... drugs legal and just put some restriction just like we have on our alcohol usage maybe that would lower the percentage of using illegal drugs such as marijana, coke etc. and if drugs ever are legalized they will be dispensed as alcohol So it seems reasonable to conclude that at least four to six million people will become potheads ... if marijuana is legal, and that coke addicts will number somewhere between 8.5 million (if regular usage doubles and 70 percent become addicted) and 42 million.). The number of people abusing legalized drugs will come close to those hooked on alcohol. A pe...

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... covered up these operations. It was a long struggle to break through the government barrier and bring attention to there part in this epidemic. There has been articles stating that the CIA sold crack to finance there secret war in central america. The CIA did more then just participate in the coke trade, they created the whole crack explosion causing many peoples lives to suffer.(Gary Webb ... ). Its ironic how the government is investing in "just say no" ads and declaring a war on ... drugs with the people but also at the same time providing these drugs for the people to have. A man by...

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... mixing it into different foods called "special food". 4. Some short-term effects of marijuana include distorted perception, increased heart rate, and a loss of motor coordination. 5. One long-term effect is the possibility of lung cancer, and many experts say that marijuana use leads to use of other more potent and dangerous drugs. 6. There are also some medicinal uses of marijuana such ... as relieving nausea and pain. Some studies also indicate the possible relief of glaucoma. B. Cocaine/Crack 1. Cocaine is commonly referred to as Coke, Freebase, Big C, Lady, Candy, and Snow. 2. Cocain...

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... a constant runny nose) Loses interest in hobbies or sports Has poor judgment Can't concentrate Addiction - A person has an addiction when he becomes dependent on or continuously craves a drug all of the time. Depressant - A depressant is a drug that slows a person down. Hallucinogen - A hallucinogen is a drug, such as LSD, that changes a person's mood and makes him see, hear, or think things that ... sperm counts and difficulty having children Increase in testosterone levels for women; also increased risk of infertility Diminished or extinguished sexual pleasure Psychological dependenc...

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... dexedrine(speed), desoxyn (speed, crystal, methedrine), biphetamine (black beauties, speed), ritilan (stimulant to open focus), preludin and cocaine (coke, blow, toot, snow, lady). The effects of these drugs varies as well. They can cause more confidence in the user, a mood elevation, energy and alertness. There also more negative effects such as, less of an appetite, anxiety, irritability, ... pressure and heart rate, sweating and nausea, numbness with a floating sensation, slowed reflexes, decreased concentration, paranoid thoughts, delusions, and much more. There are no withdrawal sy...

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Crack, Mary Jane, yayo, and coke. Everybody knows what these names are and many have experienced them. These are just a few names for the many kinds of illegal drugs. If you thing drugs just appeared on the scene recently you dead wrong. Drugs have been here since the beginning of the very first civilizations. It caused the Opium War of ancient China and has also caused ... decision-making, conflict resolution, sense of purpose, and development of social competence, communication skills, and also alternate activities to drug abuse such as sports or other destructive programs equilivant to D....

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... abuse. By 1970 over 55 federal drug laws and countless state laws specified a variety of disciplinary measures, including life imprisonment and even the death penalty. To clarify the situation, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 abolished, replaced, or updated all previous federal laws concerned with narcotics and all other dangerous ... in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in addition to its anesthetic effect, it constricts small arteries, lessening bleeding. There are many street names for cocaine, including coke, C, toot, flake, ...

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