However, he barely touches on the fact of marijuana alone. He speaks of the concern that marijuana impairs memory, concentration, and attention span during intoxication. Intoxication of marijuana usually lasts from 3 to 5 hours then your body returns to its normal functioning state. But when you look at someone under the influence of alcohol the dangers to themselves and others becomes much more likely. In essence, Bennett ignorantly groups marijuana in with harder drugs, just as legislation has for the majority of a century, without considering the differences between marijuana and other drugs or the benefits that can result from marijuana
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Retrieved June 13, 2008 from http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/ful/40/5/22?maxtoshow=40&hits=40 |Mental health practitioners and advocates |Suggest guidelines and algorithms |Michigan |March 4, 2005 |Prescription and monitoring of drugs for clients with major depression |Project called Michigan Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice Initiative |Guidelines and algorithms recommendation to adopt Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithms |No follow-up of the presented proposal | |U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2002). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/depression/depressrr.htm |depressed adults and children |USPSTF concludes evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against screening |Rockvill, MD |1st 2002 |Major Depression is the fourth leading cause of worldwide disease in 1990 |Fourteen randomized, controlled trials |Screening improves the accurate identification of depressed patients in primary care settings |Limited evidence on accuracy and reliability of screening , effectiveness of therapy in primary care settings, lack of empirical data regarding adverse
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In fact drugs are being encouraged for anyone in need of it. However in today's society drugs seem to result in chaos rather than stability. It is illegal to take drugs with the exception of prescription drugs. Sadly in our society, drugs are also quickly available for those that want it. Unlike soma, the drugs produce numerous negative aftereffects.
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These effects include impaired perception, impaired judgment, diminished short-term memory, loss of concentration and coordination, and increased risk of accidents (“Basic Facts,” 1999). Its odd to think that all mood altering drugs even those such as alcohol have these same adverse effects. Another adverse effect attributed to marijuana use is psychological dependency; yet, marijuana is not truly addictive as is tobacco or alcohol the fact, remains, dependency to alcohol can be so severe that abrupt stoppage will manifest itself into adverse physical ailments during the withdrawal process. Alcohol is the only drug known that can cause severe neurological changes as well as death during the withdrawal process (“Delirium tremens,” 2010). Where as physical withdrawal symptoms are not associated with
Berchem 1 Crystal Berchem Gloria Shirey Writing 121 14 July 2015 Eliminating Heroin Use Where it Begins Habitual use of drugs to alter one’s mood, emotion, or state of consciousness not for therapeutic purposes is in other words known as the term “drug abuse”. Prescription drug abuse is almost identical to other forms of illegal drug abuse such as cocaine and heroin. “In fact, the use of prescription drugs now causes more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.”(Introduction.) The most common prescription drugs widely abused are classified as opioids which most commonly are given to patients complaining of pain these types of medications alter a person’s central nervous system
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(1937) Love, Guilt and Reparation , in Love, Guilt and Reparation and Other Works, Volume1 ed. R.E. Money-Kyrle. Karnac Book, London. 1992 DOI 10.1007/s11126-010-9154-y ORIGINAL PAPER Borderline Personality Disorder: Considerations for Inclusion in the Massachusetts Parity List of ‘‘Biologically-Based’’ Disorders Mary Ellen Foti • Jeffrey Geller • Laura S. Guy • John G. Gunderson • Brian A. Palmer • Lisa M. Smith Published online: 1 October 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 Abstract: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a common and severe mental illness that is infrequently included under state mental health parity statutes.