Amphetamine

A urine test is quick and painless, the test uses a person’s urine to test for any illegal drugs, or prescription medications. The urine tests for alcohol, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, PCP, and opioids (). Other form of drug testing are hair testing, perspiration testing, saliva testing, and blood testing (). There are two types of urine drug test, they are the immunoassay gas chromatography/mass…

The 1950s was the Golden Age of Hollywood. The epitome of perfection in body figure in that era was Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Body image was more influenced by Hollywood and its celebrities than ever. Women were expected to have curves, slim waists, large breasts and an hourglass body shape. There was hip and rear padding to ‘round out’ figures and skinny women often took weight supplements to gain weight. Women were expected to have flawless skin and sweetheart neckline and circle…

The six scholarly sources examined for this paper mainly discuss and argue reasons for policy, how the anti-doping movement and sentiments evolved over the twentieth and early twenty-first century, as well as major events that changed the rules. In addition, most sources look at the time frame of anti-doping policy as a key issue that focuses the given research. While all the topics of the sources are similar, the scholars disagree about why policy was enacted, and also about how it evolved. In…

In the novel Brave New World, Huxley believes its society is perfect because of the genetic engineering of its citizens in the World State. Through genetic engineering of its citizens, the World State achieves an all happy society with predestined skills before they are even born. Although Brave New World contains drug use, sexual scenes, and is a loveless society it should remain in the high school curriculum because it teaches the reader the cost of maintaining a utopian society through the…

(LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, ketamine, PCP, and MDMA), inhalants (solvents, aerosols, nitrites, and anesthetics), opioids (heroin, opium, morphine, and oxycodone), depressants (barbiturates, benzodiazepines, methaqualone, and GHB), and stimulants (amphetamine, cocaine, and…

Picture someone you know winning an Olympic Gold Medal and a month later it being stripped from them for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Performance-enhancing drugs (PED’s) have been around for centuries and used by many different sports and athletes. As the incentives grow bigger, athletes turn to PED’s more for helping them strive to be the absolute best at their position. In recent years more athletes have been suspended for the use of PED’s; from college to the pros,…

1. Introduction Methamphetamine is a man-made stimulant drug to speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body (Ice Facts 2014). It was first synthesized in 1918 and used during World War II (Lee, N 2013). Ice is methamphetamine in a crystal form and it has been in the news as a growing and serious issue across Australia. The head of emergency at ST Vincent’s Hospital, Gordian Fulde, says “Ice is the most evil drug we have at the moment…….Ice addicts are the most…

Drug addiction is a powerful condition that imprisons the mind and body of its users, which leads to the question of whether the option to use remains a choice or becomes a disease. Current statistics reveal that 24.6 million Americans reported using illicit drugs in 2013 (SAMHSA, 2014). That number alone is clear evidence of a significant drug problem in our society. Throughout history there have been conflicting opinions about drug addiction being a choice or a disease. In this paper, I will…

Harmful Substances in Health Bodies: Rhetorical Strategies in Susser’s “Substance Abuse and Addiction- the Need to Know” According to Mervyn Susser in his piece, “Substance Abuse and Addiction- the Need to Know,” from the American Journal of Public Health, issued in 1998, substance abuse is and probably always will be one of the biggest problems throughout our country unless the citizens of this country come together, as a whole, put a stop to it. The United States has numerous social ills such…

Normalization is the idea that something which was once seen as deviant, is now becoming more accepted within society and becoming a part of individuals everyday lives and routines (Nirjie 1980, cited in Parker et al 2002 pp. 942). The issue of recreational drug use became particularly prevalent in the 1980s and 1990s when rave culture and the use of club drugs became popular amongst youths. ‘Club drugs’ is a generalised term for psychoactive substances (Gale, 2006. pp. 905), which are defined…