English 4/23/13 Cocaine Cocaine is a Local Anesthetic and is unusual due to its affects on the brain. Usually Local Anesthetics have a common molecule with one slight difference that creates amides or esters‚ but cocaine has a completely different molecule setup but is still considered a Local Anesthetic. Its molecule is a complex alkaloid. This can cross the blood brain barrier and can have major affects on the brain and central nervous system. I will tell you what cocaine is‚ what its affects
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There have been questions regarding cocaine along the lines of “Aren’t crack cocaine and powder cocaine the same drug?” and the answer is yes. Do they result in the same penalties under the court of law if caught possessing such drugs? Well‚ in a way‚ both yes and no. The same penalties are given for the same conviction‚ however‚ both must meet different requirements in order for the same punishment to be given. So then what’s the difference between the two? Scientifically‚ there is no chemical difference
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between Crack Cocaine and Powder Cocaine The Disparities between Crack and Powder Cocaine Coca is a leafed plant that grows in the eastern slopes of the Andes. Cocaine is the world’s most powerful stimulant made naturally. This plant has been used be Indians for at least 5000 years. Traditionally‚ the leaves of the coca plant have been chewed for social‚ mystical‚ medicinal and religious purposes. Columbia is the lead producer of cocaine they supply eighty percent of the world’s cocaine (Coca
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CRACK COCAINE ABUSE Physiological Psychology PSY 350 Professor Cindi-Marie Willoughby INTRO: What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “cracking up”? Usually one thinks of laughter and good times. Well‚ let me give you another scenario that isn’t quite so pleasant. Cracking up also refers to the abuse of crack cocaine. Even though cocaine was once used for medicinal purposes‚ crack cocaine abuse has been the cause of many deaths. Since crack cocaine abuse causes respiratory and
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Joshua Forte 9/27/2011 Group 2 Assignment #4 Unjust Punishments & “The Case of Crack Cocaine” Unjust punishments can occur because of sentencing disparities and wrongful convictions. Current prison populations show a higher population of African Americans and Hispanic men leading some to believe that a sentencing disparities caused by racial prejudices and discrimination are the causes. Sentencing disparities occur when offenders with similar criminal histories who have committed the
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Cocaine Base (Crack Cocaine) As mentioned above‚ powder cocaine cannot be smoked unless chemically altered using the dangerous freebasing technique. Late summer of 1985‚ New York City drug dealers put an end to the need for freebasing powder cocaine. These same drug entrepreneurs would revolutionize the sale of cocaine and bring terror to the streets of America. The exact inventor of crack cocaine is unknown‚ but the lasting effects of their discovery is well documented. The benefits of
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less harsh let alone her drug of choice‚ crack-cocaine.. With that combination and such a harsh drug as crack being as asy to find as it is‚ leaves no surprise why she would seek that escape. Crack-Cocaine is one of the most easy to acquire drugs on the streets‚ and possibly the hardest of these. It is a cheap and dirty form of freebased cocaine. Freebasing is a process in which all the impurities are processed out of the cocaine leaving in essence‚ a cocaine concentrate. This is normally smoked to
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COLLEGE OF FOUNDATION AND GENERAL STUDIES Program: Foundation Subject: English for Academic Purposes Code: ENGF 103 Credit Hours: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: This course is designed to develop students’ public speaking skills. Students will be exposed to principles and practices of effective public speaking which are done through lectures‚ discussions‚ and class exercises. Most importantly
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Assignment for the Informative Speech An Informative Speech is a speech that defines‚ describes‚ or explains a concept or idea‚ process or function; and occasionally‚ a thing‚ person or place. 1. Select a subject interesting to you and instructive for your audience. You will prepare a 6 minute informative speech on this subject. Speeches outside the time limit will receive a penalty. 2. The speech should include: a. an introduction which includes all five elements of a good introduction;
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10/3/11 Informative Speech Outline Introduction – Organization‚ it is the key to success. In fact it is the reason I am able to make this presentation. I will be talking about how to become more organized and maintain that organization today. Body - If you’re not organized you most likely won’t succeed in what you are trying to accomplish because you have no real plan or solid structure to help you be successful in whatever your trying to get done. Without an outline‚ I would not have been able
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