Methamphetamine Abuse The report of Methamphetamine is an artificial painkiller with more rapid long-lasting effects than amphetamine‚ used illegally as an intoxicant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Methamphetamine is a drug that kills slowly‚ but surely and along the way it has many severe health complications. This drug has nearly up to eight or more slang words that are used in the street. Methamphetamine is defined as meth‚ speed‚ crank‚ zip‚ chalk
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Was the discovery of penicillin an accident? Who really discovered penicillin? Many believe that penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming‚ although he sparked the research for penicillin‚ he wasn’t the first. Penicillin had and still does have an effect on the medical world. Penicillin has a very rich history behind it‚ and it is still used world round. One significant story that led to the discovery of penicillin was the one of Alexander Fleming. Although Alexander Fleming is credited for
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Discovery of Antibiotics “Penicillin” As we know‚ the 19th and 20th centuries were among some of the most drastic years the United States experienced. While we often look at it as a time of bad and wrong decisions‚ there were many positive things that came from them. The most prominent of them were the number of discoveries and inventions that took place and were of great benefits then and now. One of those was the discovery of antibiotics in 1928‚ by Dr. Alexander Fleming. Before this discovery
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the growing human being and‚ according to latest reports‚ also have the potential to transform themselves into practically all other cell types‚ or revert to being stem cells with greater reproductive capacity. “Upon transplantation into mice suffering from muscular dystrophy‚ human skeletal myogenic progenitor cells provided both extensive and long-term muscle regeneration which resulted in improved muscle function‚” the article said. UGA Reports Cancer Breakthrough From a University of Georgia
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tics Antibiotics Several scientists around the beginning of the 20th Century discovered substances that were toxic to bacteria yet not to the human cell. But it wasn’t until Sir Alexander Flemings own discovery in 1928 that everyone took notice. While washing his equipment‚ Sir Fleming noticed a bit of mold attacking a patch of bacteria. It’s frightening to consider how many more people would have died in the 20th Century if Sir Fleming did not have good eyes. Today‚ some complain that
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Drug abuse is becoming prevalence in Nigerian societies. This justifies the intensive media campaign against the menace. The commonly abused drugs are aspirin‚ cannabis‚ heroine‚ amphetamine‚ cocaine‚ indian-hemp‚ alcohol‚ tobacco etc. Social studies as a dynamic and problem solving discipline has drug education as one of the emerging areas of study. Drug education intends to expose the learners to uses‚ abuse and contraindication of drugs. Social studies being an integrated discipline which
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Corporate Social Responsibility: What Went Wrong at GlaxoSmithKline? When London-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) paid a $750 million dollar settlement as part of a plea agreement that required it’s Cidra‚ Puerto Rico subsidiary SB Pharmco to plead guilty for knowingly selling contaminated medicine‚ it laid to rest any doubts that its business practices were in direct conflict with its commitment to both quality and to creating a strong ethical culture. There are‚ nevertheless‚ important issues
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HomeNewsOpinionBusinessSportS & TFeaturesBooksIn-depthJobsClassifiedsShopping INTERNATIONALNATIONALCITIES NEWS PTISchool children pay tribute to victims of Chapra midday meal tragedy‚ in Patna. BIHAR MIDDAY MEAL TRAGEDY From playground to the graveyard On Tuesday morning‚ Rahul (10) bade goodbye to his mother and set off for school. By Thursday he was dead. The death toll in the tragedy rose to 23 on Thursday after the death of seven-year... » 1 comment Related: “No doctors‚ no
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anything away. One day‚ Fleming noticed blue fungal spores growing on one of his unwashed petri dishes (Wilson). Fleming almost destroyed the culture until he realized that all the staph bacteria had been eliminated. September1928 marked the discovery of penicillin; he seized the moment and changed
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defender and the probation officer serving the drug court managed mixed caseloads of both drug court and non-drug court participants. ARI funding allows the probation officer and a contract defense attorney to focus solely on the needs of drug court offender. Evidence-based/promising practices in use: LSI-R assessment‚ cognitive-behavioral therapy‚ Thinking for a Change curriculum‚ drug court Target population and reduction goals: Knox County has operated a drug court since 2008. From 2007 to 2009‚ Knox
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