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Performance-Enhancing Drugs – – Artificial Entertainment?At a press conference in April, representatives from various professional sports joined together to discuss the effects of performance-enhancing drugs on their particular sport. Unanimously, the representatives decided that these drugs take away from the purity and natural skill of the sport, and should therefore be declared illegal in all…

According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, among the graduating class of 1997, 54. 3 percent of students had used an illicit drug by the time they reached their senior year of high school: a dramatic increase from the once 40. 7 percent in 1992. The study also…

Cocaine use, even a single experiment, can cost a person their life. It can cause sudden heart irregularities, convulsions, and heart attacks in otherwise young people. This addicting drug originated in the slopes of the Andes from a plant called the coca plant. Cocaine delivers a feeling of power and control better than any drug….

The issues surrounding drug legalization are complicated and sensitive. Each year drug use kills about 14,000 Americans and costs taxpayers approximately $70 billion. Drug-related illnesses and crime costs an estimated $67 billion per year. Drug use also influences worker productivity as seventy-one percent of all illicit drug users are eighteen and older and employed. Also…

rkplaceEmployee Privacy Concerning Drug Testing in the WorkplaceEmployee Privacy Concerning Drug Testing in the WorkplaceA. Court Cases Affecting Privacy of Employees and Drug Testing in the Workplace1. Supreme Court cases affirming drug testinga. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Association 109 S. Ctb. National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab, 109 S. Ct. 1384 (1989)2. Other…

Psychodelic Drugs AlcoholAlcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in this society. It isaccepted as a part of social life. Its use is widely promoted via sponsorship ofsporting events. Advertising infers that drinking is the path to happiness,success, romance, etc. There are references to alcohol and its effects fromearliest known writings. Alcohol is…

Marijuana PlantMarijuana, also called hemp, bhang, and ganja, is used as an intoxicant in many parts of the world, the leaves or dried flowers being either smoked or eaten. It has also been used as a sedative and analgesic. Hashish, a resin obtained from the top of the flowering plant, is five to eight times…

inMARIJUANAS SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THE BRAINMillions are abusing marijuana every day. In fact, 1 out of 7 high school students smokemarijuana more than once a day. Marijuana is taken very lightly and is the most highly usedillegal drug. For this reason, society should know its short and long term effects on the…

Everyday more and more people are trying the very unhealthy drug, marijuana. People that you think would never use this drug are using it or have used it before. Actress, Drew Barrymore began abusing marijuana and other drugs at the age of nine. It was not until the age of fourteen when Drew began to…

Drug Dependence In order for a chemical to be considered a drug it must have the capacity toaffect how the body works–to be biologically active. No substance that has thepower to do this is completely safe, and drugs are approved only after theydemonstrate that they are relatively safe when used as directed, and when thebenefits…