Drug paraphernalia

Performance Enhancing Drugs: Their Effect on Individuals, Athletics, and Society Three in every five Olympic athletes have been caught doping. Let that sink in. This means that on average, for each Olympic event, only one athlete who medals is also clean. Such widespread consumption of performance enhancing drugs (PED's) throughout dozens of sports and nations makes this a topic that must be promptly addressed: the integrity of athletics is at stake. Some may argue that tightening regulations on…

A drug is any substance other than food, that when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin or dissolved under the tongue causes a physiological change in the body. Drugs can be classified into two major categories; medicinal and psychoactive. Medicinal drug is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose a disease or promote well-being. On the other hand, psychoactive drugs are chemical substances that affect the function of the central nervous…

who inject drugs in San Francisco” by Philippe Bourgois, Bridget Prince, and Andrew Moss , it gives a glimpse at the everyday life of the women that are involved in the drug culture which underlines violence is normalized and overlooked. With the entanglement of the street drugs, these women are also in abusive relationship that result in economic isolation, power struggle, and substance abuse. Throughout this article, the main argument is the violence that is intertwined with the drugs, is…

In Timothy Williams’ article, “Opioid Users are Filling Jails. Why Don’t Jails Treat Them?”, the methods through which the criminal justice system deals with drug addiction are discussed. By examining how a former drug addict, Dave Mason, dealt with his heroin detoxification process whilst incarcerated, it becomes quickly apparent how jails and prisons may end up encouraging many people to relapse. With the recent national emergency declaration on opioid abuse, there is no doubt any question on…

Validation of Marijuana Marijuana also known as cannabis and by numerous other names, is a preparation of the cannabis plant intended for use as a In conclusion, cannabis formally know as marijuana is a drug that should be definitely considered for recreational use. Its potential positives heavily outweigh the negatives. We have so many marijuana users in our country that if we legalized it and regulated it nationwide, it would be considered the “cash cow” of the United States. We have so many…

Although, the court held that these slight details do not qualify as transformative elements because they are still an exact depiction of the No Doubt band performing songs, which is what they do in real life and what they are known for as celebrities (192 Cal. App. 4th pg. 1018). Unlike Activisionʻs portrayal of the No Doubt band, Segaʻs portrayal of Kirby was altered significantly and recreated as an entirely different character. Despite the similarities between Kirby and the Ulala character,…

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Psychotropic Drugs for Dementia Residents As per World health organization (2015), there are 47.5 million people who has dementia and there are 7.7 million new cases every year. In our dementia care unit, our residents will receive benevolent expert care to prolong and fulfil their quality of life. As a newly appointed operations management team in our dementia care facility, we continuously aim to provide and improve our quality of care to our dementia residents…

several legal drugs that are available to worldwide, I will be focusing on alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine. Within this paper I will be addressing why it is legal to be use these drugs recreationally. As well as, how addictive each drug can be, the benefits that may accompany each drug along with the damages that can occur, and how much money is each industry worth along with the national amount of money spent on medical care and treatment following the effects of the drugs. The drug that began…

Examining the Painkiller Overdose Epidemic through Historical Perspectives Introduction: Prescription drugs, most notably painkillers, have been prevalent in the 21st century among high-schoolers. According to a 2005 study, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. So why is there an increase in the usage of painkillers, specifically among high-school students in southern…

Ryan had this being about him that was mainly like “I don’t really care about anything except tattoos.” His reasoning for becoming a tattoo artist was mundane and expected as well as kind of infuriating. Ryan had graduated from Auburn, a top school in the country, and only became a tattoo artist because he did not want to look for a job. Ryan’s artwork was remarkable and could have gone somewhere but without the drive and audacity to make that happen, it sits in a tattoo parlor on Thach avenue.…