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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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Stimulants On Your Consciousness 5 Ht Similarly Dopamine
693 wordsThe Effects of Stimulants on Your Consciousness A stimulant is a drug that stimulates your body and mind activity. Some of the most commonly used stimulants are caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines, and Ecstasy (MDMA, methylenedioxyamphetamines). Out of the above listed caffeine is the most widely used and has very mild side effects. Caffeine is found in coffee, teas, soda, and chocolate. Since we all know a lot about caffeine I will not be discussing it. However I will be covering my two personal fa...
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836 wordsThe Day in the Life of A Drug Addict I awoke to the smell of an old house, the lights were off and the house was cold and damp. Doug was nudging me saying "Wake-up! I got us a wake-up... get out of bed!" He was wide awake and holding a sixteenth of cocaine in his hand. My stomach started churring as I got up and ran to the restroom. He had woken me up many days like this but today Doug really had the dope. He enjoyed waking me up and making me think he had some After I threw up, I washed my face...
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Drug Lords Drug Trafficking
3,246 words... ut rather from his personal investments in business and real estate. He further claimed that his purpose for depositing the money in a U. S. bank was to protect himself in case of another economic or political crisis in Mexico (Fritsch and Cordoba A 18). However, the federal jury in the case did not buy Ruiz's testimony. At the conclusion of the trial, it was determined that the money in Ruiz's Houston bank account "was mostly handsome kickbacks from Mexican drug lords" ("His Money Gone" 26)...
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War On Drugs Coast Guard
1,135 words... to serving out their sentences: rehabilitation at Phoenix House. The treatment was rejected by many, simply because it can take up to two years. Treatment is also cost effective. In fact, according to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, $ 1 in treatment brings a return of $ 11. 54 for society. The attempts at education, primarily through Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), were generally unsuccessful. DARE was a program that began in 1983 in Los Angeles, u...
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Illegal Drug Blood Pressure
585 wordsMarijuana is a popular, and illegal, drug. Its largest consumers are young adults. Marijuana is smoked in a pipe, bong, or rolled in a joint. Thirty-seven percent of people between ages 12 - 17 have tried marijuana. Marijuana gives a slight buzzing feeling of light-headedness. Experimentation with marijuana is dangerous because studies show that 60 % of people who smoke marijuana on a regular basis move on to try harder drugs soon after. Marijuana tends to diminish the ambition and motivation in...
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Social And Economic Drug Trafficking
1,603 wordsThe international drug trade poisons people, breeds violence, tears at the moral fabric or our society. We must intensify action against the cartels and the destruction of drug crops. And we, in consumer nations like the United States must decrease demand for drugs. (Bill Clinton address to the United Nations general assembly on the occasion of the UNs 50 th anniversary/ Oct 1995) The traffic of drugs is a very complex subject which some of us do not understand. In order for us to understand thi...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Drug Trafficking
1,315 wordsThe drug cartel based in Cali, Colombia, was one of the largest players in the multi-billion dollar worldwide cocaine industry. Although their operations are highly illegal, opposed by both Colombian and US law enforcement agencies, the cartel continues to run a very effective operation. The vast majority of this cocaine is destined for the US market. It reaches the US by numerous routes by air, by sea, but mostly over land by Mexico. Once the cocaine reaches the United States, Cali has makes us...
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2,776 wordsColumbia is South America fourth largest country. It is about 440, 831 square miles long and its capital is Bogota with the population of 27 million people. Columbia greatest agriculture crops are drugs and coffee. Columbia is one of the world largest producers of the drugs cocaine, and heroin producing 50, 900 hectares of coca that they sold 75 % to the United States. (CIA database) Drug dealers and drugs control Columbia and are the new Mafia and gangsters, who smuggle drugs in the United Stat...
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Lead To Death Crystal Meth
587 wordsStimulants What is a stimulant? Its a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process as defined in the dictionary. Some stimulants affect only a specific organ such as the heart, lungs, brain, or nervous system, depending on what kind of stimulant it is. There are stimulants that are very harmful and some that actually are made to help people out. Types of stimulants are cocaine, amphetamines, and methamphetamine's. The first stimulant that will be discussed is cocaine. Cocaine is an alkaloid...
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Central Nervous System Anabolic Steroids
1,483 wordsDrug Drug Abuse Drug Abuse Drug abuse is the nonmedical use of a drug that interferes with a healthy and productive life. Drug abuse occurs from the rich to the poor and among young people as well as adults. Any drug may be abused, including alcohol and medications prescribed by a doctor. After continued use of certain drugs, some people develop drug dependence. Drug dependence can be psychological, physical, or both. A person with a psychological dependence craves a drug for the feeling of well...
