Say No to Drugs Essay

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, marijuana is “the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant that are smoked as a drug” (Merriam-Webster, 2014). Its common use is to be smoked for achieving a “high” but some research has shown that the plant may have medicinal properties as well (Grant, Atkinson, Gouaux, & Wilsey, 2012). Medical marijuana is an arguable topic because it has its pros and cons. This topic is a public issue because there are a number of people that push for the…

Many people would say that there is no such thing as a victimless crime and I would have to agree with them. " Victimless crime- an offense at law which is committed between willing partners or in a situation where there is no individual against who the crime is committed"…

being consistently ranked within the top five of all medical issues. So some evidence that some people should look for in drugs even if the doctors say they are fine, is often the systematic reviews that occur within the process of the drug being approved, along with the random control trial and the meta-analyses. A systematic review is when the individuals who are composing the drug review different literature that often collects and critically analyze research that was previously conducted,…

Alcohol kills more people then drugs, but only one is really recognized. Threat to adults and kids everywhere, alcohol is becoming the #1 killer of people, so why hasn’t anyone made it illegal yet? In the past years alcohol has become the number one cause of death among teens and adults worldwide; it kills more people than all other drugs put together. Alcohol is addicting just like drugs, that’s why Following right close behind alcohol deaths is drug overdose. In 2007, 12,998 deaths in the…

Risk Factors for Girls For more than three years, CASA examined the reasons why girls and young women use drugs and alcohol. “The Formative Years” is the most exhaustive study of its kind. Researchers spent the time trying to find out why girls and young women use drugs like tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy, and prescription narcotics recreationally. The study found girls had different reasons for using substances than boys. They determined girls are not only more vulnerable to…

Oye I. Owolewa wrote the article “what the district could do to help curb prescription-drug abuse” this overall is about cutting down drug addiction by having effective solutions to get rid of medications at home. The author makes a good point that “almost two-thirds of teenage prescription abusers get the medications from home or friends”. Proving that having a safe way to discard medications can lower the rate of abusers because they won't have easy access to their parents or friends…

Prescription medication drugs are quick and efficient remedies to help ease any chronic pain or discomfort in the body. However, 20% of the U.S. population has admitted using prescription medication for nonmedical reasons in their lifetime. The increase of prescription drug misuse has led to a higher percentage in emergency room visits because of accidental overdoses and treatment programs for drug addictions. Although they are implemented to medicate physical discomfort, the broad accessibility…

he says, “ thinking he might of sipped just a little bit too much of the cough syrup.” He also argues that this drink is very addictive and is influencing our youth. Lean is a addictive cough syrup(promethazine) mixed with sprite that most rappers drink. He uses pathos with the beat, because it gives you a feeling that something bad happened. Macklemore doesn’t uses a lot of ethos in this song but some are when he explains the consequences he has been through by being addicted to these drugs.…

Drugs have always been a major problem in the United States of America, a lot of people use them and many people always get in major trouble for them just because of the possession. In the United States, the most common, illegally used, drug is marijuana. Based on many different facts, and statistics, I believe that we should legalize marijuana, and decriminalize other major drugs. There are countries like Portugal who have decriminalized drugs, and the results are incredible, this is why I…

Salvador Dali is credited with having said, “I don 't do drugs. I am drugs.” Dali was not only a world famous artist known for painting, sculpting, and photography, for he was also a drug addict. Dali has bluntly described how he and other addicts feel while they are in the clutches of their addiction. They feel as if their drug of choice has dominated their lives, and they have lost their identity, and free will to it. Occasionally, however, the drug addict does not consider that losing…