2012 Marijuana What is marijuana? Marijuana is a psychoactive drug also known as weed‚ pot‚ grass‚ etc. The main ingredient in marijuana is called THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ which travels through the bloodstream to the brain and other organs. Marijuana has various effects when being used. It can also have both long term and short term effect on your body. There are multiple ways to treat this when people get addicted to the drug. The effects of marijuana usually depend on differing factors from
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Seniors: Protect Yourselves As a senior‚ I am likely to be vulnerable to senior abuse. Senior abuse is a term given to the act of committing harm or distress towards seniors. An abuser can be a spouse‚ partner‚ relative‚ friend‚ neighbor‚ or any other individual. Investigations have shown that preying on seniors has doubled in the past five years. Seniors need to be watchful and take steps to protect themselves from unsavory characters. Seniors should be cautious when communicating with strangers
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Teen drug abuse has been a big problem for a very long time‚ and it hasn’t improved in recent years. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ In the past year‚ approximately 40% of high school seniors‚ 30% of 10th graders and 13% of 8th graders have used drugs. Drug use has long been a norm for teenagers‚ despite the detrimental effects they can have on the developing brains of teenagers. The long term effects of drugs on developing brains can be disastrous. Psychoactive drugs like marijuana
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there is also the emotional factor that plays a big part with the firefighters. They need to be able to handle seeing all of the destruction and disaster that fires can and will cause. Cases of post-traumatic stress disorder‚ alcohol‚ and also drug abuse are not uncommon for firefighters to deal with.
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consuming the drug‚ the drug was approved and sold over-the-counters in 1915. 1 Aspirin is categorized to be a salicylate drug. Salicylates are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandin and other mediators in the process of inflammation and have anti-inflammatory‚ antipyretic and analgesic properties.2 Which has given aspirin the power to treat many illnesses and reduce the risk of contracting various illnesses. As years continue to go on‚ this drug continues to
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As stated above to prevent osteoporosis some vitamins are used. These can also be used as treatments for osteoporosis to avoid the drug treatments. These vitamins and herbs that will be discussed can be harmful for you if you consume more than the desired amount. The first of which is calcium‚ this is around 800 to 1‚200 mg/day for children and 1‚200 to 1‚500 mg/day for adults 50+
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Heroin‚ also known as diamorphine and other names‚ is an opiate usually used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Heroin can be injected‚ snorted‚ and smoked. Some people mix cocaine with heroin and call it a speed ball. Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine‚ a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin was first made in 1898 by the bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany first used as a treatment for tuberculosis and a remedy for morphine
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Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer by the use of chemical substances‚ agents or drugs that are toxic to the causative agent of the disease. It works on active cells that grow and divide into more of the same type of cell. Cancer cells are active‚ so are some healthy cells‚ and side effects happen when chemotherapy destroy the healthy cells. Chemotherapy is a double-edged sword‚ it can cure the disease and be harmful to the body at the same time. I personally discourage the use of that treatment
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inch hard plastic toy repeatedly. When the ambulance got to their house he was bleeding and vomiting from his mouth and nose and unresponsive. Doctors examined the injuries and concluded it wasn’t an accident. Later the babysitter confessed to the abuse and said she hit him at least 8 times in the head. The boy was put in a coma while doctors performed brain surgery because of intense swelling and bleeding inside his head. He’s had physical therapy since then. In July this year the babysitter
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R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) teaches our children—from kindergarten through high school—that popularity can be found in positive behavior‚ that belonging need not require them to abandon their values‚ that self-confidence and self-worth come from asserting themselves and resisting destructive temptations. D.A.R.E. teaches them not just that they should refuse drugs and alcohol‚ and not participate in violent activities‚ but how to do so. D.A.R.E. goes beyond traditional drug abuse and violence
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