A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body .For other uses‚ see Drug (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Coffee is the most widely used psychoactive drug beverage in the world. In 1999‚ the average consumption of coffee was 3.5 cups per day per U.S. citizen.[1] Wine is a common alcoholic beverage.[2] A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating‚ performance enhancing or
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other countries‚ has its drug-related crimes. Crimes that are committed through the use of drugs such as rohypnol‚ ecstasy‚ GHB‚ GBL‚ ketamine‚ methamphetamine‚ and PCP‚ otherwise known as club drugs. Club drugs‚ often found at nightclubs‚ bars‚ and “raves”‚ is a genera term used to refer primarily to synthetic psychoactive substances. The use of these club drugs has been increasing rapidly according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. I believe these club drugs are the drugs that contribute most
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2 Drugs are generally defined as a substance which alters our normal bodily functions when it is induced into our body. Having a drug free society is to have a community of people living in a particular region‚ restricted from the usage and influence of drugs. Certain drugs have side effects‚ in which it can cause addiction to its user. This is why many had considered drugs to be dangerous‚ they thought that the usage of drugs should be banned completely from the society. On the contrary
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The Importance of Ocean Exploration. As soon as humanity existed‚ people were tempted to explore and discover everything around them. This invincible desire has led humanity on its way of discovering Earth. And it seems that our planet is totally explored‚ everything is revealed and there is no place where any man has not gone before (or any robot hasn’t recorded). The next step is outside Earth. After the first space flight humankind concentrated its attention on exploring the galaxy‚ searching
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3‚ Ch. 14 October 3‚ 2013 The age of Exploration affected not only Europeans in a positive way but other regions in positive but mostly negative ways. The Age of Exploration began when Columbus believe in new trade routs to India and found the Americas. There were many motives like sliver‚ gold‚ converting people‚ spices‚ and more technology. During this time Europeans affected many native populations of newly conquered lands. During the age of Exploration‚ Europeans shaped the newly conquered
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Is there anything you ever wanted but never could have? Do you have any dreams‚ any desires? Truth is‚ everyone wants something more. The real question is‚ are you willing to find it? Well the early explorers were willing to do anything. Columbus‚ Hudson‚ Cartier‚ and all the other great explorers wanted glory‚ land‚ religious freedom‚ gold‚ trade‚ or even new technology; and they went to find it. Little did they know they’d discover more than what they wanted. They discovered new types of people
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Comm 1020 July 1‚ 2013 Study Drugs and College Students I. Introduction A. “As my classes started adding up my junior year‚ I seemed to have an immense amount of work and absolutely no time to do any of it. I had always heard about people taking Adderall to focus‚ study longer‚ stay awake. Essentially‚ to create the time that they needed. So‚ as the workload piled up‚ my search for Adderall began. Within twenty four hours I had five pills in my hand‚ costing me a mere five dollars. Five
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Technologies for Space Exploration Describe technologies for space travel: -Multistage rockets * Propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel * Most modern‚ high performance rockets are multistage * Multiple rockets stacked on top of each other that detach separately * Reasons for staging are * To improve performance by eliminating dead weight during flight * A huge‚ empty fuel tank is merely dead weight so it is dropped off
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DRUG NAME | ACTION | INDICATION | CONTRAINDICATION | ADVERSE REACTION | NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES | GENERIC: Piperacilin + Tazobactam BRAND NAME: Piptazo DOSAGE: 4.5g FREQUENCY Q8 ROUTE: IV | CLASSIFICATION: Antibiotic; Piperacillin and enzyme inhibitor. Belongs to the class of penicillin combinations‚ including beta-lactamase inhibitors. Used in the systemic treatment of infections | intra – abdominal linfections w/ peritonitis | Hypersensitivity to penicillins
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