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The Impacts of Caffeine on Human Behavior

11 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of caffeine on human physiology, with a specific view of t...

Issue of Controlling Drug Prices in Healthcare

In eleven pages drug price control as it relates to healthcare and specifically HMOs are examined in terms of the impact of health...

Overview of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

In nine pages this paper examines the use and abuse of drugs in America in this consideration of the role of the federal governmen...

U.S. and the 'War' on Drugs

two star-athletes fist called wide-spread attention to the problem during the mid-1980s. Since then, the government has reportedl...

The United Nations' Efforts to Control Drug Trafficking in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and Korea Commission On Narcotics & Drugs

at the same time ensures the availability of the drugs for legal purposes. According to U.N. drug organs, opium production has in...

Drug and Alcohol Addiction

challenge easily, but it is not so much if a drugs can challenge easily it matters if a drug is taken in a certain way to present ...

A Novel Method of Eliminating Organized Crime from the Illicit Drug Trade

This essay lays out a novel and unique plan for eliminating organized crime and subsequently much of the violence from the illegal...

A Communications Perspective Speech Analysis

This is another analysis of Lee P. Brown's 'War on Drugs' speech delivered in May 1994. One textbook and speech reference constit...

Prison System and Drug Programs

In ten pages prison systems and drug use are examined in a discussion of penal system drug addiction program implementation. Four...

American Foreign Policy and the 'War on Drugs'

obstacles. Americans have grown accustomed to the status quo" (Nadelmann, 1993, p. 41). The situation is quite different across ...

Incarceration, Probation, and Rates of Recidivism

is a more certain way to monitor the offenders and also serves to result in a higher rate of those who do not return to a life of ...

California and Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences

In fifteen pages this paper examines California's aggressive efforts in the ongoing war on drugs in a consideration of laws that m...

Drug Testing and Small Business

In nine pages this paper considers small business drug testing program strategies designed to curtail the amount of workplace drug...

School Infiltration by Crack Cocaine

In five pages increased youth usage of crack cocaine is examined in terms of the 'cool' perception of drugs that suggest school dr...

Criminal Justice System and Organized Crime

international scope quite considerably since the spread of Internet communication. In addition, international travel has itself gr...

Labeling Theory and Drugs

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

Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Purposes

In six pages this paper supports the legalization of marijuana sale by prescription in the U.S. for serious medical conditions wit...

Pharmacists and the Issue of Prescriptive Authority

This has been a privilege which has made them an even more integral part of the overall health care system of these agencies. Unf...

Lack of 'Health' Concern of Mainstream Medicine

In fifteen pages this report discusses how the U.S. system of health care is failing citizens due to poor care by medical practiti...

The One Best System by David B. Tyack

In five pages urban education as examined in Tyack's text is analyzed within the context that despite the notion it is 'wise to be...

Future Prescriptions Expenditures' Calculation Through Regression Analysis

consider why there is this cost increase, there are many factor we can look for to account for this increase. Costs for any good ...

Prescription Rates and Side Effects of Antidepressants

treatment as well. Peter Jensen, a professor of child psychiatry at Columbia University reports that "pediatricians and family pra...

The Difficult Problem of the Nursing Shortage

Statistics expects that number to rise to more than one million in less than 20 years. The American Nurses Association and Monste...

The Employment Situations in California and in America as a Whole

with links to Silicon Valley, but the "ripple effect" carried over into the myriad support businesses that depended on the revenue...

Legislative Issues and Medicare's Prospective Payment System

a few years ago. Managed care was quite effective in cost containment until the mid-1990s, when health care costs began to rise a...

Senior Citizen Universal Prescription Coverage Plan

they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...

High School Dropouts/North Toledo, OH

average dropout rate for Ohio high schools during the 2000-01 school year was 3.9 percent (Balistreri). On average, however, highe...

Pharmacies and Medicare's Part D Impact

require under the new program, still not sure about who is eligible, having not yet been assigned to a plan or having proof of enr...

The Pill and Pharmacists Case Study Analysis

say that birth control pills are also used for other purposes. Some state legislation allows pharmacists some leeway if they do no...

Case Studies: Caterpillar And Harley-Davidson

burst. The world went into a serious recession. To compound this event, the company suffered a 205-day strike by UAW workers (Bart...