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Nerve Cells Withdrawal Symptoms
606 wordsIf you have ever seen "The Wizard of Oz" then you " ve seen the poppy plant. This plant is the source of a group of drugs called opiates. The Latin name for this poppy, Paper Somniferum, literally means "the poppy that makes you sleepy. " This class of drugs has many legitimate medical uses, but it is often abused. Many people find the effects of the opiate narcotics very desirable, and it for this reason that the opiates are often abused. Opiates are made from opium, a white liquid in the poppy...
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Taking Sides Clashing Sides Clashing Views
1,966 wordsMany of us are use to hearing about the War on Drugs or Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), but not every day we hear about groups trying to stop mothers from killing their unborn child. The method that these mothers are using to kill or permanently hurt their unborn child is by using drugs during their pregnancy. Should these women go to jail for murdering or should they get help and pretend that nothing happened? Like every situation in our life, we must do what is right, and we must fight f...
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Saturday Night Live Beverly Hills
1,028 words"Dear Lord, as I stumble through this life help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more happiness than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so blase that I fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a child, or a twinkle in the eyes of the aged. "Never let me forget my work is to cheer people, make them happy, make them laugh, make them forget at least for a moment the unpleasantness in their life. Never let me acquire success to the point that I discontinue calling...
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Drug User Young People
551 wordsThe current debate in Australia about the heroin crisis is centred on the drug, and the high cost to individuals and society of its addiction. It is an emotional debate based on fear and fuelled by myths. The picture of a junkie who is shooting up in a dirty alleyway is a potent theme in these myths. (Alcorn and Brady 1999) In the article "Heroin - the Bogyman of the Frightened ' 90 s", the authors outline some of these myths and how they dominate the current debate on the heroin crisis. The art...
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Compulsive Gambling Desperation Phase Gambler
526 wordsMoney is put into a slot. More money comes out at the bottom. Gambling can become an addiction called compulsive gambling Compulsive gambling is a illness and addiction that affects the gambler, the family, the employer and the community. It is called the "hidden illness" since there is no smell on the breath nor stumbling of steps or speech. Nonetheless, it is as debilitating as alcohol or drug addiction. In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association accepted pathological (compulsive) gambling ...
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Parts Of The Body First Drink Alcohol
574 wordsAlcohol is a legal drug and is readily available, yet alcohol is more powerful and addictive than most drugs in the black market. It is also found in almost every society. Alcohol has been defined as the inability of a person to guarantee its behavior after the first drink. Unlike stimulants, alcohol depresses the functioning of the nervous system beginning with the first drink. Alcoholism is found through addiction, dependence, depression, and also genetically, but relates to severe damage to m...
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Commonly Referred Receptor Sites
915 wordsIt is used in offices, parties, on street corners, in homes, and even in schools. With so much widespread abuse, cocaine is in extreme demand. Cocaine abuse has risen 118 % since 1990, and continues to rise. Cocaine addiction is easy to understand it [cocaine] produces a good feeling, so naturally people would tend to want more of it. The question now though, is how does it produce these feelings, and why is the addiction so strong. By taking a look at cocaine from its entrance into the body, to...
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Wasn T Couldn T
1,296 wordsOn October 21, 1917, John Birks Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was the youngest of 14 children. His father was a poor farmer and a skilled amateur musician. He played bass in his own band and owned all the instruments because most of the other players were so poor that they would sell the instruments for money to buy food if they had them. The town of Cheraw was primarily black town and was very poor. By the time John was 7, he was beginning to learn that noone would take care ...
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Pursuit Of Happiness Drug Abuse
975 wordsDrug Legalization: Look at the Big Picture Drug abuse has progressively, over the last thirty years, become a tool for crime organizations and bureaucracies, independent and under the control of the federal government, used to transform drug addiction into a profit through the passage of countless laws against drug abuse. Gore Vidal's assertive essay communicated his belief that drug addiction should be legalized in order to ensure the eventual well-being and individual freedom guaranteed to Ame...
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Substance Abuse Psychiatric Disorders
1,625 wordsThere are many theories of alcoholism, and some approaches explain and treat certain alcoholics better than others. One of the common themes throughout the readings is that addicts display a range of personal and situational problems. There is no typical addicted personality or emotional problem (Allen, 1996). Because of these facts, it comes as no surprise that there are also no typical assessment or treatment for these individuals. For instance, a medical / disease model of alcoholism may be m...
