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    From the time of the Spain era‚ drug control laws prohibited the use of opium by the native Filipinos and other people except the Chinese because Chinese residents in the Philippines particularly in manila started smoking opium in 1780. In 1844‚ the Spanish colonial government laid down an opium monopoly‚ which entitled the importation but the Spanish government and its sale to Chinese users. At this period‚ opium smoking became widespread among Chinese as its use was forbidden to Indians‚ mestizos

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    data of experience and‚ in this way‚ to create. All this is well expressed in Kubla Khan. Its genesis‚ if what is written in its preface is true‚ is in itself weird‚ as when he wrote it he was reading a passage about Kublai Khan under the effects of opium‚ prescribed to him as a medical treatment. But even if this weren’t true‚ this preface still remains important since it can be read as a manifesto on the working of the poetic mind‚ and gives us the idea of the suspension of disbelief for the moment

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    Furthermore‚ closer cousins of opium‚ “paregoric” and “laudanum”‚ have remained man’s best friends in need since antiquity”‚ Ms Sufentanyl elaborated further. “Well‚ that is great”‚ exclaimed Marijuana. However‚ a feeling of sadness could be seen on his face‚ perhaps because of greater

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    Both Japan and China were exposed to the same force driving westernization affecting them both economically and politically however their responses to western penetration in the 19th century were different. In the beginning Japan and China isolated themselves from the rest of the world. As a result‚ their economies were behind compared to others and they weren’t as technologically advanced. At first‚ Japan and China had similar resources even though they lacked in them too‚ it wouldn’t be until

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    Overview of Antipsychotics As discussed by (Jasovic-Gasic‚ et.al.2012)‚ over half a century ago through serendipitously actions‚ by Daley et.al stumbled on a discovery that would change the thought of pharmacologic treatment of psychotic illness for good. Delay discovered that antihistamine (chlorpromazine) was effective in relieving psychotic symptoms. This discovery catalyzed further conduct of investigative experiments to explain this phenomenon. The experiments conducted‚ on animal subjects

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    that surrounds his life. Wordsworth’s writings are highly sequential‚ logical and remain in a single thought form all thoughout his creative endeavors. Coleridge writes in fragments and he his unable to maintain a single thought probably due to his opium use which he is notorius for. Wordsworth isnt rebelious in his writings. He seeks not to attack any person but to establish his own views while Coleridge in his ’Biographia Literaria’‚ he dedicates some chapters just to rebel and criticize wordsworth’s

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    Medical Practices of the 19th Century Meas 238 2/22/2012 Summary In the era the 19th century (the 1800’s)‚ miraculous medical discoveries were on the rise. I would like to discuss not only the horrifying procedures that were used in this era‚ but also the medical breakthroughs that would come about in the progression of these hundred years. Along with the medical discoveries though‚ there were still the doctors and medical professionals and even patients who chose to hold onto their superstitions

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    goods continued to be extremely popular in Europe. The Opium War and the “Opening” of China Opium‚ however‚ changed everything. In greater and greater numbers‚ Chinese accustomed to tobacco began to use opium brought by Europeans. Although the Qing court banned the drug‚ usage spread. Seeking to trade opium for tea‚ the East India Company induced Indian peasants to raise opium‚ which could then be shipped to China. Enormous quantities of opium made their way to China‚ swelled by the number of merchants

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    The Use of Illicit Drug: a Significant Cause of Global Health Issue 1. Introduction Many incurable diseases in the world are being cured and eliminated with the development of science and technology‚ while there are some new adverse factors probably can result in great harm to people ’s health. Amongst these factors‚ the use of illicit drug is a crucial cause of spreading infectious diseases and deaths. It is estimated that more than 200 million people use illicit drugs in 2010 and among these

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    Scorpion. In The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer‚ is a science fiction novel about a boy named Matt is followed throughout his life and how he grows up as a clone on the Opium fields‚ where the border between the  U.S. and Mexico exists today. He is a clone of El Patrón‚ a man much like a scorpion‚ the drug lord and king of the Opium empire. The story follows Matt as he grows up on the Alacrán estate and learns the repercussions of being a clone. Throughout The House of the Scorpion‚ Nancy Farmer uses

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