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	Duncan, D
		Drug use refers to the use of a drug for the purposes for which it was intended and with minimal hazard.
		It is quite acceptable to use a socially approved recreational drug within the context of most social settings; however, when the use of the drugs themselves dictates the context of the setting, we have moved from the realm of recreational to intensified or compulsive drug use.
		The determinants of the outcome of the recreational use of drugs depend on the combined effects of set and settings, the quantity of drug taken, and the manner in which it is taken.
	www.angelfire.com /realm2/duncanian_theory/ResponsibleDrugUse.html (4256 words)

	Responsible Drug Use Encyclopedia Article @ DoOrDie.com (Do or Die) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Critics believe that recreational drug use is inherently irresponsible (in that they see drug use as potentially dangerous, or as a fruitless escape from reality, and that it is illegal in many societies) and that drugs can therefore never be used "responsibly".
		The Responsible Drug User's Oath (RDUO) is an oath which is intended for recreational drug users who wish to use drugs in a relatively responsible manner, as opposed to doing so in the stereotype of a lifeless, ethically bankrupt, hedonistic and self-destructive "junkie".
		The document suggests that drug use should be considered a legitimate personal choice, not a crime, personal failure, or societal illness.
	www.doordie.com /encyclopedia/Responsible_drug_use (1657 words)

	Is Recreational Drug Use Normal?
		Drug use has been defined as taking a drug in such a manner that sought for effects are attained with minimal hazard (Irwin, 1973).
		Drug abuse is taking a drug to such an extent that it greatly increases the danger or impairs the ability of the individual to adequately function or cope with their circumstances (Irwin, 1973).
		The first symptoms of drug abuse typically occurred within two to three years after beginning illicit drug use and the median duration of a case of drug abuse/dependence was four to five years.
	www.webspawner.com /users/recrfeationaldruguse (2024 words)

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		Drug use refers to the use of a drug in such a manner that it achieves the purposes for which it was taken with minimal hazard to the user or others around the user.
		Social/recreational use of drugs has been defined as use that occurs within social settings and is motivated by a desire to share pleasurable experiences among friends.
		Both definitions imply that the person choosing to use psychoactive drugs in a social/recreational context has the responsibility of using the drugs with minimal hazard and of contributing to the pleasurable experience of being with friends in a social setting.
	www.geocities.com /responsibleuse (227 words)

	NIDA NOTES - Infectious Diseases and Drug Abuse
		Drug abuse involves health risks that often are as dangerous as the physiological effects of the drugs themselves.
		Injection drug use has been responsible for more than one-third of all adult and adolescent AIDS cases reported in the U.S. since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
		During 1998, approximately one-third of all new AIDS cases in the U.S. were related directly or indirectly to injection drug use (See chart for a breakdown of the injection drug use-related cases).
	www.drugabuse.gov /NIDA_Notes/NNVol14N2/Tearoff.html (666 words)

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		Drug use is systematically associated with aggression and criminality.
		When drug prohibition and the abstinence paradigm are kept in place, medicalization will mean even less voluntary and more coerced treatment, which is ineffective for most people, and no freedom for recreational or other forms of controlled drug use.
		The medical profession carries an important part of the responsibility for not informing the general public about the effects of drugs and the nature of drug use, and for keeping in place a system of drug prohibition which has proved to be harmful to public health and especially to minorities.
	www.drugtext.org /library/articles/medicalization01.htm (5390 words)

	Drug Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Drug addiction is not a “disease” as some incomprehensibly argue.
		When drug addicts are given clean needles, destructive behavior is simply encouraged and addicts remain at risk of dying, either from the drugs themselves or something else.
		When drug users run out of money for their habit, for example, they often turn to prostitution—no matter how many clean needles are in the cupboard.
	drugandhealthinfo.org /page02.php?ID=40 (788 words)

	Amazon.com: Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use: Books: Jacob Sullum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Opponents of the "war on drugs" have long focused on the distinction between drug use and drug abuse; that distinction is at the heart of Sullum's provocative and impeccably reasoned new title.
		That drugs don't cause criminals, but that people are criminals to begin with; that drug use and crime have a common cause, and do not cause each other except through the mechanisms of prohibition itself.
		Some of the arguments he presents are quite convincing such as the legitimate medical uses of marijuana, and also the way we avoid examining the occasional darkness of human nature by making drugs the scapegoat for the acts of promiscuous sex, violence, and irresponsibility that we commit.
	www.amazon.com /Saying-Yes-Defense-Drug-Use/dp/1585422274 (2849 words)

	Responsible drug use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The stigmatized concept of a "recreational drug" is not known to some societies.
		In addition, the stigmatized concept of a "drug" is not known in many societies.
		I shall research the neurochemical, psychological, physiological, spirituality effects, the legal issues surrounding the drug and its use.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Responsible_drug_use (1484 words)

