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Athletes and Drugs

In twenty pages this paper considers the drug use among certain athletes and the negative effects this has had upon professional s...

U.S. and its Present Drug Trends

society, and mental and physical health impacts. Whether or not such ambivalence is related to the greater permissiveness of Amer...

Pharmacological Approaches to Treating Hypertension

This cost combines with the severe physiological impacts of the disease to emphasize the point that treatment should be as efficac...

Prescription Drugs and Our Over Medicated Society

orchestrated our growing dependence on prescription drugs. Big Pharma now represents a practically inescapable component ...

Marijuana Legalization and the DEA

In ten pages this paper examines marijuana legalization efforts and the involvement of the Drug Enforcement Agency. There are 14 ...

Controlled Release Systems of Drug Delivery and the Role of Polymers

to degradation at the site of administration whether administered by subcutaneous, intramuscular, intestinal, buccal, rectal, nasa...

Drug Trade in Colombia

In thirty pages the political history of Colombia in the twentieth century is examined in terms of the significant role of its dru...

Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Depression

most common being dry mouth. Other side effects can include sleeplessness, headaches and loss of appetite, although more patients ...

Texas Senate Bill 42 and School District Programs of Drug Testing

by engineers and trainmen" (pp.310). Justice Scalia also pointed to the special vulnerability of children to the addictive...

Issues Concerning Prescribed Drugs

physical. And, as stated, taken as directed, there is very low risk of negative side effects of any kind. 3. Anti-psychotics As ...

Using Gestalt Theory with Families

own feelings, behaviors and thoughts. The phenomenological method of gaining awareness is about "perceiving, feeling and acting" (...

MLB Hall of Fame and the Use of Drugs to Enhance Player Performance

The stringent voting criteria are based on "a players record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributi...

The Marketing Of Prescription Drugs

A five stage model looking at problem recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision, and post- pu...

Pros And Cons Of Interstate Compact, AA Approach, Drug Testing And Restitution For Sex Offenders

erroneously employed as the stand-alone solution of a much more complicated issue. Moreover, there are conflicting findings wheth...

Parens Patriae is Sometimes Necessary

parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...

The War on Drugs

leads "officials to play a never ending game of narcotic whack-a-mole" (Suddath). Close to half of the marijuana that is smuggle...

Anti-Drug Legislation On A Federal And State Level

property and possessions if found to be associated with such criminal activity as drug smuggling and racketeering. The Act states...

MEDICARE MODERNIZATION - AN OVERVIEW

Medicare Part D has the ability to impact millions of individuals who are currently enrolled in Medicare and who were unable to ge...

The Drug Approval Process

get a drug that is not yet approved through illegal means. It makes sense for someone who only has days to live perhaps, but safet...

The Effects of Drug Use

younger users, however, more frequently than it does older users. Some 2.8 percent of adults between eighteen and twenty-six year...

Motivation To Refrain From Drug Use

though the normal machinery of motivation is no longer functioning; they want the drug even when it no longer gives pleasure (Anon...

The Dangers of Steroid Use

pain and presumably athletes take it for the same reason. The strain on their joints from professional sports is tremendous, and g...

Steroid Use in Major League Baseball

steroids enhance performance; or rather, there is sufficient doubt about it to suggest that it might not be true in all cases. In ...

Controversy of Drug Legalization

One of the first things that would be addressed is the Mafia and drug lord hold on the industry. We have all seen on television ho...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Drug Therapies

of critiques of drug therapy versus the use of other treatment measures are the central themes of this paper. Background of Psych...

The Dangers of Methamphetamine Use

the incredibly negative impact that meth has on these individuals health and welfare and, in fact, on the health and welfare of so...

The Ethics of Using Cognitive Enhancing Drugs by Healthy People

Kerouac scrawled out the infamous story within a three week period and he credited that accomplishment to amphetamines (Foer, 2005...

Personal Application of Criminology: The Son’s Friend

as possible, or simply explaining what hes done. Maybe hes bragging and inviting the son to join him in his next robbery. Or perha...

Impact of Imperialism on South Africa

racism and the politics of apartheid or separatism between blacks and whites. This resulted in a history fraught with turmoil, wa...

Does the NFL Encourage and Condone Drug Use?

to the punishment of testing positive two years later, and began year-round random drug testing of athletes in 1990 (Congress Puts...