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    Meth As A Social Problem

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    Chapter 8 Assignment Describe the meth epidemic as a social problem. Late predominance and start information infer that the methamphetamine scourge is bouncing back following quite a long while of decrease. The quantity of new clients expanded generously too, and meth and lab seizures are on the ascent. It investigates the relationship between current patterns and laws constraining or restricting the offer of meth antecedent items. At long last, it offers conceivable strategy arrangements…

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    The passage is an excerpt from the book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. The main idea of the passage is that we are slowly censoring nature and children are becoming less and less interested and aware of the outside world. He use many devices, such as appeals to logos and pathos, and current events and trends to convince the reader. Does it make sense to want someone to do something, but give them numerous more things to do instead? Jouv uses…

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    Raising The Drinking Age

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    In the United States, millions of people, ranging from teenagers, adults, and elderlies, practice the infamous habit of drinking alcohol. Since all the fifty states passed a law raising the legal minimum drinking age to twenty-one, many of the U.S. demographics have invested tremendous effort into lowering it down to the age of eighteen. Decades has passed and still the debate about drinking age continuous to be one of the most controversial subject in the twenty first century. Numerous worried…

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    Disparity In Sentencing

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    2015; Vagins & McCurdy, 2006). The issue of disparity in sentencing extends past cocaine and onto Amphetamine and Cathinone, the active ingredient in khat. The molecular structure between Cathinone and Amphetamine are almost identical, both are stimulants and have potential for addiction (big piece of scheduling), but khat is almost exclusively found in communities that hail from the Horn of African or Arabian Peninsula. What are the differences between khat and crack cases? Some khat cases…

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    Although all sports can be both physically and emotionally beneficial, swimming produces brain chemicals that stimulate muscle contractions and generate substances, called hormones, that may help promote a sense of well-being and higher self-esteem. Serotonin influences mood and helps control the brain’s response to stress and anxiety (Millehan, 2011). A study evaluated 141 anxiety levels of female college students in relation to their swimming skills. The results confirmed a moderately strong…

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    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, otherwise known as ADHD is a mental disorder that disrupts the individual’s ability to focus and concentrate. ADHD is treated with a drug whose major function is to increase activity of the central nervous system combating those side effects called Adderall. This treatment is used in children, adolescents and adults alike. (Sherzada, 2). Adderall is administered orally and usually reaches the brain in three hours (Sherzada, 6). The maximum recommended…

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    Nicotine Vs Tobacco

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    days when Christopher Columbus first discovered the land. The Europeans that accompanied Columbus got introduced to this herb by the natives who lived there. One of the major reasons tobacco is ingested is because it contains nicotine, which is a stimulant type of drug. Although many people may find enjoyment out of the use of nicotine, cigarettes and other tobacco-related products contribute to thousands of deaths annually; they are a serious health hazard and they need to be prohibited.…

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    Smoking Seniors

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    Goal: Educating on medical marijuana and seniors Total Words in this Document: Title: Smoking Seniors: What You Need to Know About Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana has become a hot topic around the country in the past few years, as residents in various states push for the legal use of cannabis to relieve the symptoms and pains that accompany a wide variety of diseases and illnesses. New studies and polls show that an increasing number of Americans 55 years or older are using marijuana…

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    Psychedelic Drugs Essay

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    that the immediate association was with “hippies” and the early 1960’s. These substances belong to a group of drugs known as all arounders. An all arounder is a substance that is typically a drug that is known to produce effects at times of both a stimulant and depressant. In addition the all arounder has additional psychedelic effects that can lead to possible hallucinations or impair or alter the perception of the user’s reality. Many of the psychedelic substances have been used long before…

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    vacuum assisted delivery. Nurses have many interventions that can be put in place to reduce the use of VAVD such as, an upright lateral position to facilitate fetal decent, use of analgesia, and the administration of endogenous hormone and uterine stimulant oxytocin (Lacker, 2012). Nurses can also help to prevent the unnecessary use of vacuum devices during delivery by, encouraging the patient to delay pushing for two to three hours during the second stage of labor or until the urge to push is…

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