Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society

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Term Paper Title	Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society
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Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society

Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society

A major problem that exists within Canadian society is the abuse of mind-
altering substances.  Such narcotics cause not only health problems, but also
violent and potentially criminal acts.  A mind-altering narcotic can be defined
as both  the legal and illegal type.  The four main categories of  drugs are:
narcotics, CNS depressants, CNS stimulants, and hallucinogens.  Most of these
drugs are highly addictive and are usually obtained by prescription or are
considered a banned substance and must be purchased illegally.

Users of many of the "harder" drugs being abused today also face the possibility
of an eventual overdose.  An overdose is the ingestion of a lethal or mind-
damaging amount of drugs.  Once an full addiction of these drugs occur, the user
faces withdrawal symptoms when a discontinuation of a drug transpires.  This is
due to a reduction of the natural pain-killers that exist in the body of non-
drug users.  These symptoms include chills, sweating, cramps, headaches,
diarrhea and excessive vomiting.  The treatment of drug addicts includes an
extensive program of detoxification. Medical drugs, such as Naloxone, are
sometimes given to patients to aid in overcoming these addictions.  These drugs
occupy opiate receptors in the brain to block all effects of the damaging drugs,
however the Naloxone is not an addictive drug, as the others are.  The downfall
to the medical drugs being used to help addiction are that there effects are
very short-term and cannot cure the patient, but does assist in attaining the
goal of substituting a more controllable, less lethal drug as opposed to the
original narcotic .

The key to preventing substance abuse in Canada is to educate the public,
preferably at a young age, never to experiment with potentially life-threating
drugs.  This education can be attained within the pre-secondary schools. In 1988
prime minister Brian Mulroney announced proposed Canada's Drug Strategy. Laws
were enacted, which prohibited the sale of drug paraphernalia and increased the
power of police to seize the assets of arrested drug offenders. The Strategy
allocated the sum of $210 million in its first five years (...

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