Category: Drugs

History The history of drug use among incarcerated people could be dated back as far as when prisons and drugs began. However, there is no documentation of this history, which mean only inferences can be made from the trends and statistics. Between 2000 and 2009, the US Department of Justice has established that over 58%…

Introduction Liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) were developed as an alternative way of testing other than GC/MS which was used to do tests of nonvolatile liquids. GC/MS is gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Tsuchihashi 2005). LC/MS is used in forensic testing and clinical toxicology. When correct phases of either mobile or stationary are used correctly,…

Creating a political environment that is fully devoid of violence is barely possible since there will always be war profiteers who will spur the development of confrontations. However, when considering the history of political brutality in the 20th century, one should mention that Latin America has been at the forefront of the described sad trend.…

Previously, there were a lot of myths and lies in American culture and society. Like today, people did not understand, denied, and aggressively attacked everything they did not understand. As a result, drugs became the main subject of hatred, mythologization, and outright lies. Starting from the very beginning of the twentieth century and ending even…

The United States governments combat with substance abuse is called the War on drugs, addressing the campaign initiated by President Nixon and supporting the modern attempts to control the use. Drugs disapproved by diverse societies enable the administrations to offer strategies to influence the situation and eliminate abuse via addiction treatment and disciplinary programs. The…

Introduction There is a rapid emergence of drug-resistant pathogens across the world. This phenomenon has endangered the efficacy of drugs such as antibiotics which have helped transform modern medicine and saved countless lives. Many years after the first use of antipathogens, the pathogens are increasingly becoming a threat again. The cause for this phenomenon has…

The practice of testing employees for drugs in the workplace is not widespread. Instead, it is governed by various federal, state, and municipal government authorities, in addition to some industries. Those in safety-sensitive vocations are subjected to drug testing, and various sectors and government organizations have developed specialized testing techniques. In the United States, drug…

Table of Contents Introduction Research Evaluation Appropriateness of the Research Conclusion Reference List Introduction Authored by Newcomb, Birkett, Corrliss, and Mustanski, the article Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Racial Differences in Illicit Drug Use in a Sample of the US High School Students is a study on the prevalence levels of illicit drug use and addiction…

The adolescent period refers to a series of neurobiological changes that take place in people as they transition from childhood to adulthood. The age bracket of children undergoing this phase of life is considered to be between 11 and 19 years. According to Gulley and Juraska (2013), the nervous system of an adolescent is in…

The excerpt from the work In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio by Philippe Bourgois introduces the reader to the problems of crack dealers in East Harlem, New York City. The researcher, a professor of anthropology, analyzes the reasons which make the inhabitants of a poor neighborhood engage in drug dealing. The main…