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Medicinal Marijuana Illicit Drug
844 wordsFor the past fifty years, heated debates over the topic of the decriminalization of marijuana have been a great controversy among politicians. Some politicians believe that marijuana for the use of medicine should be outlawed. As Congressman Bob Barr in his debate with radio talk show host Neil Boortz on May 14, 2002, stated, 'There is no legitimate medical use whatsoever for marijuana. This [marijuana] is not medicine. This is bogus witchcraft. It has no place in medicine, no place in pain reli...
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Antidepressant Medications Blood Pressure
698 wordsThe most outstanding behavior seen in an anorexic includes a conservative rigidity, outward compliance toward others alternating with temper-tantrum behavior, and repetitious patterns normal in the infant and toddler but not in the adolescent (Levenkron 3 - 4). Anorexics also have peculiar behavior with food. Some prepare elaborate meals for families, but eat nothing themselves, or they toy with food on their plate and eventually throw the whole meal away (Marx 51). Depending on which perspectiv...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Cerebrospinal Fluid
1,099 wordsMeningitis Meningitis (or cerebrospinal meningitis) is the inflammation or infection of the tissues (dura mater of brain or spinal cord, pia mater of brain, cranial arachnoid or arachnoid of spinal cord) that cover spinal cord and the brain. Consequently, different types of microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, funds, etc) can cause meningitis. Infectiologists consider that under certain circumstances any microorganism can cause meningitis at any person of any age. However, infants and children up ...
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Vice Versa Back Pain
1,011 wordsBack pain Back pain has become something we got used to. 35 % of 46, 860 respondents had used alternative therapies for a variety of problems, 40 % of whom had chiropractic treatment for back pain (Consumer Reports, 18). Modern medicine offers many ways to cure the disease. Lets examine two main approaches: medical and chiropractic treatment. First of all, lets compare these professions. Chiropractic medicine is, first of all, a philosophy. It is a science, the art of health. It is a new branch ...
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Romeo And Juliet People
420 wordsRomeo and Juliet: Medicines Used In The Renaissance Romeo and Juliet both killed themselves with poison, although it was not synthetic drugs. The poison had to be as powerful, some scholars believe that it was hemlock that sealed the fate of the two start crossed love, other are skeptical, but we will probably never know. The methods and medicines used in Renaissance and Medieval times were very primitive compared to todays standards. medical concepts were magical and demoniacal. With no anesthe...
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Selective Serotonin Antidepressant Medications
563 wordsGenerally, depression is regarded as an illness due to an imbalance of serotonin in the brain. When seen as such, depression can no longer be considered a? mental illness, ? but instead must be categorized with physical illnesses that also have causes, symptoms, and remedies. There are also various types of depression, including Dysthymia, Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, and Bipolar disorder, which is also called manic depression 1. These types all differ slightly in the severity of their sy...
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Type Of Cloning Genetically Identical
1,476 wordsDuring the past few centuries, technology has reached a new level. With breakthroughs from the invention of electricity to the development of the Internet, these advances have made a huge impact on society. Every day brings the question of what will come next, and what technologies will further enhance the world. Science fiction novels and movies are essentially based on the wonder of future technologies. One of the biggest issues in the development of technology is cloning. The word clone is us...
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Ethan And Mattie Ethan Frome
1,502 wordsGerard Moreno September 10, 1999 Ethan Frome Edith Wharton Novel Charles Scribner's Sons United States of America 1939 Plot Summary This book begins with a Prologue and ends with an Epilogue. It begins with the narrator stuck in the snow and unable to get home. Ethan Frome gives him a ride to his house so he can stay there and sleep unit the storm dies down. The narrator has always been curious about Ethan Frome and others in the New England town that they lived in. During the narrators short st...
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Snyder 1985 P Century B C
1,309 wordsFacts About Marijuana- Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth Century B. C. , it was used as an incense by the Assyrians Herbal, a Chinese book of medicine from the second Century B. C. , was first to describe it in print. It was used as an anesthetic 5, 000 years ago in ancient china. Many ( ) an...
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Genetic Modification Human Race
632 wordsThe Genetic Modification Genetic Modification The idea of genetic modification is one of the biggest and most controversial issues in modern times. It is the manipulation of genes, transferring genetic material from one organism to another. The question we ask ourselves is it really necessary and is it cruel to the animal involved. Yes, the method behind genetic modification is that it may take up to 40 sheep just to produce on transgenic sheep. Surely this is pathetic and shows how unpredictabl...
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Japanese Soldiers Human Race
378 wordsI was really moved and touched by that one specific incident that Prof. Michael Norman shared in his lecture, which was about some Japanese soldiers, who were secretly giving medicines to some of the Filipino soldiers, who fell ill while inside the work camp. As Prof. Norman had mentioned, it was the human heart at work. Indeed it was. That despite the numerous tragedies in human history, because of the prevalence of the human heart, the human goodness, we can still speak of hope. Because even t...
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Bulimia Nervosa Eating Habits
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Marijuana Tax Act Billions Of Dollars
1,562 wordsIs The Il legalization of Marijuana Valid? The debate over the legalization of Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has been one of the most heated controversies ever to occur in the United States. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in many countries world wide and is documented as far back as 2700 BC in ancient Chinese writings. When someone says ganja, cannabis, bung, dope, grass, rasta, or weed, they are talking about the same subject: marijuana. Marijuana ...
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Types Of Cancer Nausea Vomiting
957 wordsDuring a shower one-day, you notice a lump that was not otherwise there. The next day you see a doctor. The lump you have identified is diagnosed as cancer. Now you need to figure out what to do. There is no absolute cure for cancer, but there are different ways to treat it. Doctors use according methods like radiation, chemotherapy or drugs to treat various types of cancer. Another way of treating cancer is with alternative forms of medicine by using acupuncture and natural herbal remedies. The...
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Smoking Marijuana Medical Marijuana
815 wordsMarijuana should be legalized in the United States for medical uses because it has been found to be useful in the treatment of many illnesses, as well as having many medical benefits. Marijuana is from the flower of the ganja plant; it is a mild, non-addictive drug with hallucinogenic properties. The are FDA recognizes and has provided permits for 8 medical marijuana patients in the United States. (1) Many individual states have their own provisions for medical use of marijuana and it is also re...
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Central Nervous System Anabolic Steroids
1,185 wordsDrug and medicine- As our understanding of the chemical basis for biology has grown, we have learned more about how molecules which constitute life. Many scientists are beginning to understand the connections between the physical and psychological matters and the molecules that cause them. As a result, we can now use these new understandings of medicine against any dangerous or unpleasant conditions. For example, depression can be treated with drugs that can revive the brain to its normal level....
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Opium Poppy Highly Addictive
552 wordsNarcotics are drugs Narcotics Narcotics Narcotics are drugs that excite the nervous system. Most narcotics are made from the opium poppy, (Paper Somniferum) which is found mainly in Asia. Narcotics were the first drugs used as medicines. They can relieve physical and emotional pain, and for this reason, they made very good medicines. The problem with narcotics is that they are highly addictive, and they make people develop tolerance. There are many different narcotics, the most common being hero...
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Food And Drug Progressive Era
453 wordsThe Progressive Era produced widespread consumer, labor, and political changes in our country in the late 1800 s. For a while a basic principle inherited from Great Britain was used by American businesses, which led to consumer protection. Many labor laws were passed to protect workers who were injured on the job. Political changes had a major effect for many voters during the Progressive Era. Progressive Reform has had a major effect on the past and the present and will continue to have a major...
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Roger Chillingworth Dynamic Characters
375 wordsThe Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne uses several dynamic characters to develop the plot of the novel. A dynamic character is a character that changes or evolves through the course of a story. Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth were all dynamic characters. The character that changed the most through the course of the story, though, was Roger Chillingworth. In chapter three we learned that Hester s husband was a learned man of English birth. He was calm in temperament, ...
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Played A Part Montague And Capulets
1,383 wordsfriar Shakespeare The friar was a meddling fool and if he had not interfered then Romeo & Juliet would have lived. Discuss Friar Lawrence although by no means the main character, played never the less a key role in the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. In this essay I? m going to write about whom the Friar is, what his role is in the play. The issue? s of how his character influences the play, if he was responsible for Romeo & Juliet deaths, and whether he could have prevented the tragedy w...
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