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showed that marijuana, when smoked, lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in people with normal pressure and those with glaucoma." In a documentary called “Weed,” Sanjay Gupta interviewed the Figi family, who treated their 5-year-old daughter using a medical marijuana strain high in cannabidiol and low in THC. She has Dravet Syndrome and the marijuana decreased her seizures from 300 a week to just one every seven days. The doctors who recommended this treatment said the cannabidiol in the plant…

to keep child with disabilities at home with no medical education or social support, or send their child to professionals with others with disabilities -More than a million people in the United States had been committed to mental…

v. British Columbia (Education), 2012). Research has shown that on third of Canadians families with children who had LD could not afford the supports and services needs for their children (Learning Disabilities Association of Canada, 2007). Moreover, the Learning Disabilities Association (2007) revealed that Canadians with LD were more likely to experience greater levels of stress and poorer mental health than the general…

direct application of a means of suicide by the doctors themselves (American Nurses Association). Laws legalizing assisted suicide have been passed around like a hot potato and rejected almost every time. Even in places it is legalized, assisted suicide is an unthinkable course of action, regardless of a patient's situation or suffering. Others feel they should be able to choose whether and when…

Americans that use marijuana are at risk of acquiring a job do to their habits. Also marijuana take away necessary money from the economy and finally marijuana is being marketed to teens like having a winning season to raider fans. As hard as the economy is legalizing pot isn 't going to make it any better "As a career counselor in the San Francisco Bay Area—epicenter of “medical” marijuana use–I’ve had many clients who need to find a job…

Cardiovascular Disease: The Forms, The Risks, and The Prevention The heart is an amazing and essential organ to the human body. It pumps blood in and out, through a complex system consisting of arteries, venioles, and veins. This system is known as the cardiovascular system. The heart delivers blood to the organs and tissues in the body. Without a heart, basic biology tells us, we die. The heart we are born with is the heart that we must take care of, if we want to live a long life. One…

facilities. All of these programs provide the students with a high school diploma along with a certification from their specialty. How much work this will require from the student? The pressures of a normal high school…

Throughout high school, I was never the kid who got out of their comfort zone. I went about my entire four years talking to the same group of friends and only focused on getting good grades. This has come to be one of my biggest regrets. Looking back, I wish I had gotten involved in clubs around campus and even sought out leadership positions in these clubs to not only develop my leadership skills, but also make important connections with my peers. At the time, I didn’t realize the importance of…

Ornella Nzau Professor Latoya Watkins Englisg1302 10/17/2016 Abortion Throughout the world, the number of abortion has highly increased. Abortion is defined as the termination of a pregnancy.it is the killing or the removal of an unborn baby. Abortion is legal in the United States where as some of the states do not encourage and permit it. Although the U.S Supreme Court has stated abortion to be a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S constitution, abortion is consider unsafe. More than…

A 2015 Stanford Medical School article examines this very crisis. The article states that sleep is vital to one’s health because it plays a major function in cognitive development and behavior (Richter). The author explains that while one is asleep, the body itself is at rest, but the brain is full of action. It is believed that during this time, important events are underway. Sleep has been found to regulate emotion, behavior, store memories, and to allow the body to heal. Not obtaining the…