Essays about Addiction Page 19

Marijuana is a mixture of leaves and the flowering tops of the Indian hempplant Cannabis Sativa, smoked or eaten for its hallucinogenic andpleasure-giving effects. The psychoactive ingredient of marijuana,tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is concentrated in the flowering tops of thehemp plant; hashish, a drug prepared from the plant resin, has about eighttimes more THC than marijuana. Hemp…

It is clear that businesses have an obligation to inform their customers about their product’s ingredients and dangers. Looking at the case of Rose Cipollone we see that she was a heavy smoker. Her doctor’s had to remove part of her right cancerous lung and informed her that she had to quit smoking. Unfortunately, she…

n John Stuart Mills’ “RevisedHarm Principle”The question of whether or not to legalize certain drugs has beendebated for decades. Although opponents have thus far been successful inpreventing this, there are nonetheless a substantial number of people whobelieve that legalization should be given a chance. Their arguments range fromthe seeming ineffectiveness of current drug laws to…

Some call it the demon weed some call it just plane fun well here is the official statistics on the plant known as Marijuana. For starters well go with the healthy part of the plant. ManyEducational and or other health videos in school have you believe that marijuana is going to ruin your life and…

No ones life can be classified as normal. Everyone has conflicts that they have to eventually deal with. People do in fact deal with these personal conflicts in different ways; some take it easy some take it hard. Some ignore the problem as long as possible and some deal with it right away to get…

up by the Victorian Government and was responsible for investigating the Marijuana issue. What the law says is, In Victoria the penalties imposed by the courts for possession of small amounts of Cannabis – less than 50 grams, are relatively minor. 1 Although the Drugs,Poisons and Controlled Substances Act prohibits possession of any amount of…

Mini Paper 2Fetal alcohol SyndromePrepared by: What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? FAS is the leading cause of mental retardation in the U. S. today. FAS affects approximately 1 in every 500 born in North America. Motheras drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy causes FAS. FAS is characterized by:i Smaller headsi Deformed facial features (small widely…

Facing everyday problemsin these recent years many people turn to drugs as an escape from the existance they hold. Drug use has rapidly increased in the last twenty years and has become a national crises. More people are experementing with different drugs at a younger age. Due to the rapid increase in drug abuse our…

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the affects of drug-abusing fathers onthe drug usage of their young adolescent children. A special targeted populationwere chosen for this study; they are the children of drug-abusing fathers whoare HIV-positive or at risk for becoming HIV-positive. The major factors used todetermine the dependent measure of adolescent marijuana…

Should alcohol production, sale, and consumption be prohibited? I think not. For hundreds of years, man has had choices choices pertaining their food intake, their living quarters, and their life mates. Whether or not to consume alcohol has been a choice that man has had through recent history and is a choice which I believe…