Drug overdose

to his overdose on Cough Syrup. At the same time, he apprises about the drug abuse epidemic going on in the Hip-Hop/Rap Scene. In discussions of hip hop and rap, one controversial issue has been drugs. On the one hand, Macklemore argues that drugs are having a negative impact on the music scene. On the other hand, some contend that sex and violence are having a bigger impact. Others defend their stance on drugs and claim it is what creates good music. “Otherside” delivers a message that drugs…

policies set in place to protect against and discourage drug use have actually done nothing, if not the contrary for the population? Our current policies have only raised drug purity, revenue for drug lords and traffickers, and quadrupled the amount of people incarcerated in the United States with no positive effect besides making taxpayers pay even more per prisoner. The racial divide has grown even bigger as a result of Nixon’s War On Drugs as well. This war has been proven to be ineffective…

lives around New England, every year the number has increasingly risen. The age you would assume these drug users to fall under may startle you. Towns and cities around New Hampshire are starting to see that there is a problem. The drug itself is a cheap alternative to pain medication for most users. People have gone from blaming the pharmacy and doctors for over-prescribing patient’s opiates to the drug itself that is used for detox is difficult to buy due to finances. The elections are near…

Bay had consumed ecstasy at Stereosonic and was taken to Concord Hospital where she later died. Approximately 70 people were charged with drug offences and another woman ended up in a coma. An approximate amount of 2 million pills are being smuggled into Australia everyday and one in three students at universities such as Monash saying that they have tried the drug. Dr. David Caldidott has joined the thousands pushing for pill testing stations at music festivals such as Stereosonic. The…

physical and psychological issues. Cocaine damages the brain and individuals continue to consume the illicit drug. Cocaine can be replaced with medication while in treatment. Cocaine has been around three thousand years before the birth of Christ. Cocaine was isolated as a coca leaves in 1859. In 1880s cocaine started to be known to the medical community. By 1970’s cocaine was known as a new drug. According to Hart (2015) states “Little concern was given to cocaine until the end of the…

eradicate drug use in the United States. Many of these arguments have been backed up with facts and extensive research. Is it better, then, to legalize drugs in the United States or to maintain strict laws concerning drugs. I have decided that the better course of action would be to maintain or improve laws concerning illegal drugs. Drug trafficking is one of the largest illegal industries in the world, and it causes huge problems. Many people are arrested for use and abuse of drugs each year,…

reported having overcome a drug or alcohol issue, compared with just 4% of college graduates. And more men than women reported having quit: 12% versus 7%.” Addiction is more common amongst Americans than most people realize. People battle this disease every day without other people even noticing. More sicknesses, physical disabilities and even death come from drug or alcohol mishandling than any other avoidable health issue. As of recently one in four deaths are cause by illegal drug usage or…

takes on the Heroin crisis in America head on in her New York Times article “In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs”. She starts the article off by discussing how heroin use among white individuals is a growing issue. She then proceeds to share the stories of families directly affected by heroin use. The article comes to a close by providing how drug addiction should be treated as a disease and not a crime. The author use of narration of events and illustration and example to…

Heroine: What is it? What is it used for? (IMAN) Everyone knows about heroine, however most don’t know what heroin is. In the beginning heroin was not referred to as an illegal drug, but rather a treatment for tuberculosis, and a cure for people addicted to morphine in Germany during the late 1800’s. Although, by the late 1900s, it backfired and mortality rates were greater than the population (Heroin: What is it?, 2008). People can buy heroin either in its purest form, or laced with other…

the research on painkillers. I agree with him when he said that the doctors are not being truthful when they market these painkillers. I think it is completely irresponsible for these doctors to market these drugs as non addictive. We also read about more teenage aged kids dying from overdoses of heroin. When I read these stories, it still shocked me that high school kids from well off families use heroin. Later in the reading, we learned more about the pill mills that exploded in Ohio. As I…