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Evidence That Marijuana Life In Prison
1,824 wordsA total of 3, 470, 545 Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses. In 1997 state and local law enforcement arrested 695, 200 people for marijuana violations. That number is the highest ever recorded by the FBI. Of the 682, 885 arrests made in 1998, approximately 88 % were for simple possession. The remaining 12 % were for sale and manufacture. Every 52 seconds, a marijuana smoker is arrested in America. This is truly a waste of law enforcement and a waste of our tax money. These people ...
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Pot Smokers Fatal Accidents
1,757 words... e found to have recently smoked marijuana, though it could not be proven that it caused the accident. The engineer had extensive record of speeding and DUI. He was known by management to have drinking problems. Congress mandated that random drug testing be done on the entire transportation industry. Marijuana is less of a road hazard than alcohol. Surveys have found that half or more of fatal drivers have alcohol in their blood, as opposed to 7 - 20 % with THC, the major component of marijua...
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Times A Week Symptoms Occur
1,235 wordsAsthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease among children and young adults. There are numerous triggers of asthma. In the physical education field (EIA) exercise induced asthma is a very important disease to understand and help maintain stability. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that makes breathing difficult. During an attack, the linings of the bronchial tubes become inflamed and irritated causing mucus production and the constriction of surrounding muscles. These three factors cau...
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Cystic Fibrosis Gene People With Cf
1,884 wordsI am the doctor for your hospital and have prepared the following paper for you to look at and possibly use. It includes information on what cystic fibrosis really is, what treatments there are, what you two can do for your child, and how it is inherited. I hope this document is useful to you in your incoming struggle against this horrible disease. It is good to know that you are not alone. Every day four children in the United States are diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is t...
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Labia Minora Labia Majora
1,460 wordsKnowing about the body systems is important. When you know about your body, youll be more healthy than if you didnt. Any sport player needs to know and understand how all his muscles work, so when it comes to exercise or working out, they can know what their limits are. The skeletal system is made up of your bones, ligaments, and tendons. It determines the shape and symmetry of the body; acts as a protective device for your organs; acts as a firm base for the attachments of muscles (without bone...
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Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide Oxygen And Carbon Blood
374 wordsRespiratory gases-oxygen and carbon dioxide moves between air and blood in the lungs. The structure of the human lung provides immense internal surface that facilitates gas exchange between the alveoli and the blood in the pulmonary capillaries. Respiratory gases move between the environment and the respiring tissues by two principal mechanisms, convention and diffusion. Convention is responsible for movement of air from the environment into the lungs and also for the movement of the blood betwe...
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Ground Level Ozone Respiratory Infections
434 wordsAutomobile Emissions, Individual Health and the Health Impacts Environmental Impacts Nitric Oxide (NO) is the nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) water to form nitrate source of acid rain. odour increased sensitivity of asthmatics and those suffering from bronchitis NO 2 is a lung irritant which can produce pulmonary edema at high concentrations increased susceptibility to respiratory infections in young children and the elderly NO 2 reacts with water to form nitrate (NO 3), a source of acid rain Acid rain ...
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Female Desert Tortoise U S Department Tortoises
1,147 wordsVulnerable to the harsh desert conditions, the desert tortoise spends almost all of its time waiting out extreme temperatures in its underground burrow. There, this armored, terrestrial turtle conserves its energy and stays relatively cool during summer months, and relatively warm during winter months. This turtle, California's official state reptile, carries a high-domed tan to dark brown carapace (shell), which protects them from most predators. Yet even those shells are unable to shield the d...
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Heart Rate And Blood Pressure State Of Consciousness
1,567 words... s system (which controls the "fight or flight" response) to be activated. Once the sympathetic nervous system is activated, a user enters in a state of euphoria where the person may feel more activated and alert. One of the organs that the vasoconstrictor effects is the heart. When cocaine is taken through intranasal administration, a high heart rate and blood pressure may result. These problems can lead to cardiomyopathy, the condition in which the heart contracts abnormally. "Cardiomyopath...
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Illegal Drug Blood Pressure
585 wordsMarijuana is a popular, and illegal, drug. Its largest consumers are young adults. Marijuana is smoked in a pipe, bong, or rolled in a joint. Thirty-seven percent of people between ages 12 - 17 have tried marijuana. Marijuana gives a slight buzzing feeling of light-headedness. Experimentation with marijuana is dangerous because studies show that 60 % of people who smoke marijuana on a regular basis move on to try harder drugs soon after. Marijuana tends to diminish the ambition and motivation in...
