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2 Contemporary Issues Confronting Our Country

just too large a bureaucracy to be able to deal with the myriad problems the people face today that cause them to turn to drugs or...

Cocaine's Chemistry and its Impact

Erthroxylon coca. The active ingredient was first isolated by Westerners by a man named Albert Niemann in 1860. The drug soon beca...

Bomb Dogs and Drug Dogs Compared

likely be able to handle the pressures of police service; these characteristics can even be established from puppyhood. DIFFEREN...

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...

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 ...

Conducting Drug-Use Research/Texas Prisoners

first institution listed in regards to male offenders, which is the James V. Allred prison unit, located just outside of Wichita F...

Gibbs Cycle Analysis of Constipation in the Elderly

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

Aspects of High-Risk Pregnancy

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

Bristol-Meyers and the Ethics of AIDS Research

This 3 page paper discusses the ethical implications of Bristol-Meyers’ use of African villagers in an AIDS drug testing experimen...

Minocin and Amocillin

In five pages this paper discusses the drugs with the generic names of minocycline hydrochloride and amoxicillin or amoxycillin in...

Choices and Consequences by Schaefer

notes that too many people feel they are responsible for a youths behavior but they are not and in being responsible "to" them the...

Use of the RU 486 Abortion Drug

In seven pages mifepristone or the RU 486 abortion drug is examined in an overview of its uses, advantages and disadvantages, and ...

1980s' 'Rave Culture'

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the 1980s' rave culture in a consideration of the detrimental aspects of using re...

Pediatric Patients and the Use of Drugs Like Tetracycline

In seven pages this paper examines pediatric patients in a consideration of research regarding the uses of such drugs as tetracycl...

Ventricular Tachycardia and Treatment Modality For Ventricular Tachycardia And/Or Ventricular Fibrillation: Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Or Both?

if one approach is, indeed, more beneficial than the other or if there is a need to administer both in certain circumstances, a co...

Problem of Prescription Drugs in the U.S.

In eight pages this paper discusses the growing American problem of prescription drugs in a consideration of how they are used leg...

The Nursing Issue of Drug and Alcohol Abuse among Nurses

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

Arguing in Favor of Reallocating Funds for Programs Involving Drug Abuse and Alcohol Treatment

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

LSD's History

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

Specialized Offender Programs (Case Study Analysis)

2006). With many available programs for offenders, what might be done with a particularly problematic criminals? II. Case Study: ...

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...

Ageism In America

Age discrimination has become more than a minor inconvenience throughout the twentieth century (Rupp et al, 2006); indeed, the iss...

Reiman's "The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get Prison" - Drugs

also appear to be constantly fueling the social problem of illegal drug use and drug-based criminal behaviors. In essence, the s...

Ionized Drugs' Absorption

matrix, which contains mostly cholesterol and phospholipids (Merck, 2005). The composition of lipids not only determine the permea...

The Case for and Against the Decriminalization of Drugs

view is not anti drugs, it is a matter of where the line is drawn and which drugs are and are not acceptable by todays values. Loo...

War on Drugs' Legalization

In five pages this issue is examined from both sides. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Major Drugs' Decriminalization

to legalizing drugs. But these days it isnt mob criminals that are the problem, but international terrorists that are benefiting f...

'War on Drugs' and its Political Benefits

the creation of organizations. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is perhaps the best known group that...

Ecstasy Use As A Party Drug: Cause And Effect

dosage will make them increase this aphrodisiac sensation will only experience acute nausea, seizures and eventual unconsciousness...