Essays Tagged: "DEA"
Drug Smuggling
ois there is a program called "Operation Cash Crop" or the OCC.This is a combine of the ISP and the DEA. It's goal is to locate places wheremarijuana is grown then destroy all of it's gardens. During ... t. This is one of the best techniques thereis because there is no way of being detected by the drug dealer, that's why therewere over 1,000 arrests in the year nineteen-ninety five. After all of the a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Ritalin
ncreasing number of adults are being diagnosed with ADHD. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) (Bailey 1995), prescriptions for Ritalin have increased more than 600% in the past five years. ... iagnosed as ADHD or co-exist with ADHD. Ritalin will help the child sit still in class, but may not deal with the real culprits keeping the child from learning. Many pediatricians believe children you ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Research of and visit to a Mormon church - includes visit info, and works cited
ristianity as it had been lived in the time of the Apostles with modern revelation from on high" (O'Dea 2). Here it is evident that Smith was seeking to form a new type of church that was suggested fr ... that Mormonism itself was the product of that very intervention, a divinely established vessel" (O'Dea 5). Specifically adherents believe their religion was derived directly from the Lord himself, an ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Federal Assisted Suicide Law, Euthanasia.
-- a debate which may result in a new federal law to counter Oregon's experiment in doctor-assisted death. Last November the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) concluded that assisting a suicide is ... y regulated drugs, and that using such drugs to assist a suicide could cost a physician the federal DEA registration authorizing him or her to prescribe controlled substances. But on June 5, U.S. atto ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia
The ecsasty problem and how the U.S.
n that it has been given it seems that the media is almost advertising the drug. The government and DEA are trying desperately to control ecstasy and stop usage of what they call a very dangerous drug ... about MDMA. These facts make me a little weary to jump to conclusions about the drug, but with the deaths, damage, and startling increase in the drug it is clear that something has to be done to cont ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
LSD.
fungus is obtained, only a small amount of it is needed to make a large amount of LSD. According to DEA publications only "25 kilograms of ergotamine tartrate can produce 100 million dosage units." No ... tbeat, and blood pressure. Tingling of toes and fingers is also a result of taking LSD. Even though death cannot occur from taking LSD, many LSD related deaths have been reported.The main physical ris ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Flirting With Disaster: The OxyContin Epidemic In The U.S.
(1). The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 was implemented by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to categorize different drugs. Under this act, the DEA has separated drugs into five separate " ... d to want to take more to keep the high going. Unfortunately this is what causes hospitalization or death.Purdue Pharma, the company that makes and distributes OxyContin, has been under close review b ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Drug Legalization in America - A Radical Stance
n America? According to The Federal Government's Household Survey on Drug Abuse, often cited by the DEA, roughly 12.7 million people used an illicit drug in the past 30 days. Another 30 - 40 million p ... of the illicit drug trafficking process.By now, you should realize that there is a better resort to dealing with the issue of drugs in our society. The government is creating a dangerous underworld wi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
A Mormon experience : The history and fundamentals
ristianity as it had been lived in the time of the Apostles with modern revelation from on high" (O'Dea 2). Here it is evident that Smith was seeking to form a new type of church that was suggested fr ... that Mormonism itself was the product of that very intervention, a divinely established vessel" (O'Dea 5). Specifically adherents believe their religion was derived directly from the Lord himself, an ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Summary of "The Naked Face, Annals of Psychology" - Article from The New Yorker
e lying and telling the truth, talking about general subjects. They gave the tests to the FBI, CIA, DEA, etc. Most of them scored about fifty percent. They would have done the same had they just guess ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
The War On Pain
egarding pain-killing drugs. This has enforced the growth of an anti-drug culture, which pushes the DEA to tightly monitor the health profession. Like a diabetic who needs insulin to control his blood ... ing or being tortured by having drugs kept from them, they are in great danger of suicide or facing death due to the stress placed on their body. Because Sherry Williams 02 people snap under long-term ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Fallen Angles
Fallen Angels By Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers wrote the book Fallen Angels. It is about America's experiences in the ... the firefight ends in a draw, with neither side gaining a clear victory. The toll for the unit is 2 dead out of a 10 man unit, including one of Perry's friends. When the troops are taken back to camp, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing
Pity For The Dead
Pity for the Dead When dealing with the loss and pain one feels due to death, there are many different wa ... en dealing with the loss and pain one feels due to death, there are many different ways that people deal with their emotions. Some people will turn to friends or loved ones to relieve themselves. Othe ... sic or poetry. Or, some optimists may try to find the bright side of the situation. The effect that death can have on a person may vary depending on the situation, the relation to the deceased, and th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
NORML - Normalizing The Drug Policy
gredients. Hemp can be used to make clothes, food, paper, and much more. Hemp was outlawed when the DEA decided to consider marijuana a Class 1 Narcotic, putting it in the same class as heroine.I beli ... t has realized this. While 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning and more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking, the government still refuses to lift the ban on ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Walking into a club on a Friday night, sights of
Both the non-medical and therapeutic use of MDMA was made illegal in 1985 due to the fact that the DEA found the drug harmful to lab animals.Most of the world's Ecstasy is trafficked in through Europ ... orcement Agency (D.E.A.). Once the Ecstasy is safely delivered, it is then sold in bulk to big time dealers, who in turn sell it in smaller quantities to other local dealers. According to the Drug Enf ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
The football tournment was just around the corner and Dawton
eved in him and his pride was on the line. Before he drifted off to sleep he said a little prayer, "Dear God, please help our team to have confidence and faith in You. Please never let our faith fail ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
United States vs. Sokolow
er and he never checked any of his 4 bags. The person that sold him the tickets reported him to the DEA saying that he looked nervous and suspicious and on his way back to Honolulu, Sokolow was stoppe ... chains and when he came back to the airport he wore the same clothes and was easily recognized. The DEA is responsible and they should check anything that seems mistrustful. I don't think that the DEA ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Government and Indigenous Activism involvement in the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Death in Custody in Australian Politics
ernment? Did Indigenous activists support the recommendations of the RCIADIC?IntroductionIndigenous deaths in custody has formulated as a major issue in Australia concerning the not always peaceful re ... nd the 1980s an overall concern started to spread, which resulted in the belief that the Aboriginal deaths were caused by the non-aboriginal authorities carried out either directly or in a circuitous ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies
Sales Promotion Techniques
to choose a certain product.Price-based consumer sales promotions include the use of coupons, price deals, refunds, and rebates. Coupons are probably the most common form and can be found everywhere, ... e most common form and can be found everywhere, from the local newspaper to online Web sites. Price deals and refunds are commonly found right on the product package as well as on signs and above stor ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Inside the Drug Enforcement Agency
The Drug Enforcement Agency, or simply DEA, is one of many federal agencies which fall under the Department of Justice. As the name implies ... s one of many federal agencies which fall under the Department of Justice. As the name implies, the DEA is mainly responsible for combating drug use and trafficking throughout the United States and be ... nly responsible for combating drug use and trafficking throughout the United States and beyond. The DEA is responsible for enforcing the laws and regulations set by the Federal Government upon persons ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays