... effects of narcotics. (1) Depressants, include Valium, and Librium. (2) Stimulants, include "speed"; "crack"; "cocaine"; "snow"; "crank"; "go"; "speedball"; "crystal"; "cross-tops"; "yellow jackets". The abuse of cocaine has strikingly increased in recent years. Its increasing popularity with American adolescents may be attributed to several factors including use of the drug by adult role models such as athletes, entertainers, businessmen, and professionals ... for this is because muscle tissue has more water than fat tissue, a given dose or amount of alcohol will be diluted more in a man...

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... of alcohol abuse include irritation of the intestinal tract lining and the colon; nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, sweating and loss of appetite; and increase in blood pressure, risk of heart attack and stroke. These symptoms develop over time. Alcoholism, however, can begin to develop after the first drink. There ... administer is a breathalyzer test. The policeman will make the driver breath into a tube that is able to read the level of alcohol in the blood. This is a valuable test because the police are able to do it as soon as they pull over the drunk driver. The third ... of alcoholism tr...

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... personal use as severely as large scale traffickers. For instance, medical marijuana user William Foster of Oklahoma was sentenced to 93 years in jail in January 1997 for growing 10 marijuana plants and 56 clones. Foster maintains that he grew to alleviate the pain of rheumatoid arthritis ... be obtained, the greater the chances they will experiment with harder drugs.6 Marijuana legalization proponents use the example of the Netherlands in their favor. In Holland, where politicians decided over 25 years ago to separate marijuana from the illicit drug market by permitting coffee shops all ...

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... accidents and accidental deaths. Research indicates that although THC (the psychoactive agents in marijuana) may be found in the blood of some automobile drivers in accidents, also found are high levels of alcohol (Cloud 62 ), making in part, these results inconclusive as to the actual cause. Most experts agree ... known. Even some of the most simple everyday sicknesses have no cure. The common cold and hay fever, for example, have no cure. Many take cough and allergy medication (which also are abused in the 12-23 age group) to help reduce the symptoms, but these medicines ... What con...

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... whether addiction is a disease or a question of willpower. In order to investigate this subject we must first define a disease. A disease is a condition of the body such that one has no control over the unfolding course of events (ie catching a cold virus). Many people, including some scientists, believe that drug ... addiction really doesn't exist; for them, addiction is just a question of the addict's willpower in overcoming their own body's cravings. One of the main theories behind developing ... "craving- for more. Heart rate will randomly speed up as the brain tries to scavenge for...

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