Methamphetamine

here, the most intriguing, was a fingerprint which was lifted off a feather. I also saw how they test unknown substances to see which drug it is. One example they displayed to us was how a specific substance changes to orange in color when methamphetamine is present. At the end of the day, we trekked back to…

city hit hardest from cocaine, “use of any illicit drug use . . . appears to be most prevalent in Los Angeles (8.5%)” (Hughes, 1482). Los Angeles, and irrelevantly Denver, has suffered the most drug use ranging from crack and powdered cocaine to methamphetamine. In the late 1970s to early 1980s, cocaine was seen by many as a status drug for the wealthy (U.S. Department of Justice). But it did not hinder only whites but also minorities and their neighborhoods as it seemed ,to the public eye, as…

Legendary musician Bob Marley once said, “Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.” Bob Marley believed that smoking marijuana opened up a spiritual gateway leading him to become one of the greatest musicians and poets to live. A lot of people other than Bob believe that marijuana can be the answer to a lot of the world's problems. Many cannabis users today argue for the legalization of medicinal and recreational use of marijuana. Marijuana is shown to help with many…

When it comes to substance use disorder (SUD) or substance abuse (SA) for many individuals the under-lying factors are complicated and varied. When an individual decides to get help for their addiction often practitioners are focused on treating the addiction of the individual instead of trying to identify any underlying factors that may have led to an addiction in the first place. One major underlying factor contributing to SUD is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As Souza and Spates…

Why America Should Not Ban Guns Parkland, Florida. Sandy Hook Elementary. Columbine. San Bernardino. All of these events have spilled blood, destroyed the innocence of the young, and crushed the dreams and futures of those affected by these horrible events. All of these have sparked great controversy over one thing-- guns. Guns have been used for more than two hundred fifty years in the United States, but do citizens still need them even after America has achieved independence? Should America…

North Korea is not a place that most people really know about; they are a very closed-off country and are very secretive. Up until recently, many people didn’t even know of what North Korea is capable of. Recently, the production of the movie “The Interview”, has sparked much conflict between the company Sony and North Korea. The country is of violence, neglect, and power-hungry dictators. No one really knows the truth about North Korea, but what they do know is that North Korea is a country…

Heart Disease No one can live without the heart because the heart is an important muscle, which pumps blood to the entire body. The heart is located in the chest and the size if it around the human fist. Everyone has to prevent his/her, heart because many people facing health problems, such as heart diseases. It is a group of conditions that affect the structure and the functions of the heart. Heart disease could affect anyone children, men, women, and even adult. There are different types of…

a place of their control. An example of this is having drugs in one’s car. Knowing possession are items that possessors know that is in their control whether that be on them or in a place that is theirs. An example of this is someone buying methamphetamine and they knowingly know that they purchased meth. They do not have to know that it is a crime to have possession of it. One only need to know they have meth in their possession. Mere possession are items that one possesses, but you have no…

The United States has experienced an increase in the number of cases of Hepatitis C over the past decade. There are counties across the United States that are at an increased risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreaks. These diseases are efficiently transmitted by exposure to contaminated blood and blood products and often lead to co-infection. This has been shown by increased transmission occurring among injection drug users, primarily those under the age of thirty (Zibbell et al,…

article “Psychadelic Drugs, Hippie Counterculture, Speed And Phenoborbital Treatment Sedative-Hypnotic Dependence: A Journey to the Haight Ashbury In The Sixties.” Hippies used drugs such as marijuana, LSD, hashish, so called “magic mushrooms”, and methamphetamine (155-156). Hippies split off into their own groups based on morals and lifestyle (156). A portion of the hippies tried looking for an alternative to the traditional religions of their mothers and fathers (154). Manson understood these…