Drugs Term Papers Samples For Students

A victimless crime refers to those acts of crime, which, although declared illegal, do not directly violate or threaten the rights of other individuals. Some of the examples of victimless crimes include prostitution, gambling, suicide, and illegitimate drug use (Schur, 1965). These acts are considered crimes under the laws of most of the countries around the world. Though homosexuality and sodomy were considered to be crimes, even a few decades back, in all the democratic countries around the world, since the late 20th and 21st centuries, however, these acts are no longer considered as crimes in many countries. The determination ...

The issue surrounding the legalization of marijuana is one of concern around the world. Many countries are currently assessing the move towards legalizing the drugs based on a number of recent studies that have been carried out in the field of medicine and economics. Researchers have proposed that the legalization of marijuana will not only offer medical improvements but, will also offer economic benefits to any country that seeks to legalize the drug. However, the arguments surrounding the legalizing of marijuana are strongly centered around money the government can earn and not so much on other areas.
The legalization ...

Introduction

Before passing any law, the congress as well as the senate should undertake careful consultations from the public as well as special interest groups. In this context, issues regarding health policies are very critical. For instance, it might have been deemed that the legalization of Marijuana to the young adults is to the benefit of the society. According to the new amendment to Article XVIII of the Colorado constitution, the use of marijuana has been deemed legal to people who are above twenty one years of age. However, there are some things that should be considered optimally before the ...

Introduction:

The security of maritime field plays a significant role in the economy. Every day, thousands of cargo containers from around the world in field of exchange benefit pass through the nation’s seaports carrying items, goods and, possibly some that are not so welcome, such as drugs, explosives and weapons. The industry of the container shipping industry is highly vulnerable to terrorist attacks. In the U.S. maritime system, there are over 300 sea ports and river ports with more than 3,700 passenger and cargo terminals.

Major Concerns and Threats:

There are significant and various forms of threats to the container shipping network; however, ...

Pathophysiology: NRS-410V

2014
Type 1 Diabetes: the Islet Cells Transplant
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in the endocrine system. The pancreas produce insulin hormone to control the level of blood sugar. The amount of insulin needed depends on the blood sugar levels that center the body’s cells. Thus, for a person that has diabetes, the pancreas produce either inadequate amount of insulin or no insulin at all. There are two main forms of diabetes, known type 1 and type 2. Type 1diabetes or Juvenile-onset diabetes develops early in life, usually in children or young adults. Type 1 diabetes yields either ...

Side effects and Structure of Acetaminophen

The most common drug used in the United States for treating pain is the Acetaminophen. In 2005, there is an equivalent purchased of 28 billion doses of the medicine. Since 1997, the combination of hydrocodone–acetaminophen has been the most commonly recommended treatment in America. Nevertheless, beyond the limit of the suggested dose of acetaminophen can result to severe liver injury and can eventually lead to death.
Acetaminophen is the general term for medications that can be obtained in numerous ordinary trade name of over the counter and prescription products. It is very significant because its effectiveness in ...

Ethics Violations of PharmaCARE

When viewing the behavior of PharmaCARE in marketing and selling its drug AD23, there are a number of ethical issues that the company is brazenly violating. The first and most brazen violation of marketing ethics was creating a subsidiary (CompCARE) to do the marketing for AD23 in order to circumvent the regulation of the FDA. This is a clear violation of the ethical need to comply with government regulation, which businesses are expected to do. By creating CompCARE and shuffling off the product to them, creating a hasty renovation and shifting of resources, the goal was to prevent the FDA from being able ...

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December of 2014

Opiate abuse in the 21st century is on a huge problem, and there doesn’t seem to be much slowing down either. Opiates are derived from opium plants, and can be seen in a plethora different street and pharmaceutical drugs. Some of these include heroin, codeine, oxycotin, vicodin, methadone, and many others. Normally. People take these medications to relieve pain, and most of them are only available via a doctor prescribing them, but once a tolerance is built up to the drug internally, the individual must use higher dosages to achieve the same effects. Also, obtaining these drugs illegally ...

