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The way in which using alcohol and drugs like marijuana serve as a gateway to harder drug use and abuse is the focus of this 5 pag...
of Schedule III and, thereby, removes many of the usage restrictions. "Vicodin, Lortab--and more than 200 other products that con...
funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...
population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...
ABSTRACT This paper explores the manner in which...
bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...
fewer people able to afford the goods. The converse is also true, as process fall then there is usually an increase in demand, as ...
Drug abuse, regardless of the type of drug, has a very negative effect on the body and brain of the user and abuser. Chemicals fro...
2005; Risperdal Side Effects, n.d.). The very long list includes gastrointestinal issues such as nausea, vomiting and a digestion ...
have been associated with NRTIs, which are believed to cause mitochondrial dysfunction, which range from oxidative damage to inhib...
symptoms similar to alcohol intoxication (Drugs of abuse - 2004). They can also cause impaired judgment, violent bvehavior, and h...
while drugs are regarded today as a social problem that encompasses both objectivist and functionalist perspectives, it was not al...
life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...
In a paper consisting of nine pages a nationwide plan for prescription drugs is examined in terms of economic feasibility and the ...
Willwerth, 1992). Anxiety and depression are common (Wallis and Willwerth, 1992). Approximately eighty percent of individuals tr...
coupled with physical exertion, something that has been responsible for a number of deaths (1997). Long term effects of this dru...
In ten pages this paper examines various perspective regarding the legalization of drugs in the US. Twelve sources are cited in t...
and adolescents (Mahler, 2005). Of every twenty children, in fact, one has struggled with severe depression at one point or anoth...
Another source indicates that, "Although the number of drug-related homicides has been decreasing in recent years, drugs still rem...
about drug use and abuse. That is, while alcohol for example is alone not deadly if used reasonably, the alcohol seemed to reduce ...
in which "many public schools have adopted a policy of zero tolerance toward drug use, weapon possession and sexual harassment on ...
it is taken up and released again, a process called re-uptake (Ogbru and Marks, 2008). A balance is reached when the re-uptake and...
focus to intervention and rehabilitation. Others oppose this view, arguing that the War on Drugs is working and that to decriminal...
United States has long been in battle with itself in an ongoing attempt to control its rampant drug problem, on that clearly stems...
The Healthy People 2020 project reported that substance abuse in the United States has decreased but there are still more than 20 ...
A strategic plan has been developed for Johnson and Johnson based on an assumed desire to increase revue and support better reven...
You provided a good explanation of first-generation and second-generation antipsychotics. To add to the discussion: A number of st...
as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...
potential to make it through to the next step, the Phase 1 human testing trials (Masia, 2008). This is a very healthy small group...
combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...