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- 741: A Civil Action Position Paper
- ... leukemia cluster. Anne Anderson, a Woburn mother whose son Jimmy died of leukemia, drove authorities into investigating the water, which started the case against carelessness by big business companies. Finally, in 1979, two wells supplying drinking water to Woburn were shut down because health officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) thought they might have been contaminated by industrial wastes. The two main defendants were the W.R. Grace corporation, a ...
- 742: Prohibition
- ... a big organized crime family, in the end many people lost their lives over alcohol and money. Speakeasies, illegal bars, sprang up everywhere. They promoted the worst of immorality, sex and gambling, as well as drinking. And for the first time women were seen smoking in public. Bathtub gin and other illegal brewing was everywhere. Not only was the home made booze highly potent it could also be highly fatal. If ...
- 743: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... commit suicide by consuming large amounts of marijuana. But it is possible to die by eating too much salt. Salt is not illegal. Aspirin kills by overdose and that's legal. Many people die by drinking too much alcohol, an addictive drug. It too is legal. Why is marijuana considered more dangerous? Protecting Society from Marijuana One argument made against the legalization of marijuana is that it damages not only the ...
- 744: Case for Legalizing Marijuana
- ... commit suicide by consuming large amounts of marijuana. But it is possible to die by eating too much salt. Salt is not illegal. Aspirin kills by overdose and that's legal. Many people die by drinking too much alcohol, an addictive drug. It too is legal. Why is marijuana considered more dangerous? Protecting Society from Marijuana One argument made against the legalization of marijuana is that it damages not only the ...
- 745: Drugs Should Not be Legalized
- ... and a future. They are not all dirty with missing teeth and poor grammar. The common misconceptions of the "user" are dangerous to those members of society trying to rid the world of the problem. "Drinking on the job is a social and economic problem with a long history. With the growing popularity of illegal drugs in the 1960’s and 1970’s, it was to be expected that their use ...
- 746: Methamphetamine: Built for Speed?
- ... killing for, or doing hard time for..." (Speed Phreak) "My experience with speed-like substances really begins with coffee," says Mark, an addict that relates his experiences back to an early age. "I've been drinking the stuff since Jr. High School as my get me up and go thing. But the relationship with amphetamines starts six or seven years ago with poppers (ephedrine, mini-thins). I started taking them to ...
- 747: Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
- ... harmful effects of steroids. Alcohol and cigarettes are major contributors to the deaths of thousands each year. Frequently we see a family member, or friend, suffering from diseases and health conditions caused by smoking and drinking. These conditions can often lead to an early, horrible death for the individual. Many find these experiences an obstantial reason to not drink and smoke. In a similar situation, young athletes see their former athletic ...
- 748: Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
- ... other people thought that prohibition would do nothing but improve America. People who were against prohibition were called wets and people for it were called drys. Wets mainly consisted of democrats who refused to stop drinking and who were usually older men or immigrants who drank all their life. The drys were usually republican Protestants who believed alcohol was evil and that prohibition was the answer to societies problems. Well, the ...
- 749: Is The Illegalization of Marijuana Valid?
- ... stop." Even though these effects occur only under an extreme amount of alcohol consumption, (.2-.5 BAL) the fact is smoking extreme amounts of marijuana will do nothing more than put you to sleep, while drinking excessive amounts of alcohol will kill you. The most profound activist for marijuana's use as a medicine is Dr. Lester Grinspoon, author of Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine. According to Grinspoon, "The only well confirmed ...
- 750: Substance Abuse Increasing in Inner-City Minorities
- ... To get the middle class version of drug abuse I interviewed Molly, a white 19 year old student at the University of New Mexico. Me: How did you start using drugs? Molly: Well, I started drinking alcohol at 15. I loved the feeling I got for being drunk. Then I tried pot at my friend's party. This is twice as good as beer, I thought. It seemed every new drug ...
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