Essays Tagged: "illegal drug"

Marajuana: effects and after affects

One of the most common illegal drug in the United States is marijuana. There are mixed views about this drug, some people w ... people want it legalized, other people don't. In this essay, I hope to display the facts about this illegal narcotic, and explain many vieMarijuana has many different names such as 'kif' in Morocco, ' ...

(2 pages) 88 1 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Legalization of Marijuana

up time and again is the topic of the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug. Nearly one in three teenagers have at least tried marijuana by the time they graduate ... ent loses to the hard-core facts that can be seen be common sense. Marijuana is a drug that remains illegal. Users can continue to buy it on the streets, where it belongs. Prohibition is something tha ...

(2 pages) 219 0 3.9 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

A heoin Term paper, describing what heroin is and how it effects the body

As you may know, heroin is a highly addictive illegal drug, but what exactly is heroin? Firstly, heroin is classified as a depressant drug. A depr ...

(3 pages) 111 0 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

I CAN SAY WHAT I WANT! This paper is of an argumentative nature in an attempt to prove one simple point...our Constitution is badly in need of repair.

illing words. When I saw this videotape, I could not believe my eyes and ears. The proliferation of illegal drugs in today's society appears to run rampant, use growing each day in leaps and bounds. H ... n rampant, use growing each day in leaps and bounds. How can this be? How is information concerning illegal activity transmitted effectively? The answer is quite simple; our Constitution allows this f ...

(12 pages) 296 1 2.8 Sep/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

An informative essay about Marijuana. Facts on uses. Not much rebuttal

ignored plant because of the bad rap that its sister gets as a vice, generated by energy, legal and illegal drug, and paper industries; all of these industries are threatened by the industrialization ...

(6 pages) 128 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

This is a paper about Drug Abuse as a contributing factor to Social Deviance in Canada. Includes a full bibliography.

ader, the definition of "drug-abuse" will remain constant and simple. Drug-abuse is the abuse of an illegal drug that is frequently used. This paper will not talk about coffee or cigarettes and it wil ...

(10 pages) 211 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Legalization of Marijuana, by Ryan Wensel

Weed. Pot. Dope. Mary Jane. There are many names for marijana, the most widely used illegal drug on the streets. Not everyone thinks it should be illegal, though. There is a group for ...

(2 pages) 69 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Ecstasy- History, effects (positive & negative), public opinions

me to mean intense delight. Strangely enough, someone decided that this would be a good name for an illegal drug. Merriam-Webster defines Ecstasy, the drug, as "a synthetic amphetamine analogue C11H15 ... that are associated with it. It can also be called E, X, or Adam. Ecstasy is a drug that, although illegal, has both positive and negative effects on its users.MDMA, or 'Ecstasy', is a drug that has ...

(4 pages) 102 1 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Steroids

SteroidsSteroids are considered an illegal drug if used in any major sports program, yet athletes still persist in using these drugs in ... ounter withdrawal pain through which taking the drugs again will make the pain go away.Steroids are illegal in most sporting events and leave behind serious side effects, including death. Are they rea ...

(1 pages) 46 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Now is the time to legalise Cannabis. Discuss.

assification of cannabis from a class B drug to a class C which is the lowest classification for an illegal drug and puts it on par with anti-depressants and steroids.The chronology of cannabis is tho ... concerning the addictive qualities of cannabis and the concern that it encourages the use of other illegal drugs, but there is no evidence to support this.Buying cannabis on the black-market opens th ...

(5 pages) 45 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Now is the time to legalise cannabis in the UK.

assification of cannabis from a class B drug to a class C which is the lowest classification for an illegal drug and puts it on par with anti-depressants and steroids.The chronology of cannabis is tho ... concerning the addictive qualities of cannabis and the concern that it encourages the use of other illegal drugs, but there is no evidence to support this.Buying cannabis on the black-market opens th ...

(5 pages) 43 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Narcotic Manipulation Of Our Nation.

ng drug that dulls the senses, relieves pain, or induces sleep. Wouldn't that make almost all drugs illegal...?The difference between the legal and illegal drugs is that there is no difference, in ... mple in today's society. Many high school teens in this day and age will try drugs either legal or illegal. Also, many will become frequent users.About sixty-nine million Americans over the age of ...

(4 pages) 69 1 3.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The ecsasty problem and how the U.S.

production, trafficking, and abuse of the drug that is known as ecstasy.Ecstasy's reason for being illegal is its dangerousness. As with any illegal drug-excluding marijuana- there are risks involved ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Illegal Drug Market - Explains the chemistry,effects, history, and uses of drugs like halocinogens, amphetamines, etc.

The illegal drug market in the United States is one of the most profitable in the world. Drug law enforc ... nication for better social functioning), but no medical use has been established. Nonmedical use is illegal in the U.S.In the brain, there are neurons which regulate the various activities of the body ...

(8 pages) 145 1 3.9 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Legislature of Legalization Medicinal Legalization of Marijuana (MLA Format)

cinal Legalization of MarijuanaFor many years now, there has been great controversy surrounding the illegal drug marijuana. Its widespread use since the Vietnam War has caused many people to speak for ...

(6 pages) 310 0 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Drugs and Teenagers

ding to Johnson et al., (1986)" [b]y their mid-20's, 75-80% of American young adults have tried and illegal drug, including about 50-55% who have tried some illicit drug other than, or usually in addi ...

(5 pages) 87 0 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Covalent Compound: Cocaine

f groups of atoms held together by covalent or coordinate bonds. In the United States cocaine is an illegal drug because of the harm it does to a human's body. It has been used for many years for many ... .S. Federal Government classified cocaine as a narcotic and outlawed it. Today, cocaine is still an illegal drug in the United States.There are five forms of cocaine; however, all forms contain the sa ...

(3 pages) 37 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Illegal Drugs

Illegal DrugsIn 2002, there were 21,683 deaths that occurred from illegal drug-induced causes. The r ... ,683 deaths that occurred from illegal drug-induced causes. The rising rate that people are abusing illegal drugs is alarming. Illegal drugs are all used for the same purpose, to create pleasure and e ... ape from boredom, the use of drugs can start innocently enough. However, for many people the use of illegal drugs can turn into a consuming addiction where use is more out of a necessity than for plea ...

(1 pages) 67 3 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Drugs Deteriorates Civilized Society

invasion of various diminishing forces. One of these forces, possibly the strongest, is the use of illegal drugs. My strongest 'pet peeve', a personal vexation that I consistently complain about, is ... in about, is the use of drugs, which society, agonizingly, attempts to destroy. There are countless illegal narcotics in the world that can only have a huge, destructive, impact on a civilized society ...

(5 pages) 44 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Marijuana-A description of the drug and its aeffects.

Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. It is made from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the Indian ...

(3 pages) 66 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health