Introduction

There had been many innovations for developing equipment that could deliver nutrients or even doses of medications inside a person’s body. One of these developed medical devices is the infusion pump. Infusion pumps are used to deliver nutrients and medications, such as antibiotics and pain killers. They can also be used to administer chemotherapy drugs which, if not administered properly, can be the difference between life and death for the patient (Brady).
Infusion devices are usually classified based on the power source used and could be either of two types: gravity controllers or infusion pumps. Gravity controllers, which ...

There are clear rules and laws that discriminate between legal and illegal things but there are no given reasons as to why this discrimination is made. In the case of drugs, there is no other opinion apart from being harmful and illegal. Marijuana in particular, is referred to as a main source of enjoyment for the generations today. Since the very existence of the drug, there has been a non-stop debate regarding its legalization in the United States of America. It has been tested and proved that marijuana has a positive impact on the society in numerous ways. Marijuana is a natural plant ...

Introduction

Over the past decade, drug crimes and drug abuse have garnered a lot of attention. It is estimated that every year about $110 billion is cost to the country through drug related accidental injuries and deaths, health care, criminal behaviors, dependency treatment and so on. Both the state and federal laws prohibit the manufacturing, possession, and the sale of certain controlled substances such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and ecstasy. Drug's relation to crimes is through the effects drugs make on the user's behavior by influencing him to commit violence and other illegal action connected to drug trafficking. In 2004, ...

Fall 2014

Assignment Questions
- Identify TWO medications that the doctor might prescribe to you to help relieve the pain you complain of in your legs? Describe what each of these medications is prescribed for, the form they are available in, their side effects, possible adverse effects and the contraindications. You MUST choose medications that would be safe for you, the client to use (consider the current health issues). (8 marks)
Pain medications help relieve pain and can have side-effects. Acetaminophen is an example of a common pain reliever. NSAIDs (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and narcotics are other types of pain ...

Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a drug that is often abused along with other drugs like heroin and cocaine. Due to its beneficial nature in some circumstances, some states over the world have decided to legalize medical marijuana. Although, benefits of using marijuana are posited, it is an open secret that people tend to abuse this drug once they start using it. Its short and long term effects are too severe and grave to be ignored. Some effects of this drug abuse can be irreversible, thus resulting in permanent damage to a person.
According to a study by the National ...

Since ancient times, philosophers have been elaborating on the visions and ideas that can help individuals to make decisions in complicated life situations. Ethical philosophy is different from variety of other sciences and branches of philosophy, because it is more normative or prescriptive, rather than aimed at describing and explaining particular phenomena, encountered by individuals (Icheku 21-22). In other words, ethical philosophy is aimed at find out how one is ought to act, while other sciences tend to observe natural and societal phenomena. Making an ethical decision requires usage of one of the ethical decision-making frameworks. Among most famous ...

Abstract

Several drug policies in the United States have been implemented in a move to try and eradicate drugs out of the streets and schools due to their negative effects on the lives of users and family members. The involvement of drugs in the country has been for a long time and the fight to control the vice continues where several government agencies have been mandated with ensuring that the society is free of illicit substances and drugs. Drug abuse has been a menace in the world and there is need to find lasting solution to this problem that affects the weak and ...

Both Aristotle and Mill gave various means on how to achieve ultimate happiness and gave definitions of happiness. Mill was more concerned about how best an individual could quantify or measure happiness. With his equation of higher pleasures with happiness, he was able to show the huge correlation between how individuals achieved pleasure and how the pleasure often led to happiness (Hensel, 37). Aristotle on the other hand agrees to some extent that pleasurable deeds likely result in happiness but not all pleasure is likely to result in happiness (Ackrill, 56). For instance, drug abuse may yield temporary happiness ...

The social arena in the contemporary world is shaped by several factors. The significant concern is the nature of the implications these factors have on the current or next generation. There have been numerous posts on informative media coupled with humanitarian columns about social characteristics and behaviors that are evident within our communities. As a matter of fact, the effects drug and substance abuse on the lives of young adults is very pronounced. However, this is not the only social filth that is affecting the youth currently. There are several activities in the social context which hinder the productivity of ...

