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- 641: History and Uses of Marijuana
- ... beverage, or into some sort of lotion, using butter, fat, oil, or alcohol. One chemical, cannabinol, may be useful to help people who cannot sleep. Another is taken from premature buds and is called cannabidiolic acid. It is a powerful disinfectant. Marijuana dissolved in rubbing alcohol helps people with the skin disease herpes control their sores, and a salve like this was one of the earliest medical uses for cannabis. The ...
- 642: Gun Control
- Gun Control Gun Control can be called the 'acid test' of liberalism. All true liberals must favor stricter gun controls. After all, doesn't the United States have the most heavily armed population on the earth? Are we not the world's most violent ...
- 643: Death Penalty and The Eighth Amendment
- ... Finally at 12:37 am doctors pronounced him dead. When a person is executed in the gas chamber he is strapped to a chair in an airtight room. A cyanide pellet is dropped in sulfuric acid, which forms a lethal gas. The prisoner remains conscious for a few minutes while struggling to breath. These gas chambers are similar to the ones used by the Nazi's in World War II concentration ...
- 644: Methamphetamine: Built for Speed?
- ... started doing CAT, a local low-grade speed that was in vogue about six years ago." CAT, or methacathinone, is a popular substance made from common household chemicals like drain-cleaner, Epsom salts and battery acid. "I realized how bad my problem was when right around the time the land war in Iraq began. I had stayed up for days on end, watching the planes bomb the Iraqis. It's the ...
- 645: Weed
- ... beverage, or into some sort of lotion, using butter, fat, oil, or alcohol. One chemical, cannabinol, may be useful to help people who cannot sleep. Another is taken from premature buds and is called cannabidiolic acid. It is a powerful disinfectant. Marijuana dissolved in rubbing alcohol helps people with the skin disease herpes control their sores, and a salve like this was one of the earliest medical uses for cannabis. The ...
- 646: Hallucinogen
- ... obtained from the amber-colored resin of the flowering tops and leaves of the plant. Hashish is also made from this resin. Of all drugs, synthetic and natural, the most powerful is LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide. Twenty micrograms, an almost infinitesimal amount, is sufficient to produce a hallucinogenic effect; just 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms) could induce a reaction in all the inhabitants of New York City and London. This ...
- 647: Endotracheal Suctioning
- ... suctioned without NSI. The sequence of the suctioning procedures was randomized. Several parameters were measured including hemodynamic variables, respiratory rate, partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood, partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood, acid-base status, SpO2, minute ventilation, peak inspiratory pressure, and forced vital capacity. These parameters were measured immediately after suctioning, immediately after suctioning and returning the patient to the ventilator, and fifteen minutes after suctioning. This ...
- 648: Biological and Chemical Weapons!!
- ... few grow bamboo and grass which catch fire during summer seasons. Moreover, demolishing of jungles has caused eroded hillsides, and lands stripped of topsoil. Further, having vegetation thrown from the ecosystem, result in flood during rain season and drought in summer season because there is no trees to absorb the excess water. Moreover, banishment of forest also vanished the natural habitat of wildlife. Wild animals became homeless. Needless to say, many ...
- 649: Should Athletes Use Creatine?
- ... have turned to a relatively new substance called Creatine Monohydrate. Creatine is made in several different forms. Some coaches and officials are trying to consider whether Creatine is safe or not. Creatine is an amino acid made in your liver and in your muscles. (Scott, 2) It is naturally found in your body. 95% of the Creatine found in your body is stored inside your muscle cells and is used for ...
- 650: Sickle Cell Anemia
- ... using a blood test called hemoglobin electrophoresis. Right now there is no way to prevent sickle cell anemia, although gene therapy may be possible in the future. However, there are treatments available. These include, folic acid supplements to treat anemia, pneumococcal vaccine to prevent infections, fluids, oxygen, and pain-killing medications during episodes of painful crisis, blood transfusions to treat anemia and prevent stroke, daily oral penicillin to prevent infections, and ...
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