Drug use may be down since the 70's but is still on a rise from the early 90's The current reports on illegal drug use have shown that 9.9 percent of youths age 12-17 reported current use of illicit drugs in 1998. ... This is alarming to any employer because of the high liability an abuser could be. ... Acton that middle-school and high-school athletes can be required to submit to suspicionless drug tests as a condition of athletic participation (New York Times 1995)." ... Since 1995 drug testing in high school athletics has been on a rise. ... This is not fair to a Christia...

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Substance Use History Patient has denied use of any alcohol or drugs prior to 2007 at the age of 30; when she met her partner who introduced her to methamphetamine. ... She has two younger sibling sisters, both professionals, her middle sister being an alcoholic. ... When she graduated high school, she moved to her own apartment with her siblings and continued to provide care for them. ... She has two younger siblings who suffer from depression with the middle sister also being alcoholic. ... The SASSI has a high degree of validity will show substance use disorder regardless of the patient ...

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Anti-drug programs have popped up wherever school children are present, and one is asked for identification when buying alcohol or tobacco products if they look even remotely close to the age limit. ... Sometimes users inject cocaine to experience its effects more quickly and to heighten the intensity of the high. ... Treatment is difficult for this reason, and the relapse rate is very high. ... It was, however, a success among the middle and upper classes who were happy with the notion that they were doing something to combat drug use. ... A heavier emphasis on treatment as well as an edu...

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First of all, teenagers are targeted because of the large amount of drug use in that age group. ... The next target audience of the ad is the average American citizen; any non drug-using, Christian, middle-class person sees the message as hard evidence that drugs caused the World Trade Center attacks, along with any other terrorist acts within the last 30 years. ... This is exactly the purpose of the commercial, and since elderly voters turn out to the polls in high numbers, the commercial is now becoming a powerful political tool. ... Sadly, in today's age of information, customizati...

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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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In the middle of your pride for her being so bold and fear of having to explain her broken arm you notice something in her landing path. ... There are an estimated 21millilon people over the age of 12 addicted to illicit drugs (drugwarfacts.org). ... These "exchange stations" are set up in known high volume drug areas as well as any area where space is available. ... In a study conducted by Drug Policy Research Center and Health Program, they examined 340 high risk IV drug users over a period of one year. ... NEPs only help drug addicts stay high. ...

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Michelle and her two siblings were adopted by Betty and Charles Jackson at a young age. ... Michelle has always struggled with her sexuality at a young age. ... Michelle has attachment issues which arise at the age of 2. ... Michelle at the age of 14 started to use drugs excessively. ... There socioeconomic status consist of being middle class citizen, they all have become well establish citizen, owning cars, houses and other assets. ...

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Widespread objection to the use of marijuana remained because of the set of valued and lifestyles associated with it, but use appeared in colleges and among middle-class youths in the suburbs (Himmelstein 103). ... When most people imagine the legalization of marijuana, they fear a marijuana free-for-all with everybody constantly getting high. ... The laws would be similar to the current laws regulating alcohol, including laws governing age, limits for driving, and distribution ("Bring" 13). ... Extremely high doses of cannibinoids cause death. Extremely high doses is the key word here. ...

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He was sent to the maximum security penitentiary in Springville, Alabama; an aging, overcrowded prison filled with murderers and other violent inmates. ... Children of the upper middle class are rarely sent to prison for marijuana offenses today. ... The harshest punishments are given to people who won't cooperate with the government (Schlosser 96).5 Most of the people being imprisoned for marijuana offenses are ordinary people without important information to provide, large assets to trade, or the income to pay for high priced attorney. ...

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Marijuana can cause many harmful effects. There has never been a major test though. The ones they've used have shown very different things. I have been very surprised by what I have been reading. I cannot believe the difference in what different scientists think. One says, "It's hard to know for sur...

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