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Drug Abuse With Athletes
1,254 words... of energy, reduced levels of drive and ambition, apathy, depression, agitation, and withdrawal from previous interests. It's believed that this syndrome can be reversed by abstinence. Marijuana affects most people socially too... Some take place internally and some are irreversible. Males who take large doses of anabolic steroids typically experience changes in sexual characteristics. Some possible side effects are shrinking of testicles, reduced sperm count, impotence, balding, difficulty i...
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National Drug Control War On Drugs
1,889 wordsShould Drugs Be Legalized In America? As the nation's drug problem persists, issues continue to haunt communities. The question is will legalizing drugs really help or will legalization make problems increase in our society? If drugs remain illegal, a number of complications that could appear as a result of legalization will never occur. Keeping drugs illegal poses a lesser problem than legalization. Drugs should not be legalized not only because legalization is bad for the country but also beca...
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Marijuana Abuse By Teens
1,467 wordsAn effective solution for marijuana abuse by teens must be found! "Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in America today (Nation 5). "Marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is usually smoked on form of loosely rolled cigarettes called joints or hollowed out commercial cigars called blunts (Nation 5). " Marijuana is put into these forms because they look like ordinary cigarettes or cigars. It's like a disguise. The street names for marijuana...
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A Heightened Drinking Age
826 wordsI believe a heightened drinking age would definately not stop underage drinking. Mainly due to the fact that it is considered acceptable in our society already. Drinking, unlike drugs, is considered acceptable in todays society. It is even considered a right of passage when a person first begins drinking. I have witnessed this myself. It is considered humorous, when a person is drunk, rather than disturbing. This action can often lead to alcoholism when the person is finally legal to drink. Sinc...
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Legalization Of Drugs Legalization Of Marijuana
793 wordsMany feel today we are loosing the war on drugs. When a battle goes to the point where there is no winner there needs to be a re-evaluation of how to solve the problem. In the case of the war against drugs, years of fighting have caused increased crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use of money and resources with no results. It is now time to look at alternative methods to solving the nation's drug problem. I will be looking at one of these methods that deals with the legalization of m...
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War On Drugs Substance Abuse
1,388 wordsSince the end of World War II, almost every president has declared a war on illegal drug use. The efforts against drugs that are currently used, got their start from a series of laws passed during the Nixon administrations War on Drugs. Many programs have been established including Nancy Regans Just Say No campaign which was started in 1983. George Bush, later provided the DEA with its largest federal funding increase ever, raising the DEAs budget to more than $ 18 billion. The War on Drugs has ...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Drug Testing
1,148 words... Cyclists used the drugs not only in training but to aid them in their races to give them that extra mile. Many athletes competing in the Olympic games tend to use the performance enhancers a lot. They probably think since they [performance drugs] got them this far, why stop now when they could win a gold medal. In the ' 92 Olympics the banned drugs most frequently used were anabolic steroids (57 %), stimulants (22 %), narcotics (8 %), diuretics (5 %), masking agents (1 %) and beta-blockers (...
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Illegal Drugs Illegal Substance
1,170 wordsDrug smuggling is on a current up raise and there seems to be no way of stunting it growth. But here a some ways some states are trying to slow the rate of drug smuggling. In Illinois there is a program called "Operation Cash Crop" or the OCC. This is a combine of the ISP and the DEA. It's goal is to locate places where marijuana is grown then destroy all of it's gardens. During the span of 1983 - 88 these "OCC" led to 442 arrest and destroyed over 2 million marijuana plants. And in 1984 there w...
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540 wordsThe debate over drugs continues to disturb the American public. Many Americans take at face value the assumptions that drugs cause addiction, which leads to crime, and that addiction is an illness. Yet abundant evidence exits to support the view that legalizing illegal drugs can help solve the drug problem in America. Hi, my name is Evan Dana. Today I am going to discuss why legalizing illegal drugs can help this appalling problem that we face today in U. S. society. Lets begin by accepting a fa...
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War On Drugs Drug Cartels
1,749 wordsLatin America is a large region made up of many diverse countries. A large portion of these countries have enormous problems with corruption. Two of these countries, Mexico and Colombia. , have gained a great deal of attention due to their problems. The difficulties these countries have are even more complex in that they effect other more prominent countries immensely. When looking more closely at the two, it becomes interesting to observe the contrasting features of the corruption in each natio...
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People In Society Money To Buy
1,262 wordsDecember Drug Legalization Mark DeOrio December 8, 1999 Dr. Bechtel Criminology Drug Legalization The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is a very controversial and important issue. Drugs affect so many areas of society. Several groups have formed and spoken out regarding their position. Speaking out against drug legalization is the first step in helping to deliver the credible, consistent message about the risks and costs of the legalization of drugs to people in terms that make sense...
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Illegal Substances Cultural Beliefs
1,691 wordsThe extermination of illegal drugs has always been one of our most important, worldwide issues. Ending the existence of drugs is one of the toughest and most complicated goals we face. Despite our constant battle against them, illegal substances continue to exist and thrive in our culture. With all the effort we put into the war against drugs, why is there little success? Lack of effort is not a major reason our attempts are failing. It is the lack of understanding that leads to the misdirection...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Increase The Amount
1,287 wordsLegalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the cause of much commotion and debating, as the question of legalization becomes more of an issue. Drugs are a major influential force in countries all over the world today. Legalization is an option that has not had a chance, but really should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of drug use, marijuana should be legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on enforcement, and will ...
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