Carter's drug policies were based on a doctrine developed in Europe that stated that the government would never stop drug use, so they should work on preventing the harm of usage. ... By keeping things the way they are now, the government benefits from their own corruption. ... Racial profiling is based on the premise that minorities commit most drug offenses. ... This results in the persecution of innocent people based on skin color. ... According to the government's own reports, 80 percent of the country's cocaine users are white and middle class. ...

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Long term use The recommended alcohol limits published by the government are 21 units per week for men and 14 units per week for women. This figure varies widely from country to country and it does not seem to be based around any international medical decision. ... Long term use The recommended alcohol limits published by the government are 21 units per week for men and 14 units per week for women. This figure varies widely from country to country and it does not seem to be based around any international medical decision. ... Thus the purpose of this publication was to get under one cover di...

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 Imagine a drug that is less addictive than nicotine, safer to use than alcohol, and can even help in relieving the pain in cancer, glaucoma, and AIDS patients. Now, imagine that same drug being banned from the United States. Yes, this drug is marijuana, Mary Jane, reefer, pot, green, an...

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This drug epidemic caused the government agency known as the D.E.A. ... The government has lost more money in the drug war than thought possible, without even making an acceptable amount of progress. ... His concerns are echoed through marijuana enthusiasts in the entertainment business and some high-ranking government officials. ... The government officials from these states have allowed people to vote on the use of medical marijuana. ... By early 1980, after only six months of dealing, Ross and his partner had an exclusive client base and a steady supplier" (bio. ...

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., hospital or residential in-patient services versus regular or intensive out-patient services), whether or not they were for-profit, non-profit or government owned facilities, and their geographic locations. ... Government organizations are next in line as far as likelihood of job opportunities in relation to number of facilities as they accounted for only 14% of the responding facilities. And it should be noted that of the 14% making up government facilities 11% are for state, local and community facilities, 2% for federally owned facilities, and the remaining 1% for tribal facilities. ....

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In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. ... At this point, the drug lords are using terrorism to force the Colombian government to back off the extradition issue. ...

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In 1985, anti-Government Guerillas, mainly composed of the drug dealers, attack the Colombian Supreme Court. ... At this point, the drug lords are using terrorism to force the Colombian government to back off the extradition issue. ...

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At first the supply and demand reduction strategies were grounded in the traditional deterrence model: Though legislation and criminal penalties, individuals would be discouraged from using drugs; by setting an example of traffickers, the government could force potential dealers to seek out other economic pursuits. ... In some of America's largest cities, local governments had been heavily corrupted by the influence of organized crime. ... Since that time, the government has implemented the much more successful policy of focusing law enforcement efforts on irresponsible alcohol users wh...

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Newly arrived populations carry with them residual fears of the power of governmental institutions and a persistent mythology about drug treatment (Rado, 1997). ... At the same time, the literature is increasingly making a case for the detection and treatment of mental health difficulties within primary care settings, where proximity-based care has been effective in improving access to services among adult refugee patients as there is less stigma associated with community-based services (Rousseau et al, 2012). ...

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Due to the overwhelming caseloads processed through the court system, the needs of the offender for additional treatment (i.e., drug addiction, mental illness, alcohol abuse) find themselves incarcerated in an already overcrowded jail or prison with little or no treatment programs to address their i...

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Addiction Recovery This report is based on the processes of change an addict must pass through while healing. ... Treatment may include a combination of programs, facilities, services and therapies including pharmacologically based treatment. ...

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The United States government's current position on narcotics is prohibition. ... Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). ... In 1987, in Zurich, Switzerland, the city government set aside Platzspitz Park as an experimental laboratory, decriminalizing drugs within the park, making them available without legal consequences. ...

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The United States government's current position on narcotics is prohibition. ... Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). ... In 1987, in Zurich, Switzerland, the city government set aside Platzspitz Park as an experimental laboratory, decriminalizing drugs within the park, making them available without legal consequences. ...

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It is an American movie, based on the idea of the American dream. ... The Cuban government let anybody leave and an exodus by boat started. ... Tony despises living in Cuba under Fidel Castro's communistic government. ...

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Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure i...

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DARE Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is a program designed to discourage drug use and violence among school age children. DARE's origins can be traced to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and a chief of police who helped create a drug education and prevention program he believed was effective. It spread rapidly, and by the late 1990s DARE was operating in all 50 states and many countries (Lundman 2001). Part of the reason DARE worked was because of its mutual effort between the police department, the school, parents, and community leaders. DARE works because it surrounds childre...

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" These highly racialized appeals targeted poor and working-class whites and were usually accompanied with promises to be tougher on crime and to enhance the government's role in combating it. ... Initially, there was much controversy regarding whether the federal government should play a role in crime because traditionally that was the local government's domain. ...

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In fact, so addictive are these opiate-based pain medications that despite fully understanding the medications' addictive nature, ten percent of physicians are themselves dependent on the very drugs they prescribe, according to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) (Waismann, 2007). ... In fact, so addictive are these opiate-based pain medications that despite fully understanding the medications' addictive nature, ten percent of physicians are themselves dependent on the very drugs they prescribe, according to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Direc...

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Other innovative programs that have resulted from the collaboration between Oriana House and local governmental agencies day reporting for those convicted of a crime but did not need residential housing. ...

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INTRODUCTION Marijuana - often called pot, grass, reefer, weed, herb, mary jane, or mj - is the Nation's most commonly used illicit drug. More than 83 million Americans (37 percent) age 12 and older have tried marijuana at least once, according to the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse ...

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In East Berlin, young children were removed from their parents at an early age by government officials. ... However, many doctors obtain THC from the federal government under special arrangements in order to prescribe it for cancer patients. ... He would keep the little gram bottle in his pocket and if he was stealing a base he would slide head first, making sure not to break the bottle ( Meer 24). ...

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In East Berlin, young children were removed from their parents at an early age by government officials. ... However, many doctors obtain THC from the federal government under special arrangements in order to prescribe it for cancer patients. ... He would keep the little gram bottle in his pocket and if he was stealing a base he would slide head first, making sure not to break the bottle ( Meer 24). ...

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