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Effects Of The Drug Marijuana Smokers
1,344 wordsMarijuana, the crude drug made from the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis sativa plant, contains hundreds of active chemicals. Of the 421 chemicals identified in the plant, 70 are cannabinoids (chemicals found only in the marijuana plant and nowhere else in nature). Cannabinoids are stored in the fat parts of cell membranes for long periods of time and interfere with normal cell functioning. Since the 70 annabinoids are fat-soluble, they build up or accumulate in body tissue. Three to se...
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Years Of Age Hiv Positive
1,274 wordsGangs have been and will always be a part of society, They have in one form or another been around for hundreds of years. For example pirates were in some way or another a form of an organized gang. The groups that traditionally come to mind when one thinks of modern day gangs are the Crips and the Bloods from California, and the people Folk originating from Chicago. The origins of the Crips and Bloods can be traced to the late 60 's, and the gang culture is so ingrained on the west coast that m...
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Size And Strength Adrenal Glands
1,248 wordsAnabolic Serious. What are they? Where do they come from? Why are they used? From amateurs to pros, from body builders to football players and every sport in between, Serious, or "road" as they are referred to, have been in the circle of athletes since the 1950 's. Is it vanity that drives athletes to use serious? Do they understand the end results from the abuse of "road"? What psychological effects do serious have on users? In order to understand the psychological effects of serious, you must ...
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Hong Kong Mainland China
645 wordsRecently, the case of drug abuses reported among youngsters has increased dramatically owing to the growing popularity of rave parties. More surprising, taking ecstasy, a rave drug, has become a habit for party-goers as young as 12. The trend is so serious that it sparks the concerns of our society. Actions should be taken immediately to highlight the dangers of taking drugs. However, are the governments actions adequate? Personally, I don t think so. Simply searching and putting warnings on the...
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Martin Luther King Jr Biography And Research
872 wordsIn his life, Martin Luther King Jr. accomplished many amazing things for the African-Americans in the United States and all over the world. He helped spread freedom and democracy throughout the world, even though he primarily concentrated on the well-being of the United States. Through all of the tough decisions he had to make, and all of the situations he had to overcome, Dr. King stuck to his morals and ethics. Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929 into a middle class family in Atla...
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Rape Myth Modern Society
1,134 words... ot; , and are asked 'if they work out?' . More often than not, they are told 'to take off [their] shirts', and then asked 'Do you feel nervous?' (36). These youngsters honestly don't know when too much is too much, and what they don't know could put them in serious danger. Calvin Klein, once known for being a reputable clothing designer, is now known for his racy ads using teens. Some feel he crossed the line when he chose this type of advertising. Jewish observes that these advertisements '...
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Miss Havisham Charles Dickens
1,546 wordsMoral Spectrum and Setting in Great Expectations It was Dickens thirteenth novel called Great Expectations written in 1860. At that time, he was already a national hero. Great Expectations is probably Dickens most complete and mature work. Pip in the novel is the most autobiographical of all of Dickens thousands of characters. Dickens had come from humble life start-ups, working as a child in a shoe polish factory, meanwhile his family was set into the debtor's prison. Such a difficult childhood...
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Emily Dickinson Robert Frost
1,016 wordsBreaking Breaking The Silence SHHHHHH! ! ! ! ! Breaking the silence Intimacy and sexuality are the most important aspects of our life, our sex lives affect all other spheres and often determines a sense of our adequacy. However, as human beings, Christian morality has left a deep influence on the development of the modern individual. Christianity has always prohibited open portrayal of human sexual feelings and activities. Sex, as a theme has always been a taboo subject. Which was an inappropria...
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Acts Per Hour Acts Of Violence
612 wordsTV Violence and Children Children from the ages 6 - 11 spend more time watching television than they do in the classroom. The level of violence that they see on prime time television is about five violent acts per hour and the level of violence on Saturday that includes cartoons morning programming is about 20 to 25 violent acts per hour. At this rate, the average American child will see 8, 000 murders before they finish elementary school! As a child sits in front of baby-sitting television, her...
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Community Based Policing Oriented Policing
1,607 wordsFrom: To: Subject: Submit a paper Date: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 2: 34 PMTitle: Community based Policing Category: other Description: Body of paper: Does community-based policing reach societies desired outcome and expectations? This is one of many questions we may have about the fairly new and controversial subject of community policing. To best answer some of these questions we must define community-based policing. As stated by Zhao (1997) community policing is both a philosophy (a way of th...
