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    History of Heroin

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    History of Heroin Heroin is named after the German word for hero‚ heroisch. Heroin is an illegal‚ highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine‚ a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as black tar heroin. Although purer heroin is becoming more common‚

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    Heroin Epidemic

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    Today’s pharmaceutical companies provide a powerful impact on the situation of a heroin epidemic in the United States because modern pharmaceutical companies have allowed production of legal‚ regulated prescription opiates that led to the increase of drug abuse and overdose deaths. Pharmaceutical reps receive big bonuses for pushing their products on doctors‚ which resulted in they get the large profit and thus forgot for a certain responsibility to their patients. How many lives have been limited

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    Addiction

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    CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH  CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than  5‚000 years ago the properties of  opium were known in the Euphrates  River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great  took opium to Persia and India‚ from  where cultivation slowly spread  eastward and reached China in about  the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy

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    Judith Murray

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    Judith Sargent Murray Judith Sargent Murray was born in Gloucester‚ Massachusetts on May 1st‚ 1751. She grew up to be an American advocate to women ’s rights as well as a famous poet and writer. Judith lived in the time where women were not equal to men and did not have the same opportunities. Growing up‚ she watched her brother become well educated and she as well wanted to learn everything‚ but her parents refused to bring her up in the same way they did their son (Wikipedia). Women ’s voices

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    Substance Abuse: Heroin

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    By: Saina - 8R Substance Abuse - Heroin Substance abuse means abusing the power of various drugs‚ alcohol or chemicals to the point at which the user can’t stop. This can usually result in physical‚ mental and/or emotional harm to the users and others. Teenagers are more in the risk of the substance abuse as they don’t acknowledge the consequences of their actions; the reason is the biological and psychological changes during the adolescence‚ but also lots of the adults get addicted to the drugs

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    Maintenance

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    Question: Why and How Machines fail? Module: Maintenance Strategy Name: Vashish Boolauky Id no: 102019 WHY AND HOW MACHINES FAIL? Failure of a machine tool may occur due to failure(s) in any of the elements of the subsystems. The failure may be attributed to specific failure causes. A failure cause is defined as a reason that makes the machine unable to perform its intended function. This may be attributed to failure events contributed by its subsystems‚ assemblies‚ or components.

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    Addictions

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    Addictions can be something scary for everyone involved. There are several different types of addictions that are dealt with every day in our society. When someone has an addiction to something it not only affects them‚ but also anyone around them that could be impacted. There are many different treatments depending on the specific addiction. As well‚ there are many different causes to various addictions. This is an important topic to understand whether you are the one addicted or someone looking

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    Substance Abuse - Heroin

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    Substance Abuse - Heroin 03/27/2011 Substance abuse is a problem that is an epidemic all over the world. America is not the only country suffering from heroin addiction. The misuse and abuse of drugs occurs at all age levels‚ in almost all social settings and at workplace occurrence in all occupation and industries. It has significant negative impacts that affect every community though out the world. Drugs affect all of us in one way

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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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    Reduction‚ Maintenance Treatment and Counselling An Efficacious Approach to Heroin Abuse Harm Reduction‚ Maintenance Treatment and Counselling An Efficacious Approach to Heroin Abuse In the film Through a Blue Lens‚ the relapse of heroin addicts was a prominent issue‚ one that is the greatest obstacle to overcome. In order to mitigate both physical and psychological damage‚ harm reduction‚ counselling‚ and the availability of various maintenance treatments

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