Abstract

Popular culture is advanced through various forms; one such form is through music where cultures are transmitted from individuals to societies. Popular music genre such as hip hop and grange have varied influences on their listeners. Such influences may present negative effects on culture such as propagating violence, sex and the use of drugs. Hip hop and Grange both influence cultures negatively through sex, violence and drug use. The analysis of the similarities and differences between the two genre’s negative influences on cultures through violence, drugs and sex presents an understanding of each genre’s contribution to this ...

Introduction

This submission seeks to analyze the decision in Mapp v. Ohio and bring out the facts of that case, highlighting the similarities and differences in facts between the case and the fact pattern. It will then highlight the rules that the United States Supreme Court developed in deciding Mapp v. Ohio and apply the same to the fact pattern in a bid to arrive at a decision consistent with the legal principle of stare decisis.
In the Mapp’s case, police in Ohio got wind of a bombing suspect and an illegal gambling machine that were in Mapp’s house. When ...

The academia community around the world consists mostly of people who are young and frankly looking good and performing well physically is very important to them. With the rising case in the use of performance, enhancing drugs by athletes all over the world members of the academia community find themselves under constant temptation to partake in the performance enhancing drugs. Athletes who take performance-enhancing drugs perform extremely better than their counterparts who do not. This has a pull factor on the academia community whose majority studies have shown are sports enthusiasts. With the hope of performing as well or even ...

Abstract

Medication errors is a more common situation that imagined. With 1.5 million American sickened, injured or killed annually, due to medication errors, it is essential that we move forward with a solution that could save people’s lives and the nation’s extra $3.5 billion in medical costs. Medication errors occur for various reasons, mainly due to dose mix-ups, harmful drug interactions and unclear prescriptions, during the prescribing medication process and during patient transitions. Good news is that all medication errors can be prevented with proper measures and education for both health care providers and patients alike. A win-win, two-way sided ...

Substances abused and implications of abuse

Substance abuse and drug addiction have been a running debate as many young people get used to drugs. Drug abuse victims today have filled healthcare centers and emergency departments because of health damages caused by drug use. The most commonly abused drugs include alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. According to McKetin, McLaren ,Lubman & Hides (2006), the use of cocaine, heroin and marijuana causes the most adverse effects on victims of drug and substance abuse. James Adams is a now a 20 years old man who has been addicted to cocaine. He is half-American half-Asian and has been using the drugs frequently ...

Pre-employment drug testing is a social phenomenon that has become commonplace in modern day America. The main reason why employers resort to such measures is not particularly because they want to discriminate against drug users, but because they would like to boost efficiency in the work place. Essentially, the human resources are the life and blood of the organization. Efficiency and consistency in the human resources department ensures that there is a smooth flow of activities in the organization. A smooth flow of activities can only flow if there are not disturbances in the nature of the human resource body. Disturbances ...

Introduction

Drug and alcohol use among teenagers is a problem concerning not only the core social structures, the families, but societies as a whole. When do teenagers first experience alcohol and what drives them to use drugs? Are figures showing a decline in students using alcohol and drugs leave us on the safe side, or is there another trend replacing an outdated one?
It appears that a large number of 8th, 10th and 12th-graders in the U.S find pleasure in using alcohol or illegal drugs, while there is also a portion of the teenage population that is urged to alcohol and drug use for ...

Medical testing on animals refers to the use of animals for scientific experiments. Most of tests with animals is done by pharmaceutical companies, universities, and medical schools. Most of the animals used in laboratory tests are breed for the specific, while few animals used in the tests come from the wild. It is evident that animal medical experimentation is an ongoing discussion as whether or not it is indispensable for the survival and well-being of humanity. In any case, the sole reason for using animals in laboratory experimentation is to advance the welfare of humankind, most often ignoring the ...

Introduction

At the dawn of the Vietnam War, the United States of America was driven by the malicious interest of going to war for no apparent motive to gain anything from the war. The cards were however turned upside down when the French withdrew from the war leaving the U.S troops at the war front. The U.S was just out to oppose the growth and establishment of communism at all costs. The proponents of communism were aggrieved by the malice occasioned on them by the U.S and thus resolved not to relent in the war. Due to the massive deaths ...

