...RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENT DRUG ABUSE NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 37, November 1, 1996 PA NUMBER: PA-97-005 P.T. 34, AA Keywords: Drugs/Drug Abuse National Institute on Drug Abuse PURPOSE The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is firmly committed to support of research in the area of adolescent drug abuse. The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to encourage further investigations in this area, particularly with regard to gaps in current knowledge. HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000 The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2000," a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. This PA, Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, is related to the priority area of alcohol and other drugs. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of "Healthy People 2000" (Full Report: Stock No. 017-001-00474-0 or Summary Report: Stock No. 017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (telephone 202-512-1800). ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Applications...
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...For decades, pharmaceutical companies have been able to develop the necessary drugs humans need to take care of health problems. Whether it’s heart problems, diabetes, painkillers, sleep disorder, there’s an innumerable amount of drugs to treat practically any kind of medical condition. These drugs have saved a number of lives over the years. However, although these drugs that are developed are for the health of humans, they come at a price. A very hefty price. This is a problem that is more prominent in the US than anywhere else, and solving this problem is rather difficult. Americans pay, by far, more than any other country for prescription drugs. It’s come to a point where Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anything else for...
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...Drugs are the that can hurt , kill and do permanent damage that can mess up people's lives and families, it can also take people's lives like overdose. some time when people do drugs they get addicted and won’t stop and they lose everything to drug to where they would living on the streets and they try different thing to get money just so they can get drugs. different type of drugs have different effects most of them can kill you and most can put you in the hospital for a long time or some can make you pass out or have a heart attack. Gang can hurt kill and steal thing from people and kill young people, the problem with most gangs is that they use guns and drug they also try to kill people that they have problems with and killing the...
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...Prescription Drugs in Today’s Media Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs has quickly become a part of everyday life in the United States in the past few decades. Advertisements for these drugs can be found everywhere you look including television commercials, magazines, newspapers, the internet, radio, pamphlets or posters in waiting rooms at doctors’ offices and more. The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars a year on these advertisements alone. Some people might think that this form of advertising has no negative effects, but in reality it’s full of them. They can misinform patients and encourage over medicating as well as damage the relationship...
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...It's no secret that prescription drug costs continue to rise. In fact, drug costs account for just shy of 17% of all personal health care costs. For many people, prescriptions are literal life or death regardless of price. The problem is that they still need food and shelter. The good news is that prescription drug prices aren't fixed. You have several options for keeping those costs down to more reasonable levels. Let's dive in and see what you can do. Shop Around Just because one pharmacy quotes a price for a medication that doesn't mean every pharmacy charges that much. Prices often vary based on internal pricing policies. It's common for two chain pharmacies to sell the exact same drugs in the same doses for different prices. It's also common for drug prices to vary...
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...Drugs are a huge problem at Apollo. Weather its smoking, vaping, alcohol or an illicit drug there are a lot of them at Apollo. Its all anyone ever seems to talk about. Drugs and the people who use them are immoral and need to be punished. A solution is to have even more cameras, have them in places people wouldn’t even think of. There also needs to be people who’s job is to watch these cameras. This way people can be caught if they are trying to hide something. Drugs are things of the devil, they are unholy and should not be used by anyone. They ruin peoples lives and careers, they make people unproductive which hurts the economy. If people would just focus on producing and not on drugs everyone would be much better off. Having more cameras...
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...This article talks about the war on drugs and its many implications throughout society. Families are being torn apart by arrests, police are focusing mainly on drug-law enforcement, marijuana-offenders are stained with record that bar them from employment and various government assistances, and the people who are being targeted by the drug war are predominantly black. It is evident that America has a serious problem, but it is not marijuana. The first problem with America is that policemen are choosing to focus on enforcing drug laws. The police are utilizing a tactic known as "broken windows", where their central focus is on common low-level offenses, such as that of marijuana use. Concentrating on small crimes revolving around marijuana...
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...Drugs, not just the illegal street drugs, but also the prescription drugs many people take, are a huge concern to me because I think this is the root of a major problem found around the world. Street drugs are often connected with guns and violence, which would not exist if people were not fighting over drugs and money. Prescription drugs can be taken by anyone, including prominent and average people of society. This concerns me because you do not know if the person driving next to you is driving under the influence of a narcotic or if a healthcare professional is treating you with an impaired judgment due to drugs. Most people think of gangs and low socioeconomic groups, but in reality, drugs are all around us in spite of one’s social status....
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...International Security Research Paper Nate Henneman During the mid 90s, Afghanistan surpassed Myanmar, as the leading producer and exporter of opium in the world. Their rise has been attributed to the increased violence and anti-government organizations giving drug lords the ability to operate without much interference from the government. Afghanistan has extremely fertile lands, which makes growing poppy plants (opium is extracted from the poppy seed) very profitable considering the total opium market value is around $4 billion per year. The lack of governmental intervention coupled with the well suited growing conditions make Afghanistan along with other countries in the Middle East, the perfect manufacturing and shipping or distribution plant of opium in the world. Even though opium is used highly in western medicine when making morphine-based drugs to help relieve pain, opium in the drug trade most often comes in the illegal form of heroin; one of the most abused and highly addictive drugs used recreationally across the globe. Prolonged use causes dependency and constipation, along with the increased risk of contracting blood borne diseases such as HIV or hepatitis. Death by overdose is very prominent as well, around 100,000 per year die from heroin overdose, and around 30,000 of those deaths occur in Russia. “Afghan drug production is an international rather than a local or regional threat,” Russia’s drug control chief, Viktor Ivanov has said. The United States,...
