Essays Tagged: "Heroin"

Against the Illegalization of drugs

- often have a common element; that is drug abuse. The use of illegal drugs such as cocaine, crack, heroin and marijuana cause extensive harm to the body and brain. Yet, even after knowing this many p ... can be brought under control with acceptable means.The use of illegal drugs such as cocaine, crack, heroin and marijuana have been proved to cause unbelievable damage and harm to the body and brain. A ...

(7 pages) 499 6 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Anabolic Steroids

first athlete to die from using a performance enhancer, called speedballs, a mixture of cocaine and heroin. In the 1920's, physicians inserted slices of monkey testicles into male athletes to help boo ...

(4 pages) 173 0 4.3 May/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Need for Weed

ion, and Control Act, won 65% of the vote. It says that Arizona's doctors can prescribe marijuana, heroin, and LSD for patients when there is 'medicinal value' (California 62). The passing of these ...

(4 pages) 132 1 4.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Inner-city substance abuse

he most addicting drugs outthere, it's been engulfing America's inner-cities since the early 80's 3.Heroin, is also making a comeback 4. Alcohol and marijuana are still verypopular in the lower and up ... he most addicting drugs outthere, it's been engulfing America's inner-cities since the early 80's 3.Heroin, is also making a comeback 4. Alcohol and marijuana are still verypopular in the lower and up ...

(19 pages) 195 2 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

A heoin Term paper, describing what heroin is and how it effects the body

As you may know, heroin is a highly addictive illegal drug, but what exactly is heroin? Firstly, heroin is classified ... is drug is the most abused of the opiates worldwide as well as addictive in one-fourth of its users.Heroin is produced through a special process. Heroin comes from the poppy flower which appears in pl ... m is boiled along with other chemicals. It then becomes a morphine base. After laboratory refining, heroin is produced. Some heroin is combined with other substances to form new types. These substance ...

(3 pages) 111 0 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

film industry..comparing hollywood and bollywood(indian film industry)

s. Commercial films are in turn divided into many types. In commercial cinema there will be a hero, heroin and a villain, whereas in art films we will find only common characters, which are close to n ...

(2 pages) 231 4 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

Smoking

ol students are already smoking, and willl even leadto using drugs such as: marijuana, cocaine, and heroin.Smoking causes all sorts of cancer. It affects your brain and itdo not prolong your life, not ...

(1 pages) 69 0 3.8 Oct/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

As I lay dying. An essay on drugs

many cops we would need if caffeine products were illegal.Why are drugs like cocaine,marijuana and heroin illegal? Cocaine, marijuana and heroin are illegal because most people think that these contr ...

(3 pages) 97 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Antigone: A Tragic Hero

and is destroyed by her own pride. For these characteristics Antigone is given the title of an epic Heroin.Antigone is one of the lucky townsfolk to be born of a royal house, yet is unlucky to be born ...

(4 pages) 107 0 3.0 Sep/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

A Look Into the Life and Career of a Legend; A Proposal

1994 when he committed suicide.Troubled by depression, chronic stomach problems, and anaddiction to heroin, his ailments in his personal life showedthrough in his music. His music evolved from the har ... haped his music from the early years up until his death. I alsowant to focus on the severity of his heroin use and depression,and prove how the increase of both of these affected what hewrote, and wha ...

(4 pages) 52 1 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

A Slice of life

yelled. Tim was in his early twenties, he had a bluemowhawk, always dressed shabby, and addicted to heroin. Tim walked tothe door and opened it, 'Yes.' he said sarcastically.The man at the door asked ... s so hecould earn money but hadn't been lucky. He is the only one of the group thatknew about Tim's heroin problem.Gwen walked out of the shack and apologized to Tim for storming off,and told Shirley ...

(5 pages) 43 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

DOPAMINE NB:sorry for the previous esssay it was sent by mistake i didn't mean to send two same essays

amine, and we will see how it works and affects one person in a minute.Imagine one taking a shot of heroin, a puff of cigarette, a slug of whisky, a toke of marijuana or a snort of cocaine. Don't thin ... . Yet all the while he was secretly visiting a shooting gallery once a day. His favored concoction: heroin spiked with a jot of cocaine. Ten years ago, Rios succeeded in kicking his habit-for good, he ...

(13 pages) 178 1 4.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

NARCOTIC ADDICTION

the use and abuse of the substance. What harm does it do to smoke a little weed, or bump a bit of heroin? What is it like to be intoxicated and how long does it lasts? Will it make me sick, and wh ... ssified as narcotics when they technically are not. Opiates are a class of drugs in which morphine heroin and methadone are members because they produce common origin, chemistry and effects. Crude o ...

(19 pages) 589 1 4.0 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Chekhov's short story, The Betrothed

oung woman who leaves home days before her wedding in search for a different life. The life of this heroin represents a larger liberation of women of the nineteenth century. To fully understand the ev ...

(5 pages) 31 0 5.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Effects of alcohol

coholismWhen people hear the word drug, they usually think of an illegal substance such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other drug that can be found on the street. Most people never consider the ... symptoms that a severe alcoholic can experience are sometimes compared to the same withdrawals as a heroin addict, yet people still do not consider alcohol to be a drug. Drinking during pregnancy can ...

(3 pages) 174 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The effects of marijuana on the Human brain.

rijuana has been illegal for years because of the thought that it was a drug similar to cocaine, or heroin. Drugs such as cocaine and heroin affect the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine is the neuro ...

(2 pages) 64 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Legalization of marijuana.

is the gateway drug which means in time the person will anniciate the use of harsher drugs such as heroin or cocaine. However, this stereotype has never been proven true. In fact, marijuana has been ...

(1 pages) 39 0 3.8 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

"Sonny's blues" by james baldwin.

story of two brothers with different perspectives on life. At the beginning, Sonny was caught with heroin and went to jail. Throughout the story, the flashbacks gave the reader insights to why Sonny ... ich is jazz) is an escape from the reality of his life. The jazz music he plays can be compared the heroin the he takes, they both act as a "conduit" for a temporary escape from his life. However, eve ...

(5 pages) 172 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Against Legalizing Marijuana.

more likely to have unwanted pregnancies and/or get STD's. Studies show that people using crack or heroin have almost without exception used weed first. There are some simple reasons why marijuana le ... e Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University stated that, "Very few individuals who have tried heroin and cocaine have not already used marijuana."Experts say that weed releases dopamine, a chemi ...

(3 pages) 198 7 4.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Drugs.

learn about drugs from their friends who tell them how good consume pills and smoking some kind of heroin makes them feel good. But, the fact, the users don't tell about the bad effects from the chem ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol