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- 231: Psychology
- ... mapping the functions of various parts of the brain. Others study both the transmission of electrical information in the brain and the neurotransmitters that facilitate or inhibit such transmissions. Physiological psychologists study the effects of drugs on human behavior. Conditioning and learning are concerned with how experience modifies thought and behavior. Initially devoted to the investigation of principles of learning among all species, the field now includes specific types of learning ... human behavior. Comparative psychologists, for example, might present different species with comparable tasks, to see how their performances differ. Animal psychologists also study animals to gain insight into human behavior. For example, the effects of drugs and tobacco on animals are observed to determine the effects these substances have on humans. Developmental psychology is concerned with the growth and development of individuals. Once concerned primarily with the growth and development of ... ion. The hormones these glands produce govern metabolism, blood pressure, water and mineral balance, and reproductive functions, and they help defend against injury. The term hormone is derived from a Greek word meaning 'stir up'. Drugs Affecting Behaviour. Many kinds of drugs are prescribed for anxiety, sleeping and nervous disorders. Several types of sedative drugs induce sleep and cause intoxication. These drugs although prescribed for sleep disorders and anxiety problems, ...
- 232: Brave New World Vs Reality
- ... vision. In Brave New World, Adlous Huxley envisions the future of our society and the dangerous direction it is headed in. Brave New World is greatly dependant upon soma, as in our world where prescribed drugs and drug abuse are prominent. This is evident when Bernard and Lenina return from the Savage Reservation. Lenina is devastated from her experiences, so decides to take soma. It illustrates how like our world when something upsets us instead of trying to solve the problem we use drugs to mask them. Linda's addiction to soma is also an illustration of the similarities of drug abuse between our two worlds. Linda's return to Brave New World after many years brings her to the abuse of soma. She uses it as an escape from reality. Some of us use drugs to escape from the harshness and the tough brutality of reality. We always dream of the perfect utopia and expect our world to transform into it. Some of us always look for the easy ...
- 233: Prozac: Mania
- ... than in the past. "Prozac has attained the familiarity of Kleenex and the social status of spring water" (Cowley 41). Gone are the days when the label "loony" is slapped upon a person taking these drugs. Antidepressants have become almost as commonplace as Tylenol. Prozac is being prescribed for much more than clinical depression. Some of the other illnesses that are treatable by Prozac include bulimia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and dysthymia ... important part of my treatment, and I would not have recovered as well if I had not attended regular psychotherapy sessions. With the common use of Prozac and other antidepressants, another consideration arises: are these drugs becoming a substitute for really coping with problems? Prozac and the related antidepressants, such as Paxil and Zoloft, are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). They prevent brain cells from re-absorbing used ... minor personality disorders (Chisholm and Nichols 40). It seems that taking Prozac is "cool," especially among young people, who can prove that they, too, are angst- ridden and rich enough to take these seemingly designer drugs. Yet, where would Sylvia Plath be if she had taken an antidepressant? True, she would be alive, but her work would not have been so introspective or moving. She would also have been easily ...
- 234: Leukemia
- Leukemia Leukemia is a cancer that has had a significant effect on our society and with the developments of new drugs it may become treatable. Leukemia originates in the blood-forming organs which may include the lymph tissue and bone cells. In a person with leukemia the rate and the number of cells produced is altered ... Sarg 154). With the problems that surround leukemia and the probability of death there are ways to treat it. Most of these treatments have only developed recently and are still undergoing testing. But a few drugs have been shown to produce a state in which the patients shows no sign of cancer. One of these drugs is 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, which kills the bad white blood cells, but leaves the good. "In 1990...patients treated with this new drug for just one week were in complete long-term remission (Weaver 29)." ...
- 235: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... of pure resin (hashish) has been associated both with mental deterioration and criminality. One of the major complications of marijuana use is the tendency on the part of some users to progress to more dangerous drugs. Users in economically deprived areas usually go on to heroin, whereas more affluent individuals tend to move from marijuana to more potent hallucinogens such as LSD. There is no established medical use for marijuana or ... that must be isolated. This disease theory holds that legalizing marijuana would make it more widely available and that this would tend to increase its use as well as the use of all kinds of drugs. One of the detriments of tolerating drug use, according to this theory, is that is encourages the use of more and different drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse;s 1984 report to Congress cited no evidence to support the idea that drug use is hurting economic productivity. It said: "The fact is, very little is known ...
