Mitchell] Grace explains "not until she was at my feet, a blade in her chest, blood soaking through her gown. ... Some woman experiment as early as twelve years old, usually happening because of peer pressure. Girls and young women are likelier than boys and young men to abuse substances in order to lose weight, relieve stress or boredom, improve their mood, reduce sexual inhibitions, self-medicate depression, and increase confidence.Although men are more likely to become addicts, woman generally have a care provider who prescribe drugs which jump starts the addiction. ... Health probl...

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Others inject it directly into the blood stream. ... THC is effective in reducing the nausea that cancer patients suffer from. ... Most users learn to avoid overdosage by taking only as many inhalations as required to produce the desired "high." ... These enable users to train more frequently and for longer periods of time at a high intensity. ... Cocaine increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and it curbs the appetite. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Others inject it directly into the blood stream. ... THC is effective in reducing the nausea that cancer patients suffer from. ... Most users learn to avoid overdosage by taking only as many inhalations as required to produce the desired "high." ... These enable users to train more frequently and for longer periods of time at a high intensity. ... Cocaine increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and it curbs the appetite. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legalization would be more realistic than current efforts in drug prevention. ... As Duke states, illegal-drug use has been reduced dramatically in the past few years among white middle and upper classes-but hardly or not at all among ethnic minorities, who largely inhabit out inner cities. ... New York authorities supported DuPont's research, stating the reduced prices also accompanied increases in the numbers of both new users and abusers of coca...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legalization would be more realistic than current efforts in drug prevention. ... As Duke states, illegal-drug use has been reduced dramatically in the past few years among white middle and upper classes-but hardly or not at all among ethnic minorities, who largely inhabit out inner cities. ... New York authorities supported DuPont's research, stating the reduced prices also accompanied increases in the numbers of both new users and abusers of coca...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate