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Tobacco And Alcohol Rain Forests
789 wordsLegally defined, marijuana consists of the dried leaves and flowers of the plant Cannabis sativa. Cannabis is one of the most ancient and historically important of cultivated plants. Hemp or Cannabis has been cultivated for at least 6000 years (Frank 3). On account of the many advantages that this multipurpose plant offers, I see reason to believe that it should be legalized, to the public, in all forms. The legalization of hemp would reduce the size of our overpopulated jails. As a result, mill...
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Child And Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy Of Child
660 wordsThe Misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder ADD is a disorder that is very challenging to diagnose because the symptoms can be varying in number and intensity can show a positive diagnosis. Even the official scale of DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders); created and updated by the American Medical Association; can be questioned for validity. In the past ten years there have been many studies done on the problems of over-diagnosis and over-prescription. Because it is ...
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National Institute Of Health Institute Of Medicine
797 wordsThe Use of Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes Marijuana is illegal because of its classification as an illicit drug, but there are some issues that have been established saying that this illicit drug has improved the treatment for suffering patients. Marijuana has lots of beneficial effects when used in medicinal settings for the treatment of pain; but it should be an administered drug for patients who can benefit from the use of this drug. Marijuana has had analysis for its use as a medicine and ...
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Food And Drug Administration Johns Wort
882 wordsA Debate Over Prozac and St. Johns Wort Prescriptions for numerous anti-depressants drugs are at an all time high especially in the United States. Due to the increasing number of people with mental illnesses such as depression, many vitamins and prescriptions have been discovered to hopefully alleviate this problem. One of the most recent discoveries is a prescription called Prozac, and a vitamin called St. Johns Wort. Due to these recent discoveries a debate has occurred over the effectiveness ...
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Marijuana For Medical Purposes Legalization Of Marijuana
600 wordsBoth California and Arizona have taken the long needed initiative and approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The California bill says that patients may use marijuana with a doctor's recommendation. It does not, however, allow doctors to prescribe the drug. Arizona voters passed a bill that swings out even further to the left than California's. Voters in Arizona think that people should be able to use any illicit drug for bona fide medical purposes. A recommendation by two doctors is...
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Drug Store Health Practitioners
439 wordsAs a pharmacist, your job is to dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and to provide information to the patients about the medication they are using. Pharmacists advise other physicians and other health practitioners on the drugs prescribed. A Pharmacist may inform the doctor of dosages, interactions, and the side effects of medications. A pharmacist must understand the use, composition, and effects of all drugs. Today pharmacists are going beyond the traditional...
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Brave New World Subliminal Messages
680 wordsAldous Huxley's Brave New World presents a portrait of a society which is apparently a perfect world. At first inspection, it seems perfect in many ways: it is care free, problem free and depression free. All aspects of the population are controlled: both as to number, social class, and mental ability. Even history is controlled and re-written to meet the needs of the party. Solidity must be maintained at all costs. In the new world which Huxley creates, if there were even a hint of anger, the w...
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Autoimmune Diseases Immune System
734 wordsSystemic lupus erythematosus, or simply lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease or immune system malfunction. A person's immune system normally protects the person from viruses, bacteria and other foreign materials. When a person has an autoimmune diseases like lupus, the immune system turns against itself and attacks itself. Lupus does not have a known cause, and because of that it has no known cure. The exact cause of lupus is unknown, but scientists suspect that it is likely to be a combination...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Marijuana As A Medicine
626 wordsPeople have been using Marijuana as a medicine for thousands of years, beginning in China, India, and the Middle East. The plant's therapeutic potential became known in Western countries during the nineteenth century. From 1840 to 1900, more than a hundred articles on cannabis appeared in European and American medical journals, recommending it as an appetite stimulant, muscle relaxant, painkiller, sedative, and anti-convulsions. The use of Marijuana should be legalized for the benefits of indivi...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Marijuana As A Medicine
1,215 wordsIn most countries, marijuana is by law illegal because of its classification as an illicit drug, but the controversial issues have been established that this? illicit drug? has improved the course of treatment for suffering patients. Marijuana has beneficial effects when used in medicinal scenarios like for example for the treatment of pain. Thus it should be an administered drug for patients who can benefit from the use of this drug. It has undergone analysis for its use as a medicine and the r...
