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Marijuana Is Smoked Periods Of Time
1,332 wordsDrugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is certainly quite common to hear about or read about athletes and drug use. Although drugs have a lengthy history of use by athletes, they have varied effects on the body and different preventions. Much of the world's supply of cocaine is produced in South America. Thousands of years ago, the ancient Incas of Peru chewed coca leaves because they made it pos...
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Minding Your Own Business Shown That Justice Interest
767 wordsJustice, for Plato, is nothing more than minding your own business Those who say that justice for Plato is nothing more than minding your own business are definitely wrong. In the opening of The Republic, Plato seems to say that justice is a balance of the soul. (Taylor 77) As Plato is debating this question, Thrasymachus joins in and presents the first possible definition of justice as the interest of the stronger, that might is right. Socrates enters the conversation and attempts to define jus...
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Nicomachean Ethics Human Race
1,408 wordsAristotle - Nicomachean Ethics In Book 1 Chapter 2 of Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle writes: Suppose, then, that the things achievable by action have some end that we wish for because of itself, and because of which we wish for the other things, and that we do not choose everything because of something else - for if we do, it will go on without limit, so that desire will prove to be empty and futile. Clearly, this end will be the good, that is to say, the best good. In this passage Aristotle talks...
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Marijuana Is Smoked Marijuana For Medical
1,200 wordsIt may Marijuana Marijuana It may be one of the most discussed controversies of the decade. There have been many different contradictions between the two sides, pro-marijuana and anti-marijuana. Also, many statements have a derogatory basis towards marijuana use. But on the other hand, marijuana has many positive aspects. In this report, all the different areas and stipulations will be examined. I feel that the best place to begin with is the basics. So as basic as it can get: What is marijuana?...
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Moral Corruption King Claudius
1,247 wordsGertrude and Ophelia Throughout Shakespeare s Hamlet, major differences in the characters of Gertrude and Ophelia are conveyed. As the play progresses, each character becomes weakened by the external powers that surround them, thereby corrupting their moral senses. Both Gertrude and Ophelia are overthrown by the same corruptive force that leads both of these women towards alienation. This corruptive force, referred to as Claudius, serves as the dominant figure that contributes most to the result...
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Loss Of Appetite Chicken Pox
221 wordsCHICKEN POX OR VARICELLA VS. TUBERCULOSIS OR TUBERCLE BACILLHISTORY OF CHICKEN POX Chicken pox, a highly contagious disease that strikes many people, is caused by the herpes zoster virus. The virus is transmitted by the respiratory system and carried in the bloodstream to all parts of the body. The main symptom is a rash that appears on the face and torso, but also on the extremities. The rash turns into blisters that itch like crazy (I know from personal experience), that go away in a few days....
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Selective Serotonin Antidepressant Medications
563 wordsGenerally, depression is regarded as an illness due to an imbalance of serotonin in the brain. When seen as such, depression can no longer be considered a? mental illness, ? but instead must be categorized with physical illnesses that also have causes, symptoms, and remedies. There are also various types of depression, including Dysthymia, Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, and Bipolar disorder, which is also called manic depression 1. These types all differ slightly in the severity of their sy...
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Manic Depressive Illness Bipolar Disorder
613 wordspsychiatric Depression Depression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by feelings of worthlessness, guilt, sadness, helplessness, and hopelessness. It is different then normal sadness or grief from the loss of a loved one because it is persistent and severe. Clinical depression has many related symptoms trouble sleeping, eating disorders, withdrawal and inactivity, self-punishment, and loss of pleasure. People that are depressed do not like to do things they may usually like to. Surveys that...
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Loss Of Appetite Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
749 wordsTB is a Tuberculosis Tuberculosis TB is a disease that can cause a serious illness and can damage a persons organs. Every year more than 25, 000 people in the U. S. are diagnosed with TB disease. Thats only a fraction of the amount of people who carry the Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rod-shaped bacterium. TB is spread through the air by carriers of the germ. People who breathe the same air can become infected with the TB germ. People who do work around or with peop...
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Manic Depressive Illness Bipolar Disorder
488 wordsDepression is a psychiatric disorder characterized by feelings of worthlessness, guilt, sadness, helplessness, and hopelessness. It is different then normal sadness or grief from the loss of a loved one because it is persistent and severe. Clinical depression has many related symptoms trouble sleeping, eating disorders, withdrawal and inactivity, self-punishment, and loss of pleasure. People that are depressed do not like to do things they may usually like to. About one if four Americans will su...
