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- 251: Hippie Culture
- ... style they are known for today. "Eve of destruction; no satisfaction…and a third motif went rippling through the baby-boom culture: adhesive love" (Gitlin 200). The freedom they found came with the help of drugs. Marijuana evolved from its "black and Hispanic, jazz-minded enclaves to the outlying zones of the white middle class young" (Gitlin 200). This new drug allowed a person to open their mind to new understandings ... tool to explore psychic ‘inner space,’ a new source of kicks for thrill seekers, the sacramental substance of a far-out mystical movement- or the latest and most frightening addiction to the list of mind drugs now available in the pill society being fashioned by pharmacology (Clark 59). With politicians and law enforcement officers looking on the drug as a danger to society, many expert chemists "set up underground laboratories and ... prices down, gave out plenty of free samples, and fancied themselves dispensers of miracles at the service of a new age" (Gitlin 214). It wasn’t just the youth in America who was using these drugs. A statistic from 1967 states that "more American troops in Vietnam were arrested for smoking marijuana than for any other major crime" (Steinbeck 97). The amazing statistic wasn’t the amount of soldiers smoking ...
- 252: Mistakes People Make With Ster
- ... the positive side, but the negative side as well. We all know they work, but are we willing to risk our health and life to get stronger and bigger? As we all know, Performance enhancing drugs really do enhance physical performance. They increase muscle size and strength, and help you train in less time. Today everyone seems to be looking for shortcuts to do just about everything. Performance enhancing drugs and supplements are just the thing for someone who is looking toward “bulking up” and increasing strength in a small amount of time. Steroids allow its users to recover more quickly from exercise than a ... pain you wouldn’t have to go through doing all those reps. With a performance enhancing drug, you could do even less, get the same results and even better. Today more than ever, performance enhancing drugs and supplements are being abused. It is estimated that 99% of all professional bodybuilders are using steroids, or some type of performance enhancing drug. Many people are drawn to these “bulking up drugs” simply ...
- 253: Adolescent Drug Abuse
- Adolescent Drug Abuse I.) Introduction: "Crack, booze, pot, crystal- from the inner city to the suburbs to small towns, the world of the adolescent is permeated by drugs. When 'a little harmless experimentation' becomes addiction, parents, teachers, and clinicians are often at a loss. For this age group (roughly ages 13 to 23), traditional substance abuse programs simply are not enough" (Nowinski, inside ... are more on their own to take care of themselves with more and more single parent households. The problem of drug and alcohol is a major one. Teenagers feel a need to drink and do drugs to fit in to peer groups. The problem is widespread. The common thoughts that drugs are only in the city where the poor live but that is wrong. Any single person can get drugs from the inner city to the small rural towns of Texas and Nebraska. It doesn' ...
- 254: Q/A: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... 000 + Drug Overdose (prescription) 14,000-27,000 Drug Overdose (iilegal) 3,800- 5,200 Marijuana 0 * Source: U.S. government Bureau of Mortality Statistics, 1987. Q. Does Marijuana Lead to Crime and/or Hard Drugs? A. No.11 The only crime most marijuana users commit is that they use marijuana. And, while many people who abuse dangerous drugs also smoke marijuana, the old "stepping stone" theory is now discredited, since virtually all of them started out "using" legal drugs like sugar, coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. Q. Does Marijuana Make People Violent? A. No. In fact, Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger once told Congress just the opposite - that it leads to non- ...
- 255: DARE
- DARE I Promise not to do drugs because I know that if I do drugs A. Nobody will like me except people that do drugs (druggies). Also I'd rather be drug- free than a druggie. I've learned a lot in Dare. First of all, I always have someone to talk to for all of my problems. Like ...
- 256: Manuel Noriega
- ... would be just another side of the fence Noriega played in order to manipulate different government, individual people, and illegal parties for his own personal rise to power. In the late seventies the rise of Drugs and the flow of it into the U.S. began to create noise within the American borders. When Ronald Reagan was elected, the phrase War on Drugs became well known and Nancy Reagan the First Lady ran the highly publicized Just Say No To Drugs campaign. During the late seventies and early eighties Columbia s major drug cartel the Medellin family had prospered by smuggling drugs and laundering its profits in America. Once again Noriega was the prime asset ...
- 257: Antibiotics and Their Role In Society
- ... in small concentrations of inhibiting the growth of or killing bacteria and other microorganisms. These organisms can be bacteria, viruses, fungi, or animals called protozoa. A particular group of these agents is made up of drugs called antibiotics, from the Greek word anti "against" and bios "life". Some antibiotics are produced from living organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and molds. Others are wholly or in part synthetic which means produced artificially ... studies suggest, however, that many people outgrow their sensitivity or never were allergic. The large number of antibiotics that are now available offers a choice of treatment that can, in most instances, avoid allergy-causing drugs. It is well to remember that all drugs can cause both wanted and unwanted effects on the body. The unwanted ones are called side effects, and these must be balanced against the effects desired in determining if a particular drug will do ...
- 258: Schizophrenia
- ... go through treatment at home. But treatment is all that can be given, as there is no cure for schizophrenia. The most commonly used, and most effective, treatment is through the use of anti-psychotic drugs. Anti-psychotics, or neuroleptics, as they are sometimes called, reduce delusions, hallucinations, and act to diminish aggressive or odd behavior. Antiphycotics are most commonly given in liquid or tablet form (Torrey, 1983). They work by blocking the neurons' dopamine receptors (Gershon and Rieder, 1992). Unfortunately, as with most drugs, there are certain side effects. These side effects range in severity and occurrence. Common side effects are dry mouth, stiffness, restlessness, or slight slurring of the speech. Some uncommon side effects are loss of appetite ... mouth. Purposeless movements of the arms or legs may also occur. As of yet there hasn't been an effective treatment found for tardive dyskinesia (Torrey, 1983). Even with these side effects taken into consideration, drugs remain the safest, and most effective, way to control schizophrenia. The only other real alternative to drugs, which isn't used often, is shock therapy. The reason it hasn't been used is because ...
- 259: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... life. During this time neurons are forming and myelination is occurring. If this process is hindered or postponed then damage in the form of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can result. Typically if a mother does drugs or drinks during pregnacy then the chances for a child that has ADHD is higher. Drugs such as cocaine including the smokable form known as crack seem to affect the normal development of brain receptors. These brain cell parts help to transmit incoming signals from the skin, eyes, and ears, and ... There are three major treatment types for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; stimulants, anti-depressians, and counseling. Because science does not have a clear understanding of what causes ADHD, it is hard to know what the drugs are doing to help. Four medications in the class of drugs known as stimulants seem to be the most effective in both children and adults. These are methylphenidate (Ritalin), dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine or Dextrostat), and ...
- 260: Reproductive Technologies
- ... the ovaries to create multiple fertile eggs in order for at least one viable pregnancy to occur. Often times this drug creates multiple births, creating problems for the mother or child. Officials who sell these drugs are concerned that the doctors who prescribe these drugs may not be warning the couples about the risks involved in taking the drugs. Babies born under these drugs may be multiples, which could include the babies being born premature or, having a high risk of developing numerous health problems. Other ways of becoming pregnant include IVF (In- ...
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