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    Satire On Drugs

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    time we take pills, we are actually gambling with our lives. Drugs that are considered safe are in reality, harmful. It is our worst nightmare because with a few pills, drugs can ruin our lives and futures. Dr. Peter Gotzsche, the Director of the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen and an author, was interviewed about drugs. He said, “Our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. Our drugs kill around 200,000 people in America every year, and half…

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    Irine Kalida Movie Review

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    1(a). The first scene that caught my attention revolved around a Ugandan woman named Irine Kaliba. Her husband had contracted AIDS by his brother through a blood transfusion. She went to the WHO in Genevia in search for a cure, but when told she could not speak to Dr. Jonathon Mann without an appointment, she broke down in tears. This, in my opinion, was one of the most emotional and effective moments in the film. It showed not only the effects of the virus on the individual itself, but…

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    from bloodborne pathogens, they can damage many important organs and are spread in many ways. The most common and life threatening bloodborne pathogen is HBV, which we will focus on. Drug injections are the most prominent source of infection for hepatitis, roughly sixty-percent were infected through some kind of drug injection. Hepatitis is also a sexually transmitted disease (STD), meaning hepatitis can be given to another person by sexual means. Roughly fifteen percent of people with hepatitis…

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    Introduction: Over the years, the amount of people died from drug overdoses increased in the United States. Also, “in 2009 drug-induced deaths overtook traffic accidents as the number one external cause of death, with 39,147 deaths” (Swensen, 2014). Substance abuse including alcohol and drugs is linked to different negative social conditions, such as family disruptions, financial issues, school failure, decrease or lost in productivity, crime, child abuse, and domestic violence. In addition,…

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    around. The ability to get prescribed medications from a doctor has be has become a popular way of getting medication legally, but then selling it illegally. In fact, prescription drugs are now killing far more people than illegal drugs. While most major causes of preventable deaths are declining, those from prescription drug use are increasing, an analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by the…

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    Crystal Meth

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    Caffeine is a major licit drug in America today. Common saying is in selling this is “AMERICAS CUP OF COFFEE”. Routs of admission: drinking it through cups or bottles (oral), pill form. Less common effects are listed in my next sentence. Less: vomiting of blood material looking like coffee grounds, weakness or tiredness, swelling of the face ankles or hands, rapid breathing or slowing of breath, lightheadedness, irritation, indigestion, headache, muscle twitching, persistent bleeding, rash,…

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    about the thing you have been giving him for free lately and i was wondering if you would give me some also just to try” the homeless man became very angry with Amy and also Tom because Tom told him he would not tell anyone where he was getting the drugs from. the homeless man all of a sudden stepped into the bright street light and yelled “i hate your husband now because he is nothing but a liar!” out of nowhere, before Amy could react, she heard a loud BANG! as the homeless man pulled the…

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    take LSD diffused into a sugar cube. 5. When a person uses drugs like LSD they begin to feel the difference 20 to 90 minutes after taking the drug. A “trip” can also last for up to 12 hours. The effects of taking LDS are “Distortion or…

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    Marijuana Bright Side OR Positive Side of the Green Marijuana has become a subject of huge controversy it today’s society. The consumption of marijuana has highly increased upon the time. According to statistic, marijuana has become the more used drug in the United States. Therefore, this shows that keeping it illegal does not reduce its use. Likewise, the fact of smoking marijuana does not mean that the person consuming it is a bad person; in fact, he or she may be a role model citizen.…

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    Although some may believe that the nature of drug addiction comes from an irresistible desire to consume rather than the environmental circumstances they are in, it in fact seems likely that drug addiction can occur for several different reasons. Drug consumption and abuse has been and still is a huge controversial topic around the world. Many people may enjoy the feeling of certain substances while others turn to the use of drugs to adapt to tough environmental situations. In chapter seven of…

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