Introduction

Prospect theory is defined as human thriftiness behavior that explains how the human opt the most risky casuistry alternatives knowing the level of consequences they will have to face afterwards. This theory describes that usually people assess the probabilistic alternatives keeping in mind their possible gains and losses using common sense techniques rather than keeping focus on the final consequences. This model focuses on real-life facts rather than talking about idealistic approach. Professor Daniel Kaheman, in assistance of Amos Tversky, developed this theory in 1979 at Psychology Department of Princeton University as a more realistic and psychologically quite optimum explanation ...

STEROID ERA IN BASEBALL

Introduction
The term steroid era in baseball came about because of the players in major league ball using substances to boost their strengths in order to make more home runs or be better in blocking people. Though this era is not well documented therefore it is very difficult to know when it started or whether it has ended or will end in the near future. The major period that is considered to have hit the most was in the late 1980s when baseball era was almost dying until the late 2000s. In 1991 steroid use was banned from ...

Abstract

This paper considers the various likely causes of violence and violent behavior within prisons. The causes discussed include overcrowding, boredom, drugs, the gang culture within the prison population, and sexually-originated violence. In addition, the paper discusses two theories that suggest: 1. that the violence can stem simply from the inmate’s psychological reaction to being transported into the restrictive prison environment (the deprivation theory); and: 2. that individual prisoners bring their existing violent nature and characters in with them from their former existence in the community (the importation theory). In addition to discussing the causes of the violence, the ...

Suggest how an economist would approach the problem of alcohol abuse. Provide two (2) possible solutions to this problem. Include the four (4) elements of the economic way of thinking in your analysis.
Economists classify every activity as either consumption or saving. Consumption means that the individual is depreciating investible capital while saving adds to the available capital for investment. Consumption is health to an economy only up to a given level, after which it deteriorates it. In this case, alcohol abuse is a consumption activity that has negative effect on economic growth. Based on this, an economist will handle ...

Thalidomide Scientific Component:

Molecular Mass: 258.23 Da
Color: white crystalline
Odor: Odorless
Taste: taste-less
Melting point: 271°C.
Insoluble in ether and benzene
Has a low solubility in water, methanol, ethanol and glacial acetic acid"
All bulleted sources from (Erkoc, 2004)

Structural Properties:

Thalidomide is composed of two rings with each of the rings having different chemical makeups (Franks, et al, 2004). The left-hand side ring is thought to be the ring responsible for the teratogenic effects seen (Franks, et al, 2004). The right-hand side ring has a structure very similar to hypnotic drugs and the sedative ...

Group Therapy using Cognitive Behavioral Theory

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is one of the approaches used in psychotherapeutic treatment of various conditions. CBT uses an emotional cognizance process in which therapists help patience to understand the psychological influences on their behavior. During treatment, patients are taught how to identify destructive thought patterns. They are then equipped with tools that aid them in breaking bad patterns of thought and developing positive thought and will power.

Group therapy is a common form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a group of patients at the same time. Group therapy denotes any form of therapy which is delivered ...

Addiction and alcoholism

In the treatment for alcohol addiction, the sub culture that a patient is from should be considered in the treatment process. This is because cultural beliefs shape the approach and the behavior of an individual concerning drug and substance abuse. Culture influences are essential in forming the expectations of an individual about the problems that an individual might face in drug use. Initiation into seeking treatment for excessive substance abuse can occur in periods of sudden social change in cultural groupings (NIAAA, 2012).
Acculturation or degree in which an individual identifies him with the native culture also influences the ...

Abstract

There is a vigorous debate raging in the medical profession in the use of alternative medicine. One such alternative therapy that is gaining notoriety is the use of marijuana for treating pain for cancer victims and HIV/ AIDS victims. However, the government has been the obstacle on a uniform acceptance of marijuana as an alternative medicine. This paper explores the ethics behind the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The paper makes an argument that denying patients access to this drug is like denying them dignity, respect and right of treatment.

Legalization of marijuana is still a subject of debate even after ...

Factors that explain that violence is a Social Problem

Violence may result from social factors such as unemployment, working conditions that are poor, political differences, financial problems and drugs. According to World Bank (79), the linkage between violence and unemployment involves exclusion and social identity. Employment cannot be entirely viewed as a financial matter. Employment should be viewed as a social matter since it involves aspects of social relations such as a person’s expectations and personal status. Unemployment becomes a factor that results to recruitment of individuals into gangs. According to the World Bank (79), studies indicate that criminal violence is strongly linked to persons with low income. Most people are ...

