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- 161: Drug Abuse: People Abused vs. Drugs Abused
- Drug Abuse: People Abused vs. Drugs Abused Drug abuse most often refers to the use of drugs with such frequency that it causes physical or mental harm to the user and impairs social functioning, according to the definition stated in "Software Toolworks Encyclopedia". This term also refers to the use of a ...
- 162: The Battle Against AIDS
- ... mainly among homosexual and bisexual men, but it is becoming more frequent among heterosexual men and women. HIV is transmitted through all forms of sexual intercourse, including genital, anal, and oral sex. People who inject drugs into their bodies can be exposed to infected blood by sharing hypodermic needles and syringes. Transfusion and transplant recipients and people with hemophilia may contract the virus from the blood, blood components, tissues, or organs ... their CD4-cell counts and should have their health closely monitored by a physician. Treatments have been developed, but cures for AIDS or for HIV infection have not yet been found. Researchers have studied several drugs that stop the growth of HIV in laboratory cultures. One of these antiviral drugs is zidovudine, formerly called azidothymidine and commonly known as AZT. Research suggests that AZT can delay the onset of opportunistic illnesses in people infected with HIV. AZT apparently works by inhibiting HIV reproduction within ...
- 163: Birth Defects
- ... common birth defects results from the interaction between one or two abnormal genes out of 100,000 that make up who we are. This is caused by the genes parents pass on or effected by drugs and alcohol upon the fetus of a new born child. Down's syndrome, the most common genetic disease formerly known as mongolism, "occurs one in every six hundred births throughout the world" ( Storm 102). It ... born with spina bifida in the United States each year, researchers still do not know exactly what causes the condition" (Gravelle 55). Spina bifida is hereditary and some other factors may be involved, such as drugs or alcohol and even the environment. " True genetic disease are distinguished from diseases in which genetic factors play a part in the causation of the disorder, but are not totally responsible for the disease" Strom ... prone to occur repeatedly in families but, not to be considered purely genetic such as spina bifida. Other causes of birth disorders are causes from drug and alcohol abuse while pregnant. When a woman uses drugs during pregnancy, she is not only damaging her health, but also that of her unborn child. The most harmful drugs are those classified as narcotics ( cocaine ,heroin ect). Other harmful substance include alcohol, tobacco ...
- 164: Raving Is A Lifestyle
- ... raves were ever called raves to begin with, unless of course you have been to one. I will never forget my first experience at a rave. Media portrays Raves as cesspools of filth, sex and drugs, so naturally I was very nervous about attending my first party. We sit in a circle inside the party with the lights and music assailing my senses and take out the pills. I stare at mine and sweat nervously. I have never really done drugs before, and I am going to put a pill in my mouth that someone that I do not know has manufactured in their basement. Little did I know that this was a common theme in ... going, is also very popular. It makes you very jittery and can easily keep you awake for two days or more. There are too many young kids that do not know the dangers of the drugs they are getting into that are addicted to this horrible drug. The next bad one is GHB, more commonly known to the public as a date rape drug. The problem with this is that ...
- 165: Drug Abuse
- ... generally defined as the use of a drug with such frequency that the user has physical or mental harm or it impairs social abilities. The substances that are discussed in this report are called psychoactive drugs; those drugs that influence or alter the workings of the mind, affect moods, emotions, feelings, and thinking processes. Drug Dependence/Addiction There are three basic characteristics that indicate that the user is dependent on a drug. First ... for neurotransmissions to take place. The user is only able to feel pleasure from the cocaine rather than the things he/she used to find pleasurable. This is called drug addiction or dependence. Drug Classification Drugs are generally categorized into two groups, stimulants and depressants. Stimulants are drugs that speed up signals through the nervous system. They produce alertness, arousal and excitability. They also inhibit fatigue and sleep. They include ...
