09/16/13 The Meth Epidemic Methamphetamine commonly referred as meth or crystal has been a real and growing problem in the United States. Many of us don’t realize that meth is the most addictive drug worldwide. The main ingredients of meth‚ ephedrine and pseudoephedrine‚ are found in cold medicine. Relatively cheap and easy to get methamphetamine destructively affect your brain. It releases dopamine (the brain’s principal pleasure chemical) which boost up your energy‚ and as describe by many
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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 by the use of painkillers? Who is responsible for the pain-pill epidemic? How many
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2012 The Curing of an Epidemic Our nation is overwhelmed with the side effects‚ ranging from diabetes to cancer‚ of the ever-growing trend of obesity. With the rise of cheap food that is not rich with the vital nutrients the body needs‚ our overall health has declined rapidly. Morgan Spurlock‚ writer and documentary filmmaker‚ uses his skills to increase awareness of this “epidemic” to the public. Even though there are numerous factors that contribute to the epidemic of obesity‚ there are
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HIV AIDS INTRODUCTION The arrival of the AIDS epidemic in the 20th Century‚ brought with it fear‚ superstition and prejudice. This disease is not the first one where society has imposed social stigmas‚ political agendas and outright pandemonium. Misunderstandings of other diseases like the bubonic plague‚ small pox and the Spanish flu also have caused hysteria among populations around the world‚ but the main difference between these epidemics and that of AIDS/HIV is that AIDS is a
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The Obesity Epidemic | By: Alishia Fields | | | 6/12/2012 | Abstract This paper talks about how children are becoming more obese and how the numbers have changed over the past 30 years. It indicates how a child is affected physically to socially. How we as a nation can stand up and make a change on increasing healthy food consumption and more physical activities and what we need to keep in mind when trying to help a child overcome their obesity. The amount of children who are
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The Spirit of the Times: The Gin Epidemic of 18th Century England Beginning in the early 1700s‚ England went on a notorious five-decade gin binge. Gin became the alternative to French brandy after Parliament placed an embargo on French trade. An excess of grain caused corn prices to drop making gin relatively inexpensive and “by 1750 nearly half of all British wheat harvests went directly into gin production.” The spirit was consumed predominantly among those who lived in destitution and worked lengthy
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Overview of: When Plague Strikes’ by James Giblin This book is separated into three main parts the Black Death‚ smallpox‚ and aids. This book gives facts of occurring diseases and the diseases from the past. This books content mainly took place in Europe and Asia when it gave facts dates and examples. It explains the nature and symptoms of diseases from long ago. The bubonic Plague mainly affects rodents‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected‚ they infect others
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Smallpox Epidemics Lexi Gagne April 17‚ 2013 Dr. Stinson The smallpox disease was a significant life threatening disease that lasted for centuries. Changing the world countries at a time‚ smallpox is one of the top deadliest diseases known to man. It is estimated that it began when humans started gathering in communities and traveling around six thousand years ago (Geddes 152). Until around 30 years ago‚ people were still living in fear of this awful disease (Geddes 157). Knowledge
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Case 1.2 Pharmaceutical Companies‚ Intellectual Property‚ and the Global AIDS Epidemic In-Depth Case 1.2 1. Do pharmaceutical companies have the responsibility to distribute drugs for a low cost in developing countries? What are the main arguments for and against such an approach? What are the advantages and the disadvantages of giving drugs for free versus offering them at low no-profit prices? The Aids epidemic is responsible for taking millions of lives worldwide‚ but through years
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deaths of millions‚ this disease‚ or plague was known as the Black Death. Although there is no certainty as to the location where the plague originated from‚ it is known that its deadly bacteria came from the foul belly of a single flea. When the Black Death began to take hold‚ unimaginable fear‚ panic and chaos swept through the hearts of Europe’s people; the rich and the poor alike. This catastrophe began in the early part of 1346. In October of that year‚ the plague commenced sweeping through the island
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