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    The objective of drugs is to relieve an individual from suffering and discomfort, soma differs from other drugs such as alcohol and marijuana by leaving an individual without any side effects, unlike alcohol where users are left to experience the awful effects of a hangover which consists of headaches, nausea, fatigue etc. "Euphoric, narcotic, pleasantly hallucinant."(46) Marijuana and soma share some attributes but are still far from alike, soma is more like a psychedelic drug where users are more

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    unknowingly controlling us, becoming ignorant in a world of information. And to that end, it is true that we a society have become ignorant, but it’s not so black and white as it being that everyone is ignorant, and that everyone is being controlled, but it is the majority, and they don’t even know it.

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    Nguyen 1 Linh Nguyen LSP 200 Professor Ashley Bohrer Final Paper November 21, 2015 The War on Drugs Ruins the Economy The global War on Drugs has existed for four decades as a movement of prohibition of drugs with military intervention with the aim to decrease the illegal drug trade. Nevertheless, instead of avoiding growing of drug supply and demand, the war brings about many unintentional consequences that include the creation of a profitable illicit market and mass incarceration. This criminal

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    we should regulate drugs because they a very dangerous, not because they are safe. We know criminalization does little to dissuade the use of drugs, while legitimate direction implies governments can control accessibility and guarantee drugs are clean and of known quality, so purchasers recognize what they are taking and have clear data on health dangers and how to limit them. Most unlawful drugs use is non-problematic, yet all drugs use carries dangers, and however unsafe a drug is, those dangers

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    costs is attributed to prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies in the U.S justify excessive costs for medication with the idea of investing in future research to develop more drugs, however, the rising prices of these products grant minimal health

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    Drugs In Brave New World

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    New World, the use of drugs has a major impact as to how society will function in the future. Huxley’s vision for the future is very similar as to how the world is run today. By creating the idea of soma, a drug that is regulated by the government and given to every person in the World State, Huxley is constructing a society that is dependent upon narcotics that aim to achieve peace and happiness among all working classes. Huxley’s attempt to predict the distribution of drugs was accurate regarding

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    settlers weren’t required to have documentation. So when did the fascination for documentation start? As people started seeing the new world as a place for a better life, more immigrants came to America. However to prevent overpopulation, the American government decided to stop and slow down immigration. On September 1727, America started to construct inspections on immigrants arriving to ensure that diseases weren’t going to be spread here. Though it wasn’t until the Plantation Act of 1740 where residents

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    Pablo Escobar was one of the biggest drug lords to ever live. At one point in his career Escobar was smuggling 15 tons of cocaine into the U.S each day. He was a pioneer of the drug world making the first smuggling paths from Columbia to the United States. He advanced the drug world in ways never seen before. Pablo Escobar was born on December 1st, 1949 in Rionegro, Colombia, he was the third of seven children. His father Abel was a farm worker and his mother Hermilda was an elementary school teacher

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    Cannabis Policy Summary

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    Though cannabis was classified as an ineffective drug in the last century, the pleasure usage by young people made a twist to the situation by mid century. This twist made it more difficult to conduct trials, to prove its medical significance. Cannabis was useful in controlling nausea, improving appetite, managing neuropathic pain and spasticity in multiple sclerosis. Better drugs were introduced and cannabis was dropped as a complementary or alternative drug.

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    Otc Healthcare Case Study

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    cost of prescription drugs considered to be one of the drivers behind the expensive American healthcare that made many

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