- 166: The 60s and Freedom
- The 60s and Freedom Most of the time, when thinking back to the sixties, people remember hearing about things such as sex, drugs, and racism. However, what they often tend to overlook is the large emphasis "freedoms" had on the era. This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every American of the time. This ... were used to help push for freedoms from areas such as society's rules and values, competition, living for others first, and the older generation's beliefs as a whole including the freedom to use drugs. The younger generation just wanted a chance to express their own views rather than having to constantly succumb to the values and rules left behind by the older generation. The two different approaches used by ... standards, the new generation values what is unique and different in each self" (Reich 57). In order to find these unique and different qualities in each other and themselves, the younger generation often turned to drugs. This was another freedom which they were required to fight for since the older generation did not support drug use as a source of pleasure or creativity. This could basically be considered an outright ...
- 167: American Drug Laws- Do They He
- ... criminal one should regulate drug use. It is a social problem, not a criminal one. As a largely victimless crime they should not have their civil rights taken away just because they like to take drugs which we have arbitrarily made illegal. Drugs are very expensive because they are illegal. Their procurement and use fuel crime and violence, which could be largely eliminated if organized crime did not have a monopoly and the free enterprise system could control ... is a strong prejudice based on ignorance of the comparative human misery caused by the inevitable misuse of mind-altering substances. Alcohol and tobacco cause more illness and death each year than all the illicit drugs combined. Legislative attempts to curb alcohol and tobacco use by children makes some of these very vulnerable people desire their use, but the age-restrictive and the accompanying time-of-purchase limits on widely ...
- 168: Youth's Fight to Gain Freedom From The Other Generation
- Youth's Fight to Gain Freedom From The Other Generation Most of the time, when thinking back to the sixties, people remember hearing about things such as sex, drugs, and racism. However, what they often tend to overlook is the large emphasis "freedoms" had on the era. This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every American of the time. This ... were used to help push for freedoms from areas such as society's rules and values, competition, living for others first, and the older generation's beliefs as a whole including the freedom to use drugs. The younger generation just wanted a chance to express their own views rather than having to constantly succumb to the values and rules left behind by the older generation. The two different approaches used by ... standards, the new generation values what is unique and different in each self" (Reich 57). In order to find these unique and different qualities in each other and themselves, the younger generation often turned to drugs. This was another freedom which they were required to fight for since the older generation did not support drug use as a source of pleasure or creativity. This could basically be considered an outright ...
- 169: Should Government Spend or Reduce Money to Stop Drug Abuse?
- Should Government Spend or Reduce Money to Stop Drug Abuse? Should government spend more money to overthrow the drugs trafficking and control the drug abuse? Or reduce health and social costs to the public of illegal drug use to make the drug users take the responsibility by themselves? Illegal drugs, a kind of medicine such as heroin, marijuana, cocaine and LSD that made people canΥt run away since they try it. But drug are not a problem solely of the poor, minorities, or inner-city residents. In fact, while the majority of these donΥt use illicit drugs, theyΥre often victims of those who do. So, the production, trafficking and consumption of illegal drugs maybe is a one of the most important problems faced by humankind, both in terms of the damage ...
- 170: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... determining whether young people will be criminal in their behavior is moral poverty," Greenberg says. (3) According to the recently published "Body Count: Moral Poverty . . . and How to Win America' s War Against Crime and Drugs," a new generation of "super-predators, " untouched by any moral inclinations, will hit America's streets in the next decade. John DiIulio, the Brookings Institute fellow who co-wrote the book with William Bennett and ... delinquent, and criminal adults in chaotic, dysfunctional, fatherless, Godless, and jobless settings where drug abuse and child abuse are twins, and self-respecting young men literally aspire to get away with murder. Scholars who study drugs and crime are only now beginning to realize the social consequences of raising so many children in abject moral poverty. The need to rebuild and resurrect the civil society (families, churches, community groups) of high ... to often left to their own devices. They spend much of their time hanging out on the streets or soaking up violent TV shows and violent rap music, they have easy access to guns and drugs, and can be extremely dangerous. By the year 2005 they will be teenagers--a group that tends to be, in the view of Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox, "temporary sociopaths.... impulsive and immature.'' ...
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