Drug discovery

With the strict regulation on pharmaceuticals that the Food and Drug Administration enforces, an observer would assume that one of the biggest companies in the business, GlaxoSmithKline, would never be under scrutiny for unethical practices. Unfortunately, this producer of everyday drugs and products does not have such a squeaky clean record. GlaxoSmithKline has come under fire since the mid-nineties for their unethical medical trials and questionable human experimentation practices.…

apparent drug overdose; his body is assumed to have been there since Thursday afternoon. As a teenager/ adult it is easy to get caught up in the wrong things. Peer pressure, self-esteem issues, and the continuous need to fit in can cause us to do unhealthy things. After extensive research and a personal connection to the harmful effects of drug use, I am here to bring awareness to the drug problem in America. There is an increasing amount of drug related deaths in America. The increase…

Effects on Patient Safety Over the last few years, drug dependence has been becoming more and more of an issue. According to Zeigler, Compton and Goldernabum (2011), “a national survey showed that 6.2 million Americans age 12 or older have abused prescription type drug” (p. 13). Drug dependence can range from alcohol dependence to being dependent on the drug heroin. Each has their own issue regarding the type of withdrawal. Unfortunately, drug dependence can affect all populations, including…

with no responsibility. The number of children in Tucson being exposed to drugs, mainly from their guardians, are increasing. Although drugs may not be physically handed to the child by the parent, they are still at exposure to many health risks, whether it be second hand smoke, prenatal, or paraphernalia lying around the house. To ensure the safety of children and their health, Tucson should reach out to more chaotic drug driven homes and offer more help to proactively stop exposure, in turn…

Drug and alcohol abuse has been an ongoing issue for individuals and is considered a social problem in our world today. Drug abuse is considered a social problem because although it affects the abuser in many negative ways it also flows out into society. Stimulants, Depressants and hallucinogens are types of drugs that come in different forms, such as, cocaine, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and LSD. Furthermore, each form can have different methods of use, immediate effects and potential long…

Brand: Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely Stupid drug laws”, from the Guardian, on Thursday 6 February 2014, discusses Hoffman’s’ addiction to heroin and his untimely death. Russell Brand claims that the actor, who died from heroin overdose, died due to the drug laws that exist today. He also stresses that the stigma attached to addiction and mental health issues continues to, from a social perspective, criminalize drug addiction. He appeals to our emotions when he provides…

structural oppression often pervades the communities. Illegal, recreational drugs initially offer relatively inexpensive escape from this drudgery. Over time though, drugs take a significant toll on the already economically disadvantaged. To the addict, as the need to consume more drugs for the same feelings of euphoria and pleasure increase, a terrible economic burden is added to their already limited resources. Already poor, drug dependence may impair their ability to be employed in a…

Valvuloplasties in Recurrent Bacterial Endocarditis in Relapsing Intravenous Drug Users There has been an increasing incidence of intravenous (IV) heroin usage and overdoses in Ohio over the past 15 years. With it, hospitals in the state are seeing a substantial influx of medical complications related to IV heroin abuse. Infective endocarditis (IE) is one of the most severe, potentially life-threatening, complications for IV drug abuse with an inpatient mortality of 15-20% and a 1-year…

decided that the fate of a drug addict lies in the ability to choose correctly between the choices of quitting their addiction or remaining a slave to it. Their worth in society is only gained when they decide to live sober but people seem to forget the struggle they go through to get to that point. In 2011 it was estimated, by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, that 4.2 million Americans from the age of 12 have used heroin once in their lifetimes (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2014).…

want to legalize a drug called marijuana. This drug comes from dried leaves from a hemp plant. Marijuana can be used as a cure and also used to harm your body. People have different views about marijuana. Some think that it can be used to help people that suffer from chronic pain and can help create jobs for the people in need of put-ting a roof on their head. Then there 's the people that think it will harm the people that don 't con-sume marijuana. It’s also an illegal drug which violates the…