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Curbing Drug Use in North Idaho

The people in the home that they were taken from were killed, and one of those individuals was their mother. Yet, one has to wonde...

Plot Development in Two Novels by Antonio Lobo Antunes

instructions from a police inspector, who states, "Give the bozo some electric shocks and hell swear he killed his aunt, if necess...

The Film Traffic as a Statement on U.S. Drug Policy

editorializing, but this fits well within the boundaries of the film. For example, at one point a character says that "at any give...

Possible Solutions to the Problems Associated with the 'War on Drugs'

the displacement and abuse of the impoverished in the world. Turnipseed (2000) notes that in order to help many of the people in f...

Using Drugs and Juvenile Delinquency

use is a prevalent factor in the school setting is intrinsically related to social elements, a point the authors illustrate by exa...

Case Disposition and Drug Offenders

of drug case is processed across the state (OSCA, 2004). For instance, a drug offender might be assigned to a treatment program du...

Legalizing Drugs

For example, most people do not know that cocaine was once a common ingredient in Coca-Cola. Many social pressures led to the even...

Drug Rehabilitation v Prison

pockets of those buying. Incentives exist for each of these groups. For one group the economic incentives are a positive factor ...

Adverse Drug Reactions and Metabolic Changes Associated with Antipsychotic Medications

as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...

Stress Theory And Coping With Stress

results (Posen, n.d.). When the rats were examined, they had "swollen and hyperactive adrenal glands, shrunken immune tissue (thym...

Living With AIDS

combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...

"The Last Emperor" - Psychological Elements

"develop a healthy sense of omnipotence which will naturally be frustrated as the child matures" (D. W. Winnicott). Because Pu Yi...

Why Pharmaceutical Companies Focus On A Disease

potential to make it through to the next step, the Phase 1 human testing trials (Masia, 2008). This is a very healthy small group...

Understanding the Psychological Contract

employment relationships it will be playing a role in the regulation of that relationship. 1.1 Aims and Objectives The o...

Fact and Fiction of Drug Legislation

America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...

ECSTASY (MDMA): The Impacts of the Drug

a number of different fashions, depending on how quickly they want the drug absorbed in their blood stream. Like crack cocaine, M...

Japan as a Destination Market for an Orphan Drug

on the attractiveness of the market. The Japanese pharmaceutical market in 2006 the market accounted for approximately 11% of th...

Exploring the Legality and Ethics of Drug Screening at Work

Literature Review George (1997) performed an analysis of 1617 specimens collected from drug screening from 82 separate work...

Issues in Psychological Testing

or aid in the understanding and prediction of behavior" (Kaplan and Saccuzzo, 2008, p. 6). A spelling test, for instance, offers a...

DRUG TRADE IN LATIN AMERICA: TRANSNATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES

reduction tools and, to an extent, education on the evils of drug use (Seelke et al 2010). The results have been mixed to not-so-g...

The Pharmaceutical Industry and Erectile Dysfunction

Men who have problems getting or sustaining a penile erection suffer from erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction can be the r...

Issues With Antipsychotic Medications

You provided a good explanation of first-generation and second-generation antipsychotics. To add to the discussion: A number of st...

Labeling Theory and Drugs

This paper, first of all, reports on a representative example of depressant, stimulant and hallucinogenic drugs. Then, the writer ...

Drug Crimes and Immigration

This paper links drug trafficking to drug cartels and the immigrants they sometimes sponsor. This has a multitude of affects on t...

A Synthesis of Psychological and Economic Behavior Models

theory refers to the study of how individuals choose to act within a group context; unilateral pursuit of self-interests has prove...

Strategic Plan for Johnson and Johnson

A strategic plan has been developed for Johnson and Johnson based on an assumed desire to increase revue and support better reven...

The Relative Merits of Medical Marijuana

Marijuana (Canabis sativa) is currently classified as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance. The drug is typically associated with...

The Most Destructive Illegal Drugs - A Ranking

unable to feel pleasure or function normally without meth (National Institutes of Health, 2012b). Moreover, the potential to overd...

Pharmaceutical Industry, Prices, Returns, and Generic Drugs Competition

or tested will never make it to market due to ineffective results, the development of side effects or other influencing criteria. ...

U.S. Drug Offenders and Laws

cocaine prosecution between 1988 and 1994, no whites in Los Angeles County were prosecuted in federal court for crack cocaine offe...