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...Drug Testing In The Workplace Drug Testing in the workplace can seem impersonal and invasive towards employees but it is a process that is done when an employer has reasonable suspicion that employees are using drugs at work coming from a variety of sources such as tips, accidents or behavioral problems, actual observation of drug use, and symptoms of drug usage. Today businesses feel that they have to be well aware that their workplace is a drug free place and that their employees are stable and productive and in doing so, employers result to drug testing. Many feel that drug testing is a good tool to use to have an ideal workplace culture and that most would feel like they have nothing to hide so why object? But not everyone feels the same, others do feel that drug testing like said before, is a violation of privacy and has no sense to be done. Even though one can feel this way that doesn’t make that employee a drug user just that most actually feel that drug testing is degrading. Drug abuse in the work place can affect performance and safety on the job and how an organization see’s it is that drug testing will help eliminate those poor factors. A clear written policy that outlines the employer’s expectations concerning drug use will allow for drug testing in a drug free workplace environment program. The program does have to include training the management on the signs and symptoms that would allow them to perceive with drug testing on employees. Also programs teach...
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...first drug court was established in Miami-Dade, Florida in 1989. Drug courts were established because of the “revolving door of drug use” and increasing recidivism rates. Drug courts have the ability to change a person’s life the better by teaching them how to beat their addictions by provind the proper treatments to the offenders. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about the effectiveness, success, goals, and failures of the the Maricopa County Drug court, Baltimore City Drug Court, and the King County Drug Diversion court systems. The number of Drug court systems around the world are continuously increasing. In June 2010, there were about 2,500 drug courts that are being operated in the United States of America....
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...War on Drugs Ever since the Nixon administration “took on the challenge of the war on drugs” in the late ‘60s, almost every president succeeding him made it their mission to be tough on drug crime. However, as stated in the article “The New Jim Crow”, this war on drugs “had little to do with drug crime and nearly everything to do with racial politics”. Racial politics is the practice of political figures exploiting the issue of race to forward an agenda; this unethical practice has always been a part of the American government since it was created. By covertly using racial politics, the Republican Party created a system that showed working class white voters, who still had the mindset of the Jim Crow Era, that black people were the main thing corrupting their perfect lifestyle; eventually white politicians would refer to this system as “The War on Drugs”. This system would ultimately lead to black men, and the inner-city communities, being the main targets in the War on Drugs...
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...Why Attend Drug Rehab? Drug addiction is a medical problem. It has to be properly treated just like any other medical condition. Most people in Mississauga will not be able to get over a drug addiction without the proper treatment. One of the advantages of attending our drug rehab is that you will be away from your comfort zone and drug dealers. You will be surrounded by people who not only want you to get the proper drug addiction treatment, but they also want you to live a healthier and happy life. Addiction treatment will help you get your life back on the right track. Benefits Of Attending A Private Drug Rehab Center You have many options when it comes to drug addiction treatment. However, you will greatly benefit from choosing our...
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...Prescription drug abuse is on the rise as a result of the numerous ways they can be taken, the different varieties of each type of drug, and their effortless accessibility. Doctors have reported writing more prescriptions out to patients recently than there has ever been before. “Ohio pharmacists filled 2.7 million prescriptions in 2008 for high-powered painkillers such as OxyContin and Percocet, narcotics that contain oxycodone; that's nearly one for every four people in the state” (The Columbus Dispatch 1). In addition to going to a local pharmacy to get prescription medication, people now can go to the Internet and find an online pharmacy which will send them medications. They are able to attain medication easier for the following reasons:...
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...mandatory drug testing of high school student athletes. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, drug testing is in need for more research due to the lack of evidence and success it produces (Christopher). In fact a national survey of high school students concludes that random drug testing does not reduce scholars’ substance use within school (Study Finds Random). High school athletes should not be drug tested because of the negative effects and alternative solutions. Most high school athletic drug testing contracts are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars (Mary). In that case Dr. Sharon Levy of the AAP stated that every student that gets drug tested it is worth $24. Dr. Sharon Levy also estimates that there is about one positive test for every 125 students tested, and it costs approximately $3,000 for each positive (Christopher). With that in mind out of 3,311 drug tests, the University Interscholastic League, in Texas, conducted there were nine positives. In fact the progressive rate of positive drug tests has never risen above one percent (Mary). Also, following a year with the lack of financing, the Florida High School Athlete Association disconnected after the drug testing of “600 students for $100,000.” “Not to mention the championship event of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, when 500 student...
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