1.0 Introduction
Medicare fraud refers to obtaining money from the Medicare system under false pretense. Many Americans cannot afford to pay for health services. As a result, the Social Security Act in 1965 gave rise to Medicare in order to finance diverse forms of medical care for the vast number of Americans who cannot afford medical insurance. Different forms of Medicare fraud have evolved in the recent past but the bottom line for all of the forms is to illegitimately collect money from the Medicare system. Medicare fraud is just a fragment of the much bigger and intricate web of ...

Teenage drug abuse

Over the past years, several advances have been made with the aim of getting an understanding of the nature and extent of drug use problem among teenagers. This has resulted to increased awareness of many important elements concerning youth’s drug abuse and the consequences accompanying drug abuse. As part of the awareness, one of the elements has been initial case identification, particularly where it pertains targeting high-risk teenagers for early or reasonably intervention. Following this is the aftercare service, which is seen to be crucial in supporting recovery and avoiding setback.
Efforts leading to improved understanding of ...

Introduction

Human beings’ desire to employ substance that provides narcotic effects or pleasurable stimulation up on the central nervous system has been expressed universally in modern as well as in ancient civilizations. Over time, excessive indulgence in such drugs came to be considered as a criminal behavior whose penalty is long term imprisonment. However, of late, drug abuse has been considered as social and psychiatric problems. It is recognized that drug abuse have staggering costs to the society and the individual, psychologically, socially and economically.
Currently, the world is in industrialization era and metropolitan culture. The era not only provides ...

Abstract

Depression refers to a mental condition that is characterized by several symptoms that include but are not limited to: lethargy, isolation, prolonged periods of sadness, sudden emotional outburst such as crying for no particular reason, bouts of rage, self destructive tendencies such as cutting or biting, anxiety, paranoia, loss of appetite or unusual increase in appetite characterized by binge eating, insomnia and hostility. Recent estimates indicate that 1 out of every 10 individuals in the United States in termed as clinically depressed. The study also found that those likely to e depressed are: persons without any source of income, those ...

Abstract

The Alcoholic and Narcotics Anonymous are groups that were formed in the 1930’s and 1950’s respectively to address the issues of alcoholism and drug abuse in the society. The groups are based on the guidance of the Twelve Steps to assist the alcoholics and drug addicts recover and live a better life. Currently, the groups have many members all over the world showing the success of the group’s activities. It was founded by men who were willing to face opposition and challenges for what they believed would help people all over the world and create a better society ...

Schizophrenia is one of the critical public health problems in the world; it is a disarray of thinking whereby an individual’s ability to perceive reality, emotional responses, thinking processes, sagacity and communication competence deteriorates to a greater extent that results to a serious impairment of the mental capacity. It is often associated with symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions (Beck, Rector and Stolar 2009). One of the most anecdotal types of schizophrenia is Paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia medically known to pertain to mental disorders, marked by delusions, hallucinations, apathy, thinking abnormalities, and emotional problems. Patients with a paranoid schizophrenia hear voices, which ...

ABSTRACT

Drug abuse has been a major issue since time in memorial. The effects and increased levels of crimes as a result of the drugs more so how they are smuggled in the prisons is what forms the basis of this paper. The paper therefore looks at what drug abuse involves, what facilitates the smuggling of drugs into prisons and the remedial factors put in place to solve this menace.

Prison life among all kinds of things is full of challenges and it requires to be handled with a lot of care. In the prison several inmates are convicted with different charges of ...

Marijuana is a stimulant drug obtained from cannabis tree. The intended use of marijuana is to help in curing psychoactive diseases. Five states in the United States of America have changed their laws to legalize small amount of marijuana. The states include Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C. The main reason why these states have legalized marijuana is for economic benefit. Marijuana is one of the largest cash crops produced in the United States. By restricting the production and use of the drug, the country stands a chance to lose great economically. Now that research says that marijuana ...

