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Legalization Of Drugs Legalize Drugs
683 wordsThere is no question that drugs are prevalent in the United States today and that something should be done about it. Drugs hurt society in so many ways; people die, loose their jobs, and lose their families all because of addiction. Will legalizing these destructive drugs change the effect of them? No, if drugs would be easier to obtain it would only make it easier for people to have the opportunity to self-destruct themselves and whats around them. There isnt any good reason why our government ...
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War On Drugs Marijuana Laws
1,405 wordsActivists hope ballot questions signal support for marijuana bills By Steve Leblanc, Associated Press, 12 / 5 / 2000 17: 05 BOSTON (AP) When researchers launched the nation's most ambitious heart study 50 years ago, they chose Framingham, a middle-class town west of Boston and cross-section of America. Now supporters of liberalized marijuana laws are hoping voters in this Massachusetts heartland are signaling a fundamental shift in public attitudes about the state's war on drugs. On Election Day...
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National Institute On Drug Abuse Tens Of Millions
1,692 wordsLegalization of Drugs Such an issue stirs up moral and religious beliefs; beliefs that are contrary to what America should "believe." However, such a debate has been apparent in the American marketplace of ideas before with the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920 's. With the illegality of alcohol the Mafia could produce liquor and therefore had considerable control over those who wanted their substance and service. The role that the Mafia played in the 1920 's has transformed into the corner dru...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Criminal Justice System
1,520 words... ve and deadly drugs is cocaine. It can be injected, snorted, or smoked. It carries the risk of HIV if it is injected. Cocaine significantly speeds up the neuro transmissions in the nervous system. It accelerates the heart rate while simultaneously constricting the blood vessels, which are trying to adjust to the heightened blood flow. Temperature and blood pressure rise. Pupils dilate. A stroke, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or seizures may accompany the physical changes induced by the...
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Pharmacology A Case Study In
1,082 words... ion, neurotoxicity. Relevant interactions: None. Nursing considerations: Use cautiously in elderly patients and patients with cardiac disease. Check renal, hepatic, and auditory function periodically during prolonged therapy. Drug should be discontinued if abnormalities occur. Applications to case study Piroxicam is an arthritis medication and is being used to treat Mrs A's osteoarthritis. The 20 mg dose is standard. Brody, T et al (1994: 397) does not recommend a time of day for taking the ...
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Prison Overcrowding Violent Crimes
1,356 wordsPrisons in the United States are overcrowded. The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest in the world. There are more than one million people in the United States that are in a correctional facility. The causes for overcrowding include little attention given to social problems, glorification of violence, an epidemic of drug abuse, and mandatory sentencing guidelines. The average cost to house a prisoner in a correctional facility is approximately $ 25, 000 per year. There is also...
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Death Penalty Drug Addiction
2,406 wordsPROPOSAL ON DRUG ABUSE PROGRAMS Introduction Drug addiction is considered as a gnawing problem because of its persistent negative effects not just to individuals but also to society. This paper looks at this problem exhaustively and proposes solutions as to how this can be remedied. There are different approaches that have been explored with regard to this matter. Tougher measures are encouraged here. However, death penalty for drug-related gang killings simply would not work too well in the lon...
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The Effects Of Illegal Drugs On American Society
2,375 wordsThe Effects of Illegal Drugs on American Society (1) Ever since the end of WWII, it has become a statement of good taste, among American politicians, to refer to U. S. as the greatest country on Earth, the globes strongest geopolitical power, the defender of democracy in the whole world etc. Even, as recent as twenty years ago, such referrals did correspond to the objective reality, as it was the case with Roman citizens referring to Roman Empire in 4 th century A. D. as the greatest and most po...
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Make A Lot Lot Of Money
1,512 wordsDecriminalizing Marijuana The problem that is going to be addressed in this paper is controversy that surrounds much debated issue of legalizing and declassifying marijuana, on the level of State policy. Its been observed that Drug Prohibition laws proved to be really ineffective in governments war on drugs. The time came when we need to ask ourselves if this policy doesnt result in reducing the number of drug related crimes, why have it in the first place? Conservative politicians say its unthi...
