If scientists perfect a drug that improves memory should it be widely available? I believe that it should be widely available to those who choose to use it. I think it would be very beneficial to people who have trouble concentrating and remembering. However, I believe that scientists are far from perfecting a drug that will improve memory. There are currently pills out that are suppose to improve memory and repress memory, however, I have tried pills to improve my memory and no improvement was made.
Once the drugs have become the most important part of your life is when you start down the long road of addiction. When Jerry was asked about his stance on drugs he responded with, "all kinds of drugs have been useful to me, and they also definitely been a hindrance to me. So far as I'm concerned the results are not in." Jerry believes that psychedelics can be a very positive thing and has showed him a whole other universe, but he also goes on
The movie “Patch Adams” is very beautiful and it has a lot of lessons that we can get. The overall message of the movie is we should not focus only on how to treat the disease, but also how we can alleviate the pain that our patients feel and how we can make them happy despite of the illness/sickness that they have. It is true that laughter is the best medicine because through that we can forget the sickness/pain that we feel and we can also relieve easily. We also need to understand the feelings of others, especially to those in the health care profession because they are dealing with patients who have different diseases. Health care professionals are not treating disease but also give the patients hope that they will be cure.
One factor contributing to the continuous growth of substance abusers in the prison population is drug misuse and addiction. The majority of inmates incarcerated have used illegal drugs on a regular basis (at least once a week for a period of one month) and have been incarcerated for selling or possessing drugs; driving under the influence of alcohol; committed crimes under the influence of drugs or alcohol; committed their crimes to get money for drugs; have a history of substance abuse; or share a combination of these characteristics (CASAColumbia, 1998). Another factor is the war on drugs and mandatory minimum sentences. In an attempt to reduce drug abuse and drug dealing, the U.S. has pursued punitive drug control policies to threaten arrest and incarceration. Mandatory minimums at the state and federal levels lead to individuals being sent to prison for possession of relatively small amounts of illegal substances (Taylor, Hallam & Allen, 2009).
Drunk Driving in Teens There are many teens that die every day. But did you know that many of these deaths are caused by motor vehicles? 1/3 of all deaths among the age group from 15 to 20 are caused by motor vehicles and 35% if these accidents are alcohol related. DUIs are the most common arrests in the United States. The number of alcohol related crashes are about the same number as homicides.
Today’s report, the centers second on the subject, involved a survey of 2,000 students and 400 administrators as well as 6 national studies. The center found that “the situation on America’s campuses has deteriorated” since 1993 when it underwent its first study. In the year 2002, approximately sixty-nine percent of college students drank alcohol in the past month compared to sixty percent of their non-enrolled college peers. Five percent of college students drank alcohol daily compared to four percent of their non-enrolled peers. College students are much more likely to engage in binge drinking than non-college students.
A study was done by the DEA in 2004 in which 19.1 million Americans aged 12 or older used illicit drugs in the 30 days prior to the study. A whopping 14.6 million of those people had used Marijuana, making it the most commonly used in
The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that among high school students, during the past 30 days 39% drank some amount of alcohol, 22% binge drank, 8% drove after drinking alcohol and 24% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol. Even though it was an American survey the results are still compelling. In 2008, around one in six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 17% drank at chronic risky/high risk levels. The impacts on underage drinkers are
In most of the cases, the athletes were unaware that their own government was systematically doping them. The difference between 1976 and 2008 is that radical improvements in skill and speed do not go unnoticed. Performance enhancing drugs are a problem in all professional sports, and the athletes are making the decision to take drugs for themselves. New technology means that testing is becoming more accurate and effective, but it also means that new drugs are being developed to allow athletes to slip under the radar. Thesis: ideas/arguments (3 main ideas) - Who does it affect?
Do you ever wonder how drugs affect the body? Why are people that use drugs happy one second and then sad or angry the next? Are prescription drugs really any better for you than the drugs sold on the street? It is important to ask these types of questions in order for us to make choices that can help our bodies rather than harm them. In fact, if you take prescription drugs and have no questions or concerns about them then you probably need to make yourself more aware of your personal health.