Month: August 2015
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Marijuana: Re-emergence of The Wonder-Drug
Decriminalization: The removal of criminal sanctions for marijuana possession, in place of a small fine that necessitates legislative regulations of quality control and distribution to minors. Criminalization of recreational marijuana isn’t necessarily about Americans’ safety. It appears to be more about our government’s unwillingness to move with the times. While marijuana is legalized in…
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Medical treatment on ADHD children…is it safe?
So is it safe to give children under 13 medications for ADHD? If so what are the risks/benefits? Shouldn’t there be other forms of treatment? All these questions usually over bear a child’s parent, doctor or even teacher when it comes to a child with ADHD. That being said medication could actually be beneficial for…
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Demand Side Criminalization as Reasonable Policy Choice
Heroin addiction is a terrible affliction that levies great economic costs on society and causes tremendously poor longitudinal outcomes of those afflicted. Successful drug policy should focus on minimizing the amount of this drug used by society, educating people to lower heroin addiction rates in future generations and treating the already sick population. Heroin should…
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Cannabis Can Do More
You might have seen marijuana used recreationally in Seth Rogan films, Wiz Khalifa music videos, or discussed in the media. Despite the casualness of marijuana in our culture, there are many patients around the country that cannot legally obtain the drug for its medicinal properties. I want to point out that marijuana also has many…
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Cognitive Enhancers: Super Drug or Super Risk?
Imagine having access to a pill that enhances your performance, working memory, and overall cognitive ability. With effects like that, there seems to be a strong appeal in possessing a drug that can provide all of those qualities. Well, you can, if you have a prescription for mixed amphetamine salts (MAS), a drug commonly referred…
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Clean Needle Exchanges: Not as Good as Quitting, but Better than Everything Else
On this past Sunday’s episode of his weekly news show, Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver delivered a searing report on the lack of Congressional power the inhabitants of Washington, D.C. have been forced to struggle with since the city’s founding. While America’s fifty states are largely governed by their own laws, our nation’s capital…
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Drugs and Children- Treatment Options other than Medication for ADHD
Drugs are on the rise. They are in the news, the media, and have even found their way into affecting other platforms. Of the many types of drugs to be worried about, psychostimulants should definitely make the list. They are chemicals or substances that are used to stimulate the central nervous system. It sounds like…
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Legalizing Illicit Drugs in The United States
Legalizing Illicit Drugs in The United States As stated by author Theodore R. Vallance (1993): “Practically no one will disagree that America has a serious drug problem with illicit drugs that is very complicated and has several interrelated aspects”(p.1). This statement represents a colossal concern of the United States of America ever since president Richard…