Immigration For years‚ thousand of immigrants have come from many different countries. Many of them coming for various of different reasons; opportunity‚ poverty‚ refugee‚ prosecution‚ etc. Immigration has been a controversial topic for the last few years. It has evolved throughout the years; many good changes have been made and many bad ones have arisen. Today immigration is a big topic due to the amount of immigrants and refugees settled in the United States of America believing that America
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Researched Argument Essay -- Written Assignment 6 Due: Sunday‚ December 2‚ 5:00 p.m. ineLearndropbox ***NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT A WRITTEN EXCUSE*** For your next written assignment‚ I’m going to ask you to write aargument paper‚ using outside sources‚ on a topic of your choice. I encourage you to write about the same topic you chose for Written Assignment 5. Your textbook discusses argument in detail in Chapter Ten. General Instructions: 1. You should construct
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Methamphetamine (meth‚ crank‚ speed‚ crystal) Methamphetamine is a very powerful and addicting narcotic. Though it is a Scheduled 2 narcotic; it is readily availability on the streets for a considerably cheap price. An addiction to methamphetamine can totally disassociate a person from his or her everyday life. Methamphetamine was first synthesized in 1919 by Japanese scientist A. Ogata. During World War 2 methamphetamine is given to troops to increase performance. In the 1960’s methamphetamine
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Methamphetamines Samantha Erb Lock Haven University Methamphetamines I chose to write about methamphetamines because since high school I have had a great interest in the drug and its effects. In high school the book “Tweak” came out. Tweak is about a young man who is a recovering addict. He was addicted to meth‚ cocaine‚ and heroine where he enrolled himself into a 12 step program. Within this program the young man has a very supportive sponsor but he feels like it is time
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Methamphetamine is a powerful‚ highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. This organic product is also known as meth‚ chalk‚ ice‚ and crystal‚ among many other terms‚ it takes the form of a white‚ odorless‚ bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol. This drug originated in the 20th century and is classified as a schedule II drug in the United States. Though crystal meth has a reputation as an American street drug‚ the origins of this drug
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How It Is Synthesized Methamphetamine was first synthesized from ephedrine in Japan in 1893 by chemist Nagai Nagayoshi. In 1919‚ crystallized methamphetamine was synthesized by Akira Ogata via reduction of ephedrine using red phosphorus and iodine. Synthesis is relatively simple‚ but entails risk with flammable and corrosive chemicals‚ particularly the solvents used in extraction and purification; therefore‚ illicit production is often discovered by fires and explosions caused by the improper
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Theories of Addiction: Methamphetamine Users’ Explanations for Continuing Drug Use and Relapse The preclinical models used were constructed to draw attention to the unique side of addiction behavior (Newton‚ De La Garza‚ Kalechstein‚ Tziortzis‚ & Jacobsen. 2009‚ p. 295). “These include Negative Reinforcement (“Pain Avoidance”)‚ Positive Reinforcement (“Pleasure Seeking”)‚ Incentive Salience (“Craving”)‚ Stimulus Responsive Learning (“Habits”)‚ and Inhibitory Control Dysfunction (“Impulsivity”)”
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Biological effects of Methamphetamines Maria B. Araiza-Chavez BEH 317 Peter Pingerelli October 26‚ 2010 Abstract Biological effects of Methamphetamines Methamphetamines affect the human body in a physical and neurological and psychological way. The use of meth can lead to devastating effects to the nervous system for example leaving the user with nervous ticks and body jerks similar to a person suffering from Parkinson’s disease. On a physical level‚ the user may show skin sores and
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Methamphetamine was originally synthesized in 1887 by a German scientist and later in 1930’s it was discovered that it could increase a person’s blood pressure and was helpful in lung congestion. It has been used to treat Parkinson’s disease‚ and obesity‚ however when used illegally this drug may cause a person to be violent and paranoid. Meth is a very powerful stimulant and very often the desire for it exceeds other interests including the need for sleep‚ food‚ and family. Meth has become one
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11377(a)-Possession of Methamphetamine‚ H&S 11364(a)-Possession of drug paraphernalia and PC 148(a)(1)-Resisting/Delaying a Peace Officer. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: This incident occurred inside 848 Summit Avenue #1. The location is a rear duplex to the rear of a long east-west driveway running along the north side of 844 Summit Avenue‚ which faces the street. EVIDENCE: Items Description 1) Methamphetamine‚ approximately 6.08 grams of a white crystal substance resembling methamphetamine‚ which was packaged
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