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- 301: Drugs And Alcohol
- ... of smell, and nose bleeds. More serious effects can be abnormal heartbeat, slower breathing, loss of memory, loss of ability to think clearly, and nervous system damage. The user can also develop feelings of persecution, depression, or hostility. (Dragan 193) Another type of drug is an upper(stimulant), it speeds you up. The most common of this type of drug is cocaine. Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the ... and the body's ability to fight and resist infections. The psychological risks are violent, erratic, or paranoid behavior, hallucinations and "coke bugs" see insects crawling over skin. Cocaine can also lead to confusion, anxiety, depression loss of interest in food or sex. Cocaine users often suffer big losses like, losing touch with reality, and loss of interest in family, sports, and friends. (Dragan 197) Hallucinogenic drugs are substances that distort ... falls, and automobile crashes have also been reported. Some physical risks include mangled, and unclear speech, decreased awareness of touch and pain, convulsion, coma, heart, and lung failure. Psychological risks associated with using hallucinogens is depression, anxiety, paranoia, confusion, loss of control, and flashbacks. (Dragan 202) Alcohol and drugs have many effects on a person mind and body, if chronic use of these substances occurs over long period of time, ...
- 302: Hamlets Oedipus Complex
- ... King s death, Claudius marries Gertrude, Hamlet s mother, and takes the throne. Enraged, Hamlet seeks vengeance for his father, whose spirit appears before Hamlet to speak of the unrest he (the King) endures. His depression, caused by the marriage, first shows in his soliloquy after the departure of the others when the whole family gathers for the first time. O that this too too sallied flesh would melt,/Thaw, and ... to suicide, however, canon law and religious injunction kept him from self-slaughter, as suicide is the manifestation of pride, thus an ultimate sin (1.2.129-32). Hamlet divulges into the reasoning behind his depression, that his sadness occurs from his mother marrying at O most wicked speed: to post/With such dexterity to incestious sheets (1.2.156-7). He furthers his reasoning behind the marriage causing the depression, claiming that the union can do no good But break [his] heart (1.2.159). Hamlet s explains his rage in the first act of the play, but it is not until scene 4 ...
- 303: The History of General Motors
- ... time. THE 1930S: PITFALLS AND PROGRESS By 1931, Oldsmobile's new 85-acre complex in Lansing, Michigan, could send a new car off the line every 41 seconds, shipping 800 cars a day. When the Depression put the brakes on car sales in the early 1930s, many car makers went under. GM, though, not only survived--it continued making progress in design and manufacturing, giving buyers sleeker looking, better running, more ... created its Electro-Motive division, which converted North America's railroads from steam to diesel power. The most popular exhibit of the Chicago World's Fair was GM's Science and Technology display: it gave Depression-weary audiences a bright look into the future. After the fair, GM's Parade of Progress took the show on the road. People in hundreds of small towns in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and ... introduced to car design in 1939. Convertibles were popular. GM's 25 millionth car--a silver Chevrolet--left the assembly line on January 11, 1940. But just as people were adjusting to prosperity after the Depression, auto production hit another roadblock. Early in 1942, a few weeks after the United States entered World War II, the U.S. government halted civilian car production. (The last cars produced before production stopped ...
- 304: 90s
- ... Alternative Country, Rap, Alternative Rock. It will also cover certain aspects indicative of the 90's. Alternative Country Music In 1990, a band called Uncle Tupelo from Belleville, Illinois, released their debut album. Titled No Depression, it featured a rough mixture of punk-rock songs, but it also added something different: several toned-down, acoustic ballads that had a distinct country flavor. A few years later, that simple little song and album title became the name of an internet fan club and chat group. It didn't stop there, in 1995, a magazine of the same name went into publication, and "No Depression" soon became the leading title for a progressive alternative country movement. Other names include "insurgent country" "Americana," or simply "alt.country," the latter is a reminder of the role the internet has played in the growth and publicity of this movement. For the most part, No Depression or alt.country bands aren't much of a threat to the sales figures of mainstream Nashville country artists. But the speed with which this music has caught on has shown that a substantial ...
- 305: A Farewell To Arms Is A Classi
- ... consequence-free life of the 20 s. The product that came from Catherine and Mr. Henry s lifestyle was a dead child. The result of the over- investing of the 20 s was the great depression. So the baby symbolizes the depression. Another point to consider was that Mr. Henry was a deserter. He left the army to be with Catherine. Desertion was illegal and he paid for it by loosing that which he loved the most ... life bringing them to a breaking point is a human story that all can sympathize with. The ageless symbolism that compares the loss of a baby, or hope, with the beginning of the American economic depression is profound. The alcoholism in the story reflects the careless attitudes toward life by the people living at this time. The irresponsible attitudes, such as the decision to desert the army, only leads to ...