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Workplace Drug Testing Mandatory Drug Testing
3,574 wordsDrug testing is a laboratory procedure that looks for evidence of drug consumption by analyzing urine, blood, and hair samples. If tested, you must provide a sample in front of an observer to make sure that it is not tampered with. Samples are then sent to a laboratory for analysis, after which the employer is notified of the results (Wodell 1). Exactly who should be subject to the new trend of mandatory drug tests, is the big question being raised among businesses, schools, athletes and federal...
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People Feel Makes People
1,065 wordsCannabis is illegal in most countries, but it is still the most commonly used drug in Britain. It is obtained from the hemp plant and is produced in three different forms: marijuana, which is dried to a tobacco- like substance and smoked; cannabis resin, which is known as hashish or hash; and cannabis oil or hash oil, which is the liquid version. ? ? Cannabis often makes people feel relaxed, over-confident (talkative), reckless and joyful. Colour and sound may also be enhanced. The cannabis also...
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Central Nervous System Enhancing Drugs
1,582 wordsDrugs in Football: Making an Appropriate Decision Breaking the rules in football, because of drug use, is causing physical and mental damage to athletes and those who associate with them. It is also setting a bad example for the youth of America. There is just too many available drugs for football players today. For football players, drugs are easy to obtain. Too easy to obtain. Bill Gilbert, a Sports Illustrated writer, said, they do not have to stand around in waiting rooms, at pharmacy counte...
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Drug Enforcement Agency Central Intelligence Agency
1,553 wordsHow can drug trafficking be controlled? The Drug Enforcement Agency has tried to limit the drug trafficking problem coming from countries south of the U. S. Also many other law enforcement agencies. The southern hemisphere has given the U. S. a really hard time with the international drug trade. Where do drugs come from? Most of the marijuana Smuggling routes that come into the United States comes from the south. Columbia is one of the main contributors to the problems of the drug war. Not only ...
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U S Department U S News
3,007 wordsLegalization: Problem or Solution to the War on Drugs Legalization of drugs is a very controversial topic that is being discussed in the United States. Currently there is an intense debate to legalize marijuana as a medicine. To most people, legalizing drugs seems like something insane. They probably ask how can they legalize something that the government furiously tries to eradicate. The problem is exactly in what the government tries to do. Eliminate drugs. The drug problem will never go away....
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Marijuana For Medical Medical Use Of Marijuana
1,122 wordsIn the late 1970 s, Susan Nelson watched her husband, Don, vomit constantly. Don was undergoing chemotherapy to treat his testicular cancer. The body rejects the drugs used in chemotherapy by means of vomiting. The constant vomiting caused Don further tissue damage than he already had. In 1989, Susan discovered she had lymphoma. Susan also went under chemotherapy, but during her whole treatment she only vomited once. Why do you think this is? She took matters into her own hands: she fired up a j...
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Smoke Marijuana Harder Drugs
1,265 wordsWhether you call it hemp, mary jane, pot, or weed it doesnt matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short and it is still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem of public concern sometime during the 1930 s. Laws were passed in 1937 instituting criminal penalties for possession and sale of the drug. The word marijuana refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which contains the non-narcotic chemical delta- 9 -tetrahydr...
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Law Enforcement Officers U S Constitution
3,070 wordsTABLE OF CONTENTS Page Jurisdiction 1 Statement of the Case 1 - 7 Question Presented 7 - 8 Summary of Argument 8 - 11 Analysis of Issue 1 11 - 12 Analysis of Issue 2 13 - 14 Conclusion 14 - 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Arizona vs. Hicks, 480 U. S 321 (1987) Certiorari, 506 U. S. 814 (1992) Illinois vs. Andreas, 463 U. S. 765 (1983) Mapp vs. Ohio, 367 U. S. 643 (1961) Michigan vs. Long, 463 U. S. 1032 n. 16 (1983) Terry vs. Ohio, 392 U. S. 1 (1968) Texas vs. Brown, 460 U. S. 730 (1983) U. S. Cons...
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Pink Floyd Eric Clapton
960 wordsMusic is a very prominent social voice in contemporary times. Many Americans obtain a great deal on many current social and political views through music itself, or music bands, radio stations, television stations, and organizations. The use of drugs as a recreational pastime is one of these issues. Throughout the history of modern music, many bands have spoken out on the legalization of drugs as well as the justification of the recreational use of drugs. Although there are many warnings and cen...
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