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- 1981: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... possible addiction to the drug and its effects in society. As with any other drug, the possibility of addiction is a concern, but when a doctor prescribes the marijuana, he will have the chance to control and monitor the intake of the patient. There are many other drugs that are legal with the same types of effects such as codeine, cocaine, and morphine. If drugs like those are legal and are under control, then a drug like marijuana that is very similar to them, should also be legalized and easily kept under control. Many other complaints of the legalization of marijuana have been argued and show no relevance in reasons of why marijuana should not be legalized. The D.E.A. is trying to make the argument ...
- 1982: Marijuana
- ... as an anesthetic 5,000 years ago in ancient china. Many (*) ancient cultures such as the persians, Greeks, East Indians, Romans, and the Assyrians for many things. These were what they used it for: the control of muscle spasms, reduction of pain, and for indegestion. Imagine that if they still practiced this, instead of taking an Alka Seltzer after you had mom's Chili or Tacos, you might be sitting in ... from 1925 concerning the Panama Canal Zone said it wasnt habit forming and no steps should be taken to keep it from being sold or used. The Uniform States Narcotic Act said all states should control drug distribution. "By 1937 marijuana use was restricted by law" (Snyder,1985,p42) and the Marijuana Tax Act was signed by President Roosevelt. This act was made to collect more taxes and locate people selling marijuana. You had to pay $1 for medical use and $100 for recreational use as tax. This was a large factor why doctors quit using it as a medicine. "The Narcotics Drug Control Act of 1965 increased the existing penalties for selling and distribution of marijuana and heroin..." (Snyder,1985,p46) The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) was founded in 1970. Just the ...
- 1983: Marijuana: The Legalization
- ... on it. Sure, there are prescription drugs on the market that are potentially dangerous but their effects are nothing compared to that of marijuana. Such a comparison can be made between a knife and a gun, prescription drugs being the knife and marijuana the gun. They are both potentially lethal and incredibly dangerous but they have their differences. With a knife, you have to be careless enough to fall on it. With a gun, all you have to be is stupid enough to mess with it. Of course, others have their opinions and I respect that. Lester Grinspoon states "One of marijuana's greatest advantages as a medicine ...
- 1984: Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America
- ... the next ten years. Marijuana was becoming more accepted across the nation. As the users of Marijuana changed, the attitudes about the danger of Marijuana broke down. In 1970, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act reduced the classification of simple possession and non-profit distribution from felonies to misdemeanors (Himmelstein 104). This was a good start. However, President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1973 and over ... free-for-all with everybody constantly getting high. Legalization would be a burdensome task for the U.S. Government. In fact, the legal process would include a law passed by Congress allowing the government to control the content, quality, and distribution of marijuana. The laws would be similar to the current laws regulating alcohol, including laws governing age, limits for driving, and distribution ("Bring" 13). A thorough investigation of the costs ... claim is based on a study of the rehus monkey by Dr. Robert Heath in the late 1970's. Heath's work was criticized for its insufficient sample size (only four monkeys), its failure to control experimental bias, and the misidentification of normal monkey brain structure as "damaged" (Hager 1). Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of damage to the brain (Hager 1). In ...
- 1985: Premarital Sex
- ... should be stopped immediately. Even though medical science may eliminate some of the possibilities of the sins committed we will still be accountable to God (premarital sex (2) 2). " A young person who uses self control to say no to sex outside of marriage is building discipline and security into future relationships, because waiting gives your mind and body time to mature. If we do not learn to develop self-control before marriage, it makes it easier for a lack of self-control to lead to extra marital affairs after marriage"(premarital sex (3) 2). God will always forgive you when you have sinned. All that you have to do is ask the Lord for forgiveness and ...
- 1986: Psychoanalysis
- ... conceptualization of the drives. How the conditions for satisfaction are to be brought about is the task of the second system, the ego, which is the domain of such functions as perception, thinking, and motor control that can accurately assess environmental conditions. In order to fulfill its function of adaptation, or reality testing, the ego must be capable of enforcing the postponement of satisfaction of the instinctual impulses originating in the ... of a prohibition imposed on the individual by others, originally the parents. The totality of these demands and prohibitions constitutes the major content of the third system, the superego, the function of which is to control the ego in accordance with the internalized standards of parental figures. If the demands of the superego are not fulfilled, the person may feel shame or guilt. Because the superego, in Freudian theory, originates in ... complexes, or the more it reverts to earlier satisfactions and modes of functioning, known as regression, the greater is the likelihood of succumbing to these pressures. Unable to function normally, it can maintain its limited control and integrity only at the price of symptom formation, in which the tensions are expressed, in neurotic symptoms. A major point of modern psychoanalytic theory and practice is the concept of anxiety, which institutes ...