- 306: Dissociative Identity Disorder
- ... Disorder. All dissociative disorders are trauma-based, and result from the constant dissociation of traumatic memories. For example, a rape victim with Dissociative Amnesia may have no conscious memory of the attack, yet they experience depression, numbness, and distress resulting from environmental stimuli such as colors, odors, sounds, and images that recall the traumatic experience. The memory really isn't forgotten, its active and alive, but submerged. The origin of DID ... survivors experience flashbacks and intrusion of trauma memories, sometimes this will not accrue until years after childhood. The symptom of an adult who was abused as a child include posttraumatic and dissociative disorders combined with depression, anxiety syndromes, and addictions. These symptoms may include; depression, mood swings, sleep disorders (insomnia, night terrors, and sleep walking), panic attacks, phobias, flashbacks (reactions to stimuli or "triggers"), alcohol and drug abuse, compulsions, rituals, psychotic-like symptoms (including auditory and visual hallucinations), eating ...
- 307: Economics: The American Government
- ... first state workers compensation law to be held constitutional. At that time, most Americans believed the government should not have to care for the aged, disabled or needy. But such attitudes changed during the Great Depression in the 1930's. In 1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act. This law became the basis of the U.S. social insurance system. It provided cash benefits to only retired workers in commerce or ... to need those benefits in the future. A plan that would affect those only who had paid such a tax for a number of years would have done those who were currently suffering under the Depression no good at all. As a result, the social security plan began paying out benefits almost immediately to those who had been retired, or elderly and out of work, and who were unable, primarily because of the depressed economic conditions, to retire comfortably. In this way, the government was able to accomplish two objectives: first, it helped the economy pull out of the depression, by providing a means by which old people could support themselves and, by buying goods and services, support others in the community ; and second, it showed the younger workers of that time that they ...
- 308: Censorship Of The Grapes Of Wr
- ... of the Joad family and other migrants is told throughout this novel. In order to gain a perspective into the lives of "Oakies", Steinbeck uses themes and language of the troubling times of the Great Depression. Some of these aspects are critiqued because of their vulgarity and adult nature. In some places, The Grapes of Wrath has been edited or banned. These challenges undermine Steinbeck's attempts to add reality to ... ideas were very common. In fact, Upton Sinclair, a socialist writer, was nearly elected governor of California. Living conditions, the opposition between the Californians and the "Oakies", and the inability to break out of the depression all added to beliefs of the times. Steinbeck was not advocating socialism, he was just reflecting the times. Without these individual beliefs of the "reds" and other people that showed either socialistic or anti-establishment messages, the reader would get a dry, unfulfilled perspective of the lives of people during the Great Depression. Censorship does have its place in society. There are many things that are too risquι, degrading, and should not be shown. Pornography, extreme sexual content, and extreme gratuitous violence does not have its place ...
- 309: Borderline Personality Disorder
- ... of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation. 3. Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior. 4. Affective instability: marked shifts from baseline mood to depression, irritability, or anxiety, usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days. 5. Chronic feelings of emptiness. 6. Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger; frequent displays of temper. 7. Transient ... allowed to act in strange manners because, in general, women are more dramatic anyway. Usually, Borderline Personality Disorder patients are diagnosed with one or more different disorders. Most people diagnosed with borderline also have classical depression or Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.). A small number of Borderline patients experience bi-polar disorder (extreme personality changes), eating disorders, or drug or alcohol abuse describes Rex William Cowdry, M.D. in Mental Health Disorders Sourcebook (Bellenin, 1996). While most disorders have medicinal treatments, such as Ritalin for Attention Deficit Disorder and Prozac for depression, there are no known medications for Borderline Personality Disorder. In a personal interview with Kim Steggles, a limited licensed psychologist (someone who cant prescribe medications), she told me that, Most patients are treated ...
- 310: Raves And Drugs
- ... Readers Digest by Russell Twisk). " Although the volunteers felt undesirable symptoms, 18 of the volunteers experienced mood changes, to the best, and 23 of them went reported positive attitudes. 7 of my patients who experienced depression made more improvement with E, than with years of therapy and other anti-depressive drugs." (British Medical Journal by Dr. Green Hancock). Drugs are harmful to the human mind, and body in many ways, it ... falls, and automobile crashes have also been reported. Some physical risks include mangled, and unclear speech, decreased awareness of touch and pain, convulsion, coma, heart, and lung failure. Psychological risks associated with using hallucinogens is depression, anxiety, paranoia, confusion, loss of control, and flashbacks. Marijuana is chemotherapeutic drug. This means that it can be used to treat certain types of cancer. The point of these past sentences is to make a ... of smell, and nose bleeds. More serious effects can be abnormal heartbeat, slower breathing, loss of memory, loss of ability to think clearly, and nervous system damage. The user can also develop feelings of persecution, depression, or hostility. (Dragan 193) "Although the media portrays ecstasy as an aphrodisiac, sexual arousal is not an effect from MDMA (E), the drugs does not give a man an erection, opposite to that sometimes ...
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