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only on television. Temple was careful enough to not give away too much more of his novel but urged the audience to understand that “we need to stop thinking these [pills and hard drugs] are a separate addiction.” The parallels Temple drew between heroin and pill addiction shocked Madison Fell, a senior at Frostburg. “Its so simple, anyone could become addicted to those things. I…

Since the beginning of the human race, all different types of oppression have influenced mankind in many different ways and forms. Drug trafficking is relevant to today's society because it still goes on in today’s world. Drugs like heroin, cocaine and morphine were being introduced into society. People were exposed to the dangers of abuse and addiction. When people are around drug trade other things like kidnapping, health problems and economic problems all occur. Drugs have many bad effects in…

When trying to navigate life while caught up in the world of drug addiction, there are many land mines that lie in one's path. Society takes a dim view of people who abuse substances, particularly illegal substances such as heroin and meth. Even the stigma of alcoholism is viewed as a sign of weakness and serves as a red flag for anyone who comes in contact with a person who suffers from the disease. The Secrecy of Addiction People who abuse substances often do so in private to avoid being…

space saving the U.S. money. If we look at the tobacco industry, because it is legal there is no violence associated with the sale of tobacco, same can be said for alcohol. The legalization of drugs makes drug use safer. It is one thing to be a heroin addict, but through legalization we can help limit the spread of diseases that are associated with drug use such as HIV and Hepatitis. If anything else we know prohibition does not work. There are no real benefits in criminalizing drugs. The…

show that the “gateway drug” phenomenon is just a scare tactic. Mitch Earleywine, a professor and a Ph.D. in psychology states in article from Addiction, 2004 that “Even if every heroin addict used marijuana first, that fact alone would not prove that marijuana caused heroin addiction. They all ate bread before their heroin addiction, but nobody has called bread the gateway drug.” This information is very compelling and may lead one to think, “What other facts may have been over…

The pharmaceutical industry has very little fear of repercussions and the best example may be how OxyContin competes for sales with black market heroin. OxyContin is a synthetic opiate that is supposed to be prescribed strictly for severe pain. As you may remember, OxyContin used to be the drug of choice for the former drug war advocate Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh’s story clearly touches upon some of the hypocritical aspects of the drug war. Mind you, he was a fully functional drug addict who harmed…

their lives and are never caught. The people who are found guilty in a court of law are sentenced by a Judge who decides the appropriate punishment. As a young nineteen-year-old girl, Doris, was found guilty of selling two hundred dollars worth of heroin to an undercover police officer. She was sentenced to serve between ten and twenty years in prison. She could not tolerate prison life and escaped during the first year of her sentence. Upon her capture by legal authorities thirty-four…

amount of pleasure in something. Both dictionaries are using the same word but are giving a vast explanation that shouldn’t really label a person as a junkie because technically it could amount to a lot of other things besides drugs. But ultimately heroin, crack cocaine, prescription pill, and meth addicts are typically labeled a junkie. Some people who are labeled as junkies typically can’t shed the guilt of being labeled it so we have an insane amount of over doses every year in America.…

Drug Addicts are Dying to get Clean. In September of 2009, David Sword was released from prison after serving two years for drug related charges (“Florida Department of Corrections Julie L. Jones, Secretary”). As with most convicted felons, he truly wanted to make the most of this opportunity to become a productive member of society. Although David’s intentions were truly admirable, he also struggled with a disease from which there is no known cure. Commonly known as addiction, this disease is…

Over the past decade, the number of prescription drug issues has dramatically risen. Prescription opiates are being widely abused often leading to an addiction or becoming a gateway to harder, more dangerous substances. Unfortunately, more often than not, doctors are unknowingly enabling drug abusers and addicts instead of helping to aid them. Prescription opiates are often addictive but seem to be the only choice at the time when a patient is in pain. We need to continue research of…