	DWNews_V1_N1_1997
		Drug education in schools is the most concerning area of this policy, and this is where "harm reduction" is truly becoming "harm promotion." This can best be demonstrated by a document entitled "Drug Sense" which is used extensively in secondary schools in New South Wales.
		Drug Watch International is a volunteer organization of drug policy experts dedicated to making the world a safer and healthier place for our children and our children’s children through drug prevention.
		Drug Watch members are parents, physicians, teachers, lawyers, scientists, law enforcement officials, journalists, and community leaders from around the world who are, and have been, on the front line of the battle against drugs.
	www.drugwatch.org /DWNews_V1_N1_1997.htm (4596 words)

	DWNews_V1_N2_1997
		Drug use is rising hand in hand with crime, and there is a ground-swell movement focusing on parents’ rights and community standards.
		In Norway, one of the lobbyists for drug liberalisation is the influencing agent, Nils Christie.
		Drugs won." This is a false statement, and the most important thing is that we are not facing a war; we are facing tide waves that are controllable.
	www.drugwatch.org /DWNews_V1_N2_1997.htm (4686 words)

	Responsible drug use (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The concept of responsible drug use is that a person can (for recreational, creative, spiritual, or entheogenic purposes) use a drug without it interfering in other parts of one's life and with no risk of danger to oneself or others.
		Critics believe that recreational drug use is inherently irresponsible (in that drug use is potentially dangerous, and is illegal in many societies) and that drugs can therefore never be used "responsibly".
		Because of the illegal nature of many drugs, quality and potency are difficult to assess, and this may also have an effect on the ability to use recreational drugs safely.
	responsible-drug-use.iqnaut.net (526 words)

	Drug Free America Foundation, Inc.
		Drug decriminalization legislation and soft drug policies put society at risk of drug-related injury, illness, addiction and death.
		Attempts to soften drug policy will lead to increased addiction and a larger number of youth and young adults experimenting with drugs.
		Groups concerned about the impact of drug legalization on the nation's children have been outspent and out-campaigned by the well-orchestrated effort to legalize drugs on a national basis.
	www.dfaf.org /drugpolicy (275 words)

	THINKING ABOUT DRUG LAW REFORM: SOME POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF MEDICALIZATION
		Drug users often will fail to fulfill their conditions of probation or requirements set by a drug court, which results in incarceration or further coerced treatment.
		The failure to distinguish between recreational and responsible drug use on the one hand, and problematic or "addictive" use on the other, gives prohibitionists the power to exert control over every user of illegal drugs, regardless of whether the use is moderate or excessive and regardless of whether it needs to be treated.
		When the social problems resulting from current drug policies are treated as personal medical problems, doctors should not through their silence lend tacit support to the current and fallacious genetic explanation for drug use or incarceration rates.
	www.drugtext.org /library/articles/freek6.htm (3985 words)

	Drug allergy and other drug reactions: Are you at risk? - MayoClinic.com
		Drug allergies are distinct from side effects or nonallergic drug reactions.
		True drug allergies — as opposed to nonallergic adverse reactions — account for fewer than 10 percent of all the drug reactions that land people in the hospital or develop during hospital stays.
		A drug allergy is a specific type of reaction involving the same immune-system cells and chemicals that cause hay fever, peanut allergy and allergic contact dermatitis.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/drug-allergy/HQ00582 (899 words)

	Drug InfoNet - Sonata - [sleep-disorder]
		Drug Infonet brings this free resource to you so that you become a more informed consumer of healthcare.
		I have only used it in a couple of patients due to cost(over 70$ for a month), but seems to work as described in a small sample population.
		I believe it is an anti depressant as all these type drugs have a terrible reaction on me. Examples are I can't sleep, everything smells and tastes bad, my mind races and seem to think of the worst possible outcome of any situation.
	www.druginfonet.com /index.php?pageID=faq/new/DRUG_FAQ/Sonata.htm (628 words)

	Type_Document_Title_Here
		The access to drugs by cattle producers and laws governing the use of drugs in livestock have been gradually changing, but many producers are just beginning to notice the change.
		The subcategory is that of “Extra-Label Use Drugs” (ELUD).
		Prescription drugs are classed as such by FDA because of their potential for toxicity or other harmful effects, unique method of use, or the special considerations required for use.
	extension.usu.edu /files/newsletters/druguse.htm (837 words)

	Responsible Effort drug rehab, drug treatment
		Alcohol Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by a strong craving for alcohol, a constant or periodic reliance on use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, the inability to limit drinking, physical illness when drinking is stopped, and the need for increasing amounts of alcohol to feel its effects.
		Drug Rehab is an umbrella term for a variety of processes by which a person addicted to a drug stops using that drug.
		These processes can vary from cold turkey to the use of substitute drugs which do not have the same action upon the state of consciousness as the original drug to which the person was addicted.
	www.addictionsearch.com /treatment_facilities/responsible-effort_8015.html (293 words)

	Drug InfoNet - Cozaar - [heart]
		Drug Infonet provides drug and disease information for your healthcare needs.
		The major advantage is the lack of cough with this drug versus the usual ACE inhibitor.
		The cough is one of the most bothersome side effects and one of the major reasons that people discontinue the drug.
	www.druginfonet.com /index.php?pageID=faq/new/DRUG_FAQ/Cozaar.htm (335 words)

