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Teen Drug Use In The United States
<view this essay>.... are so many drugs with so many different effects that are used by America’s youth across the country. Anything from Marijuana to cocaine, and many more. These drugs have certain psychoactive effects on the brain, which is one key factor towards addiction. No matter what type of drug an adolescent may use, depending on the drug’s nature, can really effect the individual in many different and unique ways.
Depressants for instance, as well as stimulants, effect the central nervous system and the brain by blocking the nervous tissue. Some common depressants include any type of sleeping medication, anti-depressants, marijuana, and inhalants. These d .....
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AIDS
<view this essay>.... prostitutes there probably spread it especially fast. has already become a crisis of staggering proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. was first seen as a disease of gay males in this country. This was a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the days before had an average of 200 to 400 new sexual contacts per year. This figure was much higher than common practice among heterosexual men or women. In addition, it turned out that rectal sex was a particularly effective way to transmit the disease, and rectal sex is a common practice among gay males. For these r .....
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Alcoholism
<view this essay>.... that could cause . In 1990 scientists finally found what they believe to be responsible for the inheritance of in family lines. The defective gene is located on chromosome 11 and is called Dopamine. Dopamine is a receptor located in the pleasure center of the brain; people with fewer dopamine receptors are very likely to develop . This defect has been noted in many people with a family history of . Some other scientists have been skeptical of these findings, but we now have solid proof that a person is not always an alcoholic by choice. Predestined has been haunting society for years but it is only recently being dealt with.
It is my belief however, .....
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The Dangers Of Smoking
<view this essay>.... I feel that
prevention starts in the home. Teach your kids about how harmful tobacco
is from an early age. If you suspect your son or daughter of smoking take
it seriously. Stop them before it's too late. Teaching of the effects of
cigarette smoking is a must. Tell them that about 400,00 Americans die
every year because of health problems due to smoking. The second part of
prevention takes place in our government. Stricter fines for sales to
minors would help out allot. If there were also laws about underage
smoking in public more teens would think twice about smoking. In the end
all of this would help deplete the smoking population.
Once a teen is .....
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Abortion: Pro-life - Reilyism Speech
<view this essay>.... overlook ANY human being -- NO ONE can be excluded. There
are, however, a human beings that is ignored the protection to thier rights
to life everyday. The aborted children. I dare the negative to PROVE that a
child in her mother's wound is alive!
Does the negative actually believe that a human being is alive when
and only when a human being has fully developed? If this is true, then
most of here are not alive. The human specie is only fully grown at
adulthood, many of us here are not adults yet -- and by that definition, it
wouldn't matter if your shot and killed on the street because "your not
fully developed". We are a stage in development -- teena .....
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Smoking
<view this essay>.... attributed health
outcomes (internal, external or by chance). The results of this experiment
showed that those individuals across the three groups who had high levels of
self-efficacy was related not to the number of attempts to quit, but the success
of the attempts, while "the role of Health Locus of Control [was found to be]
complex needing further investigation" (Stuart, Borland, & McMurray, 1994, p. 1).
The second article for review is titled, Sensation Seeking, Nicotine
Dependence, and Smoking Motivation in Female and Male Smokers. This study was
conducted using a sample of French smokers (36 F, 60 M) and non-smokers (23 F,
45 M). The goal of t .....
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Psychology: Dreams And Dreaming
<view this essay>.... in the service of wholeness and health. If you find an
interpretation that does not fit this, perhaps you need to change methods of
interpretation. Dream interpretations that lead you toward self-criticism,
depression or despair are simply wrong and if these conditions persist you may
wish to seek help from others. Finally, there is no such thing as a dream with
one meaning. If you feel stuck on one meaning or feel another person is pushing
one meaning, it is time to reconsider your methods and approach. (Lemley p. 17).
Clinical dream work is done within the context of psychotherapy and
clinical and sleep research have different approaches and goals than p .....
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Registered Nurses
<view this essay>.... required. They must also be able to spend a
considerable amount of time walking and standing. They need emotional
stability to cope with patient suffering, emergencies and other stresses.
Other working conditions are you must be able to give up your time for
being a specific nurse. Many nurses work nights, weekends and holidays.
They may also be on-call. In addition, they face back injury when moving
patients, shocks from electrical equipment, and hazards from compressed
gases.
Nursing education includes classroom instruction and supervised
experience in hospitals and other health facilities. Students take courses
in anatomy, physiology, microbiol .....
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