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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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U S Government Drug Trafficking
1,606 wordsApproaching and addressing international drug issues in 1999 is not a simple task due to numerous contradictions that involve the inherent nature of economics, politics, culture, and individual ideologies. The normal attributes of drugs, as well as the changing characteristics of these mind-altering substances, makes them the center of complex studies that end up producing contradictory and inconclusive reports. Furthermore, confusion results from the study of available literature due to moral p...
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Illicit Drugs Mind Altering
699 wordsA major problem that exists within Canadian society is the abuse of mind-altering substances. Such narcotics cause not only health problems, but also violent and potentially criminal acts. A mind-altering narcotic can be defined as both the legal and illegal type. The four main categories of drugs are: narcotics, CNS depressants, CNS stimulants, and hallucinogens. Most of these drugs are highly addictive and are usually obtained by prescription or are considered a banned substance and must be pu...
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Central Nervous System Psychedelic Drugs
676 wordsA Hallucinogen is defined as a substance that causes excitation of the central nervous system, characterized by hallucination. Mood change, anxiety, sensory distortion, delusion, depersonalization; increased pulse, temperature, increased blood pressure, and dilation of the pupils are the many effects that occur. Psychic dependence may occur, and depressive or suicidal psychotic states may result from the ingestion of hallucinogenic substances. Some kinds of hallucinogens are lysergic acid, commo...
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Food And Drug Administration Tobacco Smokers
1,716 wordsCigarettes - Addiction and Product Dangers It is clear that businesses have an obligation to inform their customers about their product's ingredients and dangers. Looking at the case of Rose Cipollone we see that she was a heavy smoker. Her doctor's had to remove part of her right cancerous lung and informed her that she had to quit smoking. Unfortunately, she was addicted. Her doctor's removed the rest of her lung that year and she finally quit smoking. She then sued the Liggett Group, the make...
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Cannabis Plant Mind Altering
1,170 wordsFor Legalization The cannabis plant has been the topic of much debate throughout the history of this country. Many people don't know that it was not the effect of cannabis that originally spurred its banning. It was actually originally the work of the cotton industry who put big money behind il legalization for the plant's mind altering effects. The cotton industry was afraid that hemp, a product of the cannabis plant, would soon overpower the strong hold of cotton since it was a more durable te...
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Mind Altering Drugs Grateful Dead
1,154 wordsGrateful Dead The Grateful Dead, the most popular so called underground band of all time. This band has underwent many changes, some good and others bad throughout their thirty or so years of performing. I plan to prove that a band that has remained together for thirty plus years isnt as easy as many would assume. In fact I would have to say the down times in the band almost equal the outrageously great time they had. Despite all the down times the amazing music of the Grateful Dead always made ...
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Mind Altering Drugs Grateful Dead
3,020 wordsGrateful Dead Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead, the most popular so called underground band of all time. This band has underwent many changes, some good and others bad throughout their thirty or so years of performing. I plan to prove that a band that has remained together for thirty plus years isnt as easy as many would assume. In fact I would have to say the down times in the band almost equal the outrageously great time they had. Despite all the down times the amazing music of the Grateful Dea...
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Mind Altering Drugs Brave New World
1,157 wordsAldous Huxley wrote Brave New World out of fear of society's apparent lack of morals and corrupt behaviour during the roaring twenties. Huxley believed that the future was doomed to a non-individualistic, conformist society, a society void of the family unit, religion and human emotions. Throughout the novel, Huxley predicts many events for the future, most of which concentrate on a morally corrupt society. The most important of these predictions include: greater sexual freedom, over-population,...
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Mind Altering Drugs Brave New World
938 wordsBrave new world Essay The novel Brave New World describes in detail the lives, customs, and social standards of a society based in the future. This future society is an extension of Henry Fords concept of the production line. The so-called perfect society depicted in Brave New World presents many different yet alarmingly similar cultural ideas when compared to todays society. Life in America today and cultural ideals in contrast to the time depicted in Brave New World can be compared and contras...
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War On Drugs Legalizing Drugs
633 wordsLegality, Although it is clear that society is unhappy with current efforts to stop illegal drug smuggling, illegal drug use and distribution, no one seems to know what should be done. With drug use and drug related crime on the rise, some Americans argue that current drug law is too easy on drug offenders. Society at large asks, Can we ever stop illegal drugs and their use? It is a question that unfortunately has no easy answer. More and more people in America feel that if this country cannot s...
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Mind Altering Drugs Funeral In My Brain
329 words4 / 26 / 98 Is Emily Dickinson on Drugs? Emily Dickinson's poems often make me ponder her mental stability. Sometimes I wonder if she was psychotic or on some kind of mind-altering drugs. In Dickinson's poems I felt a funeral in my brain, My life closed twice before its close, and Because I could not stop for Death, we shall see whether or not Mr. Js theory of her insanity stands true. In the piece I felt a funeral in my brain, she views her own funeral in her head. At one point she thought, My ...
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Makes It Hard Smoking Marijuana
683 wordsMarijuana is Marijuana 3 MARIJUANA Marijuana is the third most valuable cash crop in the U. S. Many people harvest it in Mexico. A few years ago money was made excessively from the importation of this drug. The money made was about 15 billion dollars. Most people think that Marijuana, Mary Jane, is addictive. Researchers now say that Marijuana is not addictive, and it soothes and relaxes the body. Marijuana s scientific name is Cannabis Sativa. It is one of the oldest mind altering drugs used. H...
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