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High Blood Pressure Effects Of Stress
1,340 wordsWhen Allah desires to guide someone, He expands his breast to Islam. When He desires to misguide someone, He makes his breast narrow and constricted as if he were climbing up into the sky. That is how Allah defiles those who have no faith. (Qur " an, 6: 125) The failure of irreligious people in submitting themselves to Allah causes them to be in a constant state of ill-ease, anxiety and stress. As a consequence, they are afflicted by various psychological illnesses which reveal themselves in the...
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Stability And Bioavailability Of Different Erythromycin Derivatives
2,047 words... ges of erythromycin estate in comparison to the other derivatives. Table 3. 1 compares erythromycin estate and ethyl succinate. Erythromycin estate Erythromycin ethyl succinate Plasma levels up to 6. 5 mg / l Plasma levels up to 2. 5 mg / l 2 doses per day 3 doses per day 250 mg per dose 400 mg per dose no bitter taste bitter taste pH range 3 & # 8211; 7. 5 pH range 6 & # 8211; 8. 5 no dependence on meals dependence on meals Table 3. 1 Comparison between erythromycin estate and ethyl...
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Girls And Women Surgeon Generals
1,362 wordsOption Paper Abstract: There is ignorance about the health risks of tobacco. There is further darkness over the risks related to smoking women. It is not that men are spared but here we would deal only with smoking and women. Although there is heavy ponder over health issues like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atherosclerosis and cancer. How innocent our society is to ignore causes and trying to combat effects? Tobacco still remains to be one of the largest threats to health and most imp...
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Cystic Fibrosis Gene People With Cf
1,913 wordsDear Cystic Fibrosis CYSTIC FIBROSIS Dear Mr. and Mrs. Marks: I am the doctor for your hospital and have prepared the following paper for you to look at and possibly use. It includes information on what cystic fibrosis really is, what treatments there are, what you two can do for your child, and how it is inherited. I hope this document is useful to you in your incoming struggle against this horrible disease. It is good to know that you are not alone. Every day four children in the United States...
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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
1,367 wordsDothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And Pharmacodynamics) Comparison Between Mechanism of Action and Pharmacodynamics of Dothiepin and Fluoxetine Description of medicines Mechanism of action and pharmacodynamic's Dothiepin Dothiepin is a tricyclic antidepressant. It acts by promoting the effectiveness of several amines (dopamine, norepinephrine, and 5 -hydroxytryptamine, which is also known as 5 HT and serotonin). It functions by inhibi...
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Smoking During Pregnancy Low Birth Weight
1,185 wordsWomen Smoking During Pregnancy Effects On The Women Smoking During Pregnancy Effects On The Children They Carry Women Smoking During Pregnancy Effects on the Children They Carry: There are many effects that cigarette smoking by pregnant women have on their fetuses. The relationship between maternal smoking and fetal development shows that smoking can induce spontaneous abortion, affect birth weight, and bring about fetal malformations. The long-term effects of smoking while pregnant on the offsp...
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Psychological Stress High Levels
454 wordsScience News, March 27, 1999 People who feel unable to deal with life? s stresses display an exaggerated immune reaction that may intensify their sneezing, soughing, and other physical symptoms once they? ve contracted a common virus, a new study suggests. However, the researchers have not yet confirmed whether this particular immune response-a sharp rise in the production of a chemical messenger known as interleukin- 6 (IL- 6) -magnifies childlike respiratory symptoms or occurs in response to t...
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Chicken Pox Viral Infection
1,069 wordsChicken Pox Media CHICKEN POX Chicken Pox is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a type of herpes virus. It is contracted by contact with actual lesions or by respiratory secretions and there is a 10 - 21 day incubation period during which your child is developing the illness but does not show any symptoms and is not contagious (until the very last 1 or 2 days before the pox appear. ). Once the vesicles show up there are likely to be many more on the way for between 3 and 7 m...
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Central Nervous System Stay Awake
752 words12 / 04 / 99 Applied Chemistry Research-Caffeine Graham Cousins Caffeine, a odorless slightly bitter substance that is in most caffeinated beverages. Caffeine is present in about 4 % of tea leaves and in coffee. Caffeine contains two other alkaloids, theo bromine and theophylline. These two relax the muscles while the caffeine stimulates the heart and respiratory systems. The caffeine in a substance is a stimulant of central nervous system, cardiac muscle and respiratory system. Its purpose is t...
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Air Pollution Acid Rain
1,090 wordsProblems Caused By Air Pollution Some people think that air pollution is not harming the earth or the people, but it is doing worse, by killing the earth and getting people sick. Air pollutants, according to Gay, are known to cause respiratory diseases, cancer, and other serious illnesses (12). Air pollution not only threatens the health and life of humans but also causes damage to the environment (Gay 13). First, air pollution causes a great deal of health problems. Wanting clean air is a good ...
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