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- 441: Abortion: Abusive Parents
- Abortion: Abusive Parents Everyday there are pregnant mothers who abuse drugs and alcohol totally ignoring the living, growing person inside them. Then, when these children are born, they are usually born with a drug addiction or birth defects which sometimes leads to death. One thing's ... complexed before they even reach the light of day. Which leads to my position that the rights of the child should be extended to the unborn. A mother should not have the right to use drugs or drink alcohol while she is pregnant, it is unfair for the child not to even have a chance for a normal life. If a mother beat her baby and was reported to the child ... the same as if it was born but the severity is much greater, and nothing can be done. To me, this is child abuse of the worst kind. An unborn child is getting abused with drugs, alcohol, or whatever the mother may be ingesting, and the child is unable to defend itself. If the child was born it could call someone for help, but an unborn child cannot speak and ...
- 442: Health Experience
- ... speak, or even been acknowledged. Most medical studies are done on males and most medicines are of a male origin. Women are not men and they need special needs and attentions. Women have been "prescribed drugs that hooked us, sickened us, changed our entire lives." "not listened to us or believed what we said." "treated us poorly because of race, class, sexual identity, age, or disability." "abused us sexually." (Our Bodies ... they are the experts at the social problems that women face everyday, in turn they over analyze things. When a problem arises doctors "are trained to look for problems and to respond with interventions like drugs, surgery, and medical devices, we are often led to see our normal life events as full of potential problems and to accept interventions when they arent necessary." (Our Bodies, Ourselves; p.685) If this ... medical industry is satisfied, because of the medical food chain. Doctors benefit from women thinking that the only way they can have a child is in a hospital, then the pharmaceutical industry profits of the drugs that are used. "The drug industry reinforces medicalization by supporting and promoting the research that transforms womens major life transitions into fearful problems requiring technical, pharmacological solutions available only through medical professionals." (Our ...
- 443: Self-injurious Behaviour
- ... tool available to the Nurse in the management of Self-injurious or challenging behaviour. Pharmacotherapy A number of drug treatments were used at Woodlands namely Chlorpromazine and Hapliperidol. These were reasonably effective but with these drugs there are serious side effects. As stated by Bernstein et al(1994): Serious side effects include symptoms similar to those of Parkinson s disease, such as muscle rigidity, restlessness, tremor and slowed movement. These side effects can be treated with anti-Parkinson drugs. When trying to manage inappropriate behaviour using psychoactive drugs they should only be used as an integral part of the client s programme. For example to combine Pharamacotherapy with other strategies such as behavioural treatments. Behavioural therapy In general behavioural approaches to treatment ...
- 444: Education In Public Schools
- ... main factors effecting are schools today. Rape is a growing problem among juveniles. A juvenile commits one out of every five rapes that occur in the United States. There is also a higher use of drugs and alcohol among kids in public schools. Over 80 percent of public high school students drink alcohol and 45.7 percent have used marijuana. Drugs and alcohol make most people extremely violent. That is also on of the reasons why our violence and crime rates are so high. Over hundreds of millions of dollars are spend on the security of our nations public schools. The Seattle Times once said, "In Washington, D.C., drugs and violence were such a problem in one elementary school, that the principal banned regular recess, and the children are only allowed to play outside in a pit enclosed by eight-foot concrete walls, ...
- 445: Dna 3
- ... future is the cloning of specific organs for transplant. Each year, many people die, unable to find a suitable organ donor. In addition, those who do find donors many times have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. If scientists can find a way to force cells to differentiate to become a failing organ, they should be able to grow those cells into a working, adult organ. Because the new organ would be an exact match for the patient, there would be no need for anti-rejection drugs. Many predict that the first organ to be cloned in this way may be bone marrow, because it is a liquid organ and has no shape. However, it is conceivable that solid organs would be ... how to make the identical proteins. Unfortunately, this is a power that is easily abused. Athletes could have their muscle mass increased for more strength. It could be that the army with the most genetic drugs coursing through their veins would be the one to win the war. Many people feel that these dangers far outweigh the good that could be done speeding the healing process. 2. Food One controversial ...
- 446: Animals In Testing
- ... sick or injured animals are used for training. Most work, in fact, is performed on animal cadavers. Humans can give informed consent. Monkeys and dogs can't. To accelerate Federal Drug Administration acceptance of new drugs many AIDS patients have said they are willing to try them first, so why not let them? In most cases the drugs will need to be tested on humans before the FDA will approve them anyway and it is a known fact that not all drugs work the same on humans as they do on animals. In The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams, the authors satirization of British animal testing practices succeeding in the drafting of new protective laws. ...
- 447: Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... all these lobbying groups which show substantial evidence that marijuana can be used as a prescribed drug. Also many advocates who are pro marijuana complain that morphine and cocaine are legal and are very dangerous drugs, that brings up the question why not legalize marijuana as medical drug which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine. Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California , council committee unanimously voted to ... the active ingredient in marijuana acutely reduces the the bodies white blood cells which fight off infection. The Drug Enforcement Agency along with police departments all over the United States believe, with the legalization of drugs crime will increase due to a higher increase of pot users which will eventually become addicts and will still or kill in order to get their drugs. These are the main points and reasons why the Drug named marijuana shouldn't be legalized in the United States of America. Seeing booth sides of the issue I come to a conclusion that ...
- 448: Court Cases
- ... was consistent with that of the officer, except that she said when she complained about not getting one of the three bags, the officer told Washington to give her one. The defendant admitted to purchasing drugs from Washington on other accounts. The jury convicted the defendant to the crimes previously mentioned. The defendant in appealing the argument that the People failed to disprove the agency defense beyond reasonable doubt. A person who acts as the agent of a buyer in the purchase of narcotics may not be convicted of the crime of selling drugs. This was the question to be decided. Was the defendant a purchaser or a seller? The evidence was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The defendant said she had no ... obtain some crack to support her own habit, not because of the money involved. After hearing all the evidence and testimony the jury decided to reject the defendant's testimony that she just wanted some drugs. The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. I found that going to the court house and observing all these cases was most beneficial. I had a paper similar to this in ...
- 449: Marijuana
- ... mostly of young and relatively powerless Americans (American Heritage, pg 47). Alcohol prohibition was repealed and marijuana prohibition was retained, not because scientists had proved that alcohol was the less dangerous of the various psychoactive drugs, but because of the prejudices and preferences of most Americans (American Heritage, pg 47). In 1937 the government issued the Marijuana Tax Act, which levied a dollar an ounce tax on marijuana, coupled with fines ... used marijuana as an escape from war to peace. It was easy at this time to depict marijuana as a beneficial and completely harmless substance whose effects were far less harmful than those of legal drugs such as alcohol and nicotine because there was not enough scientific research done during the 60's (Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia, pg 54). Another cause may have been the discovery of the psychoactive component of marijuana ... damage. The evidence has clearly shown that marijuana has been around for a great deal of time and has served multiple purposes throughout history. Sources Grolier Electronic Encylopedia, Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1995 Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia, Drugs, Society & Behavior. Vol. 3, 1992. Ethan A. Nadelmann, American Heritage Magazine, Feb-Mar, 1993. Medical Marijuana, http://www.lec.org/Drug_Watch/ Public/Documents/Med_Marijuana_Paper.htm, 1995 .
- 450: A Look At Animal Testing
- ... experimentation has made possible the salvation of 20,000 kidney dialysis patients each year (Botting 1). Also, the ability to test on animals has made possible the relatively safe and successful use of dangerous chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer (Americans for Medical Progress 1). Drugs such as this cannot be tested on humans because of their strength and potential for killing in inappropriate doses. If the proper dosage were not known, the results would be inaccurate and could be lethal ... and vaccines used today were developed and tested through animal research, as were insulin to control diabetes and nearly all modern anesthetics (Botting 1). It is hard to imagine life without some of these lifesaving drugs, or even the ones that do not save lives, just make life a little more bearable. It is likewise significant to note that animal testing has benefited animals as well. When a pet owner ...
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