Andean Cocaine There were two men who made drugs Alfredo Bignon and Eduardo Balarezo. Coca is a dried leaf of the “subtropical Andean shrub Elthycoxylon.” The traffic of cocaine is over whelming controlled by home grown‚ successful and eminently “Latin” entrepreurs and middle men. Pharmacist Alfredo Bignon had a laboratory of his Droguera Botica Francesa around the corner of main plaza. On March 13‚ 1885 he was going to present his findings of this cocaine to Academia Libre de Medicina de Lima
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Research Paper 17 May 2017 Cocaine Abuse Cocaine abuse is not something to be taken lightly‚ it can alter someones life for the worst‚ effect physical and mental health along with destroy relationships with loved ones. Coke‚ flake‚ snow‚ blow‚ white‚ toot‚ base‚ basa‚ powder‚ dust‚ big rush‚ pearl‚ candy‚ cola‚ C‚ big flakes‚ nose candy‚ baseball‚ bump‚ line‚ rail‚ snow‚ stash‚ choch‚ chochie‚ and yeyo are all street names for cocaine‚ and just like the MANY names for cocaine‚ there are MANY effects
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harsh let alone her drug of choice‚ crack-cocaine.. With that combination and such a harsh drug as crack being as asy to find as it is‚ leaves no surprise why she would seek that escape. Crack-Cocaine is one of the most easy to acquire drugs on the streets‚ and possibly the hardest of these. It is a cheap and dirty form of freebased cocaine. Freebasing is a process in which all the impurities are processed out of the cocaine leaving in essence‚ a cocaine concentrate. This is normally smoked to produce
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Tulia: Race‚ Cocaine‚ and Corruption in a Small Texas Town 1 Tulia: Race‚ Cocaine‚ and Corruption in a Small Texas Town Shana Eberlin Ethics in Criminal Justice October 26‚ 2008 Tulia: Race‚ Cocaine‚ and Corruption in a Small Texas Town 2 Blakeslee‚ N. (2006). Tulia: Race‚ Cocaine‚ and Corruption in a Small Texas Town. New York: PublicAffairs. Abstract: One morning in 1999‚ in the little cow town of Tulia in the Texas panhandle‚ before the sun came up‚ police burst into homes‚ where about twenty
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Writing assignment Trần Thùy Linh Class: Wed afternoon. Topic: The effects of drinking. Drinking has many serious effects. The most obvious effect is the deterioration of health. Drinking increases the risk of various cancers and heart attack‚ increases liver problems‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ and reduced fertility. These are some of the numerous harmful effects of regularly drinking above recommended levels. Moreover‚ drinking is the cause of accidents. A person‚ who drinks‚ loses his
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In the excerpt from the afterward (p.132) to "The Cocaine Kids" by Terry Williams he seems to be expressing the Subcultural Theories. Simply because the excerpt is mainly concerned with the way they were raised‚ opportunities and lifestyle. In my opinion I agree strongly that these Subcultural Theories play a major roll in why the cocaine kids be come drug dealers. The "crew" all lived in a poor part of Manhattan called Washington Heights; it’s an area full of crack fiends and drug dealers. It’s
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Everybody knows cocaine is bad for you. So why do so many people take it? It gets you high. You feel good for a little while. Then you’re sad again. Teenagers have this problem a lot. Scientists have found a way to maybe prevent highs’ when using cocaine. Actually‚ they found a way in animals‚ and they are hoping to use it on humans. The team showed that the epilepsy drug gamma vinyl-GABA‚ or GVG‚ blocked cocaine’s effect in the brains of primates‚ including the process that causes a "high" feeling
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There are a number of factors that have contributed to Bolivia being the poorest of all South American countries. Most of these problems can be traced back to the early 1980’s during a time of government mismanagement‚ high inflation rates‚ record unemployment‚ and severe drought. Although this economic crisis hurt Bolivia’s industrial and agricultural sectors pretty badly‚ one industry flourished during this time - the coca trade. Coca was the only profitable small farmer crop. A high
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by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the idea of the psychological impact of the oppressive treatment of women during the 19th century is heavily brought up through multiple literary device techniques. In "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ the narrator’s mental deterioration reflects the theme of women’s oppression and highlights the consequences of denying women autonomy over their own minds or bodies. Initially‚ the narrator is portrayed as being an obedient‚ submissive woman who happily adheres to her husband’s
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The Deterioration of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby An author can create criticism and comment on injustice by examining the society of the time. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses an insightful perspective in the novel The Great Gatsby to illustrate the faults within society and perhaps bring awareness to the audience that there is a need for change. The words “American Dream” offer hope for a life filled with possibilities‚ including fulfillment and meaningful relationships. Fitzgerald‚ however
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