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Eric Schlosser Reefer Madness

to Schlosser, the underlying thread that ties these three essays together is the "underground" (8) socioecomic subculture that per...

Drug War and Economics

Case Study A case study submitted by a student suggests that the government is concerned about the increasing incidence of armed...

Government Should Not Legislate Morality

stand up to scrutiny. The question as to whether or not Americans are better served by the conservative stance in terms of person...

Looking at Drug Testing Philosophically

trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...

Public Health Advertising v. Direct to Consumer Advertising

2004). As this indicates, disease education in the EU is allowed, but American-style DTC advertising is prohibited. Consequently...

Heath Benefits of Aged Garlic Extract

point that relatively few paid attention to it at all. In many respects, the same has occurred in the discussion of anythin...

Southern Hemisphere's Political Economy and America's War on Drugs

some headway during the 1990s, something that caused investment to increase (2002). The state of affairs in not surprising. In the...

United States, Crime, and Drugs

a large proportion of its budgetary resources enforcing drug laws. Drug-related arrests have gone up 50 percent over the last ten ...

Importance of Supply and Demand on Drug Policies

want answered is: on what evidence is the medical analyst basing her conclusions? The migraine pain drug has only recently been in...

Libertarianism's Pros and Cons

prompts. Of course, this is really not a good reason to outlaw the substance. The society also claims that pot is a gateway drug a...

A Business Ethics Case Study

going through a predecessors files, he discovers a secret internal report about the companys new drug Colstop. This drug, introduc...

Lessons Learned From The Failure of Prohibition

enhancing family life, and creating a safer society, crime increased. There is a great deal of evidence to show that organized cri...

Antisocial Behaviors and Misuse of Drugs

For an adolescent just beginning to develop sense of himself and his social significance, peer groups provide that measure of acce...

Current US Social Trends and Living Alone

of single persons (Francese, 2003). This is a substantial 21 percent increase (Francese, 2003, p. 32). To better appreciate just...

Drug Cartels in Colombia

The evolving drug threat in Colombia and other South American source zone nations. Retrieved 6 Feb 2004 from http://usembassy.stat...

Industry Competitive Position of Upsher Smith Laboratories

such that people are living longer, and when combined with the demographic changes now underway, the result is expected to greatly...

The Hearsay Rule

Rehnquist. Reasoning of the Court: The court claims that a conspiracy had been discovered between Bourjaily and Lonardo and this p...

Illicit Drug Usage and Vulnerability

questionnaires. Obviously, drug use would be the dependent variable in such a study. That variable could be dichotomized, howeve...

Discussing Rockefeller Drug Laws

the twentieth century, extremists outlawed alcohol, but that was something that just never worked. People would drink anyway and t...

Teen Drug Use and Its Effects

people 21 and older * Underage drinking costs the United States more than $58 billion every year - enough to buy every public scho...

Comparing How Self Esteem is Influenced by Drug Treatment Programs

examined to see which one is best as it respects the enhancement of self-esteem. II. Methadone Programs and Effect on Self-Estee...

Drug Use and Vulnerability

and a culture that seemingly perpetuates drug use through its music, television content, and other lifestyle elements are extremel...

Research Question on Legalizing Drugs

Magazine. Retrieved March 4, 2004 from: http://www.drugsense.org/mcwilliams/www.marijuanamagazine.com/toc/drugsand.htm DuPont, R...

Using Drugs and Social Deviance

who may then need assistance from the government. They put a burden on society if they steal and harm others in an attempt to get ...

Opposing Ritalin Prescription

very controversial and many say that children are "doped" which is a chemical alternative to treating the real problem ("Britain" ...

Analyzing the Merck Corporation and the River Blindness Cure

refused to contribute financially and so Merck continued to kick in more and more money. In summary, according to the case study, ...

Drug Policies in California

under federal law" (Anderson, 2004). The California law allowing the medical use of...

Symptoms of Schizophrenia and Comments from Patients

2004). this symptom is sufficient for a diagnosis (HealthyPlace.com). Schizophrenia is treated with both drugs and therapeutic i...

Drug Offenders and Criminal Justice Planning

interaction competencies has been found to be effective (Office of National Drug Policy, Principles, 2003). There are many differe...

Drugs and Dr. Andrew Weil

worship and spirituality was heathen and evil. Dr. Weil wrote in his book, THE NATURAL MIND - An Investigation of Drugs and the Hi...