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LSD's History

touted as the proverbial magic bullet. It was proscribed for everything from migraines to schizophrenia. The LSD craze, however, g...

Crack in the Box, A Critical Perspective

every single time she went to the library it would rain, but there can never be a cause and effect relationship. Similarly, there ...

Overviewing the Common Drugs Niacin, Thiamine, Revia, Ibogaine, Librium, Methadone, and Antabuse

the medicine (Drugstore.com, 2003a). Other side effects include nausea, dizziness, decreased appetite, irregular bowel movements...

Position Paper on Drugs Legalization

arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on his off hour...

Bomb Dogs and Drug Dogs Compared

likely be able to handle the pressures of police service; these characteristics can even be established from puppyhood. DIFFEREN...

Cocaine's Chemistry and its Impact

Erthroxylon coca. The active ingredient was first isolated by Westerners by a man named Albert Niemann in 1860. The drug soon beca...

2 Contemporary Issues Confronting Our Country

just too large a bureaucracy to be able to deal with the myriad problems the people face today that cause them to turn to drugs or...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Strangers in Good Company/Women and Old Age

in their lives when they are accustoming themselves to their impeding morality and the problems that come with old age. Catherine ...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Independence Day/Film Review

in low Earth orbit would cause tidal waves, which is never mentioned, and one of the criticisms leveled at the film. There are oth...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

Presentations of the Media in Film

indicates that a well-written interview with Williams could show that the murder was not premeditated, but due to his psychologica...

War on Drugs' Legalization

In five pages this issue is examined from both sides. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Ecstasy Use As A Party Drug: Cause And Effect

dosage will make them increase this aphrodisiac sensation will only experience acute nausea, seizures and eventual unconsciousness...

Australian Society and Drugs' Legal Status

legal status have no supportive precedents to cite (Moffitt et al, 1998). In the United States, Alaska briefly legalized the use ...

Ionized Drugs' Absorption

matrix, which contains mostly cholesterol and phospholipids (Merck, 2005). The composition of lipids not only determine the permea...

The Case for and Against the Decriminalization of Drugs

view is not anti drugs, it is a matter of where the line is drawn and which drugs are and are not acceptable by todays values. Loo...

U.S. Policing, Racial Prejudice and 'the War on Drugs'

the economic and political struggles of inner-city existence in the United States. "Racial discrimination exists in the criminal ...

Reiman's "The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get Prison" - Drugs

also appear to be constantly fueling the social problem of illegal drug use and drug-based criminal behaviors. In essence, the s...

Prescription Drugs' Rising Costs

high price of drugs is not justifiable on the basis of creating such things. Also, when using Nexium for example, one can argue t...

Major Drugs' Decriminalization

to legalizing drugs. But these days it isnt mob criminals that are the problem, but international terrorists that are benefiting f...

'War on Drugs' and its Political Benefits

the creation of organizations. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is perhaps the best known group that...

Peaceful Warrior, A Film Review

and shown how Dan could overcome his greatest fear-"how to live life when unable to one thing he does well: gymnastics" (Petruska)...

Hunter Thompson/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...

Ritalin, Pro & Con

vision problems or learning disabilities or "whether a childs behavior is simply immature or exuberant" ("Attention" 77). Accurate...

Gone with the Wind's Cinematography

that "Tara is the whole story" as the plot revolves around Tara" (Schreibman, 2004, p. 41). The cinematography particularly unde...

Sense and Sensibility/Novel v. Film

mother, Elinor and Marianne (who are both young women) and younger sister Margaret, by beginning with the death of Henry Dashwood,...