babies were born‚ though‚ scientists realized there was a hidden side effect. Thalidomide had caused the babies to be born with limb-defects. More than 10‚000 babies had this problem because side effects were not experienced when tested on the mice. (http://www.pcrm.org) This shows how inaccurate animal testing can be. This means that there have been many instances where experiments go perfectly on lab animals‚ but cause side effects on humans. It is fairly common‚ and because of this‚ lab experiments
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health problems. Most people think pot is safer than tobacco‚ but that is not true. It’s smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer causing substances that tobacco smoke and 1 cannabis joint can cause as much damage as 5 tobacco cigarettes. As far as the effects on your mental state goes‚ the main active ingredient in Marijuana is Tetrahydrocannabinol better known as thc and this disrupts nerve cells in the brain affecting memory. It also releases more dopamine while under the influence of pot‚ dopamine is
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The Effects of ADHD in Children Having a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder‚ I have witnessed first-hand the effects it has on a child’s life. Though many teachers discount the validity of ADHD‚ this disorder‚ if left untreated‚ affects a child’s daily life‚ causing them to experience forgetfulness‚ short attention spans‚ insecurities‚ and frustration. Fortunately‚ there are many treatments available to help treat the disorder‚ so that children who are diagnosed and experience
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Young men and women‚ some just legally adults at the age of 18‚ are placed into battle. These brave men and women fight for our country‚ a job most are afraid to do. A job that requires selflessly risking your life to make our country a free and safer place. Most come back changed. A shell of the person they used to be. Recurring nightmares that jolt them awake and make them relive times they want forgotten. Sounds make them jump and bring them back to battle. These veterans go into war joyful young
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Throughout the past couple years‚ no topic has reached as much publicity as police brutality. In the United States‚ police officers are using excessive force towards minorities‚ especially African Americans. In other words‚ police officers are reacting to a situation with deadly or harmful force towards minorities. In the past couple years‚ police officers are constantly being put in the lime light. With these scary stories circulating the internet‚ people are scared to step out of their homes because
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things going on around the world now that’s causing racial profiling more dangerous. It’s really important to study since a lot of racial profiling goes on because people been racial profiling since a long time and still going on. Media has a lot of effect of racial profiling since everybody watches media and believes everything they say something bad about a person from a certain race and ethnicity so they start racial profiling the whole religion‚ race and ethnicity and that’s not right.The way Racial
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(Suddath‚ 2009). In 1983‚ the Los Angeles Police Department created a school lecture program called Drug Abuse Resistance Education‚ D.A.R.E‚ to teach children to avoid the uses of illegal drugs. Studies later showed that D.A.R.E does not have an effect on preventing children from becoming abusers of drugs. In 2002‚ the Bush administration had a goal to reduce all illegal drug use by 25%. The results showed that only marijuana abuse declined 6% while other drugs increased (Suddath‚ 2009). The declination
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According to the 2010 Census of India‚ there are 236‚772‚617 females married. 40 percent of these women are in ages between 25 and 29. And‚ 85 percent of these marriages are arranged. In arranged marriage there is no dating‚ premarital sex‚ living together‚ or even physical interaction. Sheela‚ J. an expert for the United Nations writes that “according to the Hindu Dharma sutras‚ the father should give away his daughter while she still nagnika (naked)”.” This means that as soon as the parents
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I grew up in a rural parish in Jamaica‚ called Effort. However‚ I lived in Kingston with my mother and went to school there. I was fortunate to live a life of complete freedom‚ having access to safe environments and a safe home. I have grown to love and appreciate my life in both my home and school environment especially because I am constantly aware that there are young people my age who grow up in environments‚ like Rema‚ Waterhouse‚ or Tivoli Gardens in Western Kingston who live in constant fear
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senior editor of USA today and Mother Jones stated that in 2002‚ there was a mass shooting that happened in Appalachian School of Law in Virginia. The killer was stopped by armed students‚ but those students were current and former law enforcement officers. Also‚ the killer was out of bullet when they subdued him. (More guns More mass shootings) This shows no matter how responsible the gun owners are‚ if they don’t know how to handle the life threatening situations‚ it becomes more dangerous because
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