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- 4351: Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America
- ... remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality they affect all of us - users and non-users. I believe that the negative affects we associate with drugs would ... 1989): 233-243. Miner, Brad. "How Sweet is Mary Jane?" National Review 25 June 1996: 44. National Association for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws (NORML). "Marijuana: Facts and Figures." Information Pack. Washington, DC: NORML, n.d. Rosenfield, Jim. ACLU Drug Policy, adopted Arpil 1994: "Decriminalization of Drugs." [Board Minutes, April 8-9, 1994] A available: http://www.primenet.com/%7Eslackk/wosd/aclu0001.txt. Schmoek, Kurt L. Back to the Future: The ...
- 4352: Just Say No! A Profile Of Cocaine and It's Effects On Two Lives
- ... of dreams. Morpheus planted a special purple flower called the lotus. Soon the people of the land smelled the sweet flowers and ate them. They immediately feel into a deep and troubled sleep. From that day on, they awoke only long enough to gather the lotus flowers and sleep again. Eventually they lost their strength and willpower and wanted only to drift in and out of sleep.1 The story of ... report will talk about what cocaine is, what it does to the human body, and two fantastic people who gave their lives because of it. Today, over 5 million people use cocaine each month. Each day, 3,000 people try cocaine for the first time.2 Cocaine is a white powder made from the leaves of the cocoa plant. Cocaine is first pressed to form a paste; then, the paste is ... Len Bias was a star on the basketball court. He was in perfect health. Len played basketball for the University of Maryland. Some people thought he would be the best basketball player ever. Then one day his dreams came true. He was drafted no. 1 by the Boston Celtics to play professional basketball. "He could jump through the roof," said Red Auerbach, president of the Celtics4. Len was so happy ...
- 4353: Substance Abuse Increasing in Inner-City Minorities
- ... dollar rock off this nigga on 115th and Saint Nicks. I went back to my rest and smoked that shit up. I loved the high. It took me to another planet and shit. The next day I went back and bought a ten dollar rock and it hasn't stopped since. Me: How long ago was that? T.J: Three years, kid. Me: What has your crack addiction done to your ... it costs too much. The reason I do the other drugs so much is that I get them free at frat parties. But you don't see people passing out coke. If they did, I'd do it. These two people are very different ones black, ones white, ones a man , ones a woman, ones a high school drop out, the others enrolled in a state university. They probably have only ...
- 4354: Assisted Suicide
- ... assisted suicide should be legalized. A person willing to help sick people end their suffering should be praised rather than condemned. Some terminally ill patients are forced to face imaginable pain and suffering on a day-to-day basis. This intolerable pain causes these people to experience an unbearably poor quality of life. Yet, if you help these patients end their life, you will probably end up in jail. I feel that being ... is something that no person should have to experience. Money is a big issue to everyone whether they admit or not. Should a person and their family be forced to spend thousands of dollars a day on medical expenses just so the patient can continue living a life he doesn't even want to keep? This medical treatment, in some instances, can only extend a life by mere weeks. In ...
- 4355: Biologic Nutrition And Nutrients
- ... absorb calcium and iron, excretes poisonous foods, and lowers cholesterol. Despite much controversy in recent years, the ability of Vitamin C to fight the common cold is now well accepted among doctors and nutritionists. Vitamin D is unique because it can be supplied by exposure to the sun as well as by food. It is known as the “sunshine vitamin” since the sun’s ultraviolet rays convert sub-skin cholesterol into Vitamin D. It is stored in the bloodstream, skin, brain, and bones. Vitamin D is vital for strong teeth and bones, and for preventing rickets (bent legs in infants and children). It also helps to maintain a healthy nervous system, normal heartbeat, and efficient blood clotting. Vitamins are ...
- 4356: Narcolepsy
- ... an unusual susceptibility to becoming sleepy or falling asleep. In general, the development of EDS is a slow process and requires several years to become an obvious problem. Although this pathological sleepiness is present every day, the intensity varies throughout each day. The afflicted individual may only be aware of the more severe of the daily episodes. Unfortunately, a person with narcolepsy cannot resist feeling tired no matter how much sleep they get each night. EDS becomes ... first appears, the attacks are commonly mild and infrequent, however, each individual case may differ tremendously. Some patients have only one or two attacks a year while others may have literally hundreds of attacks each day. The attacks typically last from a few seconds to as long as 30 minutes. Narcolepsy does, however, have a characteristic age when symptoms first appear, usually in the 10 years between age 10 and ...
- 4357: How I Deal With A Loved One Who Has Aids
- ... I cope with the pain? First, I must deal with the pain by getting everything out in the open. I can not make plans for the future anymore. I have to plan everything on a day by day basis. Now. I’m going to try to be there for my loved one through his pain and his happiness. The pain of seeing someone I love with HIV whose physical condition is diminishing kills me. One day he will not be here with me. It makes me sad when I look at him and see his weight loss which is caused by the virus. It really takes a toll on his ...
- 4358: Sexual Abuse and Repressed Memories
- Sexual Abuse and Repressed Memories Sexual abuse has been particularly common in the American society for many years. Thousands of victims are subject to sexual abuse every day. In majority of the instances, the abuse occurs before the victim reaches the age of 18. The abuse normally causes the victim to have psychological problems as they grow older such as repression. Repression is ... of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. Terr, L. Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found. New York: Basic, 1994. Yapko, M.D. Suggestions of Abuse: True and False Memories of Childhood Sexual Trauma. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
- 4359: Assisted Suicide
- ... assisted suicide should be legalized. A person willing to help sick people end their suffering should be praised rather than condemned. Some terminally ill patients are forced to face imaginable pain and suffering on a day-to-day basis. This intolerable pain causes these people to experience an unbearably poor quality of life. Yet, if you help these patients end their life, you will probably end up in jail. I feel that being ... is something that no person should have to experience. Money is a big issue to everyone whether they admit or not. Should a person and their family be forced to spend thousands of dollars a day on medical expenses just so the patient can continue living a life he doesn't even want to keep? This medical treatment, in some instances, can only extend a life by mere weeks. In ...
- 4360: Teenage Smoking
- ... is significant, he says, because while some teens are only experimenting, many light smokers in high school tend to become heavier smokers a year or 2 later, when they no longer spend most of their day in the classroom. Two years ago, the survey that was previously being give to ninth graders, began including 8th and 10th graders as well. Seniors were also included, partly because of criticism that researchers were ... and almost a third of the boys have tried smokeless tobacco. Most significant to Johnston is the finding that only about half of eight graders believe that smoking a pack or more of cigarettes a day is dangerous. The seniors are more knowledgeable about the health risks. That may be why almost all high school seniors believe they will quit. More than half have tried—and found that they couldn’t, according to surveys given by Johnston. There are millions of people taking surveys each day. Half of them are teenagers our age. It is up to us to decide whether the statistics on teenage smoking will continue to rise, or if they began to fall.
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