the health of the individuals who abuse the drugs. The use of cocaine in the United States has declined over the last twenty years while the use of crack has increased. Many people avoided the use of crack because of the harmful chemicals used in creating the drug. One of the reasons why crack became popular is because of not needing to inject the drug hence less risks of being infected by the AIDS virus. Carroll (2000) states cocaine is the most powerful stimulant of natural origin. Most users snort
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Psychoactive Drugs are chemical substances that alter behavior‚ mood‚ perception‚ or mental functioning. Through the consumption of substances many cultures have found ways to alter consciousness. Psychoactive substances apply their effects by transforming biochemical or physiological processes in the brain. The message system of nerve cells‚ or neurons‚ relies on both electrical and chemical transmission. Neurons rarely touch each other; there is a microscopic gap between one neuron and the next
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Changes in Farming: Contributing factors in farming changes post Civil War After the Civil War there were many factors that contributed the changes that occurred in farming in America. Among them was the drive for the South to renew and regain what had been lost due to the war. Leaders saw it as a time to diversify and turn towards industrialization. The Industrial revolution was underway and with it brought many new inventions that would lead to growth in the farming industry. The wide open
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remember one time I hid in a ditch covered by broken branches of war. In this ditch I was not alone. On the right side was a dead peasant just like me but the only difference was that my heart was still beating. I searched his pockets and found enough cocaine to rest the hands of my family for 72 hours. As I waited for the sound of guns to stop my feet were marinating in this man’s blood. This blood was not warm‚ so my feet were cold. I am an expert on death. I seen more deaths than days I have been alive
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non-addicted‚ and though it may be hard due to peer-pressure and other variables‚ in the long run‚ saying no to drugs is what people should do. There are many drugs in the world that could be offered to teenagers these days‚ such as cannabis to cocaine‚ that are all bad. Many people will state that cannabis‚ or “weed‚” is not harmful and cannot and will not have adverse affects on the body and mind of teenagers and adults. This is ignorant and wrong. Cannabis is what is known as a cannabinoid and
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crack cocaine and powdered cocaine. In a the section “The War on Drugs” in the book titled The War on Drugs by Eve Goldberg and Linda Evans‚ they explain how the punishment for crack cocaine (which is widely used by blacks) receive a punishment 100 times harsher than that of powdered cocaine (which is widely used by whites). They provide evidence that under federal law “it takes only 5 grams of crack cocaine to trigger a five year minimum sentence. But it takes 500 grams of powdered cocaine to trigger
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brain. In 2009‚ 6.4 percent of all high school students have tried cocaine at some point in their life. It is said that this cause a large amount of addiction because it releases a substance called‚ dopamine. Cocaine makes your brain release four times as much dopamine as it normally would. Your brain releases dopamine when you do something that you like or enjoy a lot or when you smell a good food. But when you do to much cocaine‚ your brain is used to such high amounts of stimulation that the things
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From the 1860s to 1900s‚ the United States expanded westward as miners‚ cattlemen‚ and homesteaders pushed into the trans-Mississippi West. Motivation for the expansion west had great impact on the United States. American settlers and business were attracted to western expansion as opportunity came up. Cattlemen‚ miners‚ and railroads had all greatly impacted the United States‚ but of the groups railroads held the most significant impact on the United States and the growth of the nation. For
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medical or legal consent. Dependence involves compulsive use. When someone is dependent on a drug‚ that means they actually crave the drug or that they literally need it. Types of drugs 11 types: • alcohol • amphetamines • caffeine • cannabis • cocaine • hallucinogens • inhalant • nicotine • opiates • phencyclidine (PCP) • sedatives • hypnotics • anxiolytics (anti-anxiety effect) 12 if you include steroids: • testosterone • other muscle enhancing substances Alcohol • Alcohol is a psychoactive
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Structured Inequality and Incarceration Lori Young Chamberlain College of Nursing Abstract When it comes to arrest and incarceration‚ black men are overrepresented in comparison to Hispanics and whites. Over forty years ago the Civil Rights Act was implemented and racism still continues today due in part to a form of cultural imagery. This structured inequality is evident in the politics of government and all levels of the criminal justice system. The very system that is to be fair has been
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