teacher‚ taxi driver‚ principal‚ student‚ and friend have in common? The answer may very well be an addiction to prescription drugs. When a doctor prescribes pain medication for a back injury or abscess tooth‚ no one plans on becoming a drug addict. However‚ David Todd Loffert is a perfect example of how an intelligent‚ young man in the prime of his life became addicted to prescription medication and lost his job‚ family‚ home‚ and credibility. At 31 years old‚ Loffert was in his 2nd year of medical
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Prescription Drug Use and Abuse It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray‚ 46‚ of Germantown‚ Md.‚ says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life. Tranquilizers‚ which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness‚ numbed Ray’s agony‚ helped her sleep‚ and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon
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David Kolker Prescription Medication Speech A growing trend not only in our local community‚ but also the whole United States is the abuse of prescriptions medications. The drugs are readily accessible in every household and legal prescribed by doctors. Prescription pill abuse is commonly looked as safe however is now one of the leading causes of crime in our community. According to research done by the Foundation for a Drug Free World‚ in youth ranging in age from 12 to 17‚ 50% of teens believe
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Thousands of people are affected by the abuse of drugs each day. Very few people know the dangers of taking drugs. Many of the abusers are in their teens. They are addicted and can not stop. Why would people take drugs in the first place? Some people feel pressured into drugs because of their surroundings. Their fellow peers push the person into choices that they might not be ready for. This is known as peer pressure. The other reason to do drugs is because the popular people do it. Teenagers think
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warnings; unfortunately‚ many people find out the hard way after using products such as vehicles‚ machinery‚ cleaning solutions‚ or drugs. Generally‚ no one truly sees the dangers or risk of these items until someone dies or is severely injured due to a defect or lack of warning labels. Nevertheless‚ putting regulations on things such as cigarettes‚ handguns‚ and prescription drugs would not solve anything because people would just find other ways around
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Prescription required for the purchase of all pseudoephedrine related medicines. Proposal to reduce the availability of pseudoephedrine in order to eliminate methamphetamine labs. Policy Proposal By Summary: Methamphetamine (also known as meth) is a very serious and dangerous drug that has become a huge problem particularly in the state of Missouri. Over the past 5 years‚ Missouri has become the number one state for meth related incidents. My partner Alex and I are proposing a
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The Danger of Prescription Narcotics It is in our nature as humans to trust a doctor with a degree in medicine. A visit to the doctor is what most people do when something is felt wrong with their bodies. Upon a visit‚ a doctor will evaluate his or her patient’s problem‚ write a prescription‚ then bill the insurance company. In this case‚ an antibiotic will usually be prescribed. When a patient has a serious illness‚ something which causes unbearable pain‚ a doctor will prescribe a stronger medication
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controversial problem can only be described as the cost of prescription medication. Currently‚ Americans pay on average $858 annually for prescription medication which is more than 17% percent of total healthcare expenses (Thompson 1). That figure is more than double the average prescription cost across 19 other industrialized countries (Thompson 1). These alarming numbers will also not stop growing‚ “four of the top ten prescription drugs in the United States have increased in price be more than
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Prescription Drug Abuse Among Adolescents Prescription depressants are responsible for fourteen percent of overdoses while street drugs‚ such as marijuana‚ are guilty for thirty-nine percent of drug overdoses (Maxwell 267). Statistics prove the prescription drug epidemic that adolescents and adults face. Teenagers in suburbs and rural areas are more frequently exposed to prescription and illegal opiates due to its marketability and highly addictive properties. As consumers of prescription opiates
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How I Learn To Skate Lanciee L. Barnwell ENG 121: Academic Writing Professor Richard Roe May 27‚ 2014 How I Learn To Skate Balancing on eight wheels was always intriguing to me. So the thought of learning how to skate was going to be a fascinating experience. Growing up I was always afraid of falling down and breaking something‚ but I decided that skating was an important skill that I should learn. My doctor also advised me that skating would be a good form of exercise to help me become
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