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Searches And Seizures Anabolic Steroids
1,667 wordsFrom workplace to school, from professional sports to the armed forces, the advent of drug-testing procedures has stirred debate and controversy. The issue of drug testing in athletics seems to be the most prevalent debate. An incident that really brought drug testing into the spotlight is the track and field event in the 1988 Summer World Olympic Games. The two competitors in the limelight were Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson, both excellent and very emulating runners who have beaten each other in p...
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Heroin Addicts Illicit Drug
804 wordsEnglish Argumentative Essay Heroin Shooting Galleries Essay, English Argumentative Essay Heroin Shooting Galleries That heroin trials should be considered as a new option to stop death by overdose. The use of heroin has been a long standing problem in society and nothing is going to change. Despite popular belief, it is here to stay. Since the strategy of heroin trials has been proposed it has brought out negative views suggesting that it is the wrong approach. Then what is the right approach? C...
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Legalization Of Drugs Prohibition Of Alcohol
952 wordsGun Control is not Crime Control Americans are faced with an ever-increasing problem of violence. The streets of America are now a war zone. Teenage gangsters murder one another for drug territory, and innocent victims are caught in the crossfire. However, most recent and most abhorrent, is our children are killing one another. They are killing with extreme prejudice. Our children are killing, exhibiting little or no remorse for lives they have taken. We cannot ignore the carnage our society end...
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Addiction To Alcohol God Damn
950 wordsSummary A workaholic husband Unbreakable Unbreakable Summary A workaholic husband cant see that he has contributed to his wifes alcohol addiction. Characters Virginia: A once happy wife to Drazic, but Drazic has been neglecting her and this has turned her towards alcohol for support. She is in her mid 30 s and before the addiction to alcohol, she was quite pretty. Drazic: He is the typical controlling male and believes that he always knows best. Not realising that he has been hurting his wife, h...
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Escape His Fate Heroin Addiction
862 wordsFame and Misfortune Luck works in strange ways. In 1994 when sublime s first cd 40 oz to Freedom starting getting play on L. A. s KROQ, Bradley Nowell never knew just how much fame he would achieve. Bradley was your typical surf-rat from south Cali. He got his first guitar at 12. He grew up listening to punk bands like the Circle Jerks, the Ramones, and the Misfits. Sublime consisted of Bradley Nowell, Floyd Bud Gough, and Eric Wilson. They were big on the campus of CSULB (California State Unive...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Low Birth Weight
2,039 wordsFetal Alcohol Syndrome Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is an increasing problem in our world today. At least 5, 000 infants are born each year with FAS, or about one out of every 750 live births, which is an alarming number. In the United States there has been a significant increase in the rate of infants born with FAS form 1 per 10, 000 births in 1979 to 6. 7 per 10, 000 in 1993 (Chang, Wilkins-Haug, Berman, Goetz 1). In a report, Substance Abuse and the American Woman, sent out by the Center on Addicti...
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Princess Of Wales Time And Money
1,712 wordsThroughout her life all eyes were always on Princess Diana. Millions came to identify with her and, when she died, they felt as though they have lost a best friend. More than a year after the sudden end of her privileged but imperfect life, Princess Diana's charity work still motivates many others to donate their own time in hopes to help the lives of others. Through the vigorous fund raising and campaigning, Princess Diana has greatly effected the lives of the patients she has reached out to. T...
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Heroin Addicts Illicit Drug
753 wordsThe use of heroin has been a long-standing problem in society and nothing is going to change. Despite popular belief, it is here to stay. Since the strategy of heroin trials has been proposed it has brought out negative views suggesting that it is the wrong approach. Then what is the right approach? Continue twiddling or thumbs and crossing our fingers in the hope that the occasional heroin bust will do something more than put a scratch in the solid foundation that is the illicit drug trade? Thi...
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Makes It Hard Alcohol And Drug Abuse
1,400 wordsMany homeless people have mental illnesses and it is not easy for them to restart their lives and get a job. Many of them also have drug or alcohol problems, which makes it very difficult to get a long term job making enough income to support themselves. Homeless people need help getting off the streets but are unable to do it by themselves. People should not just give the homeless the cold shoulder and keep on walking like nothing is wrong. In order for the homeless problem to stop, we the peop...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Smoking Marijuana
1,732 wordsLegalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the dried flower clusters and leaves of the hemp plant when taken to induce euphoria. Marijuana has been in existence for centuries even Magellan spoke of it during his trip to India. In his log he spoke of a plant that you smoked that made a man drunk without drinking. Marijuana would be beneficial if legalized because it would bring in extra money, it has medical uses, hemp is one of the best materials in the world and on average it is healthier for you t...
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