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Reflection Paper
Reflection Paper
Reflection Paper
Hlth 1050
August 2, 2022
Reflection Paper
When I first decided to register for this class I had to scroll through a number of
options for a health class, however for some reason this one stood out to me. First
initially coming into this class I was not sure what to expect and what the dynamic of
topics and conversations we would be having. This class brough a very interesting
informative approach into a topic that a lot of the time is talked about in negative light
when analized, however by not giving an opinion on this class it really allowed me to
take a step back and think of things in a way that was new to me. Within this class we
focused on 6 main substances which I though were all the most prevalent within society
and within each of those categories we were able to see how they work, the history of
these substances and also how they are affecting our society today.
There was numerous things that stuck with me throughout this course however I
think that the thing that I hold on to the most would be the module about medical
marajuana. After reading though and watching the vidoes within this module it was very
interesting to see how the substance actually worked, and how it got its relevance within
the United states. This drug flourished in cartels and for most was the main focus for
cultivation and distribution. However this drug has been governmentaly regulated within
the united states and even leagalized allowing people and dispensaries to grow and sell
weed. Thus creating the shift in cartels intrests in producing marajuana. Marajuana
once a stigmatized “Gateway” drug has now become something that we see being
prescribed by doctors to treat health conditions. The most memarable vidoe i can recall
in this class wuld be the video of young charlotte and how they were able to jurasticaly
This is a very real thing for me, i deal with this in my everyday life. I have a
girlfriend with numerous chronic illness such as POTS, EDS, and Compression
syndroms and with these health conditions she has severe chronic daily pain. She has a
couple options to deal with this problem, 1 being to when this pain is badd enough take
pain pills to regulate the pain and 2 being ingesting weed. She has been using
marajuana for roughly a year and has said that this has drastically improved her quality
of life and has helped her rugulate pain in a more sustainable maner. She is my
The societal problems society has v=faced regarding drugs has had huge affects
around the world. This being said of the the things that ties into my economic classes is
how the power of cartels and drugs can influence ecomomics. Drugs have an huge
surprise the power that these substances hold. A great example of this is the country
Columbia. This country is known for its cocain production and the rise of the famous
cartel leader Pablo Escobar, thia country is mainly a poverty stricken country that also
has uncontrollably high crime rates. The cartel infultrated this country and has taken
control of the economics, this includes controlling the police, controlling distribution in
and out of the country and most of all it has allowed for people to think that the cartel is
an opportunity to make money and in their eyes it is better for them to contribute to the
cause than help the cause. In ecomomics there is a lot of varables that can factor into
society such as job opportunity, in this country these people could make 5 dollars a day
doing honest work or they could trade their time for working with the cartel and come
home with 50 dollars a day. Not only this when people feelprotected by police and
stature of societial rules this enviroment is a very different place than some realiteis
where a lot of police forces are influenced by the cartel and have been known to help
This class has allowed me to take a deeper look into how big of a roll Drugs have
on society and just how prevalant they might be around me without me even knowing.
Going forward I will take the knowledge i have learned within this class and apply it
within my own life. I will take into consideration the health concequences of these
actions, and most importantly I think one of the main taek aways from this class is not