DOH alarm: HIV cases in first-half 2012 exceed full year of 2010 The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases during the first half of the year has already surpassed the record for the whole 2010‚ the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday‚ underscoring the alarming rise in incidence of the virus that causes the dread disease AIDS. The bulk of the spike was traced to a rise in male-to-male transmission and the sharing of needles among injecting drug users in Cebu province. DOH Assistant
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My school wanted me to write on essay on drugs so I did and won first place. Heroin‚ Cocaine‚ Barbiturates‚ Meth‚ Alcohol‚ Ketamine‚ Benzodiazepines‚ Tobacco‚ Amphetamines‚ Buprenorphine‚ and some people even shoot these dangerous drugs up. The drugs that I just listed for you can either kill you‚ have you addicted‚ and most of all damage your mind. We all have a choice whether it’s taking candy from the store or getting high with your buddies‚ but the only answers for those actions is to always
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Analytical Essay Outline In "Against the legalization of Drugs"‚ We’ve seen how James Q. Wilson says that Heroin and Cocaine should be kept illegal. Perhaps the strongest argument Wilson gives to support this claim‚ is that a government may rightly restrict an individual’s liberty to prevent harm to others. Although this is in violation with an individual’s freedom of thought and speech. In this paper‚ I will present two arguments from Kantian ethics and Douglas Husak that refute this idea
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intramuscular steroid injection Abstract: Nicolau syndrome is an uncommon side effect of intramuscular injection that results in local ischemic necrosis of the skin and adipose tissue. Pediatric cases have been less reported. In this article we present a 10 year old girl developing nicolau syndrome after intramuscular injection of steroid as a treatment for alopecia areata. Introduction Nicolau syndrome is a rare iatrogenic syndrome as a side effect of intramuscular injection‚ several medications
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reputation grew with the years as a designer and fabricator of precision molds. With the reputation‚ the Millers decided to expand into the limited manufactures of plastic parts and new equipments were added such as ingredient mixing facilities and injection molding equipment. In the mid-1990s Custom Mold’s reputation grew to include being a supplier of high quality plastic parts. Due to limited capacity‚ the company decided to concentrate its sales efforts on supplying parts that were used in limited
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Dear Customer‚ Congratulations on becoming the proud owner of a “Bajaj Pulsar 220 DTS-i” motorcycle‚ one of the finest motorcycles in the country. Your safety and the safety of others is extremely important. Hence‚ before you ride the bike‚ please read this Owner’s Manual carefully and familiarize yourself with the operating mechanism‚ controls and maintenance requirements. This will ensure you a long and trouble free ownership experience. To keep your bike in perfect running condition and deliver
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The Pros of Illegal Drugs Many countries along with the United States have laws forbidding the possession‚ sale‚ and use of certain drugs ranging everywhere from marijuana to heroin. Though many countries classify these drugs as illegal‚ I believe certain ones are not as bad as people portray them as. In my mind‚ the illegal drug cannabis‚ also known as marijuana should be legalized since it can not only improve the economy but its side effects are not that foreign to other legal drugs.I believe
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I think that methamphetamines and cocaine should be a schedule I drug. The short term and long term effects can cause serious health conditions including brain damage‚ memory loss‚ psychotic-like behavior‚ heart damage‚ hepatitis‚ and HIV transmission‚" says Dr. Nora D. Volkow‚ director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (1) The use of methamphetamine has been proven repeatedly to be associated with irreversible damages to the brain. Even though the neurotransmitters in the brain may
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Aeronautical Science Perspective Paper Mauricio Manzano ASCI 202 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prof. Luis Reyes September 27‚ 2013 Aircraft Systems and Aircraft Maintenance Humans have many systems which work independently but at the same time they need to work together as the digestive system‚ neurological‚ cardiac‚ and etc.‚ that are very important for our survival. Within these systems there are other smaller systems that take care of the proper function of
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Ben Cousins – “Such is Life” 1) Recount the major issues that are presented in the documentary “Such is Life”. Such is Life is a documentary on Ben Cousins life with drugs and how it affected his life and his career. Ben started in playing for West Coast Eagles in 1996 when he was 17 and that was around the same time his early drug taking days began‚ and later became captain for West Coast Eagles at 22 in 2001. In 2005 after they lost their grand final by 4 to Sydney Swans Ben went on a 6 day
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