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Prison Guards Drug Offenders
1,886 words... are experimenting with "re-entry courts" that oversee the process of reintegration. In these courts, conditions of supervision are openly agreed to and openly enforced. If a new crime is committed, all bets are off and the parolee is prosecuted for the new crime. But violations of the conditions of parole - the technical violations that now fill up the state's prisons - are handled more along the lines of drug courts, with appropriate support services, close judicial monitoring, graduated sa...
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697 wordsFor several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. There have been escalating costs spent on the war against drugs and countless dollars spent on rehabilitation, but the problem still exists. Not only has the drug problem increased but drug related problems are on the rise. Drug abuse is a killer in our country. Some are born addicts (crack babies), while others become users. The result of drug abuse is thousands of addicts in denial. The good news is the United States had...
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Children At Home Peer Pressure
702 wordsEDUCATING KIDS AT HOME Every morning, Mary Jane, who is nine, doesnt have to worry about gulping down her cereal so she can be on time for school. School for Mary Jane is literally right at her doorstep. In this era of growing concerns about the quality of public education, increasing numbers of parents across the United States are choosing to educate their children at home. These parents believe they can do a better job teaching their children than their local schools can. Home schooling, as th...
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One Can Find Illegal Drug
1,256 wordsDrugs and the Internet Since the beginning of the twentieth century, ever generation has had its own personality; its own new fad to inspire a whole new group of children and young adults, and to drive the elders crazy. The twenties had the Charleston, the fifties sported huge neon blue and pink finned automobiles. The sixties invented the hippie craze, and the seventies inspired the world with the magically funkadelic sounds of disco. The eighties were unfortunate enough to grace us with glam r...
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Past Few Years Drug Addicts
1,187 wordsAMSTERDAM: FACTS AND FIGURES 13. Drugs The Amsterdam policy on drugs is a purely pragmatic one. The capital has a population of more than 700, 000, including approximately 6, 200 hard drug users. The policy is mainly focused on discouraging the use of hard drugs and combating the drug trade. In addition, every effort is made to restrict the risks run by addicts themselves and the drug-related problems they confront the rest of society with. In the Amsterdam policy on drugs, a distinction is draw...
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Heroin Addicts Illicit Drug
753 wordsThe use of heroin has been a long-standing problem in society and nothing is going to change. Despite popular belief, it is here to stay. Since the strategy of heroin trials has been proposed it has brought out negative views suggesting that it is the wrong approach. Then what is the right approach? Continue twiddling or thumbs and crossing our fingers in the hope that the occasional heroin bust will do something more than put a scratch in the solid foundation that is the illicit drug trade? Thi...
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Millions Of Dollars Police Corruption
727 wordsHistory of Police Corruption in the United States The challenges facing the Chicago Police Department today are not new, nor are they unique to this city. The problem reaches back as far as the establishment of the first organized police forces in the United States. Corruption has taken many forms and has continued to plague the police departments of nearly every major city. Police corruption may change form over time, but its roots are firmly planted in American history. In The Development of t...
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Tobacco And Alcohol Alcohol And Tobacco
1,111 wordsWould Legalization Benefit Society? Would legalization in anyway benefit society? That is exactly the point that Benson B. Roe and William J. Olson tackle in these selections. With Benson taking the pro side and William taking the con side. In both articles they argue over the effects that the legalization of drugs would have on our American society. Benson says that drugs are no worse than tobacco and alcohol. William will actually agree with this and say that we should prohibit tobacco and alc...
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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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National Institute On Drug Abuse War On Drugs
2,858 wordsLegalization of Drugs Such an issue stirs up moral and religious beliefs; beliefs that are contrary to what America should believe. However, such a debate has been apparent in the American marketplace of ideas before with the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920 s. With the illegality of alcohol the mafia could produce liquor and therefore had considerable control over those who wanted their substance and service. The role that the mafia played in the 1920 s has transformed into the corner drug de...
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Knight Ridder Tribune Gale Group
1,728 wordsWhat is a rave? A rave usually refers to an all night party, open to the general public, where loud techno music is mostly played and many people can partake in a number of different chemicals (Official). Raves are fairly decent and you dont hear much about them on the streets. Yet some people who go to the raves try to sell their drugs to ravers and thats what makes the word rave so bad. Because of those people Mayor Daley has planned crack down on jailing building owners and managers who let t...
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