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- 591: AIDS: A Life or Death Issue
- ... is no way of ever knowing weather a sexual partner is infected. Abstinance is the best way to asure you will not get AIDS through sex. When AIDS first surfaced in the United States, no drugs were availible to fight it. Over the past ten years new drugs and therapes have been developed. These drugs do not cure it, but inturupt and slow down its growth to give the person a longer life. Currently, there is no treatment that shows significant promise for a cure. In conclusion, AIDS is ...
- 592: Music Censorship
- ... to recite a Biblical rap about grace, Jesus, and coming down from the cross (Leland 64). Snoop's music is not intended to cause people to go out and kill people and steal and do drugs. Instead, it is intended to make people STOP committing violent crimes. Taneika Archer, 17, an African- American girl, believes this about Snoop Doggy Dogg: He tells it like it's supposed to be told. People ... the Korean grocers (Lewis n. pag.). Some people are "waking up" and finally taking a stance against it. The KACE- FM radio station out of Los Angeles has banned all songs degrading women or promoting drugs or violence (Leland 64).The Reverend Calvin Butts, a high profile minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, has mounted a crusade against "offending" (rap) music (Leland 64). Last summer he held a rally ... asked that it be raised to R (Zucchino 9). Also, because they already had the PG label they wanted, they felt they could get more, so they tried for four additional labels: D/A for drugs and alcohol, V for violence, O for occult, and X for vulgar and explicit language (Zucchino 9). Plus, they wanted a panel of all industry types [such as artists, songwriters, executives, producers, distributors, broadcasters, ...
- 593: Cannabis
- ... listed as a useful medicine from the year 1870 to 1941. A Pharmacopeia is "a book of directions and requirements for the preparations of medicines, generally published by an authority; a collection or stock of drugs." This tells us the U.S. Pharmacopeia was an authority on the use of drugs for medical purposes, and said that the use of marijuana for said purposes was helpful. The U.S. Pharmacopeia last listed cannabis ("the dried flower tops of the pistillate plants of cannabis sativa") in 1936 ... starting with two or three minims.)"(Lovinge,1985,p434) Extracts, tinctures, and herbal packages of cannabis manufactured by many drug companies, was available in any pharmacy until 1941 when "The two main professional directories of drugs in the United States" dropped it.(Snnyder 1985,p38) It is still used as a medicine in the Middle East and Asia, and is completely legal in Amsterdam. Since the 19th Century, it has ...
- 594: Tourette's Disorder
- ... it may be implicated. The proximity and connections between the GABA and dopamine systems support the possibility of an interrelationship. Response to clonazepam (a GABAergic agent) has been positive in some cases. Yet other GABAergic drugs such as diazepam do not have such positive effects. Noradrenergic mechanisms have been most persuasively implicated by observations that clonidine, a drug that inhibits noradrenergic functioning by the stimulation of an autoreceptor, may improve motor ... both as causes and as modifiers of TS. Non- genetic factors that have been implicated include such stressful processes or events during the prenatal, perinatal, or early life periods as fetal compromise and exposure to drugs or other toxins. Findings from one study in which decreased birth weights were observed in the affected co-twins of discordant monozygotic pairs lend further support to the influence of environmental factors. Clinical Assessment Of ... to determine what the indications for the medications were, whether there were any pre-existing tics or compulsions, and the temporal relation between the stimulants and the new symptoms. Catecholaminergic agonists are contained in other drugs, such as in decongestant combinations used in treating allergies and in medications used for asthma. If a patient with TS is on a stimulant or a drug containing an ephedrine like agent, discontinuation should ...
- 595: 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 ...
- 596: Anorexia And Bulimia
- ... and potassium, and the disturbance can severely affect heart function. No generally therapy for anorexia nervosa exists. It is often associated with depression and low self-esteem, and patients may benefit from treatment with antidepressant drugs. Psychotherapy, including family therapy, can often helps, and about half of the cases resolve themselves without relapses. But because many persons with anorexia nervosa never go for medical treatment, the exact reason of the condition ... psychological pressures, the most obvious one being the emphasis on the desire of being slim. Behavioral therapy can be used in treating the disorder. Because patients with bulimia often suffer from depression as well, antidepressant drugs may be effective.
- 597: Academic Discourse Vs. Popular Discourse
- ... in today's society. The topics and word usage is easy to follow and understand. Slang is used freely throughout the magazine and the articles do not seem to discriminate against moral issues such as drugs, sex, types of music, and partying; has a kind of an "anything goes" attitude about life. A good example of what type of language is used in this magazine is found on pages 76 and 77, where it reads in large print: "Where are all the people that used to go out, now? Did they just have their fun with the drugs and they went to parties and that s it? It shows that it's not always about the music 'cause music doesn't really have an age limit on it, ya' know?" In American Psychologist ...
- 598: Ritalin and Its Uses
- ... are getting pills instead of proper care. Although Ritalin currently seems to be an effective way in treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, we must not treat this disorder hastily. Our society must realize that prescription drugs can have just as many complications as street drugs. Befor writing out a prescription, or carelessly diagnosing ADHD, we must remember that these are kids we are dealing with. They put all their faith in us to help them, and not just to medicate ...
- 599: Criticism of Keats' Melancholy
- ... Lethe. According to Haverkamp, Lethe symbolizes the act of forgetting. He then goes on to explain that the next couple of lines starting with “Wolsbane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine,” implies the use of drugs or the act of suicide in order to forget. Thus, the first stanza is basically stating not to give in to drugs or suicide to forget your problems that cause you pain. Mourning Becomes Melancholia also points out that Keats’s “Ode on Melancholy” has similar elements as Shakespeare’s sonnets, especially Sonnet 31. Both present the ...
- 600: Making The Corps
- ... are hardest because it’s a war out there everyday. Unlike the other new Marines he still understands, and does not feel bad about what his friends have to do in order to live (sell drugs, violence). He feels this way because he believes that “a crime is only a crime if you get caught”.(pg235) But there is a part of him that was changed, and that is he is not tempted at doing what he used to do, like selling drugs and resorting to violence. Marine Winston also says that Sergeant Carey appears in his conscious. -These new Marines are recognized officially as Marines when they complete the MCT-Marine Corps Training. While there many officers ...
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