... Since then, according to the USDA's Animals Welfare Enforcement, 1,267,828 animals were used for medical purposes in 1998, which is more than a 50 percent decrease since 1970. ... Mechanize (a travel sickness drug) caused severe deformities in rats, but not in humans, whereas Thalidomide (a sedative drug) caused no reaction in rats but cause deformities in humans. ... With such strict requirements t...

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Would your answer still be "yes" if you were told that sometimes the only drug that can help their pain is marijuana. ... It is not in the interest of law enforcement to drive patients to the illegal market. ... Patients who meet all of these requirements must also have proof of their identity and show it to any law enforcement officer who questions the patient regarding his/her use of medical marijuana. ... Some of these concerns include the fact that marijuana use can lead younger people to experiment with harder drugs. ... Can society ever look and think of marijuana as anything other tha...

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The Obama administration's views on enforcing federal laws to outweigh the state laws of marijuana use still remains unclear. ... Many benefits and detriments towards one's health can come from the use of this drug or the influence marijuana has on the use of other drugs. ... The amount of damage on your body differs from that of hard drugs or even alcohol. ... People can tend to share drugs even if they are prescribed and that could lead to putting more of this drug on the streets. ... People may have an alternative to some of the harder drugs or find themselves using this drug to...

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Young, the Drug Enforcement Administration's chief administrative law judge, concluded not only that marijuana's medical utility had been adequately demonstrated, but also that marijuana had been shown to be "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man" ("Medical Marijuana Briefing-). ... Also, many organizations have formed to eliminate drug use across the country. ... They think that once cannabis is legal, everyone will get it for illegal reasons and misuse the drug. ... In some cases, marijuana has appeared to be better than the commercially available drugs i...

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Messer was arrested for using an illegal drug for its therapeutic value. ... Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, under the Federal Controlled Substance act(Mathre 4). Other Schedule I drugs include the two most lethal drugs, heroin and cocaine. ... This standard doctor's practice is to issue all conventional medications before resorting to experimental drugs (i.e. marijuana)... When the law was passed, the Clinton administration and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) acted quickly, concerned that Proposition 215 was the first step to legalizing pot for everyone. ...

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"(184) E-Hospice focuses on the quality rather than the quantity of life-emotional, spiritual and practical support-enforces that death is a normal process. ... The overdose of prescription drugs is considered suicide in the medical field. Even though doctors have told him to be careful with mixing drugs, Mal went out of his way to get the same prescriptions from many doctors to have the correct amount to end his life when he sought it correct. Fenno found many records of these prescriptions in a folder that Mal showed him once, but didn't see the importance of the repetition of the...

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A study conducted by the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) has found that one out of every eight deaths and one in five hospitalisations in Australia of people aged under 25 is related to the abuse of alcohol. ... The Australian Medical Association has extensive research that suggests that it would be prudent to enforce the earlier closing of pubs and clubs in an effort to reduce alcohol-related violence and injuries within communities, further resulting in the wellbeing and professional interests of medical practitioners and the effectiveness of the public health system. ...

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For insurance, medical procedures and prescription drugs, healthcare has been increasing in its cost for the consumer at a faster rate than any other industry, making legislation for a public option rational both in terms of assisting the needs of Americans but also in terms of intervening on rampant price collusion. One of the main reasons is the above-mentioned issue of insurance costs, which because of an unwillingness of the government to enforce regulation on monopolistic corporate practices, is a cause for the negative spiral of a rising expensiveness. ...

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Abstract Utilization of medical imaging continues to rise. This is true of the pediatric population as well as adults. With increased exposure there is a correlating risk of radiation induced cancers, particularly leukemia. The purpose of this project is to examine current imaging technology and practice to determine if doses can effectively be reduced and still maintain diagnostic image quality. The hypothesis is that current digital media will be able to account for variances that might degrade image quality and still yield a diagnostic study. ...

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The criminal justice system enforces order and respect for everyone's life and as well as their families and property. ... He stated, "The sight of so many of those prisoners with rashes and burns -- to say nothing of the rumors of prisoners' being shipped to mental hospitals after participating in studies of psychotropic drugs, or even dying mysteriously....

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U.S. Healthcare Reform I.) Stakes and Positions Healthcare reform continues to be one of the most contentious subjects of debate in American politics. Healthcare accounts for over 16% of federal expenditures, forecasted to increase in the years ahead1. The two main political parties represent the interests of an array of interest groups and providers at state and national levels. ...

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This paper explores a SWOT analysis for the Village of Matteson IL. It evaluates the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of this community's health system in relation to the Healthy People 2020 Topics and Objective. The Community that Team DEAA chose to do our SWOT project on is the Village of Matteson IL. Matteson's geographically located 41 degree 30ft. 35 inch N 87 degree 44ft. 21 inches W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Area is 7.2 square miles, of which 7.1 square miles consist of land: 0.1 square miles consist of water. ...

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Introduction Around the globe, the advent of large-scale technology implementation in health care has begun. The terms telemedicine and telehealth are spreading across the globe as fast as the satellite communications systems can transmit them. Telemedicine has reached around the world and has he...

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