Ergot

A neutral question is a question posed to a person with data collection by thestions allowing the person to answer in their own words based on the data collected. The speaker is supposed to teach the learner what he or she knows not based on their own views, but by what they actually know as a fact. Even though it seems to be level one curriculum, examining and writing a neutral question is more than just a yes or no question. For being biased on an opinionated question is almost impossible when…

less nutritious food available. This of course lead them to become very weak at times and more vulnerable to sickness both spiritual and physical. Including but not limited to bread made from rye grain that had been infected by a fungus, known as ergot that is known to have toxic effects on the Brain. And some of the same symptoms that the accused where showing. Including fits of shaking screaming and crawling under tables and barking like a dog and growling. The end of the trials was a time of…

The topic today is abortions. Ending a pregnancy is something many women don’t talk about publicly. Abortion is a difficult decision. It poses many personal and ethical questions. When can a fetus be considered a human life? At conception? In the sixth month of pregnancy? At birth? Is abortion okay when a woman's health would be harmed by continuing the woman the pregnancy all the way to childbirth? What if the woman feels that she could not properly take care of the child? Is abortion justified…

antiwar demonstrations, and the counterculture. It is a home grown drugs that is produced mostly in the US and its mostly motorcycle gangs that traffic it from state to state. LSD is manufactured from lysergic acid, which can be found in the plant ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains. LSD can be sold in tablets and capsules, it is rarely sold in liquid form. It is a drug that most user take orally. The high that LSD causes is called “trips” and are usually long and last for hours.…

The Salem Witch Trials began in the spring of 1692 after a group of young girls claimed that they were being possessed by the devil and blamed several local women of witchcraft. (Salem Witch Trials) Panic spread throughout Massachusetts and a special court gathered to hear the variety of widespread cases. About 150 men and women were later accused in the following months and the hysteria continued. However, by September of 1692, public opinion began to turn away from these trials and later the…

Lysergic Acid Diethylamid, or LSD, is a hallucinogenic drug formed from a fungus, ergot, that typically grows on rye and wheat. It was initially discovered in 1938 by Swiss chemist, Albert Hofmann. Hofmann originally began his research with the compound in hopes of finding additional treatments for migraines as well as gynecological issues. However, when Hofmann accidentally consumed some of the drug in 1943, he incidentally discovered the sensory distortions and hallucinations it induced. Once…

The Salem witch trials began in February 1692 when two young children, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris, began to act in a strange manner (chronology of events relating to the Salem witch trials, n.d.), showing signs of fits and hysterics (important persons in the Salem court records, n.d.). During this period in time where fear of the devil was much more common and superstition was a part of daily life for practically everyone it was easiest to blame witchcraft when both girls spoke of…

Honors English IV Mrs. Andrews 23-November 2015 LSD LSD-25 was among one of the drugs that CIA scientists tested, LSD seemed to have one of the highest potential for use in intelligence gathering. The CIA studied and utilized LSD extensively from the early fifties until 1963, when they stopped using it. Psychologists, who had been steadily building data that supported the therapeutic side of LSD, they were forced to stop their research. Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Richard Alpert of Harvard…

Have you ever wondered what it was like for the girls of the Salem witch trials? In the trials many young girls were accused of using magic, many of which were falsely accused. This paper will touch on the main points of the trials and will also talk about witchcraft itself. This paper will also include how witchcraft may affect us in the modern day. The history of witchcraft goes as far back as the early days of humankind.The first witch hunt was in 1022 A.D when they burned one witch. A…

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