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Renaissance And Modern Gender Roles
1,245 wordsGender role is defined simply as the perceived set of expectations, attitudes, and life goals of a particular gender. But who defines these expectations, and for what reason? Why is it ok for a boy to be a fireman, but not a nurse? Why are females discouraged from being discourteous and loud, where it is almost expected of men to do so? Someone or something had to have prescribed these roles for us to follow. - Without much effort, most of the above question is answered with a quick glance at hi...
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Code Of Conduct Twenty Four
799 wordsJainism is one of the world's oldest religions whose roots go back to times before recorded history. Those who follow Jainism are known as Jain or the followers of Jinas, from whom the teachings of this religion have been derived. Jainism's teachers of old whose wisdom and spiritual evolution are most revered are known as tirthankara's or "builders of the ford. " The teachings of these builders ultimately lead humans across the endless cycle of rebirth to spiritual release. Symbolically, this en...
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Adverse Reactions Chicken Pox
1,032 wordsIn 1996 a mother took her six-month-old son, Jonah, to the doctor to get his DPT vaccination. Two days later, Jonah came down with an ear infection. Bobbie took him into the doctor and the child was given a prescription of amoxicillin. The ear infection soon healed and all went well for about two months when the infection returned. Bobbie again took Jonah to the physician where he, this time, gave the boy a stronger form of amoxicillin. Again the infection soon diminished. About four months late...
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Socio Cultural Management Plan
1,263 wordsDepression Introduction This assignment will look at a case study of a adult female who presents herself with a three month of hospitalization. The patient is getting divorce after 22 years. She sees suicide as an ideal but has no plan of action. She also suffers from abnormal sleeping patterns, waking at night and lacks concentration on her work. In the context of the above scenario we will look at diagnostic possibilities, possible causes for the depression, impact on her life, relevant safety...
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Brave New World Huxley Creates
628 wordsBrave New World: The Perfect World? Aldous Huxley's Brave New World presents a portrait of a society which is superficially a perfect world. At first inspection, it seems perfect in many ways: it is carefree, problem free and depression free. All aspects of the population are controlled: number, social class, and intellectual ability are all carefully regulated. Even history is controlled and rewritten to meet the needs of the party. Stability must be maintained at all costs. In the new world wh...
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Wife And Mother Nineteenth Century
1,221 wordsEnglish 1020 April 1, 2000 On the Other Side of the Slammed Door in A Doll House Nora Helmer s decision to leave her family in Henrik Helmer's s 1879 play A Doll House reflects the dilemma faced by many nineteenth-century women who were forced either to conform to highly restrictive gender roles or to abandon these roles in order to realize their value as individuals. Although Ibsen brings his audience to the moment that Nora chooses to disregard her social role and opt for her freedom, his play...
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Effects Of Marijuana Smoked Marijuana
1,132 wordsFor the last fifty years there have been various debates over the legalization of cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, for it s medicinal potential. Many people in society are aware of the harmful and long-term effects of marijuana, and therefore are strongly opposed the drug. What people and governments around the world fail see is that marijuana has plenty of benefits, and could in fact, serve as a useful drug in the medical field. There have been millions of dollars spent to res...
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Drug Enforcement Agency President Bill Clinton
733 wordsPro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physicians Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for whom it alleviates the severe nausea that is often accompanies chemo...
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Anabolic Steroids Mood Swings
1,042 wordsYouve seen them, and you thought you knew what was going on. The muscle-heads at the gym, the all-star basketball player, the amazing offensive tackle, and the lightning fast swimmer. All of them used steroids, and you knew it. They were all unnaturally strong, and looked like gods. But what you could not see is the terrible side effects which come through the use of anabolic steroids. These powerful drugs have both positive and negative results from their use. Along with increased strength and ...
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Love And Support Deep Depression Suicide
605 wordsSuicide... a serious problem that has no blanket solution. Thesis of this essay is to write about the solution to a problem. In mycale, the? problem? is suicide and in suicide there is no real? solution? . There are many ways to help one who is suicidal, and different precautions, such as: hotlines, counseling, and programs. Medications that you can prescribe to them also can help. Other than that, it? s pretty much up to your love and support to keep them alive. Some hotlines, and web sites tha...
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