The Abuse of Alcohol Christine Townsend University Of Pheoniox Author Note This essay is being submitted on October 21‚ 2012‚ for Karen Spears Reading and Writing Strategies course. The Abuse of Alcohol A large part of the population in the United States abuse or used to abuse alcohol. The health and social problems are enormous‚ leading to an increase in unemployment‚ homelessness and even death. Alcoholism can cause a lonely and poor life style. Many people use certain excuses to drink
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Did you know smoking is the leading cause of death in America? Has anyone you’ve known or loved been effected by smoking. Such as my grandpa dying when I was nine‚ mine has and I do not support it at all and here’s why. Health Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death worldwide. Smoking-related diseases claim more than 480‚000 American lives each year. Smoking cost the U.S. at least $289 billion each year‚ including at least $150 billion in lost productivity and $130
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injections?" While some bruising at the injection site may occur‚ there is ot downtime. For most‚ you can return immediately to work. "Are there risks to Botox injections?" Botox injections are a relatively safe procedure. However‚ possible side effects include bruising or swelling at the injection site. Rarer cases include flu-like symptoms‚ droopy eyelid‚ dry eye or excessive tearing. What haven’t we discussed that is important to you? If you have more questions about Botox injections. or need
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The Hobbit Informative Essay Assignment The Assignment: What does it mean to be a hero? J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a classic text that explore the idea of heroism‚ and your assignment is to write an informative essay that explains how Bilbo Baggins becomes a hero. Successful essays should 1) identify three of Bilbo’s heroic character traits‚ 2) explain how these traits are developed in Bilbo through the situations he faces and the ways in which he interacts with other characters‚ and 3) explain
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Marijuana and Alcohol: Effects on the Body It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that alcohol and marijuana comprise the two most commonly abused drugs by young adults in America. But while many would ask why young adults use these drugs‚ it’s more important to understand how these drugs affect the body. What exactly do these drugs do to the body and how does the body process them? Are the effects always negative? Does the amount consumed make a significant difference? First I will give a brief history
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Getting diagnosed with cancer is just about the worst kind of news anyone can get. Approximately 38.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life (1). Unfortunately it seems that the majority of people don’t have a comfortable understanding about what this disease really is‚ what the available treatments are‚ and how they work. Cancer is most definitely always fatal‚ unless caught in time and treated properly. Just by taking a look at the statistics‚ it’s easy to
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Alcoholism addiction What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is when you abuse alcohol‚ you continue to drink even though you know your drinking is causing problems. If you continue to abuse alcohol‚ it can lead to alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence is also called alcoholism. You are physically or mentally addicted to alcohol. You have a strong need‚ or craving‚ to drink. You feel like you must drink just to get by. For more than millions of people have been affected by an addict that destroyed their
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earlier medications. What effects does it have on the endocrine system? Osteoporosis does not have an effect on the endocrine system it’s self‚ but can normally occur to do other occurring endocrine disorders in the body due to abnormalities in growth hormones and various other disorders. What is the incidence? Worldwide‚ osteoporosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually‚ resulting in an osteoporotic fracture every 3 seconds. Osteoporosis is estimated to effect 200 million women worldwide
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One thing that I find interesting but also very horrid are diseases. The disease I will be doing is chickenpox. One thing cool is that this disease can cause life lasting defects such as weaken immune system. History shows that viral chickenpox caused many problems for us with its symptoms difficulty to cure‚ and its way of spreading. There is a lot of history about chickenpox but the biggest part is Port Jackson. This is where chickenpox’s outbreak happened. One person on a boat coming from
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Achievement Standard 91475 (3.4) ;Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops‚ sustains‚ and structures ideas. Informative writing; Human Trafficking This informative essay will cover the topic of human trafficking‚ informing the reader in many different aspects of this social issue‚ including; global effects on individuals‚ ways of preventing/reducing human trafficking globally‚ and the overall processes within human trafficking and its
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