- 236: Brave New World - Compared To Modern Society
- ... vision. In Brave New World, Adlous Huxley evnsions the future of our society and the dangeroud direction it is headed in. Brave New World is greatly dependant upon soma, as in our world where prescribed drugs and drug abuse are prominent. This is evident when Bernard and Lenina return from the Savage Reservation. Lenina is devestated from her experiences, so decides to take soma. it Illustates how like our world when something upsets us instead of trying to solve the probelm we use drugs to mask them. Linda's addiction to soma is also an illustration of the similarities of drug abuse between our two worlds. Linda's retuen to brave new world after many years brings her to the abuse of soma. She uses it as an escape from reality. Some of us use drugs to escape from the harshness and the tough brutality of reality. We always dream of the perfect utopia and expect our world to transform into it. Some of us always look for the easy ...
- 237: Malaria
- ... Cann, 1996). Though many people are aware that malaria is a disease, they are unaware that it is life threatening, kills over a million people each year, and is a very elusive target for antimalarial drugs (Treatment of Malaria, 1996). Being a very specific disease, malaria is caused by only four protozoal parasites: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae. Not only is the disease specific, but the parasites ... not easy, finding a cure has presented several problems in recent years. One main reason finding a cure for malaria is so hard is that different strains in different parts of the world require different drugs, all of which soon lose their effectiveness as the parasite evolves resistance to them (Limited Imagination, 1996). Secondly, once the parasite enters the human bloodstream, it changes form several times inside the body, making it ... such research (Graham, 1996). Research in the field of malarias microbiology enables a search for better vaccines and a possible cure for malaria (Atovaquone, 1996). In the past several decades, scientists have developed many drugs that have all fallen victim to the resistance of the Plasmodium parasites. Such drugs include chloroquine, pyrimethamine, chloroguanide, desipramine, halofantrine, mefloquine, and arteether (Herman, 1996). Scientists too often find their drugs effectiveness wearing off ...
- 238: Kozol's Amazing Grace: Trials and Tribulations of Everyday Life
- ... Their lives may seem extraordinary to us, but to them, they are just as normal as everyone else. What is normal? For the children of the South Bronx, living with the pollution, the sickness, the drugs, and the violence is the only way of life many of them have ever known. In this book, the children speak openly and honestly about feeling abandoned', hidden' or forgotten' by our nation, one that ... people to have to walk several flights of stairs each time they want to leave their apartments. This is very time consuming and tiresome. Then, when they find that there is so much violence and drugs in the street, that it is not safe to be out there anyway, they usually end up staying in their apartments for most of their free time. The cultural differences between these people and others ... government's attitude towards these people is such that the residents feel devalued and not worthy of being seen or heard. Without much hope of financial stability, many have turned to selling and/or using drugs. Selling drugs is seen as an easy way of making some money, and using drugs keeps a person on a high so they do not have to face reality. This just continues the cycle ...
- 239: Case for Legalizing Marijuana What
- ... of pure resin (hashish) has been associated both with mental deterioration and criminality. One of the major complications of marijuana use is the tendency on the part of some users to progress to more dangerous drugs. Users in economically deprived areas usually go on to heroin, whereas more affluent individuals tend to move from marijuana to more potent hallucinogens such as LSD. There is no established medical use for marijuana or ... that must be isolated. This disease theory holds that legalizing marijuana would make it more widely available and that this would tend to increase its use as well as the use of all kinds of drugs. One of the detriments of tolerating drug use, according to this theory, is that is encourages the use of more and different drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuses 1984 report to Congress cited no evidence to support the idea that drug use is hurting economic productivity. It said: "The fact is, very little is known about ...
- 240: Marijuana: The Legalization
- ... first fact to back my opinion would have to be this, marijuana is what it is, a drug! You can't change that no matter how many people vote on it. Sure, there are prescription drugs on the market that are potentially dangerous but their effects are nothing compared to that of marijuana. Such a comparison can be made between a knife and a gun, prescription drugs being the knife and marijuana the gun. They are both potentially lethal and incredibly dangerous but they have their differences. With a knife, you have to be careless enough to fall on it. With a ... it's remarkable safety. It has little effect on major physiological functions. There is no known case of a lethal overdose....Marijuana is also far less addictive and far less subject to abuse than many drugs now used as muscle relaxants, hypnotics, and analgesics." Although he seems to have nothing but good things to say about drugs, NIDA Director Alan Leshner has this to say, "What we're saying is ...
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