Essay About Drugs

deaths due to prescription drug overdoses. Of these overdoses 16,235 were from opioid painkillers and 6,973 were benzodiazepines also known as sedative/muscle relaxants (cdc). Why is it that drunk driving fatalities seem to garner more attention nation wide that prescription drug overdoses do? You would think that the one with the higher death toll would attract more attention, would you not? Yet each year it seems that this tragic loss of life due to prescription drug overdoses hardly receives…

Society have been questioning if the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders and the use of the three-strike law is correlated to the rise of prison population. There seems to be several beliefs that those who are drug users are violent individuals or that the use of drugs can lead to questionable behavior due to the effects that it have on the brain. Though all drugs are psychopharmacological agents, not all of them are the same. Drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine,…

psychological problems at an early age. More antipsychotic drugs are being prescribed each day to children even for behavioral problems. According to an article from Dr. Mercola “There is big money to be made in prescribing medications to kids – especially when those medications are intended to be taken for life, as many psychotropic drugs are.” (Dr. Marcelo) Some doctor’s might want a quick fix, and are willing to give their patience antipsychotic drugs even if they do not need it. Many other…

Background checks and drug testing sound like the perfect solution to stop the abuse of welfare funds being used to purchase drugs. Although those simple suggestions seem like they could be efficient, the likeability that the recipient will stop abusing welfare is unlikely. In many cases when there are drug testing requirements, the applicant will stay clean before applying for welfare. After their application has been approved and they receive funds, they are most likely return to their old…

and roses? There is no question we have heard some of these words. Yet, what is unexpected is they are all code words used by teens for prescription drugs per the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens (2016). Prescription drug abuse among teens has rapidly increased, and has become a public health concern. Teens who are abusing prescription drugs are at higher risk for other abusive problems (Milner, Ham, & Zamboanga, 2014.) With many other issues going on in today’s world, there is need to…

Performance-enhancing drugs in sports are illegal for a reason. They protect not only the individual using these dangerous drugs, but also protect others of the effects it has on that individual. Performance-enhancing drugs, or PED's, are anything used to improve the form of activity in humans, such as in sports or academics. The most common and well known PED is steroids. However, there are many other substances such as painkillers, blood boosters, stimulates and so much more. Each of these…

Drug trafficking is one of the most reoccurring problems in the U.S. No matter how hard we try to contain it, it will keep reoccurring (Jill Sherman, Drug Trafficking, Edina, Minnesota, 2010 print HHS 363.45) The U.S. has tried to fight this battle by creating laws and agencies. (Jill Sherman, Drug Trafficking, Edina, Minnesota, 2010 print HHS 363.45) One of the problems with our fight is foreign countries. Mexico has most of the sources. (Jill Sherman, Drug Trafficking, Edina, Minnesota…

on Drug Prohibition The article “Another Lost War: The Costs and Consequences of Drug Prohibition” (Chambliss, 1995) stressed that few countries decriminalized drugs since it helped to decline the crime rate and incidence of drug abuse. Even though there were a mass of challenges that America needed to face with, America still prohibit drugs. As mentioned above, the Costs for the enforcement of drug prohibition policy costed a large amount of money, the incarceration rates for drugs…

The current prohibition against the use of recreational drugs is one of the good things about the U.S. government and society. Many drugs are or can be dangerous to the human mind and/or body, so this restriction helps to keep the general population safe from those dangers. However, the government is considering lifting the prohibition on recreational drugs in the near future. The use of recreational drugs should not be legalized because children and teens would have easier access to…

Mandatory Drug Testing Introduction In an article entitled, “Welfare Programs Should Not Include Mandatory Drug Testing” by Matt Lewis and Elizabeth Kenefick (2012), the view point is that drug testing recipients should not be mandatory. Although according to Lewis and Kenefick, the authors, beneficiaries should not be tested for drugs. The authors state that drug testing for TANF recipients violates constitutional rights. Lewis and Kenefick also claim that drug testing is a wasteful use of…