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…to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Alcoholism is defined as a chronic, progressive, incurable disease characterized by loss of control over alcohol and other sedatives. There are many factors that lead up to alcoholism and the effects are many…

…to other harmful, legal drugs that cause physical and psychological damage. Today there are many facilities that rehabilitate those with drug problems, and the most common drugs abused today are alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana (Smith 112). If marijuana…

…In the late 1970’s, Susan Nelson watched her husband, Don, vomit constantly. Don was undergoing chemotherapy to treat his testicular cancer. The body rejects the drugs used in chemotherapy by means of vomiting. The constant vomiting caused Don further…

…of more and different drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuses 1984 report to Congress cited no evidence to support the idea that drug use is hurting economic productivity. It said: “The fact is, very little is known about the complex relationship which…

…of medications, might say aspirin. A third person could identify alcohol or nicotine as the most commonly abused legal substance. They would all be wrong. Although it is not generally associated with the harmful effects of drug abuse, the most commonly…

…" and more dangerous drug such as cocaine or heroin. The primary basis for the whole "gateway hypothesis" is a recent report done by the center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). They claimed that people who use marijuana are 85 times more likely than…

…problems and increases the need for prevention, intervention, and treatment programs. For too long, the problems of alcohol and drug abuse in rural areas have received little attention from the federal level. As national studies show, those who live in rural…

…Spirit of Olympism, stating that “the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part”. But because of the increasing pressures, like cheating, drug abuse, corruption and bribery, the people will eventually fail in attempt to uphold…

…derides this argument by saying, “The availability of drugs on the streets is not a function of the availability of prescription drugs. Morphine and other narcotics are available at present only by prescription, and there is no widespread abuse of these drugs…

…potential when compared to other safer drugs, and if it were legal, chronic users would have an easier time getting the drug for non-medical uses. Although I am only 16, with the amount of marijuana abuse I have seen, I can only imagine the catastrophic effects…