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  • Sports and Drugs: Anabolic Steroids

    Sports and Drugs: Anabolic Steroids

    Sports and Drugs: Anabolic Steroids In today’s world, being famous is very important to athletes all over the world. In sports, the more popular and athletic you are the more money you obtain. It is not easy being the best on the playing field, so some chose to use easier forms of getting an advantage. They believe that drugs will give them that important edge over their opponents. Using drugs means that athletes don’t have

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    Essay Length: 1,512 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Research on the Use of Drugs Within Cypriot Higher Education

    Research on the Use of Drugs Within Cypriot Higher Education

    Research On The Use Of Drugs Within Cypriot Higher Education. Table Of Contents. 1. Abstract……………………………….Pg 3 2. Motivation……………………………..Pgs 3-4 3. Problem………………………………..Pg 4 4. Objective……………………………….Pg 4 5. Research Plan…………………………..Pgs 4-5 6. Literature Review………………………Pgs 5-13 7. Hypothesis………………………………Pgs 13-14 8. Comparison between Hypothesis and Empirical Review………………………………………Pgs 14-17 9. Recommendations & Conclusions………Pgs 17 10. References……………………………..Pg 19 11. Sample Questionnaire….……………..Pg 20-23 12. Interesting Findings from our Research….Pg 24 The use of drugs in Cypriot Higher education. Abstract. With the spreading

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Kara Dunn Axia College of the University of Phoenix What are performance enhancing drugs? They are drugs that give an athletic advantage over those who do not use them. Performance enhancing drugs can be used to enlarge muscles or increase the blood's oxygen carrying capacity. The use of substances to improve athletic performance dates back thousands of years. These types of drugs are becoming more common and are being used

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    Essay Length: 516 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Steve
  • Psychoactive Drug Addiction

    Psychoactive Drug Addiction

    A narrow definition of the term addiction refers to habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance beyond one's voluntary control. Terms such as "workaholic," "sex addict," and "computer junkie" arose to describe behaviors that have features in common with alcoholism and other substance addictions. Substance addiction is a multi-pronged system in which lifestyle has a role but the biology of a person’s body is a major factor. These substances, which are called psychoactive drugs,

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    Essay Length: 2,230 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Jack
  • The War on Drugs

    The War on Drugs

    Throughout U.S governmental history, policies have been known to affect the way of life and every aspect. The topic it choose to research is about “The War on Drugs”, the impact policies have on society and if it does help the public or tend to extent social inequality. This topic is very important to me in the sense that, I look at the community I live and see how drugs have affected people lifes, broken

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Overcrowded Prisons and the War on Drugs

    Overcrowded Prisons and the War on Drugs

    The War on Drugs One must wonder if the "war on drugs" helps or hinders our American Criminal Justice System when you look at the overwhelming impact it has had on crowding issues within our prisons. At the present time there are over 1.5 million people in prison, 59.6 % for drug offenses alone. The "war on drugs" started over 100 years ago in San Francisco, California when the first law against drugs was enacted

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    Essay Length: 1,542 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Drugs Should Not Be Legal.

    Drugs Should Not Be Legal.

    Drugs Should Not be Legalized The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is a very controversial and important issue. Drugs affect so many areas of society. The U.S. population has an extremely high rate of alcohol and drug abuse (Grolier). Several groups have formed and spoken out regarding their position. Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization is the first step in helping to deliver the credible, consistent message about the risks and costs of

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Steve
  • Non-Violent Drug offenders -Porp. 36

    Non-Violent Drug offenders -Porp. 36

    Have you heard the phrase “prisons are over populated!”? Statistics show 21.2% of low level drug offenders, that are incarcerated, do not have any current or prior violence in their records, no involvement in sophisticated criminal activity and no prior commitment. (USDOJ) Could this be the problem of prisons being over populated? There are many factors that need to be considered when looking for other possible methods of dealing with non-violent drug offenders. Some lawmakers

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    Essay Length: 1,849 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Artur
  • Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Athletes

    Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Athletes

    David Stone Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Athletes There has been a debate of epic proportion for the past few decades on whether professional athletes from around the world have the right to use performance-enhancing drugs. As for now these world athletes are not permitted to use most of the performance-enhancing drugs that are available by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The athletes are randomly tested by their professional leagues. Each American league has their own method of

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    Essay Length: 4,202 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Jack
  • Drugs and the Environment

    Drugs and the Environment

    10/30/05 Env. Studies Drugs and the environment There is no question that cocaine and heroin production is a problem for everyone. Many people die every year from these drugs, either from drug use or being killed in some drug related situation. There are many ways to fight this very difficult problem but none will completely destroy the drugs. Along with standard methods of catching these criminals, there has been many unorthodox methods in use. My

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: July
  • Drugs

    Drugs

    Bizarre ID case jailed mother State took kids into custody Nona Cason of Sunrise, suspected of being a French fugitive, is now free. When agents with guns swooped down on Nona Cason's life, she lost her kids and her freedom. By SARA OLKON / solkon@herald.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE BROWARD NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wrong-way driver stirs up Sawgrass The Sawgrass Expressway turned into a fast and furious obstacle course Wednesday afternoon with drivers swerving and crashing,

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    Essay Length: 1,094 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: David
  • The Drug (creative Writing)

    The Drug (creative Writing)

    The Drug The Daystrom Institute was a government-funded body with the official remit of developing drugs and vaccines, and, in general, to further medical research. The unofficial remit, was the secret development of gasses, drugs and toxins that could be used in armed conflicts throughout the world. Of course this contravened almost every treaty that had been signed since the end of World War II, and therefore the secrecy surrounding this plant was immense. Martin

