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Schools and Mandatory Psychotropic Drug Use

as analyzing and evaluating the issues involved. This examination will show that the new legal directives in regards to Ritalin us...

Importance of Cardiac Action Potential

procedure not simply passive diffusion. Typically the cell membranes in a living organism are selectively permeable. That is the...

Literature Review of Overdose Effects of Safe Injection Houses for Street Drug Users

not many studies have really dealt in such a singular issue, but rather, lump potential drug overdose as one of the many problems ...

Drug Ecstasy

to medical science (Ecstasy, 2004). It wasnt until the 1980s that it was first introduced to the "streets" as an illicit drug (Ec...

Prescription Drug Cost Controls

they are initially very expensive. Drug companies undertake lengthy and costly tests to create the drug. Once it is able to be pre...

Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

is addicted, pointing out that it was simply part of his wild nature, thus letting the reader see how the brother is being affecte...

Speech-Language Therapy/Children w/ADHD

strategies used to identify the function of the target behavior" (Stahr, et al, 2006, p. 201). In other words, an intervention is ...

Asthma Management and Drug Therapies

reduce hyper responsiveness and inflammatory changes in the airways. Patients with daily symptoms tend to benefit more from regula...

Science Advancement or Animal Rights

only way that to be sure that new drugs will actually be beneficial. An opinion poll conducted in the UK in 1999 showed that onl...

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, ...

TV and Substance Abuse

long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...

Harm Reduction Theory and Drug Addiction

Alternatives, 2001). "Harm reduction" first arose in Great Britain, under the premise that use of illicit drugs should be ...

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...

LSD's History

touted as the proverbial magic bullet. It was proscribed for everything from migraines to schizophrenia. The LSD craze, however, g...

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...

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...

Young People and the Impact of Substance Abuse

had fewer suicidal thoughts than those who used drugs and engaged in sex (2004). Those who used marijuana, and perhaps other illeg...

Pricing Controls and Price Equilibrium

is, it represents the price where both sellers and buyers are happy with both price and quantity (GCSE economics, 2004). For examp...

La Cosa Nostra & The Cali Cartel

province, " as well as eleven affluent landowners (FBI, 2008). He was taken into federal custody in New Orleans in 1881 and sent b...

Aspects of High-Risk Pregnancy

out the risks as well as possible termination options (Linscott, 1996). After this general introduction, Linscott discusses the p...

Judy Garland's Drug Addiction During "The Wizard Of Oz"

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how "The Wizard of Oz" was Garland's first major step toward a life of drug addic...

Rationing Scarce Resources Catholic Ethics

We are once again faced with a challenge similar to HIV. A contagious, infectious virus has killed thousands in Africa and is now ...

Elderly Women and Drug Misuse

This is a two-topic paper. The first part reviews a journal article about older women using or misusing substances, mostly legal d...

Do We Own Our Bodies

This paper considers separate and distinct issues. The first section discusses what the Food and Drug Administration does and what...

Drug- Resistant Gonorrhea, An Overview

This research paper pertains to the public health problem of drug-resistant gonorrhea and relevant issues are described. Five page...

Obesity and the Pharmacological Chemistry

This paper assessing the chemical reactions that are important in determining drug function. There are three sources in this thre...

SUD as Chronic Disease plus Overweight Kids

This essay proposes to categorize substance abuse as a chronic disease. The National Institute on Drug Abuse affirms this opinion ...