monumental figures that changed the human history through their brilliance in work. First‚ there are many similarities between the characters Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud. For example‚ both Holmes and Freud smoked tobacco preferably both tried cocaine while it was legal during the 19th century. While‚ Holmes used pipe for a way to get away from his problems‚ Freud smoked cigar for research and experiment. Both of the characters had deductive personalities‚ and were genius at their work. Through
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General Psychology STIMULANTS Definition of Stimulant Drugs Stimulant‚ any drug that excites any bodily function‚ but more specifically those that stimulate the brain and central nervous system. Stimulants induce alertness‚ elevated mood‚ wakefulness‚ increased speech and motor activity and decrease appetite. Their therapeutic use is limited‚ but their mood-elevating effects make some of them potent drugs of abuse. Stimulants are a class of psychoactive drug that increase activity in the
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17 years that Coca Cola was around‚ the main ingredient was cocaine‚ because the coca plant leaves produced a mild euphoria‚ suppressed hunger and increased physical stamina. Much later‚ 7Up introduced their mood-stabilizing drink in 1929. The drug lithium citrate was removed from the drinks in 1950 when research showed there were harmful effects to humans (“The Origins of Soda”). There are several toxic ingredients in today’s chemistry‚ that are causing health concerns. Ingredients such as: Phosphoric
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200 November 20‚ 2001 Economics is Winning Bolivia’s Drug War A 1998 article from the New York Times reported that Bolivia was winning its war against drugs as a result of two factors that influence the market for coca‚ which is used to make cocaine. First‚ Bolivian soldiers raided a number of coca plantations and destroyed the crops. Second‚ Colombians began growing more of their own coca and‚ as a result‚ now buy less from Bolivia than in the past. I am proposing that the basic principles
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Effects of Drugs The Effects of Marijuana‚ Cocaine‚ and Methamphetamine on American Society Topic: The Effects of Marijuana‚ Cocaine‚ and Methamphetamine on American Society. Thesis: The effects of illegal drug use of marijuana‚ cocaine‚ and methamphetamine on American society. I. Illegal drug use A. History B. Effects C. Problems II. Three types of drugs A. Marijuana B. Cocaine C. Methamphetamine III. Effects and Treatments of the Three types of drugs A
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being an extremely addictive and dangerous narcotic‚ cocaine has some medicinal use. Cocaine has been used as a local anesthetic for eye and nasal surgery. Besides being an anesthetic‚ it also is a potent vasoconstrictor (constricts the blood vessels around the area where injected [eye or nose]). The vasoconstriction helps reduce bleeding and the systemic circulation of cocaine (into the heart‚ specifically). More recently‚ the use of cocaine as an anesthetic for eye and nasal surgery has diminished
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Drug Profile Paper Sherry Grant PSY/425 December 3‚ 2012 Mrs. Barbara Nosal Drug Profile Paper Drugs tend to have very different effects many of which can make them appealing and therefore lead to substance abuse. Every day on the news‚ in various media outlets‚ and often in our own lives we hear about a person that has fallen victim to an addiction of some sort. This paper is designed to explain the physiology and psychology of addiction while demonstrating the addictive potential of
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Module 16 Notes Reduction/Oxidation Reactions • Oxidation number: The charge that an atom in a molecule would develop if the most electronegative atoms in the molecule took the shared electrons from the less electronegative atoms. • Oxidation numbers are not real; they are only based on assumptions. They are useful bookkeeping tools though‚ and can help us keep track of electrons during a reaction. • The sum of all oxidation numbers in a molecule must equal the charge of that molecule. • Rules
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Percent Composition Report Hypothesis : By using seperation techniques properly‚ the 3 substance such as; water‚ sand‚ and salt can be seperated and the percent composition of each substance. Which will then be calculated theoritically and after comparison with the actual result‚ the accuracy of the 2 result can be found. Aim : The aim of this experiment is to compare the gravimetric result of the original mixture and the separated substance. The other objective is to calculate each percent
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Investigation – Storage conditions of Bleach & it’s relation with temperature. Title/Research Question: ‘How does temperature effect the concentration of chlorate ions in bleach?’ Aim: The aim of this experiment was to investigate the optimum temperature storage conditions of bleach’s stored at different temperatures. Introduction: Chlorine bleaches are made by dissolving chlorine in sodium hydroxide solution. They have a number of uses as they are used to remove colors‚ whiten or disinfectant
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