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- 851: Smoking Tobacco
- Smoking Tobacco Drugs are generally recognized as of the greatest problems in the United States. According to the statistics, tobacco has the highest death rate. Smoking is a very popular habit, even though we all know that smoking ... an identification card to identify your age if you want legal! Almost anyone can buy them! Yes, the are legal! Nowadays, even middle high school students are already smoking, and willl even lead to using drugs such as: marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Smoking causes all sorts of cancer. It affects your brain and it do not prolong your life, not only in America, but all over the globe. Every person knows ...
- 852: How The Garcia Girls Lost Thei
- ... in the interview was the difference in culture in America . He laughed because there is a big difference in cultures here in America . Years after he arrived here , he began to see the presence of drugs in school . If anyone was ever caught with drugs in a Japanese school , the punishment would be severe . He also noticed that he was getting more comfortable in the American culture . The one thing that affected Chris the most was that he started to ...
- 853: Gun Control
- ... here her say something about our good friend Jerry. I took her a few minutes but I finally understood her. Jerry had been shot earlier that day by two juviniles with handguns in search of drugs and money. Contention 1. Juvinile Crime with guns has gone up. A. Juviniles homocide with guns is tripling Congressional Record 96' ( July 24, Senate Resolution 282) "Juvinile homosides involving firearms trippled from 1980 to 1994 ... trading Munsey, 96' (Christopher, March 31) "Firearms stolen from residents and gun stores are the number one outlet for for criminals. 'They are traded on the street in the brisk black-market whirl that includes drugs & cash.' state police said. D. Guns kill more teens than all diseases conbined. Neergaad, 96'(AP, July 13) "Guns kill more teen-agers than all other diseases combined. Gun related homicides & suicides are rising. Firearms ...
- 854: Hemophilia
- ... in the late stages of the pregnancy. Going back to the haemophiliacs, many have become seropositive for HIV infections transmitted through factor VIII and IX concentrates and many have developed AIDS. In Canada, the two drugs currently undergoing clinical testing for treatment of HIV disease are AZT and DDI. For the use of AZT, the major complication is suppression of normal bone marrow activity. This results in low red and white ... the bone marrow.11 AZT and DDI both represent the first generation of anti-retroviral drug and it is the hope of many people that they will be followed by less toxic and more effective drugs. As it can be seen, haemophilia is one of those sex-linked diseases that must involve the inheritance of both recessive and deficient chromosomes. It is mostly found in males and since every male has ...
- 855: Inhalents
- SLANG TERMS Laughing gas rush whippets poppers snappers Inhalants are breathable chemicals that produce mind-altering vapors. People do not think of inhalants as drugs because most of the products were never meant to be used that way. Inhalants are ingested by "sniffing" or snorting (through the nose), "bagging" (inhaling fumes from a plastic bag), or huffing (stuffing an inhalant ... through the placental barrier and enter the fetal bloodstream. However, except for evidence of birth defects among petrol inhalers, the evidence that use of other inhalants or solvents can damage the fetus is inconclusive. All drugs have some effects on the unborn child including chromosomal and fetal damage EXTENT OF USE Young people (ages 7-17) are more likely to use inhalants because they are available and inexpensive. Inhalants rank fourth ...
- 856: Quackery
- ... the dangerous use of steroids. More dangerous and costly arthritis treatments are offered by legitimate-looking clinics, often located outside the United States. While some clinics may offer effective treatment, many prescribe untested diets or drugs that either offer no arthritis cure or cause patients to have additional health problems. Beware of arthritis clinics that offer cures. It is important to remember that pain relief and inflammation treatments are not the ... believe that advertising is screened by a government agency and that, therefore, all claims about health products in advertising must be truthful. This is not the case with most health-care products, except for those drugs and medical devices that require pre-market approval by FDA. There is no federal, state, or local government agency that approves or verifies claims in advertisements before they are printed. Law enforcement authorities can take ...
- 857: Depression 7
- ... depressive disorders are among the most treatable in psychiatry. The usual treatment in modern practice involves administration of a drug plus supportive psychotherapy. Basically going to a psychiatrist and talking to them. The two major drugs that are used to treat depressive disorders are tricyclic/tetracyclic antidepressants and the monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors. The last one requires the patient to follow a special diet because the drugs react to tryamine. Tryamine is found in cheeses, beer, wine, chicken livers, and other foods, and causes higher blood pressure. The tricyclic antidepressants require no special diet. Lithium carbonate is a common mineral that is ...
- 858: Gun Control
- ... battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where terrified women are viciously attacked and raped, where teen-age gangsters shoot it out for a patch of turf to sell their illegal drugs, and where innocent children are caught daily in the crossfire of drive-by shootings. We cannot ignore the damage that these criminals are doing to our society, and we must take actions to stop these ... ways to get guns. In this country we have criminalized the use, possession, sale, and transportation of many kinds of narcotics, but its still easy for someone to take a ride and purchase the drugs of their choice at street corner vendors. Firearms and ammunition would be just as easy for these black-market entrepreneurs to deliver to their customers. Today, criminals often carry illegal weapons, including sawed-off shotguns ...
- 859: Effects Of Smoking
- One of the most addictive and destructive, over-the-counter drugs known to modern man. One of the few legal substances available in stores that can injure or kill when used as intended. Most rational people know this as a fact, yet many continue to smoke ... Smoking becomes a part of who and what you are, An addict. It amazes me the number of people who smoke cigarettes who would never smoke a "marijuana" cigarette. They say "Oh no, that s drugs" or "I m not a dope fiend". Sorry pal tobacco is a drug and if you're a smoker, you are also a drug addict. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you will be ...
- 860: Child Abuse
- ... the child's health psychological development. Other types of child neglect are dirty or unfit homes. These are houses that are dirty and health hazards to the child or any other person in the home. Drugs and alcohol abuse are considered neglect to the child. This happens when a caretaker uses drugs and alcohol to an excess, this would make the caretaker is emotionally in unavailable to the child. Also, if the child comes in contact with the substances, they can cause serious harm. For example, if ...
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