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Erthroxylon coca. The active ingredient was first isolated by Westerners by a man named Albert Niemann in 1860. The drug soon beca...
very oftentimes sadly mistaken. This study proved that the brain, after experiencing only one exposure to cocaine, is then "prime...
widely used substance. Statistics from 1997 show that about 1.5 million ("New treatments," 2001, p.6) Americans had recently used...
must be addressed is how to ensure that the children of these pregnancies are not the victims of one of the most dangerous drugs i...
are combined (2002). Many in the armed forces returned to the U.S. and brought the custom back to the states (2002). People were b...
be considered the harmless recreational drug it was once believed to be as effects from short term usage, long term usage, and wit...
be linked to destructive tendencies which target either property, people or animals. Drug abusers often steal as it suits their p...
books to identify some pertinent areas and also identify some key terms. This will help give a broad context to the research as th...
cocaine use. According to Petitti et al (1990), cocaine is "an important risk factor for low birth weight in the black population...
of a very important area. This is an area where there has been some interest taken already, but this is also a complex area due to...
more quickly than that (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). The most negative aspect of cocaine use is of course the possibility o...
"stimulant, aid to digestion, aphrodisiac and life-extender" (Appelboom, 1991)....
is crack. Clearly, crack is cocaine in a slightly different form. Yet, the law treats these as different entities. Of course, it ...
mother needs to take immediate measures to modify her diet and habits as soon as she realizes she is with child so they do not har...
in the form of crack, the onset is even quicker (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Cocaine creates a sense of well being and t...
The following paper offers summaries of six research articles: 2 each from a ProQuest database; the EBSCOhost databases and the ER...
This research paper focuses on a client scenario, in which the client has a cocaine addition. The topics covered include assessmen...
force between mother and fetus; if this ultimately occurs, it can cause "shock and death" (Petitti et al, 1990, p. 25) to both ind...
In nine pages this paper discusses the presidential candidate's waffling on the issue of personal drug use as the Republican prima...
In twelve pages contemporary literature relevant to the nursing role in at risk population pregnancies concentrating on the use of...
In five pages this report examines cocaine in terms of its effect both on the individual as well as society. Seven sources are ci...
In this paper containing five pages a creative essay considers the plight of a young female cocaine addict who seeks assistance in...
In twelve pages this paper considers the exposure of a fetus to cocaine in a socioeconomic study of an African American mother in ...
In six pages this paper assesses the pros and cons of cocaine legalization. Fourteen sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages increased youth usage of crack cocaine is examined in terms of the 'cool' perception of drugs that suggest school dr...
The history of the coca plant, Erythroxylum coca, is discussed in this paper, including its cultivation in Peru, Colombia and Boli...
Youth populations are the focus of this thesis consisting of twenty five pages that assess early crack cocaine onset use and its i...
In an overview consisting of five pages cocaine is examined in terms of its physical, social, and psychological effects along with...
In ten pages this paper presents a literature review, framework, and methodology for a research proposal on intervention in a situ...
In fourteen pages Paducah, Kentucky's community health care needs are assessed in order to determine there is a great need for edu...