Say No to Drugs Essay

The drug Marijuana is more commonly tried for curing cancer. This is making people to want to make it legal. With this drug legal people will say it will help the economy but it is $50 billion that goes to the drug cartels. If it is legal it will help the economy but is morally not right. As is says in Peter 5:8 “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion…

licit drugs, and prosecuting their use was a plot of ingenuity. John Ehrlichman, trusted confidant, and counsel under President Nixon, parlayed this sentiment to a tee (Sharp, 1994). The subsequent conception of propaganda campaigns attempted to discourage its use. Furthermore, the establishment of acts such as, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, along with the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act criminalized the distribution, and use of illicit, and in some cases licit drugs…

ADHD is being overdiagnosed and overmedicated. Those who feel the diagnoses are accurate and medication is the only answer say it keeps children safer, able to concentrate in school and function without disturbing others. The proponents say there is no harmful side effects to the use of psychostimulants if used according to prescribed dosage and effects are quick. The critics say that there is such an increase in diagnoses of ADHD that it is being overdiagnosed and overmedicated and they are…

world become apparent. The chilling predictions from Huxley’s book are showing signs of coming true more and more every year. People are using drugs, technology is advancing before our eyes and the government is showing more controlling tendencies. However, his views on religion haven’t seemed to come true. One can first see Huxley’s warning of drug use in America in this quote, “‘why you don 't take soma when you have these dreadful ideas of yours. And instead of feeling miserable, you 'd…

Do you know anyone who has done drugs? So many kids let their lives go to waste all because of drugs. We can always prevent them from going down the wrong path. Students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school drug testing reported less substance use than comparable students in high schools without drug testing, according to a new evaluation released by the Institute of Education Sciences. So really this is huge plus to the coaches and teachers in the school…

rates would be lower, unlawful distribution of drugs would not be as easy, and people would not be able to play the system and lie to doctors. Abused prescription medications usually fall into one of…

as the War on Drugs and Civil Rights. The War on Drugs correlates to past problems. The first claim Alexander argues is, “The War on Drugs is the vehicle through which extraordinary numbers of black men are forced into the cage” (Alexander 185). She proves this claim in her book stating that white people aren’t as identified as blacks when it comes to the War on Drugs. Black men are more assumed to having, selling, or consuming drugs than white men. For example, Alexander says, “We tell…

Everyone knows that drug usage is an enormous issue in the United States. According to the New York Times, schools have decided to start testing middle school children. Schools in over 9 states even require that students that try out for school sports are tested for drug usage. Schools should not be testing children as low as a middle school for drug users. This is an invasion of privacy, the students are far too young, the cost is too much, and the statistics for this state, there is a very low…

not going to sit here and say that all celebrities have bad intentions and do not care how our youth look at them. I do think that it sends a message that drugs are normal and acceptable because some celebrities brag about doing drugs and drinking alcohol like it is ok. "Celebrity drug offenders can profoundly influence public attitudes, values, and behavior towards drug abuse, particularly among young people who have not yet taken a firm and fully informed position on drug issues’…

Caffeine is a major licit drug in America today. Common saying is in selling this is “AMERICAS CUP OF COFFEE”. Routs of admission: drinking it through cups or bottles (oral), pill form. Less common effects are listed in my next sentence. Less: vomiting of blood material looking like coffee grounds, weakness or tiredness, swelling of the face ankles or hands, rapid breathing or slowing of breath, lightheadedness, irritation, indigestion, headache, muscle twitching, persistent bleeding, rash,…