	Responsible drug use... - TheSite.org boards
		The point of the thread is not to debate who and who has not used drugs responsibly, it's more to debate the ethics of if it is more or less okay to use drugs if you use them responsibly or are informed.
		Somone who is totally anti drug use would blame anyone who had taken anything, in entirety, for anything that happened to them whilst high.
		Used repsonsibly i.e with a correct dose and without mixing GHB is one of the 'safer' drugs out there yet you've put it in the same list as crack.
	vbulletin.thesite.org.uk /showthread.php?referrerid=17025&t=106620 (1360 words)

	Ohio Beef Quality Assurance Program
		Responses from the 1995 NBQA indicated that improvements in beef quality have been seen in increased availability of closely trimmed beef, heightened producer awareness of quality problems, improved cutability and extended shelf-life and retail case-life of beef products.
		Consumers are concerned about the drugs used in the industry and how they affect the food they eat.
		Using animal health products exactly as they are labeled or prescribed and having a valid veterinary-client-patient relationship is required for a BQA program.
	beef.osu.edu /~obqa/challenges.htm (1061 words)

	Drug hypersensitivity syndrome. DermNet NZ
		The most common drugs to cause this reaction are the anti-gout drug, allopurinol, a number of anti-epilepsy drugs (particularly carbamazepine, phenobarbital and phenytoin) and the sulphonamide group of antibiotics.
		As Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome can occur up to eight weeks after first exposure to the responsible drug, a great degree of care is required when determining the responsible medicine.
		Because genetic factors are suspected in Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome, first-degree relatives should be alerted to their elevated risk of developing hypersensitivity reactions to the same medicine(s).
	www.dermnetnz.org /reactions/drug-hypersensitivity-syndrome.html (547 words)

	Recreational drug use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A distinction is frequently made between recreational use of drugs and drug abuse, although there is much controversy on where the dividing line lies on the spectrum from a drug user to a drug abuser.
		Some say it begins when a person uses what is deemed to be excessive amounts, while others draw the line at the point of legality.
		A further distinction can be made in that it is the use of the drug that is recreational, and not the drug itself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Recreational_drug_use (335 words)

	Drug Prosecution Unit
		The Drug Prosecution Unit consists of five prosecutors, two located in Pierre, two in Sioux Falls, and one in Rapid City.
		The Drug Prosecution Unit was established in 1988 and is funded through a federal grant.
		The majority of the cases originate from the work of DCI drug agents and local drug task forces.
	www.state.sd.us /attorney/office/divisions/dpu (142 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: Governor Johnson to Sign Compassionate, Fiscally Responsible Drug Policies Into Law Today
		Under previous New Mexico law, prosecutors could make anyone with a previous drug offense serve mandatory extra prison time, regardless of the seriousness of their prior or current offense.
		Albuquerque) - New Mexico has become the 30th state to waive the federal law disallowing anyone convicted of a drug offense from qualifying for federally funded benefits such as TANF or food stamps - even after they have successfully completed their sentences.
		The legislature also provided for a state Prison Population Control Commission that will evaluate the cases of nonviolent drug offenders currently in state prison, determining the appropriateness of their continued incarceration.
	www.drugpolicy.org /news/pressroom/pressrelease/pr_march1_02.cfm (632 words)

	PRDI History and Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Drug war supporters have so demonized drugs, drug users, and drug war opponents that most public figures dare not raise questions.
		To this end, we promote open, honest, and well-informed discussion of drug issues among "opinion-leaders"--educated leaders and professionals, especially in the media.
		Rather, we insist that drug policy must be developed by rational procedures consistent with American democratic ideals.
	www.prdi.org /mission.html (206 words)

	Drug Policy Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Those police officers who actually dared to arrest such patients, those who dared to lock them behind bars, those judges who would actually impose criminal sanctions on them, would be ostracized and booed out of their jobs.
		Those would-be tyrants like Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA), who blocked the District of Columbia from counting the results of the medical marijuana vote, and who uses his podium to vilify reformers who stand up for the rights of patients, would be widely recognized as the loathsome McCarthyites that they are.
		Those people who brave the consequences of the drug laws in order to help patients in need, are the true patriots.
	www.towson.edu /~kealey/Drugreform.htm (562 words)

	Salon News \| Prime-time propaganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Two years ago, Congress inadvertently created an enormous financial incentive for TV programmers to push anti-drug messages in their plots -- as much as $25 million in the past year and a half, with the promise of even more to come in the future.
		Under the sway of the office of President Clinton's drug czar, Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, some of America's most popular shows -- including "ER," "Beverly Hills 90210," "Chicago Hope," "The Drew Carey Show" and "7th Heaven" -- have filled their episodes with anti-drug pitches to cash in on a complex government advertising subsidy.
		So the drug czar's office, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), presented the networks with a compromise: The office would give up some of that precious ad time it had bought -- in return for getting anti-drug motifs incorporated within specific prime-time shows.
	archive.salon.com /news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html (1046 words)

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