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- 871: Rock Music
- ... to a more rebellious style that was designated the name of "hippie music". Groups that played this music were Country Joe and The Mamas and The Papas. Along with this hippie ideas popularity of hallucinogenic drugs produced a psychedelic style of music called Acid Rock. By the end of the 60's the distinctions between Rock n' Roll and Rock were evident. The early instruments- saxophone, piano, amplified guitar, and drums ... and other electronic devices. Not only did the instruments change but so did the ideas behind the music. For example, "to the lyrics of teenage love and adolescent concerns were added social commentary, glorification of drugs and free- association poetry" ("Rock Music", Groliers, p.1). Groups like The Beach Boys, Crew Cuts and The Everly Brothers were replaced by more imaginative, non-descriptive names groups like The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Big ...
- 872: MDMA
- ... dancing is their meditation, and Ecstasy is their holy substance. The atmosphere of raves is designed to be favorable to enjoying the Ecstasy experience, which are common venues for taking Ecstasy. Ecstasy, along with various drugs, is offered openly to the public. This is a familiar scene at raves and security usually takes no steps in preventing it. Raves are known for having a blind eye approach to drug taking and ... it causes euphoria. Feelings of apprehension are eliminated and replaced by feelings of warmth and relaxation. Everyone is encouraged to think only happy thoughts. At raves, everyone is neighborly and kindly offers water bottles, pacifiers, drugs, massages, and light shows to fellow ravers. Despite the negative effects of MDMA, the recreational use of the drug is increasing. Information from hype anecdotes motivates todays young adults to try the drug. Addicts ...
- 873: 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 it's 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 ...
- 874: Marijuana
- ... reduction of optical capability caused by increasing intra ocular pressure (IOP), or the pressure of the eye's fluids against its outer walls. Marijuana is a proven IOP reducer, but so are many other legal drugs. The trick that makes marijuana advocates cite this benefit is that it seems to work for some patients whose current medicines do not. The problem is that researchers do not know what mechanism marijuana uses ... of marijuana to avoid side-effects, however the cream did not relieve IOP (NIH np). According to unbiased researchers at the National Institutes for Health, "if marijuana uses the same mechanism as other IOP reducing drugs, it would suggest an unfavorable benefit/risk ratio" (NIH np). In short, there are too many unknowns to make it an effective glaucoma treatment. (204) Cleland 3 Marijuana advocates also claim that it prevents the ...
- 875: Breast Cancer Treatment
- ... radiation. Some common side effects of radiation therapy include swelling of the breast and dry skin at the radiation site. Chemotherapy is one of the systemic therapies doctors use to fight breast cancer. Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells, and it usually involves a combination of those drugs. Traditional chemotherapy is administered in cycles; a treatment period followed by a recovery period, then another treatment, and so on (NIH 23). Like radiation therapy, chemotherapy can be administered on an outpatient basis. Although chemotherapy ...
- 876: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... where the patients cannot tolerate lithium or can become unresponsive to it in the past. The American Psychiatric Association's guidelines suggest the next line of to be anticonvulsant such as valproate and carbamazepine. These drugs are useful as antimanic agents, especially in those patients with mixed states. Both of these medications can be used in combination with lithium or in combination with each other. Valproate is especially helpful for patients ... noncompliant, experience rapid-cycling, or have comorbid alcohol or drug abuse. Neuroleptics such as haloperidol or chlorpromazine have also been used to help stabilize manic patients who are highly agitated or psychotic. Use of these drugs is often necessary because the response to them are rapid, but there are risks involved in their use. Because of the often severe side effects, benzodiazepines are often used in their place. Benzodiazepines can achieve ...
- 877: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... Frederic Still first thought that the dilemma of problem children was a biological defect inherited from an injury at birth and not the result of bad parenting. In the 1930's and '40's stimulant drugs were first used to successfully treat many behavior problems due partly to Still's hypothesis. In 1960, Stella Chess further boosted research in the field by writing about the hyperactive child syndrome. She stated that ... masks to see through because the abuse itself can produce A. D. D.-like symptoms. Often when a person with A. D. D. has substance abuse problems they unknowingly are self-medicating themselves with the drugs. They do this when they choose to use the drug continually simply because it clears the static from their mind (Hallowell 174). The three substances used most by A. D. D. sufferers are cocaine, alcohol ...
- 878: Effects of Youth Crime
- ... war. Stopping gang wars is just one small step to stopping youth violence. Gangs are not the only youth's who commit crime. There are tons of kids who steal from stores, do and sell drugs, vandalize buildings and a lot of other things as well. These kids are just as large of a problem as the gang members are. Some kids think that stealing a candy bar here, a pair ... rules and restrictions at school or in society. The reason that there are so many rules and restrictions is because of all the youth crime there is. If kids would learn to stop stealing, doing drugs, being in gangs and all of the other crimes they do, a lot of the rules and restrictions would be lifted and they would have more freedom. At school, kids are not allowed to wear ...
- 879: Alzheimer's Disease
- ... will improve our ability for accurate detection of individual at risks for the disease"12 said Zaven Khachaturian Ph.D., director of the Alzheimer's Association's Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute. Among the drugs being tested to treat AD are -Cholinergic agents: choline, lecithin, and the agonist (RS 86, arecholine, and bethanechol) - Peptides: vasopressin, ACTH 4-10, naloxone -Nootropic agents: pramiracetem, CI 911, Praxilene, Oxiratem -other general drugs: chelating agents, Nimodipine, Vinpocetine13 most of these are still in experimental stages. Some has proved to work slightly but is generally unsafe, others has tested safe but not beneficial, but none has been both. People ...
- 880: Alzheimer's Disease
- ... member, a paid or unpaid care provider, and the victim's physician. Throughout the progression of the disease, and depending on the needs of the patient, a wide range of expensive medication, such as psychoactive drugs to lift depression and sedatives to control violence, may be required. Unfortunately, although a wide range of treatments have been tested, most prove to be ineffective. At the beginning of the disease the family is ... neurotransmitter substances such as acetylcholine, serotonin, norepinephrine and somatostatin in AD sufferers forms the basis of another theory that says AD is brought on by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Treatment of patients with drugs that block the break down of neurotransmitter substances in the brain have been met with limited success (Brassard,1993,p.16). AD is an enormous social and economic problem. As the population ages, the number ...
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