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How Do I Start a Persuasive Speech on Drug Addiction and Abuse?

Question by Taryn: How do i start a persuasive speech on drug addiction and abuse?
I am writing a persuasive speech on drug addiction and abuse for a writing class and I can’t figure out a good way to start the speech off. Please help. Thanks.

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National Family Partnership Honors Achievement in Drug Prevention at National

National Family Partnership Honors Achievement in Drug Prevention at National

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Other notables in attendance included David Mineta, deputy director of Demand Reduction, ONDCP; Dr. Westley Clark, director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; Dr. Nora Volkow, director, National Institute of Drug Abuse; Jan Withers, president, …
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VIEW FROM AWAY: Marijuana should be tested as all drugs are

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10 Over-the-Counter Medicines Abused by Teens

10 over-the-counter medicines abused by teens

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10 over-the-counter medicines abused by teens. Is your medicine cabinet a source for a teen's legal "high?" Because a doctor's prescription is not needed, many mistakenly believe that over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are safer than prescription …
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Students design billboard to fight Rx drug abuse

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Students design billboard to fight Rx drug abuse Frances Hayes journalpatriot | 0 comments. Since early December, a billboard at Midtown Garden Market in North Wilkesboro explicitly and poignantly describes the effects of drugs on young and old lives.
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Giving Up Social Media Sites Is Tough, Experts Contend

Giving up social media sites is tough, experts contend

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By KATHERINE BOYLE — The Washington Post. Nicki Minaj did it once. … Social media usage is increasingly classified as an addiction — researchers in Norway have made the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale to decipher just how addicted people can become …
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Neil Armstrong, Whitney Houston Are Among Notable Deaths of 2012

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I Couldnt Fit the Queston Here So I Put in the Details?

Question by BirdBalla: I couldnt fit the queston here so I put in the Details?
Alan I. Leshner, Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, defines drug addiction as “uncontrollable, compulsive drug seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.”

What does that definition mean to you both as a driver responsible for your own actions, and as a driver sharing the road with other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists?

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Answer by terrellfastball
“……….even in the face of negative health and social consequences.”

NIH Nixes Idea of Creating a Single Abuse and Addiction Institute

NIH Nixes Idea of Creating a Single Abuse and Addiction Institute

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NIH Director Francis Collins said on Friday that the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will stay separate. But, he added that some "functional integration of existing research resources" at the …
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Marijuana laws create divide between states, feds

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