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    Promoting a Drug Awareness Program for Teens Teen drug use/abuse is common. According to the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services, the most common drugs teens use are alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and prescription drugs (2016). Other drugs used are inhalants, over-the-counter medications, and other illegal drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. The use of drugs and alcohol increase the risk of injury or death. According to WebMD, alcohol and drug abuse is a leading cause

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    Muslim Culture In Nursing

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    According to the United States Census Bureau (2013), there were a total of 114.2 million Arab households residing in the U.S. between 2006 and 2010. Out of those households, one in three was Lebanese (Asi & Beaulieu, 2013). Chances are nurses in the United States are going to facilitate people of Middle Eastern descent, particularly those from Lebanon. Lebanese Muslims are predominately of the Sunni or Shia sects (The Iran Primer, 2014). To better understand how to care for a Sunni or Shia Muslim

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    Marilyn Monroe Proverbs

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    “Do not protect yourself by a fence but rather by your friends” is a proverb lived by many people who have struggled with addiction and thoughts of suicide. This proverb originated from the people in Czech. Ranked at the 6th most peaceful country in the world, the people in this country are very friendly with each other though they had once been captivated by German infidels in 1945. The proverb can be reworded in many ways but mostly by stating don’t fight battles by yourself. Still being used today

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    In September 2016, a photo of a couple in East Liverpool, Ohio overdosing, apparently on heroin, in their car with their four-year son in the backseat went viral. Society can describe it as just one more reason for the War on Drugs. During the past half-century, politicians created laws targeting illegal drugs and campaigned against even the recreational use of the substances. Proponents associated the War on Drugs with extreme violence, murder, and raids and viewed drugs as the villain. However

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    In the United States, there are many drugs that are outlawed due to their supposed harmful and dangerous effects on humans. Some of these drugs include marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and prescription pills that are abused by people to whom they are not prescribed. Recent movements have called for the legalization of all of these drugs. Although it appears that legalization of all drugs on the market seems like a valid movement, in reality, all hard drugs such as cocaine and prescription pills should

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    (“Prescription Drugs, NIDA for Teens,”n.d.) There are three types of prescription drugs that are commonly abused including Opioids, Central Nervous System Depressants and Stimulants. An opioid is a medication used to treat pain, including oxycodone, hydrocodone and meperidine (“Prescription Drug Abuse,”n.d.) Opioids attach to opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord preventing the brain from receiving messages which cause pain (“Prescription Drug Abuse,”n.d.) Unlike opioids, central nervous system

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    To fully understand the affects that psychoactive drugs can have on an individual’s brain, one has to first define the term, dissect the history and use, know what factors cause addiction, and what leads to drug dependency. What is a psychoactive drug? A psychoactive drug, psycho-pharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness (drug, n.d). Typically the term drug alone can be seen or associated with

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    affects one’s behavior and brain to slowly lose control over drug use. The repeat high provided by drug abuse will overtime cause the brain to crave the drugs and the high that they provide. Opioid drugs that one can be addicted to include, codeine, hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, tramadol and more. Some stronger prescription cough medicines will contain opioids. Opioids are often prescribed to relieve pain and are prescribed by doctors often for tooth pain, surgical recovery, injury, and chronic conditions

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    are the drugs that are shown through the opioid receptors. This group is featured as the most accepted pharmaceutically and are usually used to cure cough and 3 pain. This group include many examples such as heroin, codeine, morphine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, buprenorphine, and methadone.  Inhalants. These are a wide group of drugs with the common feature of being basically consumed through breathing. The wide plurality of the drugs in this group is presented as a vapor form at room temperature

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    Should the use medical marijuana be legal in the NBA and NFL In this essay I will be giving reasons and evidence for the use of medical marijuana to get taken off the ban list for the NBA and NFL. I will go in depth on why this could help athletes take the edge off and much more. there are plenty of reasons such as it can treat glaucoma,it can help control epileptic seizures and a chemical found in it and many more reasons.now lets get focused on why it should be taken off the ban list for

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