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- 6151: Should Gambling Be Legalized?
- ... the gambling industry. This is only because the studies that came up with these findings were funded entirely by companies that have interests in promoting gambling.7 There is a consistency in most of the stories the lobbyists for the gambling industry. They usually involve the myth that says that big spenders will spend money on local businesses and therefore boost the economy. This myth is false. In fact, most local ...
- 6152: Drug Legalization
- ... Let's be realistic, legalizing marijuana is a terrible idea which would have serious negative side effects. Those in favor of legalization are making false arguments that may sound good , but are often simplistic and short sighted. Legalization may lessen the violence surrounding drug dealing , but the real problem is violence resulting from drug use, and this must be addressed with strong law enforcement , substance abuse treatment, prevention and a commitment ...
- 6153: Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society
- ... all effects of the damaging drugs, however the Naloxone is not an addictive drug, as the others are. The downfall to the medical drugs being used to help addiction are that there effects are very short-term and cannot cure the patient, but does assist in attaining the goal of substituting a more controllable, less lethal drug as opposed to the original narcotic . The key to preventing substance abuse in Canada ...
- 6154: Alcohol and Driving While Intoxicated
- ... they are intoxicated, they may drive slower than the flow of traffic so that they do not get in an accident, this can be dangerous in itself. Sometimes drunk drivers have jerking motions because of short mental lapses and may not keep a steady speed. Another indication of an intoxicated driver is quick stopping, which causes many accidents. Police officers have seen drunk drivers many times, and know how they drive ...
- 6155: Cocaine
- ... also injected in solution into veins or may be smoked in chemically treated forms known as free base and crack. Any method of ingestion produces compulsive use, and drug dependency may develop in a relatively short time. Users are attracted at first when small amounts of cocaine decrease their fatigue and increase their mental awareness. When taken in larger amounts, cocaine may also produce digestive disorders, weight loss, sleeplessness, irritability, depression ...
- 6156: Methamphetamine: Built for Speed?
- ... improved his life, he answers, "What a joke. Improve? Beyond the nominal gain of being able to dance until the wee hours of the morning, it doesn't. And productivity? Any gains are ephemeral and short- -lasted." "I do in fact know some people who skate through life without problems with drugs. But I think more people than not overestimate their ability to handle drugs. Drugs can be fun, but they ...
- 6157: Legalization of Drugs: Against
- ... the fetus and of abnormal offspring. Some other effects of marijuana are sedation, depression, hormone changes and brain damage. It is certain that the smoking of marijuana leads to as much as a 50 percent short-term increase in heart rate and a possible decrease in blood supply to the heart. It is crystal clear that the use of these illegal drugs causes permanent and serious damage to the body, brain ...
- 6158: Why Drugs Should Be Legalized!!!!
- ... is well established that the moderate, recreational use of marijuana-in the doses and frequencies with which it is customarily used-presents no risk of physical or psychological harm to the user, over either the short or the long term." Putting aside the fact that marijuana is not a bad or even dangerous drug, one must look at what marijuana and hemp can do for our society. When posed with the ...
- 6159: Weed
- Weed Wether you call it Hemp, Mary Jane, Pot, Weed; it doesn't matter. It is still Cannabis Sativa, or cannabis for short. And it is still illegal. The use of marijuana as an intoxicant in the United States became a problem of public concern in the 1930s. Regulatory laws were passed in 1937, and criminal penalties were ...
- 6160: All Quiet on the Western Front
- ... These youthful thoughts were washed away at the Front, where they came to realize that order is what matters. One of the men responsible for this was their drill sergeant, Corporal Himmelstoss, who was a short, mean man. He would force the men to do unnecessary work and torture them with pointless assignments. Paul, Tjaden, Kropp, and Westhus were especially picked on by Himmelstoss, but they were secretly defiant. The training ...
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