Vandana Ashtakala Mrs. Clay Grade 11 Honors English‚ Period 3 September 20‚ 2011 Lost in Fog Shrouded under the foggy presence of lies and denial‚ one can live a misleading life. People are forced to operate under a façade until they are forced to reflect upon their fake life. This may result in epiphanies which compel them to learn something about themselves. In Long Day’s Journey into Night‚ a play by Eugene O’Neill‚ a day in the life of the Tyrone family is chronicled as they start off acting
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Heroin is known as morphine diacetate or diamorphine when it is used in medical environment‚ it is also referred to as “black tar” among other names in colloquial language. Alder Wright was the first person to synthesize heroin in 1874 when he added two groups of acetyl to morphine molecules (Rubin‚ 2013). Heroine is an active drug which can also be used in medicine to treat severe pain that results from heart attack or injuries; it is absorbed in the body as morphine. According to Levert (2005)
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1. The Opium Poppy: Although the poppy is a simple flower‚ it has had both a good and a bad influence on the world: Anaesthetising: The extraction of Morphine‚ one of the opiate alkaloids found naturally in opium‚ was revolutionary in the medical world. Even though local anaesthesia is available to us by a completely different plant‚ the Coca‚ general anaesthesia became possible with the Opium poppy. It allowed patients to be knocked out completely for operations they were having‚ which gave
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Endorphins can be accredited with the affect that exercise has on the brain. The so called runner’s high is a result of endorphins being produced in the brain. Discovered in 1975 endorphins are one of several substances in the brain that resemble morphine. These substances were referred to as opoids. The polypeptide endorphin contains thirty amino acid units. Opoids are considered stress hormone like corticotrophin‚ cortisol‚ and catecholamines (adrenaline‚ nonadrenaline)‚ and are created by the body
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Drug Profile Katie VanEsch PSY425 October 25‚ 2010 BARBARA NOSAL Drug Profile There are many different types of addictions that fall into the categories of chemical dependency or physiological and psychological dependence. Dependencies such as physiological and psychological consequences most typically accompany substance abuse. Alcohol is one of the most widely used substances in America today and is perhaps the most popular widespread form of substance abuse. However‚ there are several
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RA 9 1 6 5 Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 What is a drug? Any chemical substance that alters either the mind or the body. Drugs of abuse MARIJUANA: Cannabis sativa DESCRIPTION: drug found in the flowering tops and leaves of the Indian Hemp Plant OTHER NAMES: Acapulco Gold‚ “ganga”‚ grass‚ Mary Jane‚ tea‚ pot and weed MODE OF USE: cigarette forms: “reefer” ; “joints”; “sticks”; “smoke” powdered form: sniffed or taken with food “Hashish”: concentrated form of marijuana
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world‚ one of the largest producers of opium in Afghanistan with Mexico coming in after it. Heroin comes from the opium poppy‚ which looks like a regular poppy‚ but when it is cultivated and grown in the right climate it can be turned into heroin‚ morphine or codeine. Heroin is one of the drugs‚ which you are less likely to become addicted too except if you are in a hard emotional
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Psychoactive Drugs are chemical substances that alter behavior‚ mood‚ perception‚ or mental functioning. Through the consumption of substances many cultures have found ways to alter consciousness. Psychoactive substances apply their effects by transforming biochemical or physiological processes in the brain. The message system of nerve cells‚ or neurons‚ relies on both electrical and chemical transmission. Neurons rarely touch each other; there is a microscopic gap between one neuron and the next
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parenting is when Jem damages the camellia bushes of Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose‚ a neighbour who scolds and insults the children; Atticus sentences him to read to her each day. As Jem reads‚ he and Scout witness the dying woman’s battle against her morphine addiction and learn the true meaning of courage: "it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you see it through no matter what‚" Atticus tells them. Another reason why Atticus is a good parent is that he sets an example of behaviour
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Opioid Analgesics Opiates are natural substances obtained from raw opium. This includes morphine sulfate‚ codeine‚ hydrochlorides of opium alkaloids and camphorated tincture of opium. Opioid Analgesics are most effective in treating or managing severe pain and are often used in the management of pain in cancer patients or in those with pain associated with other terminal illnesses. The analgesics effects of opioids are due to decreased perception of pain‚ decreased reaction to pain as well as
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