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Children With Down Syndrome Child With Down Syndrome
913 wordsPeople Down Syndrome Down Syndrome People with Down syndrome are first and foremost human beings who have recognizable physical characteristics due to the presence of an extra chromosome 21. The estimated incidence of Down syndrome is between 1 in 1, 000 to 1 in 1, 100 live births. Each year approximately 3, 000 to 5, 000 children are born with this chromosome disorder. It is believed there are about 250, 000 families in the United States who are affected by Down syndrome. Children with Down syn...
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Money To Buy Psychedelic Drugs
691 wordsJust say the word DRUG, many definitions and meanings will come to our mind. Drug is used as an ingredient for medicine but many people use drugs in the wrong way. We cant just say that drugs are not only narcotic but also common. Everyday medicines such as aspirins are used. This kind of medicine also are drugs. When we take drugs the right way as medication with the approval of a doctor, drugs could help to ease the pain and illness. There are many types of drugs in this world. The common drug...
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Female Gangs Gang Members
955 wordsGangs in one form or another have been around for hundreds of years. Pirates were probably some of the original bad gangs. The groups that traditionally come to mind when one thinks of modern day gangs are the Crips and the Bloods from California. The origins of the Crips and Bloods can be traced to the late 60 s, and the gang culture is so ingrained on the west coast that many families have three and even four generations of gangsters residing in the same residence. Depending on whose figures y...
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El Barrio Puerto Ricans
1,436 wordsSearch for Respect In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995. It is a straight forward, insiders look at life in the East Harlem neighborhood known as, El Barrio. Philippe Bourgois moved his family into El Barrio in 1985 to study the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization, on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg. 1). He first went there to look at the entire (untaxed) underground economy, from baby sitting, off-track betting, to...
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Size And Strength Adrenal Glands
1,255 wordsThe Psychological Effects of Using Serious Anabolic Serious. What are they? Where do they come from? Why are they used? From amateurs to pros, from body builders to football players and every sport in between, Serious, or road as they are referred to, have been in the circle of athletes since the 1950 s. Is it vanity that drives athletes to use serious? Do they understand the end results from the abuse of road? What psychological effects do serious have on users? In order to understand the psych...
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Aggressive Behavior Violent Juvenile
801 wordsI. Marijuana causes behavioral changes A. Chronic Marijuana users become more aggressive during withdrawal. People who have smoked marijuana daily for many years display more aggressive behavior when they stop smoking the drug, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, is further evidence that a withdrawal syndrome is associated with abstinence from long-term marijuana use, a...
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Acts Per Hour Violence On Television
1,028 wordsWhenever the thought of how television affects children pops into someone mind, the first thing that they think about is the amount of violence on television. Most mass communication scientists, as well as most people in general tend to feel that more violence a child witnesses on television, the more aggressive he or she becomes. Over 1000 studies have been done to confirm this link. People believe that essentially, media violence legitimizes and contributes to a culture of violence and the acc...
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Negative Consequences Salt Lake
1,640 wordsVo 1 MTV influences on Teenagers No longer just a cable network for music, music television channel MTV has become an important factor in shaping values for American teenagers because of shows such as Tom Green, Real World and Road Rules. Many of the music videos are also past of this trend. Unlike other TV programs, Tom Green does not have the director. The show is created by a middle-aged Tom Green and a cameraman. For most of the time that I watch, Tom Green goes from street to street, store ...
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Three Works Second Half
1,594 wordsPoetry Analysis: Original Prankster, Evening Schoolboys Poetry Analysis: Original Prankster, Evening Schoolboys And Up The Wall Poetry is a way that stories are told much like the lyrics of contemporary song. Poetry has been written since ancient times as a way of story telling. Students have had a constant battle analysing traditional poetry because they havent realise that every song they listen to is in fact embedded with poetry. If students can be encouraged to see a contemporary song as a f...
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American Psychological Association United States Congress
1,934 wordsTo find a realistic and logical answer to this question I felt it important to begin at the beginning. I wanted to know if this is a legitimate problem, or if this was another politically correct way of blaming television for a societal problem. So, on this journey I began with the introduction of television to the public. The official starting date for television in the United States was in 1939, at the Worlds Fair. At the time of the debut, there were mixed reactions to television because it w...
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