2016-01-12

As we know, globalization is characterized as a powerful force, which can transform the world. This force is responsible for the evolution of societies and changes of the whole world. Nowadays the world is characterized by gradual adaptation of states and societies in the unstable interdependent world with its inevitable social and political changes. Globalization is associated with the new stratification of the world where some countries gradually enter into the center of global development, while other countries are hopelessly marginalized. Increased globalization processes are the basis for the expansion of international organizations and their influence zone.
Globalization can ...

Introduction

Crime is a serious issue in the state of Texas in general and in the city of Houston in particular. Both the state and the city have one of the slowest crime reduction progressions nationwide, although some positive results have been achieved during the last decade (Maxwell, 2015). However, still Houston is ranked 46th most dangerous city in the United States of America (Texas Department of Public Safety, 2015). Despite the fact that in comparison with 2010 results the number of murders fell by 38% from January to July 2012, the city is still replete with dangers. The total ...

Legalizing Marijuana/Medical Marijuana

Introduction
Marijuana is an annual herb that has some psychotropic ingredients, and has for many years been used as a leisure drug (Atakan 246). With the discovery of marijuana’s medicinal value, the debate on its legalization has been growing overtime, especially in developed countries like the United States. Some countries such as Canada have already legalized this drug for medicinal use (Hajizadeh 453). This paper seeks to identify the pros and cons regarding legalizing medical marijuana.

Main Body

The overriding benefits of marijuana is its medical use that has been in use for many years worldwide. It has been proven ...

Overview of the Health Issue

There are four lifetime stages of alcohol use (Swendsen et al., 2012). These include use, regular use, abuse without dependence, and abuse with dependence. Similarly, there are four lifetime stages of illicit drug use. These include opportunity to use, first drug use, drug abuse without dependence, and drug abuse with dependence (Swendsen et al., 2012).Data from the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) showed that 59.8% of the sample had alcohol use at some point in their lifetime. The prevalence was 78.2% among adolescents aged 17 to 18 years and 42.5% among those aged 13 to 14 years old ( ...

There are two major medical marijuana laws in Colorado. The initial medical law comprises of constitutional amendment made into law by voters. This allowed the sick and their caregivers to hold, cultivate and make use of the medical marijuana. The next law was passed into law in summer 2010 creating the Colorado medical code which develops double licensing scheme that manages medical marijuana dealings at both state and local level (Cohen, 2010).
The first medical marijuana law was first passed as amendment 20. This prohibited restricted amounts of medical marijuana for the sick and their caregivers. This amendment ...

Introduction

Nowadays Mexico is mostly known as one of the world’s largest consumer economics and moreover, as one of the biggest drug producers and sellers. Rapid growing number of criminal cartels in the country priory benefit from drug trading. Unfortunately, Mexico has a weak judicial system and police institutions. Hereby, the government cannot neither diminish the cartels’ activity, nor control them. Definitely, many actions both inside the country and within the international cooperation were made in order to change the situation. In order to understand the reason of social deviance and inactivity of native civilians in such circumstances a Theory of ...

Introduction

Reasons for Violent Crimes/Homicides
Drug Trade
Police Corruption
Prescriptions
Economy
Incentives
Accountability
Conclusion
Having been hired as a criminal justice expert by the Puerto Rico homicide investigation authority, it is important to examine the facts and the justification behind the increased homicide rates in the country. 779 people were killed in the United States commonwealth in 2003. This statistic is far above the national average of the states themselves. These numbers are essentially due to the increased amount of drug trafficking that the country has seen. The increase in cartels has essentially ...

In summary, the film “Afghanistan’s Child Drug Addicts”, Navai Ramita reveals all the hidden consequences of conflict prevailing in Afghanistan. The film narrates the rapid rise in the number of children that are addicted to heroin and opium forming the youngest population in the world that is addicted to drugs (Ramita).
The film clearly relates to the topics discussed in class as well as in the lives of individuals. It has played an important role in raising concern for all international agencies to turn their attention toward the growing proportion of drug addicts. The addicts are aged between ...

Brief information, risk factors and symptoms

Colon cancer, that is also known as colorectal, is a type of cancer that starts from rectum or colon. As any other type of cancer, colon cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growing cells of the body. This type of cancer usually starts with a polyp – a kind of growth on the inner lining of the rectum or colon. However, it is important to know that not all polyps change into cancer, though some of them might do it after several years. The chances that a polyp will become cancer after some, depends on the type of polyps. There are ...

