... pain. Heroin can be injected into a vein or a muscle, smoked in a water pipe, inhale as smoke through a straw or snorted as powder via the nose. Cocaine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant that heightens alertness, inhibits appetite and the need for sleep, and provides intense feelings of pleasure. Cocaine's short-term effects appear soon after a single dose. Marijuana is usually smoked ... health risks. In general, chronic exposure to nicotine may cause an acceleration of coronary artery disease, peptic ulcer disease, reproductive disturbances, fetal illness and death. Tobac...

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... first three months of life it is impossible for the baby to live. It may have a heartbeat, but none of the limbs or other vital organs is fully in tact. The definition of a person is an alive human being. The definition of a fetus is the unborn young of a person or animal, still in the uterus. So the question here is, is the ... could mean a human that walks and breathes on its own outside the womb. It is a very hard and controversial question to answer. In reality most women are probably smart enough to realize that abortions are a serious matter. Each time an abortion is performed she...

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