Opioids such as OxyContin and Vicodin‚ are the most widespread prescribed painkiller for the treatment of moderate to chronic pain. While opioids are highly effective in masking the pain temporarily‚ these drugs are highly addictive. Many patients‚ especially those who take more than the prescribed amount‚ often develop a dependency on these drugs‚ resulting in addiction. There is growing evidence that opioid drugs are being widely prescribed and abused‚ causing an increase in healthcare costs. To
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“The Black Widow spider’s bite can cause coma and even death. The African Black Mamba can kill a man with one bite. But there’s an even deadlier predator: cigarettes‚ produced by big tobacco companies‚ kill someone every 6 seconds. Don’t be tobacco’s next victim." (Tim Melwech) By being tobacco’s victim‚ it jeopardizes one’s health‚ future‚ and it convinces someone that they are helpful‚ but never are. Cigarette smoking doesn’t just harm one’s health‚ but ruins it. Smoking leads to disease and
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Euthanasia “places the heart of medicine on trial.” Physicians’ absolute repugnance to killing people is necessary if society’s trust in them it to be maintained. This is very true because physicians have opportunities to kill not open to other people‚ as shown by the horrific story of Dr. Harold Shipman‚ a British physician serial-killer. Shipman had killed upwards of 218 patients. After noticing a high death rate of patients under his care‚ an investigation was begun. The police then investigated
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The Holocaust is likely the most horrible tragedy in recent history. It had such a powerful and negative affect on the entire human race. It is incredibly hard and terrifying to think that people can be so evil to the point where they do such terrible things to millions of other people‚ and only because of a different faith or race. Words cannot describe how much pain this caused for so many people around the planet. One survivor of this tragedy believes that because of all the horrors of the Holocaust
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“Smoking kills. If you’re killed‚ you’ve lost a very important part of your life”. –Brooke Shields. Many people are already aware of the fact that smoking harms their body. Why do people continue to smoke then? Sometimes people have an addiction‚ or are not aware of the things that it can do to their body. Other times‚ they do not believe what people say about smoking‚ or do not think that these effects will happen to them. There are a lot of reasons why someone should not smoke. Some of them are
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The study of astrology may seem like a world full of mysticism and uncertainty. It is natural to question how someone’s personality traits can be determined by planetary alignments; after all it does seem far-fetched. Astrology and the zodiac are a lot more complex than the average person realizes. Until you take the time to fully research and understand astrology‚ it’s impossible to get the most accurate zodiac profile. In ancient times‚ astrology was closely linked to fields such as astronomy
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Anxiety: Anxious for Help I was in seventh grade when I discovered I had anxiety. I didn’t go to school for 2 months because every day my mom would take me‚ and I would end up on the floor of the car sobbing and hyperventilating. I was a sophomore in high school when I was diagnosed with depression. I skipped class a lot‚ I would cry over everything‚ and I would never leave the house. I thought everyone was better off without me. I deal with depression and anxiety every day. I started doing pageants
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Since Roberto Nevilis introduced it to the world as a punishment in 1905‚ there have been many arguments to whether or not homework should be required. What initially started as punishment for kids who messed around in class has become a mandatory task that all students are required to do daily. I’m here to end that‚ I intend to show you that students should not be required to complete homework for a grade. Homework consumes too much time and leaves no space for extracurricular activities and causes
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Ronel Juste Juste1 Mr. Littwin English Comp. 2 9/24/13 Poseidon Poseidon is one of the many Greek gods in ancient history that is set apart from the many others. He is considered the most disruptive and destructive god of all time. He is the god sea‚ and is responsible
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The sinking of the Titanic is one of history’s most researched and questioned story. There are movies‚ books‚ and documentaries on how it sunk and what happened on that night. This tragic story has a multiple of reasons as to why the ship sunk. The confidence of many people in the ship’s construction has to do with many if not all of the reasons for the total loss of life and the ship sinking. This confidence caused a majority of the crew members to not take seriously important messages about icebergs
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