Cocaine Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. Individuals who have tried cocaine have described the experience as a powerful high that gave them a feeling of supremacy. However‚ once someone starts taking cocaine‚ one cannot predict or control the extent to which he or she will continue to use the drug. The major ways of taking cocaine are sniffing or snorting‚ injecting‚ and smoking (including free-base and crack cocaine). Health risks exist regardless of whether cocaine is inhaled
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Side effects of chronic cocaine use Cocaine hydrochloride Chronic cocaine intake causes brain cells to adapt functionally to strong imbalances of transmitter levels in order to compensate extremes. Thus‚ receptors disappear from the cell surface or reappear on it‚ resulting more or less in an "off" or "working mode" respectively‚ or they change their susceptibility for binding partners (ligands) – mechanisms called down-/upregulation. However‚ studies suggest cocaine abusers do not show normal
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Physicians should be able to prescribe marijuana for medical use in situations such as patients suffering from nausea. Marijuana has a positive effect on the appetite. This drug allows its users to become increasingly hungry‚ which will lead to an increased intake of food. This effect is important when suffering from nausea because the illness may lead to patients having a difficult time eating a sufficient amount of food. Unfortunately‚ this may lead to weight loss and a lack of consumption of an
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MARIJUANA SHOULD NOT BE LEAGALIZED It is true that marijuana can be useful for some type medical reason‚ but there are other arguments that state that marijuana could cause other medical problems. These arguments against the use of medical marijuana include the increased risk of psychosis‚ inferior effectiveness in treating glaucoma and increased risk in developing certain of cancer Ingesting marijuana slows down motor skills and reaction time‚ can sometime cause paranoia and mood swings‚ fatigue
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whether to legalize marijuana or not‚ is not an easy one to answer. There are many arguments on both sides of the debate. When weighing the pros and cons‚ it becomes slightly more evident that this drug has unjustly gotten a bad rap. It is easy to say that the drug does terrible things and site numerous examples‚ however‚ when compared to other drugs it is easy to see that marijuana is not quite as bad as many people say. Lots of research has been done on the effects of marijuana and other drugs and
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The Ethics of Medical Marijuana: Government Restrictions vs. Medical Necessity Author(s): Peter A. Clark Source: Journal of Public Health Policy‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 1 (2000)‚ pp. 40-60 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3343473 . Accessed: 05/12/2014 23:32 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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psychological‚ dangers due to the use of marijuana. Life threatening dangers include‚ cancer‚ breathing‚ immune system‚ asthma‚ driving ability‚ heart rate‚ blood pressure‚ and reproduction. The Psychological findings include‚ short term memory‚ attention span‚ "lasting effect"‚ schizophrenia‚ withdrawal‚ and symptoms in newborns‚ and children. These certain dangers may be associated with the prolonged use of marijuana‚ and may cause permanent damage. Marijuana is known to contain more of some cancer
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Summary Synthetic marijuana is a big trend in our community because there are no drug tests for this yet and you can buy the product at a head shop‚ and a tobacco store over the counter. This has been an ethical problem in our world today because a lot of people are dying from it‚ where I am at they had a person die from the synthetic marijuana a brand called "Black Widow." They had a protest in my town to ban the Black Widow because it caused someone to die from the chemicals that was in it. I
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If Marijuana Were To Be Legal Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control it or even solve it. Ending the drug war seems to be a bit impossible. The war on drugs seems to be accomplishing a lot but this is not true. Different options need to be considered. Legalization is an option that hasn’t gotten a chance but should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase
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is the natural origin of cocaine‚ a central nervous stimulant. Its history is as rich and diverse as the people using and dealing the drug. Cocaine use dates as far back as the 16th century when it was used among Inca royalty. In the early 1800’s cocaine was introduced to Europe. Sigmond Freud wrote a song in its honor and famous author Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" during a six -day cocaine binge. In the early 1900’s cocaine was available to consumers
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