Monthly Archives: August 2015

Marijuana: Re-emergence of The Wonder-Drug

By Anna Rosalyn Wender | August 12, 2015

  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?

By Jasmine Labarca | August 9, 2015

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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TwentyOne is TwentyFun

By Iram | August 9, 2015

Can I See Your ID? Underage drinking has always been an important topic of discussion because it has had negative impacts on too many lives. The United States is one of the twelve countries that is 21 age restricted while the vast majority of the other countries range from 16 to 19 years of age. […]

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Demand Side Criminalization as Reasonable Policy Choice

By Andrew Cook | August 9, 2015

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

By Cynthia Bunting | August 7, 2015

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?

By Sang Xayasouk | August 7, 2015

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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Twenty-five to Life

By Teasia Sims | August 7, 2015

  Alcohol effect on the brain has been a subject of debate for decades among Americans.  In the last ten years or so the debate has been over the developmental changes that occur after the age of 21 in certain areas of the brain and how it correlates to behavior.  Alcohol acts upon the Central […]

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Clean Needle Exchanges: Not as Good as Quitting, but Better than Everything Else

By Katherine Rose Lerner | August 7, 2015

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

By Areej Nooruddin | August 7, 2015

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

By Greta Cordova | August 7, 2015

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 […]

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