Designer drug From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Designer drug is a term used to describe drugs which are created (or marketed‚ if they had already existed) to get around existing drug laws‚ usually by modifying the molecular structures of existing drugs to varying degrees‚[1][dubious – discuss] or less commonly by finding drugs with entirely different chemical structures that produce similar subjective effects to illegal recreational drugs. For example mephedrone is a designer drug. History
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elements of drug policy and myths on the harms of legal and illegal drugs. Relating the work to family‚ environmental and economic factors accompanied with the dangers of injury and death associated with different drugs‚ Nutt’s work demonstrates his framework for quantifying their harms. According to Nutt‚ in order to minimize these harms of drugs‚ public perception and policies must be informed by logical evidence and less determined by human ideology. His work‚ especially his book‚ Drugs without Hot
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A balance sheet is a statement businesses produce that outlines their assets and liabilities. It is a snapshot of their fixed assets‚ current assets‚ current liabilities and long term liabilities for a specific moment in time such as the end of a financial year. Using these figures‚ a business is able to calculate their net working capital; how much the business is worth‚ whether it can afford to expand and if it is a good venture for investors. There are different groups of people who are interested
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defining features of drug intoxication and addiction can be traced to disruptions in cell-to-cell signaling. October 01‚ 2007 Carl Sherman‚ NIDA Notes Contributing Writer illustration of a neuron Drugs of abuse alter the way people think‚ feel‚ and behave by disrupting neurotransmission‚ the process of communication between brain cells. Over the past few decades‚ studies have established that drug dependence and addiction are features of an organic brain disease caused by drugs’ cumulative impacts
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“Numerous correlation and experimental studies have linked exposure to the thin ideal in mass media to body dissection ‚internalization of the thin ideal ‚ and disordered eating among women ” (Proud to be me .org) As a child we are lead to believe that being thin is beautiful and perfect . That any form of otherness was no longer seen as attractive. In the media thin women are paraded in short clothing ‚ television reporters with shiny teeth model in tight dresses ‚ and mothers remind their
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“Thin slicing” is being able to use small bits of information to formulate a larger opinion. In additional‚ the book mentions about Psychologist John Gottman. He is known for being able to predict the future outcomes for marriages. Most of this concepts
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CASE ANALYSIS REPORT Managerial Accounting: John Deere Component Works. John Deere Component Works (JDCW)‚ subdivision of John Deere and Co. was in charged specifically of the manufacturing of tractor component parts. The demand for JDCW’s products had problems due to the collapse of farmland value and commodity prices. Numerous and constant failures in JDCW’s competition for bids‚ alerted top management to start questioning their current costing methods. As an outcome‚ the analysis has to
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Drug Abuse & Dependency Some of the causes of drug abuse and dependency too show why some persons become drug abusers are the following: 1. Socio-cultural deprivation. The influence of socio-cultural factors includes rejection‚ inadequate stimulation and communication and other related deficiencies in the family. It is observed that a young drug dependent feels deprived of some social relationships with other persons to satisfy his needs. Early deprivation includes lack of maternal and paternal
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Bernie Sanders should become our next president because of his ideals and his stance on marijuana‚ immigration‚ and the college for all act. The war on drugs has been on going throughout the U.S for a very long time and had costed many lives. Much of the reason for the deaths is because of the smuggling and what not of the drugs. “The war on drugs is a failed policy.” He believes He believes that non violent offenders should not be put in jail but get treatment for their addiction. He also thinks
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and other drugs) which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested‚ temporarily altering the chemical milieu of the brain. * Addiction is a primary‚ chronic‚ neurobiological disease‚ with genetic‚ psychosocial‚ and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviours that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use‚ compulsive use‚ continued use despite harm‚ and craving. What is Drug addiction? * Drug addiction
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