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Cocaine...? There are many illegal drugs available to people throughout the nation today. From marijuana to methamphetamine, a person who is so inclined could take their pick of any number of illegal substances. Though its popularity has declined somewhat since the 1970’s and 80’s, cocaine is still one of the top drugs of choice among users, abusers, and addicts. Blaise writes, “Cocaine abuse is widespread but rarely admitted. There is no cocaine consumer profile either for social class, age or sex” (pg. 1263). In truth, cocaine is not as insidious a drug as one might suppose. While users can typically hide their use for a little while, extended use of cocaine...
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Hazardous Wastes and Contaminated Sites...site. Lastly, it poses a certain threat to people and/or the environment because of its location and concentration (Project Participants and their Organizations 2003).
Various physical and chemical properties are considered as hazardous substances, and hence, pose a threat to people are toxicity, carcinogenicity, corrosiveness, combustibility, explosiveness, and asphyxiation. The contamination of land and its surrounding areas can vary according to its nature and degree of severity.
Available Techniques for Dealing with Contaminated Sites
Risk management is one effective technique in addressing problems brought about by contaminated sites. It is defined as the...
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Cocaine Legalization...There is a huge debate worldwide about the solution to the problem of illicit drug use especially concerning the drug cocaine. This debate focuses on whether to legalize the drug, which would facilitate government control including taxation, or whether to keep it banned entirely.
This paper will show that it would be more beneficial (in the long term) to legalize cocaine than to continue the ban.
One of the first arguments for the legalization of cocaine is brought out immediately by proponents who state that the overall crime rate would fall, and that the crime rate specifically connected with drug use would fall drastically.
Mark Kleiman states the following; "Careful consideration of the multiple relationships... the...
6 Pages(1500 words)Personal Statement
Crack Cocaine...Misuse of drugs: (First Draft Discovered by: German pediatrician Albert Niemann. Effects of too much use: Soon ities began to see that cocaine was being converted to crack and was being abused widely. Therefore The Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914 banned nonprescription use of cocaine-containing products which contributed to a reduction of cocaine and crack use and abuse.
How is it being used now: Presently use of cocaine for medicinal purposes has significantly decreased whereby it is only used for minor surgeries as an anesthetic, however individuals especially young adults continue to abuse crack cocaine, which is a free base of...
7 Pages(1750 words)Research Paper
CoCaine...is highly illegal all over the world in terms of use, distribution, selling and possession. Crack cocaine is a “Schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act... Schedule II drugs, which include PCP and methamphetamine, have a high potential for abuse [which may] lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. Excessive use of cocaine can cause a wide variety of problems for the user both temporary and immediate, and chronic” (National Drug Intelligence Center, 2003). It is the duty of society to protect citizens against dangers such as those brought about by highly dangerous chemicals and drugs. Hallucinations and paranoid delusions are extremely common symptoms of usage...
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Change Detection...Change Detection Introduction Change Detection Introduction Objective of the experiment The experimental fundamental objective is to test whether an observer could notice the changes which occurred before his/her eyes. The aspects of dynamism over time are what constitute change. Several mediums in the human body can detect the changes that occur over time. The detection is through observation. At times, changes can occur before the eyes of an observer, but he/she fails to notice those (Styles, 2006).
Hypothesis:
The hypothesis to this experiment was that the observers did not notice all the changes that took place before their eyes. Determining whether visual attention...
5 Pages(1250 words)Lab Report
Cocaine...Cocaine Cocaine is a harmful drug consumed in large quantity in the US. Cocaine has a variety of harmful effects on the emotional, psychological, and physical health of the users. Alongside, cocaine offers certain benefits to the users. Withdrawal from cocaine is emotionally demanding as its addiction is strong. This paper discusses the consumption of cocaine, the negative and positive aspects of its use on health and life in general, as well as the withdrawal symptoms.
According to the estimate of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the number of cocaine users in 2008 was 1.9 million, of which the...
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Introduction How does money become contaminated with cocaine...into the counting machines also contaminates money.
Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is a technique in which a GC is coupled to a MS to separate, recognize, and quantify complex chemical mixtures. Vaporization of the sample solution takes place after it is injected into the inlet of GC. The sample solution sweeps by a carrier gas onto a chromatographic column. Flowing of the sample through the column causes separation of the compounds consisting of the required mixture by virtue of their interaction with the carrier gas and the column’s coating. The column’s latter part passes from a heated line of transfer and finishes at the ion source entrance. This is where the compounds are changed into...
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Coca Cola Promoting cocaine...in the current paper. Focus has also been given upon how the company had dealt with different allegations arising out of its controversial advertisements and the messages which it was actually trying to put across. The paper analyses the advertisements from the perspective of who, when, where, what and why. Additionally some of the marketing characteristics associated with the advertisements have also been analysed vividly.
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Diet coke promoting cocaine or nothing like that?
Diet cokes new ad campaign featuring the tag line “You are on Diet Coke” is seen to be drawing much criticism as many claim that the ad is seen to be promoting cocaine and is in reference to the drug (US magazine, 2014)....
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Cocaine addiction...Cocaine Addiction affiliation Cocaine addiction There are many vices in the society we live in. Nevertheless, it is no doubt that the use of cocaine and other types of drugs is among the many issues that affect the community the most. Tracing the root cause of other vices in the society for instance dropping out of school, rise in number of accidents on the roads, increase in homicides, and increase in overall crime rates, we note that all these are happening due to an increase in drug abuse in the society. As discussed in this paper, there is countless benefits that the society can gain from drug abuse regulation. This paper will be addressing one of the most misused drug,...
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