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    Essay Length: 7,782 Words / 32 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Jack
  • Drugs and Alcohol

    Drugs and Alcohol

    Athough I've been residing in Wayne County, more specifically Goldsboro, NC, for 4 years I have been lucky enough to not have to deal with anything or anyone having major issues or problems with drugs and alcohol. But because this was a concern for me in highschool, having an alcoholic boyfriend, doing the research and coming up with a treatment center, or two, wasn't too difficult for me. There are a few specifically in Goldsboro,

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Anna
  • Colombia: The Link Between Drugs and Terror

    Colombia: The Link Between Drugs and Terror

    This article is about creating a connection between a government that is controlled by drug traffickers and the people who use terror as a form of defense. The cause for the terrorism is blamed on the poverty situation that is the result of a huge class difference because of a drug trade. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer in Colombia. And it all boils down to demand from North America fueling

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Bred
  • Workplace Drug Screen Opinion

    Workplace Drug Screen Opinion

    Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper PSY/325 March 15, 2005 Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper Drug testing is become increasingly popular tool used by business’ today to weed out the potential employment candidate that may have drug problems. This testing does not determine whether a potential candidate has any issues with alcohol abuse, but will help a company determine whether or not the potential employee might be using other substances, such as prescription pills or

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Max
  • Drug Testing in Schools

    Drug Testing in Schools

    Drug Testing in Schools Mandatory drug testing in schools is not a good idea. There are a few reasons why I believe that drug testing does more harm than good when it comes to keeping drugs out of schools. One reason is that it is humiliating for students; another is that it can discourage students from participating in extracurricular activities that require a drug test in order to join. Also, it raises the questions

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    Submitted: January 6, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Adolescent Drug Use

    Adolescent Drug Use

    Adolescent Drug Abuse Crack, booze, pot, crystal- from the inner city to the suburbs to small towns, the world of the adolescent is filled with drugs. When a little harmless experimentation becomes addiction, parents, teachers, and society are often at a loss. For this age group (roughly ages 13 to 23), traditional substance abuse programs simply are not enough" (Nowinski, inside cover). Today's society provides many challenges for adolescents that our parents rarely had to

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    Essay Length: 1,046 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Use of Narcotics Anonymous for Drug Addiction Treatment

    The Use of Narcotics Anonymous for Drug Addiction Treatment

    HLSC 1003 Mitch Jenkins 14 April 2007 The Use of Narcotics Anonymous for Drug Addiction Treatment Admitting “we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable” is the first of twelve steps in the second largest drug treatment and recovery program in the United States, Narcotics Anonymous. Narcotics Anonymous is modeled after Alcohol Anonymous and describes itself as a nonprofit “fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs have become

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    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: Victor
  • Performance Enhancing Drug Use in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drug Use in Sports

    Performance Enhancing Drug Use in Sports Jeremy Sweat Western International University COM 110 Patty Lucas December 21, 2005 Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sports Is the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports dangerous? To what degree do these drugs truly enhance strength, size, training ability, and muscular performance? Not only are the answers to these questions still unclear, they are the subjects of deep controversy. This paper will examine those two major issues,

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    Essay Length: 1,364 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: July
  • Drug Effects

    Drug Effects

    Drug abuse can take its toll on the body, but more importantly on the mind. Why do drugs act on the brain the way they do? And why do some drugs have different effects than others? These and other questions will be answered throughout this paper. Every day scientists are finding new information on the brain and how it reacts to the main drugs of abuse. The Brain; four pounds and several thousand miles of

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Victor
  • Heroin Drug

    Heroin Drug

    HEROIN Heroin is an addictive drug, and is a very serious problem in America. Recent studies suggest a shift from injecting heroin to snorting or smoking because of increased purity and the misconception that these forms are safer. Heroin can be injected, smoked, or snorted. Intravenous injection (injection into a vein) produces the greatest intensity and most rapid onset of euphoria. Effects are felt in 7 to 8 seconds. Injecting heroin into a muscle (intramuscular

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Victor
  • The War on Drugs

    The War on Drugs

    The War on Drugs Perhaps Americans take what they have for granted and forget that there are other countries with problems. Why does America care about what is happening in other countries like Columbia, when they have their own problems with drugs? The Untied States of America has a rather large drug trafficking problem but compared to Columbia it is fairly small. To help Columbia solve their problem the U.S. senate has decided to send

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Drugs

    Drugs

    JOANNA Miles Objective; To obtain a position within a company where my strong public relations and management skills can be utilized based on my performances. I have been in the loss prevention field for three years. Qualifications; Loss prevention manager for three years / loss prevention associate for two years. Education; High School: Abraham Lincoln High School Denver, Co (1996-2000) Relevant Experience; (1998-1999) Eaton Terrance nursing home dietary aid Job Duties: -I helped to prepare

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    Essay Length: 405 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: David
  • Don’t Do Drugs

    Don’t Do Drugs

    wrote this for my school paper after the administration distributed agenda books with drug facts on every page: I find that as I journey down the highways and byways of life, I often end up in seedy parts of town, where I find all of my peers stumbling around in a drug-induced haze, vomiting in trash bins and lying face down in gutters. I was surprised to find even the top students, the most

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    Essay Length: 538 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Anna
  • Drugs in Sports

    Drugs in Sports

    Drugs in Sports Chris Daley 12/3/04 English 111 Drug use has been a part of competitive sport for almost a century. At the first Olympics in Athens in 1896, marathon runners drank a mixture of brandy and strychnine to help them on their ways and used opiates to control pain during a race.(1) Use of alcohol was very common in the early years of the twentieth century. It might be argued that the first athletes

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: regina

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