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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The Effect of Social Media on Teenagers Elaine Ayana A. SiaContrary to what many people think‚ Social Media actually has a negative effect on teenagers. Social media is a medium of communication shared by most adults and children‚ but most especially teenagers. It is sometimes helpful‚ entertaining and within the reach of the general public. It has become an important mass media around the world. Sadly‚ this resource is abused and taken advantage by most teenagers‚ and not used in a way that they
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health problems. Most people think pot is safer than tobacco‚ but that is not true. It’s smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer causing substances that tobacco smoke and 1 cannabis joint can cause as much damage as 5 tobacco cigarettes. As far as the effects on your mental state goes‚ the main active ingredient in Marijuana is Tetrahydrocannabinol better known as thc and this disrupts nerve cells in the brain affecting memory. It also releases more dopamine while under the influence of pot‚ dopamine is
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games Is playing video games good or bad for you? It can be both. Video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain. Violent video games are easily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior
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The Effects of ADHD in Children Having a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder‚ I have witnessed first-hand the effects it has on a child’s life. Though many teachers discount the validity of ADHD‚ this disorder‚ if left untreated‚ affects a child’s daily life‚ causing them to experience forgetfulness‚ short attention spans‚ insecurities‚ and frustration. Fortunately‚ there are many treatments available to help treat the disorder‚ so that children who are diagnosed and experience
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Report on The Negative Effects of Facebook on teenagers in Dhaka The Negative Effects of Facebook On Teenagers in Dhaka Submitted to: Ms. Dilruba Jahan Assistant Professor‚ Language Institute Submitted by: Kayafa Hossain ID-111 121 559 Sec-NJ Date of submission: 5.1.2013 5th January‚ 2013 Dilruba Jahan Asst.Professor Language Institute Subject: submission of Extended Essay Dear Madam I am pleased to submit you the report on “ The Negative Effects of Facebook
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International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research 3 (1): 49-74 Internet Addiction among Greek University Students: Demographic Associations with the Phenomenon‚ using the Greek version of Young’s Internet Addiction Test Christos C. Frangos1‚ Constantinos C. Frangos2 and Apostolos P. Kiohos3 Abstract Internet addiction (IA) is a new disorder described in 1996 by the psychologist Kimberly Young. The aim of this paper is to estimate the percentage of IA among Greek university students
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“NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF COMPUTER GAMES ON YOUNG PEOPLE”. I. Introduction. A. Reasons for undertaking Research. It is known that we are living in technological era. The computers became irreplaceable tool in everyday life of almost each person. The adult users generally use it for business purposes while youngsters for computer games. Computers became the part of our life and very important component in many spheres of modern life. So it is somehow influences on people. One of the spheres of the life
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things going on around the world now that’s causing racial profiling more dangerous. It’s really important to study since a lot of racial profiling goes on because people been racial profiling since a long time and still going on. Media has a lot of effect of racial profiling since everybody watches media and believes everything they say something bad about a person from a certain race and ethnicity so they start racial profiling the whole religion‚ race and ethnicity and that’s not right.The way Racial
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In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus navigated in order to gain the resources and find a brand new way to Asia‚ accidentally discovered “new” lands in the Americas. And then‚ other European countries followed his step and started the and invasion and exploration. Columbus sailed and found that the European colonists and explorers sounded the horn first‚ encouraging them to set off a wave in succession to the new world‚ thus opens the process of human globalization. Countries such as Spain‚ Portugal‚ Italy
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