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Papers On Drugs & Alcohol
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Antabuse, Methadone, Librium, Ibogaine, Revia, Thiamin, and Niacin: An Overview of Seven Common Drugs
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A 6 page outline of the main features of each of these drugs and the situations which require their use. Generic names are provided as is a list of primary actions and potential side effects. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPmedDr3.rtf
Anti-Drug Speech
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2 page overview of the content of a speech delivered by Lee Brown, director of the U.S. National Drug Control Policy in May of 1994. No Bibliography.
Filename: Drugspch.wps
Antidepressants: Prescription Rates and Side Effects
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This is a 6 page article discussing the increasing prescription rates of antidepressants in today’s society. Side effects associated with antidepressants are also discussed such as nausea, anxiety, violence in children, sexual dysfunction and birth defects. The increase in prescriptions are a result of physicians who are not trained in depression treatment prescribing antidepressants to their patients as a first treatment for depression rather than therapy which is considered more costly and time consuming.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TJantid1.rtf
Argument Against the Use of Ritalin
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An 8 page paper which argues against the use of
ritalin for attention disorders in children. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: RArit2.rtf
Argumentative Essay/Marijuana Use
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A 5 page argumentative essay that first presents the arguments in favor of marijuana legalization and then argues against them, relying primarily on the proven facts regarding marijuana's detrimental effects on the body and its tendency to be a gateway drug for the young. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khbdweed.rtf
Arguments in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Use
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This 9 page paper argues that the use of marijuana should be used for treatment in certain conditions. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: HVPotRev.rtf
Arrested For Possession Of Marijuana
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This 5 page paper explores the
incidence of imprisonment for possession of Marijuana. Bibliography
lists 9 sources. charts included.
Filename: KTpotpsn.wps
Article Analysis: Budgeting for California's Criminal Justice System
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This 3 page paper analyzes an article about the budgeting problems for one area in California's criminal justice system. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVCACrJS.rtf
Article Review on Psychotropic Medications
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This is a 6 page review of the current literature available on psychotropic medications. Five articles are discussed. The review of the literature available about the concerns, usage and effects of psychotropic medication is fairly extensive. Researchers have examined use in children, adolescents and adults as well as in pregnant women. Many of the articles provide good details on the different medications available as well as their contraindications and side effects. Although the physiological mechanisms are not completely analyzed yet in the field of medicine psychotropic drugs are used widely across the country. In fact, many critics have concluded that children have been overly prescribed medications as in the case of Ritalin, the most common psychotropic medication prescribed for children which has increased in usage by over 700 percent in the last ten years.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TJpsyre1.rtf
Article Review/Sex, Drug Behavior
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A 3 page article review that summarizes a study performed by Bell, Ompad and Sherman (2006), which investigated the drug and sexual risk behavior of women who have sex with women. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khwsw.rtf
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