Essays Tagged: "drug users"
Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
eling of freedom. Many people go on vacation and spend money. The most common gateway for people is drugs. Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem. In order to eradicate the drug prob ... In order to eradicate the drug problem, a public debate is going on to find some solutions to this drug dilemma. It has become a highly controversial issue whether drugs such as marijuana should be l ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Drug education
nd-altering narcotic can be defined as both the legal and illegal type. The four main categories of drugs are: narcotics, CNS depressants, CNS stimulants, and hallucinogens. Most of these drugs are hi ... or are considered a banned substance and must be purchased illegally.Users of many of the 'harder' drugs being abused today also face the possibility of an eventual overdose. An overdose is the inges ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Marajana
Drugs are a major debate it the world we live in today. Drugs are gaining more and more attention. M ... e world we live in today. Drugs are gaining more and more attention. More and more people are using drugs then ever before and there is no decrease in the amount of drug users. One of the most commonl ... l uses only but that will lead to many other problems in the near future.Marijuana is the most used drug in the U.S. besides tobacco. Marijuana gives people the feeling they like and want but when it ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Aids
since November 1985 in Canada all blood and blood products aretested for HIV antibodies3. infection drug users by sharing needles or syringes with someone already infected4. during pregnancy, at birth ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Nightclubs and Drugs
Cultural beliefs, expectations, and ideals - how they contribute to drug use.Why they cause certain anti-drug efforts to failThe extermination of illegal drugs has alwa ... f illegal drugs has always been one of our mostimportant, worldwide issues. Ending the existence of drugs is one of thetoughest and most complicated goals we face. Despite our constant battleagainst t ... stances continue to exist and thrive in our culture.With all the effort we put into the war against drugs, why is there little success?Lack of effort is not a major reason our attempts are failing. It ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
What is the impact of the different drug policies of England and Wales and the Netherlands on their respective levels of offending?
What is the impact of the different drug policies of England and Wales and the Netherlands on their respective levels of offending?The N ... es and the Netherlands on their respective levels of offending?The Netherlands, in relation to soft drugs, adopts a social/welfare policy. Their drug policy is concerned with the health and safety of ... h the health and safety of users. England and Wales take a criminal approach in their hard and soft drug policies. It may be thought that because England and Wales criminalise all drugs that this driv ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Abortion: Pro-Choice.
cusses when fetus/child is alive, circumstantial cases such as rape, failed contraceptives, serious drug-users who are pregnant, diagnosis of physical/mental handicaps and how children and parents suf ... pregnant. Finally, a heroine user finds out she is also pregnant.Her child will be dependent on the drug and likely won't survive. In each of these cases, both mother and childwould endure an unhappy ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Is your company requiring drug testing?
Is your company requiring drug testing? Some of you may not like the procedure very much. So what's the best possible attitude ... t would probably mean:Firms that do not test these days tend to end up with a greater percentage of drug users, since word gets around about which companies test and which do not. This increases the c ... "high" and not able to maintain work quality, safety and production levels.A typical "recreational" drug user, compared to a non-drug user in today's workforce, is three times more likely to injure hi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Is the American Justice system fair to blacks
. The question stands, is the criminal justice system fair to blacks.Blacks make up just 13% of the drug users in America, but they also make up 65% of those imprisoned for drug crimes. More than 63% ... grown up in bad family backgrounds or just a bad society. These people only know how to get by with drugs and crime, which explains why so many are in trouble; it is just a coincidence that they happe ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Methods for monitoring drug offenders
Methods for Monitoring Drug OffendersOne of the major problems facing today's correctional system is overpopulation. Consid ... correctional system is overpopulation. Considering that more than 30% of the prisoners confined are drug users, and those users have a high rate of recidivism upon release. New methods are being imple ... ere the offender attends in or out patient treatment for a certain period of time. According to the Drug Court Clearinghouse and the Technical Assistance Program (DCCTAP) who claim, "Incarceration alo ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Heroin; a drug affecting everyone
in available, combined with an increased domestic demand make the heroin market the fastest growing drug market reported. While there are indications of increased use of heroin among younger, suburban ... s that drive the heroin market. Almost all areas report that the majority of heroin users are older drug users (over 30) who have been using for many years. However, many areas are reporting an increa ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Drugs and Teenagers
Drugs and TeenagersThe drug use of teenagers have been increasing in today's society, and the most d ... rug use of teenagers have been increasing in today's society, and the most drug users begin to take drugs at their preteen or teenage years because during that time, the adolescents have to face a har ... 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 addition to, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Integration Celebration: Reducing the Harms of Prohibition
f we are going to stand a chance of actually supporting the health and well-being of people who use drugs. The term "harm reduction" itself is negative, and in practise it is often unclear as to wheth ... g them back to the front lines. For those of us who are both professionals in the field, as well as drug users, self-respect and gut feelings demand something more.Some of us have spent some time work ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
AIDS in the United States and South Africa
weak immune systems, any type of infection can prove fatal. Although there is no cure for AIDS, new drugs are available that can lengthen the life spans and improve the quality of life of people that ... people that are infected by this disease.AIDS was first identified in 1981 among homosexual men and drug users in New York and California. Shortly after it was found in the United States, indication o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
A Case for the Leagalization of All Drugs
A Case for the Legalization of DrugsThe beginning of the twenty first century has brought upon a new age of optimism and wonder. De ... of optimism and wonder. Despite all of the announcements on television, our world is far from being drug free. Our societies have given in to the modern war on drugs, which is being fought against our ... is being fought against our own citizens across the United States. An international effort to stop drug production and use has failed, leaving distress and political chaos. Assault, property crime, r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Drug Testing In High Schools
at his buddies and started smoking marijuana. Thursday, before the game, Matt was chosen to take a drug test. His coach approached him saying Matt could not play because the test proved that he had m ... ere unaware the school had permission to suspend student athletes from athletics for taking illegal drugs. Should drug testing be allowed in school athletic programs? Who should be tested - athletes, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Crime and Delinquency
is study explored associations between ever having been arrested and other variables among 490 male drug users. Participants were classified into three groups based on recent sexual history: men who h ... who had been arrested were more likely to have had syphilis and gonorrhea, exchange sex for either drugs or money, and exchanged money or drugs for sex. Concerning the syphilis epidemic's growth over ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Drug & Abuse treatment in Corrections
Drugs and drug usage behavior have been proven to be linked to crime in several ways. It is a crime ... o be linked to crime in several ways. It is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute any drugs classified illegal. The effects of drug related behavior effects society in many ways, daily. ... ys, daily. Many drug users come from all walks of life. But this paper focuses on issues dealt with drug users incarcerated, and what efforts are being done to help treat not only their criminal minds ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Illicit drugs use has to begun to undergo a process of normalization in Britain: Assess the argument for and against this thesis?
Some Researchers think that the use of illegal drug is experiencing normalization in Britain.Surveys has showed that drugs has been a essential par ... s two sides, it is very important to see the both sides of every story.To evaluate normalization of drugs it is important to understand what drug is and why people start using it.Illicit drugs has bee ... ines, cannabies, though in march 2002,the ACMD recommended that cannabis be re-scheduled as class C drug. This category also includes tranquillizers and some mild stimulants. Maximum penalties are hig ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
That marijuana should not be legalised.
rimental effect on the human anatomy and that its legalization would create a greater amount of new drug users. The opposing arguments relative to this topic will also be explored.Marijuana puts a use ... ana puts a user's body in absolute jeopardy. The facts in relation to the long and term use of this drug are quite astounding. The alarming affects on the body include a tremendous decimation of the v ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol