... is a 39-year-old Caucasian female, identifies as lesbian, who has never married but is currently in a relationship and has no children. She is a licensed Physician's Assistant (P.A.), who resides in San Francisco, California with her partner of nine years. Presenting Problem Patient is referred by her employer after being observed using methamphetamine at work. Patient reports taking antidepressants (Zoloft) but stopped taking ... 's Degree in Medical Science and obtained licensure with the State of California. The patient indicates that since obtaining her license in 2009, she has emplo...

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... many, the only support systems available are those provided by the government. This is one of many reasons as to why it is so dangerous that San Francisco has proposed to cut thirty seven and a half million dollars from its day treatment programs. The budget cuts would affect "hundreds if not thousands of ... in the future. Second is that the removal of these programs means that a large number of jobs will be lost across the country. For example, San Francisco is faced with a large budget deficit and has decided to cut thirty seven billion from the Health Department's budget. "And with...

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... or the income to pay for high priced attorney. The New England Journal of Medicine has joined doctors and patients in support of legalizing the medical use of marijuana (San Francisco Chronicle 1).7 Through largely illegal since 1937, marijuana may prove an effective alternative to more commonly prescribed drugs for some diseases (Morganthau 23).8 Marijuana is often useful in ... ), the California Medical Association (1993), the Federation of American Scientists (1994), the Australian Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (1994), the American Public Health Association (1995...

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... severe she became confined to her room and began to sell her body to John in exchange for heroin. After life became to "heaty" for the two they fled to San Francisco, which eventually turned into the same old story. With both Mary and John hooked on heroin they committed crimes in ... San Francisco that eventually landed them jail sentences in California. Upon her release Mary left for San Jose and became pregnant with a married man and eventually left and returned home to BC leaving John behind. It wasn't until Mary was almost 36 years of ... ...

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... used as a "truth serum" in interrogations. Monkeys and dogs did not survive large doses of the drug. In the 1970's MDMA came back on the spotlight when some therapists in San Francisco began treating their patients with Ecstasy. These physicians reported great success in helping their patients overcome their severe emotional trauma. In 1985 the DEA declared MDMA as a schedule I drug, banning ... ...

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... hands. It has taken many ordinances, acts, and even protests to develop what is still being furthered, "The Drug Reform Policy." The first American anti-drug law was an 1875 San Francisco ordinance, which outlawed the smoking of opium in opium dens. (Brecher, pg. 5) It was passed because of the fear that Chinese men were luring white women to their "ruin" in ... ...

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... in this that the prohibition of marijuana is most harmful to the American public. Graham Boyd, an attorney representing a group of plaintiffs including eleven prominent cancer and AIDS physicians in San Francisco presented to a federal judge on Friday, April 11, 1997 the following statement: "The federal government has issued broad threats against physicians who might recommend marijuana to some of their seriously ... ...

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... . Mr. Rosenthal faced a possible sentence of one hundred years in prison and a potential fine of $4.5 million for his conviction in January on felony charges of marijuana cultivation and conspiracy. In San Francisco, June 4th -Ed Rosenthal, a convicted marijuana grower was sentenced to one day in prison and fined $1,000 by a federal judge, the most lenient sentence allowed under law" (Murphy A1). This ... ...

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