The History of Vietnam

The Vietnam War has a major influence on people's perspective of Vietnam as a business environment. In recent years, the Vietnamese economy has been on the rise since 2012. There is a lot of bilateral trade going on between Vietnam and the United States amounting up to over 6 billion USD (UKTI Team in Vietnam, 2013). Vietnam should be considered for business ventures since it offers a large number of opportunities. Vietnam is among the top ten fastest growing economies in the world. The government of Vietnam is also calling for foreign investors to invest in Vietnam in various ...

Delivery date

High-risk behaviors can be defined as an individual’s lifestyle activity which increase a person’s likelihood of risk of having or suffering from a certain condition, injury, or illness. For example, taking drugs increases a student’s risk of failing exams, having poor grades and having serious disciplinary issues. Also, an individual who has consumed alcohol is more likely to cause a road accident as compared to a person who has not taken any alcoholic drink. In this case, we can classify the drug use and drunk driving as high-risk behaviors. The outcome of this high-risk behaviors, in ...

Abstract

Patients put immense trust in the healthcare providers, and in return expect safety in their hands. Healthcare Informatics, and electronic health records in particular goes a long way in ensuring their safety. The EHR improves care through safer, more accurate and complete information being shared among all the healthcare providers. Wait times for appointments - procedures, and access to community care facilities - are reduced. So are for the laboratory test results and clinical diagnosis. The electronic systems also ensure enhanced security of health information through encryption. It also allows doctors access to secured patients’ information. These include patient physicals, ...

Summary

This is a film about drugs, using them and getting off the necessity to use them. On his own experience and with help of those, who volunteered to participate in a program, Russell Brand talks about drug addiction as a disease, which needs to be heeled with appropriate help of the surrounding society.

The record explains earlier discovered in class material from the perspective of a drug user’s mind, it arguments addict’s aggressive, impatient, and selfish behavior with a simple, but strong demotivation for everything, but the drug. The major point that a drug addict can never ...

Primetime Program Analysis: AMC’s Better Call Saul

AMC’s Better Call Saul is a prequel or spin off to the critically acclaimed drama, Breaking Bad. It is a continuation of the themes of economic inequality, drugs and the usurpation of the American dream. Better Call Saul moves from Breaking Bad’s moral dilemma of a teacher at the verge of succumbing to cancer to a struggling attorney who has to contend with a rude and unwelcoming corporate world. It is an exploration of human vices that force individuals to break societal rules and in the end become outcasts. It tries to illuminate the problems inherent in ...

Background

Polypharmacy is defined as “taking multiple unnecessary medications.” According to , the percentage of Americans using multiple prescription drugs in the past month showed increased preponderance among those who were of the age 60 or over. In that age-group, 36.7% had 5 or more prescription drugs and 76% had 2 or more drugs. It is very likely that a large percentage of such people might be taking unnecessary medications. In general the use of prescription drugs was found to be higher in the elderly; women; and non-Hispanic white population and the lowest in Mexican-Americans. Further, those with a regular place of healthcare ...

Introduction

The American healthcare system is the most expensive in the world as indicated by mirror reports in 2010, 2007, 2006, and 2004 (Davis, Stremikis, Squires & Schoen, 2014, p. 7). According to Bhattacharya & Hyde, (2013, p. 251), by 1960, America’s expenditure on healthcare was low to an extent that it could only spend a twentieth of her Gross Domestic Product on healthcare costs. The U.S. ranks the first in term of cost related problems since the price elasticity of healthcare services in America is relatively elastic. Considering that many people are price sensitive, they opt for alternative care other than ...

Introduction

Capital punishment has been evolving over the centuries all over the world. The reasons for the use capital punishment were many which led to abuse of the system. More countries that were practicing capital punishment have ceased to do so in the modern world. Some of the methods used for the executions became unacceptable leading to the drive to eradicate the practice. This paper will show that the use of death penalty/capital punishment as a crime control method is declining around the world and on the way out, replaced by more civilised methods of punishment.
- Capital punishment in ...