Office of National Drug Control Policy

government, Americans has been brainwashed to believe the power to do what is good for the people. A large percentage of Americans would agree that the government have control of everyone’s life. Some people would ask the numerous questions that would make people really think. What kind of things should the government have control over? How much authority should the government be given? In my opinion, I believe that the government should have restricted power that keeps everybody in line. Could…

indicating the necessity for stricter gun control. The nation should look to other industrialized countries to implement stringent gun laws in order to reduce gun violence, specifically mass shootings. The Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy seared into my mind, lingering…

The debate on what should be done about illegal immigrants in the United States has been a major hot button issue for politicians as they are making their runs for offices. This is not a recent issue in the US. The problem of people entering the US illegally has originated since 1904 where mounted watchmen from the U.S. Immigration Service patrolled the border of El Paso, Texas preventing illegal Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. The U.S. Border Patrol was officially…

Analysis of the Italian System Before 1978, the Italian Healthcare care known as Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN) resembled those of other continental European nations. However, it differed slightly because of the reluctance of its central government to standardize benefits among the funds and regulate their financial affairs. According to LD Brown, who wrote about Italy 's health reform, "health care was offered to all but ‘about three million Italians by several occupation-based sickness…

A prescription drug or prescription medication is a drug that you get from a pharmacy or some sort of a professional medical source to be dispensed. In this society it is very easy for young teens to get their hands on prescribed drugs without a Doctor 's consent, this is because there aren 't many rules on prescription drugs. People get the drugs from sellers that they know such as family, friends or a person on the street . People also use them for many reasons such as wanting to fit in, lose…

prescriptions electronically; thereby, eliminating legibility errors. Through the proper updating and maintenance of a patient’s medication and allergy lists within the EHR, automatic alerts can be sent to the provider warning of potential drug/drug or drug/allergy interactions. (“How Can Electronic Records”,…

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2014), 1,561,231 persons were arrested in the United States in 2014 for drug abuse violations such as selling, manufacturing, or possession. Drug abuse violations in 2014 made up the highest number of arrests in the United States (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], n.d.). The legalization of marijuana differs from marijuana decriminalization. Marijuana decriminalization means that a state has repealed or amended its laws to make certain acts…

Elmer Eric Schattschneider’s 1960 book on the ‘The Semisoverign People’ key take away is Schattschneider statement "The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent." Schattschneider means that the economic concern of the substantive representation is that there is a bias towards the wealthy. An example of this is the American Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) which are represented by the most affluent parents due to the availability and…

those who have been a victim to this. Human trafficking is when a person or persons are trafficked between countries illegally. The National Crime Agency states that human trafficking ‘is the movement of a person(s) from one place to another into conditions of exploitation, using deception, coercion, the abuse of power or the abuse of someone’s vulnerability.’ (National Crime Agency, 2014) Not only does trafficking mean international crossing over the border, but a victim could also be…

War off the table as an issue for the election. With the authority to take control over actions against North Vietnam, President Johnson began operation Rolling Thunder in 1965. The subsequent attacks on South Vietnam following Rolling Thunder led to request of additional U.S. troops in Vietnam. From the very beginning of America’s involvement in Vietnam, it was clear that the war was born from an extension of foreign policy to contain communism. The United States wanted to show the world its…