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…, but it isn't classified as a controlled substance and therefore is legal to possess. As a colorless liquid, many abusers dye the drug to distinguish it from other liquids they may have. „h Drowsiness „h Dizziness „h Nausea „h Vomiting „h Changes in blood…

…Act of 1970 placed all illicit and prescription drugs into five "schedules" (categories). Marijuana was placed in Schedule I, defining the substance as having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medicinal use in treatment in the United States…

…Survey on Drug Abuse reports that: 33.7% of those surveyed admitted to having tried marijuana at some point in their lifetime, 9% admitted to having used marijuana during the past year, 4.3% used the drug in the past month, an I have displayed the different…

…to avoid exposure." Some communities have made programs to stop the sharing of needles for drug abuse. "The screening of donor blood for HIV-1 and other viruses since 1985 has virtually eliminated blood transfusion as a source of HIV infection…

…have undergone dramatically changes over the past four decades. They have become more explicit and the rock groups are singing about sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. In today’s culture, it is getting harder by the day to protect children from constant exposure…

…to the drugs. As the story progresses he continues to use the drugs more and more. The most common problem with Leroy and his drug abuse is the fact that the drugs do not solve the problem they just delay it. They make him oblivious to his problems with Norma Jean…

…. But this claim looks more and more ludicrous with each passing year. Every independent commission appointed to look into this claim has found that marijuana is relatively benign. For example, President Nixon's National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded…

…scientific teams who did research on the drug and found it to have none of the violent, abusive, or murderous effects on any of its users. The public has become so overwhelmingly misinformed about marijuana that it seems now that anyone who…

…of times, depressed teenagers abuse drugs and/or alcohol. Sometimes the depression causes the substance abuse and other times the abuse can cause the depression. Some depressed teenagers act out, harming or threatening others or breaking serious rules…

…to increase its use as well as the use of all kinds of drugs. One of the detriments of tolerating drug use, according to this theory, is that is encourages the use of more and different drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse;s 1984 report to Congress…