- 1987: The Ebola Virus: One Deadly Disease
- ... it is unlikely to become infected by close contact with persons infected who show no symptoms. It is hypothesized that the Ebola virus became "airborne" by being caught inside small droplets of water that the control monkeys eventually breathed. The Reston strain appears to have been transmittable by airborne means, but that particular strain is not known to be harmful to humans. The Ebola virus spreads through the blood and is ... ovaries and testes. The symptoms are bleeding, especially in the nose, abdomen, pericardium and vagina. Patients basically die of intractable shock. Those with severe illness often have fevers and are delirious, combative and difficult to control. One out of ten people infected survive the virus's deadly operations. Once in a while, the Ebola virus is known to sometimes die out within a person before killing the host organism. Since Ebola ... the airborne or aerosol route. A 1995 experiment using the Ebola-Zaire strain and Rhesus monkeys demonstrated that the virus could be transmitted by the virus being caught inside small droplets of water that the control monkeys eventually breathed. Another thing that they have discovered is that it is possible that plasma can have some effect on recovering, but it is very small. Hopefully, they will soon find a cure ...
- 1988: Narcolepsy
- ... off for a few minutes or even a few hours. Some patients always have a premonition, some have an occasional warning, and others never see it coming. Cataplexy is an abrupt loss of voluntary muscle control usually triggered by emotions such as laughter, anger, or surprise. Episodes of cataplexy occur in approximately 60 percent of patients with narcolepsy. Attacks can also be brought on by a feeling of elation while watching ... some patients, cataplexy can be caused by a memory of a certain, emotionally stimulating event. A catapletic attack can range from a brief experience of partial muscle weakness to an almost complete loss of muscle control lasting for several minutes and resulting in a total paralysis. In the case of paralysis, the victimeven though he/she is consciousis unable to move or speak. During an attack, a person may ... behavioral changes as implementing short naps, better sleep habits, and/or a reduction of stress. Avoidance of stimulants like caffeine and nicotine in the evenings may also be beneficial. Doctors may prescribe mediations to help control the symptoms of narcolepsy. However, many times the side effects of these drugs are worse than the original ailments. Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by the pineal gland. It controls the sleep/wake ...
- 1989: Spontaneous and Induced Abortions
- ... in one way or another in various countries, beginning with the Soviet Union in 1920 and with Japan and several eastern European and Scandinavian countries in the 1950s. In some countries the unavailability of birth-control devices was a factor in the acceptance of abortion. In the late 20th century China used abortions on a large scale as part of its population-control policy. A broad social movement for the relaxation or elimination of restrictions on the performance of abortions resulted in the passing of liberalized legislation in several states in the United States during the 1960s. The ... Roe v. Wade (1973) that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion was unconstitutional, in effect legalizing abortion on demand for women in the first three months of pregnancy. A countermovement for the restoration of strict control over the circumstances under which abortions might be permitted soon sprang up, and the issue became entangled in social and political conflict. In rulings in 1989 and 1992, a more conservative Supreme Court upheld ...
- 1990: Pros And Cons Of Abortion
- ... is all right? Well pro-choice believes that the answer is what the woman believes. The most common reason for abortions is when contraception fails. What is a person suppose to do when the birth control method fails? "Thefact is that contraceptive failure led to 1.6 to 2 million of the 3.3 million unwanted pregnancies in the United States in 1987. These pregnancies account for about half of the ... damaged by abortion, but pro-choice women state that is not so and it actually benefited them" (Sproul). Pro-Choice also believes that it is the moral right for a person to be able to control their own body whether it is having a baby or destroying it. They feel it is the womans right to be able to do what she wants with herself and what she has created. Pro ... burden. Abortion on the other hand should not be legal for all. When a person chooses to have sex she is taking a chance. This she does of her own free will, and she has control over what she is doing. This is the total opposite of the rape victim. If a person decides to have sex whether it is safe or not, what happens after that is her responsibility ...
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