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    Prescription painkillers are not the only method of treatment for these patients. Herbs, eastern medicine, massage, and many other options are available for the benefit of the patient. According to the Overview of the Public Health Burden of Prescription Drug and Heroin Overdoses in 2011, 105 people abused or were dependent on prescription painkiller medication. As of 2012 there was a quarter billion prescriptions of opium within the United States. The fact remains that these medications are…

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    Marciana , Students at Crivitz High School will be given random drug test throughout the school year of 2015. Students that will be testing on are students who participate in sports, band,chorus, and students that are permitted to park on school property (Jackson Marciana). If a faculty is suspicious of you behavior or your action, he or she have the rights to ask you to provide a urine sample. From the sample, they can identify drugs such as marijuana, opioids, cocaine, amphetamines, and…

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    A hallucinogen is a drug that causes hallucinations. K2/Spice would be considered a hallucinogen. K2/Spice is a drug that portray the same similarities to marijuana. However, K2 is known as ‘synthetic marijuana’ and ‘fake weed’. Spice is made of a mixture of herbs, spices or shredded plant material that is sprayed with a synthetic compound similar to THC, an ingredient in marijuana. To the body Spice would make your eyes red, it would allow your mind to seen things that’s not there, basically…

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    Firstly, legalizing drugs will increase addiction. A lot of individuals don’t comprehend on how others become addicted to drugs. They think that these individuals who use drugs lack sufficient responsibility to simply stop using drugs and end their addiction. In reality, what is drug addiction? “Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences” (Volkow, 2016) The decision leading to taking drugs is…

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    influence in the increase of addictions. Everything from stress to major events can lead someone to dependency on substances whether it be drugs or alcohol. These addictions have taken on a major role in people’s lives, they feel as though they cannot survive without these vices. To them it is as simple as breathing air. The earlier in life that people are exposed to drugs/alcohol the higher the risk of them becoming an addict. When…

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    There has been much discussion about drug testing for high school athletes. Some may think that high school athletes should not take a drug test to play sports. They don’t think High school athletes should take drug tests because it invades their rights. On the other hand some say high school athletes should take drug tests to play sports. They think this because of the reduction in drug and alcohol abuse amongst high school athletes. So drug testing for athletes should be permitted because…

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    Drug Dependent Fathers

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    This qualitative study are about the experiences of drug dependent fathers in realtions to their child. This research is set in Iran and currently addicts and treatment center have been increasing in this country. Addiction is a huge matter when it comes to substance abuse. When a person is addicted, they can not focus on anything else except what they desire and in many cases can not have stable relationships with anyone. The methods were through a “phenomenological approach.” These subjects,…

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    because of drug abuse? Also drug abuse is a brain disease that causes people to look for and use drugs. The worst part of drug abuse is that it has a bad effect on your brain. It’s because of all these changes in the brain that makes it hard to quit. It’s the drug abuse that affects a person’s self-control and its abilities to make decision Study says that kids that underage drink have 5 times more of a chance of drug abuse than kids that don't drink alcohol. Why do people use drugs? Some…

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    Juvenile Delinquency

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    obvious to everyone that the juvenile are the building block of society and through them we can build the basic structure of any community. It is sad to acknowledge that the drug problem has become more serious with expansion and technological progress which contributed to making the use of drugs a general problem. The drug use among teenagers is not limited to a particular country or segment of society, but has become one of the most important social problems that is faced in the social strata…

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    comes to people who struggle with drug addiction, but locking them away in cages doesn’t solve the problem, it only makes things worse. According to former Federal Prosecutor Paul Butler “Imprisoning young non-violent drug offenders with murderers and rapists was like sending them to finishing school for criminals. The drug war costs billions of dollars we cannot afford, and it’s just…

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