people and also he finds the solution to the cases in which are to hard to solve‚ even the police were unable to decipher. Highlighting Holmes heroism‚ Conan Doyle reveals in his stories that Sherlock Holmes is using a highly addictive drug known as cocaine. Unable to control this addiction ‚ Holmes decreases his heroic side to his readers‚ demonstarted in this quote: "My own complete happiness‚ and the home-centred interests which rise up around the man who first finds himself master of his own establishment
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Cartagena‚ Colombia. She was raised by an abusive mother and at a young age‚ her life turned into a life of crime and prostitution. She built and also grew her business by dealing with her own criminals‚ murderers‚ and thieves‚ they started transporting cocaine from Colombia to New York‚ Miami‚ and Southern California. The members of the cartel were able to export large quantities
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There are a number of illegal drugs that are especially harmful to an unborn child. Drug use could have extremely harmful effects on the child before it is born‚ post birth‚ or even later in life. Pregnant women who abuse harsh drugs‚ such as cocaine and heroin are putting their baby’s lives in jeopardy. For example‚ stated by March of Dimes: Working Together For Stronger‚ Healthier Babies; the use of heroin while pregnant may cause the mother to go into premature labor or possibly have a stillbirth
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ingredients were cocaine and caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from kola nut‚ leading to the name Coca-Cola (the "K" in Kola was replaced with a "C" for marketing purposes). Coca – cocaine Pemberton called for five ounces of coca leaf per gallon of syrup‚ a significant dose; in 1891‚ Candler claimed his formula (altered extensively from Pemberton’s original) contained only a tenth of this amount. Coca-Cola once contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per glass
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foot chases‚ shots fired‚ and a kilogram cocaine seizure; these are just a few of the things a cop might get to experience in their careers. But for me‚ I had the privilege of experiencing them all in just a few short hours. It was March 14‚ 2013‚ but I remember it like it was yesterday. Two weeks earlier‚ I hung up my navy-blue patrol uniform for a chance to go work narcotics with the big boys at the DEA. In just thirteen days I had seen enough cocaine to make Tony Montana envious‚ and was involved
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drowsiness and even delayed orgasm. An example of a Stimulant drug is Cocaine. Cocaine is inhaled or what some people would call‚ “snorted”‚ through the nose‚ smoked‚ or injected directly into the blood stream with a needle in the vein. It is rapidly absorbed into the body and takes effect almost immediately. When one uses cocaine‚ it produces feelings of deep psychological well being‚ increase in confidence‚ and alertness. Cocaine produces this “high” through the neurotransmitter dopamine‚ which is
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International/Transnational Crimes Saphia Christopher Strayer University CRJ 330 Professor Ackerman International crimes can be described as “crimes against the peace and security of mankind”. International crimes are based on international agreements between countries or on legal precedents developed through history‚ and include offenses such as such as genocide‚ torture‚ and enslavement of populations. These are among the acts identified by consensus among nations as being
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(such as cocaine and heroine). Gateways drugs are the overall start to an addiction. For example‚ many people think that since marijuana is considered a “light drug” that they cannot get addicted to it since it is less addicting compared to other drugs. This might be true but it’s also the leading factor in slowly transitioning into trying the harder drugs like cocaine and painkillers which are highly addictive. I think that many young adults and teens who have an addiction to drugs like cocaine‚ take
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purposes. Traditional definitions of addiction‚ with their criteria of physical dependence and withdrawal (and often an underlying tenor of depravity and sin) have been modified with increased understanding; with the introduction of new drugs‚ such as cocaine‚ that are psychologically or neuropsychologically addicting; and with the realization that its stereotypical application to opiate-drug users was invalid because many of them remain occasional users with no physical dependence. Addiction is more often
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child endangerment or child abuse laws. In the case of Whitner v South Carolina (1997) a woman was convicted of criminal child neglect and sentenced to eight years in prison because she used crack cocaine in the third trimester of her pregnancy‚ causing her child to be born with an addiction to crack cocaine. The defendant then filed for a post-conviction relief stating that her counsel was ineffective and the court didn’t have the jurisdiction. The South Carolina Supreme Court was looking at the issues
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