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Person Depressed People
581 wordsDepression is a chronic mood disorder characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and irritability. Many people do not realized that depression is a disease, it? s a real medical disorder where changes occur in the brain, and they have medicine that helps correct these imbalances. Depression has been described as a? whole-body illness? because it doesn? t only affect the person? s mood but can affect every aspect of a person? s life. Depression is an illness, not a state of mi...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder Depressed Mood
842 wordsTYPES OF DEPRESSIVE CONDITIONS DEPRESSED MOOD DUE TO GRIEF Grieving the loss of someone significant in one? s life is a necessary but usually painful and difficult process. The symptoms of grieving are actually a very normal and healthy reaction to the death of a family member, lover, or friend. The grieving process may involve guilt, despair, anger, insomnia, changes in appetite, and obsessive thoughts about the lost person, and in some cases people report transiently seeing the image or hearin...
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Loss Of Appetite Child
1,105 wordsIt seems that more and more marriages are falling apart everyday. Divorce rates seen to be climbing astronomically. In so many of these divorces there are children to be considered. What is best for the child? Who will get custody? Will the child be scarred for life? It? s really hard to say. The overall effects on our children vary according to the factors involved. I am going to attempt to discuss a few of the problems that can occur with children of divorced families and what parents can do t...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Bulimia Nervosa
1,262 wordsDid you know that 90 % of women dislike the way they look? And it s all because of the media and their emphasis on the ideal figure of a woman. Super models like Kate Moss and other Barbie-doll-figure-inspired women grace the cover of magazines all over the world promoting a perfect shape. Girls of all ages think that this is what people want to see. They think that this is what they should look like and try to set impossible goals for themselves to look like cover girls. As a result, many women...
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American Journal Of Psychiatry Anorexia Nervosa
1,031 wordsEating Disorders: The Killer Within How a person perceives their body is influenced by what it looks like to them and what it looks like to others. Our society teaches us through media and social pressure that body image is important. Feeling attractive is an important part of self worth and for many, feeling attractive means matching a certain ideal appearance. Most of us will never be able to look like this ideal, but the message we get is that we risk social failure if we do not try hard enou...
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Eating Disorders Normal Weight
922 wordsEverybody Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Everybody eats. We do so both because we need to and because we enjoy it. However, as with all human behavior, there are huge differences between people. Some eat more, some eat less, some put on weight easily, and others do not. And some people go to such extremes that they harm themselves, by eating too much or too little. As a result they may harm their health and come to the attention of doctors. Although it is easier to talk about them as differen...
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Dance Clubs Side Effects
665 wordsEcstasy Chemically, ecstasy is known as methylene-dioxymethamphetamine or MDMA. It falls between two major categories of drugs, hallucinogens and amphetamines. Ecstasy usually comes in the form of a small tablet. In 1914, MDMA was first used as a prescription drug to reduce appetite. However it wasn? t until 1981 when American youths first started using it as a recreational drug. It was completely legal in the US until 1985 when it was added to the banned list. It was about the same time that th...
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Prohibition Of Marijuana Marijuana Prohibition
679 wordsMarijuana is Pot Ben Holiday Marijuana is a drug that has been used for thousands of years. Marijuana was used in ancient China, as far back as 5000 B. C. The Incan? s and Mayan? s used marijuana in religious ceremonies. Marijuana also has roots in this country. The Indians of the plains used marijuana in their peace pipes as a sign of friendship and peace. After prohibition there was a sharp rise in the use of this drug in America, but after prohibition was repealed the use went down. In the 19...
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Quot Quot Iago Quot
854 wordsIn Shakespeare's " Othello, " Iago carefully and masterfully entraps Othello into believing that his wife, Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio. He does this through a series of suggestions and hesitations that entice and implant images into Othello's head that lead him to his own end. More importantly, Iago gives Othello the motive to murder his own innocent wife Desdemona, satisfying Iago's huge appetite for revenge. The motive for Iago's devious plan is initially made clear in...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Common Side Effects
1,560 wordsWhat if you tried really hard at accomplishing a task and no matter how hard you tried, you just could not finish what you started. That would be pretty frustrating, right? Well surprisingly enough this is a common feeling for four to nine percent of Americans. This feeling is caused by a disorder called Attention Deficit Disorder or more commonly known as ADD. Most everyone has heard of ADD but most people really don t know what it is or even what it stands for, and when most people think of AD...
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