Essays Tagged: "most widely used"
Legalization of Marijuana
that keeps coming up time and again is the topic of the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug. Nearly one in three teenagers have at least tried marijuana by the ti ... teenagers have at least tried marijuana by the time they graduate high school. It is also gets the most publicity for its legalization. Over thirty pro-legalization organizations have been displayed ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Differences in Radio AM and FM
RADIO In the modern society, radio is the most widely used medium of broadcasting and electronic communication : it plays a major role in many ... increases and decreases. Amplitude modulation is used by station broadcasting in the AM band and by most international short wave stations. Frequency modulation is another way to convey informa ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
Legalizing Marijuana
ized?The proposal for legalizing drugs has entered the mainstream of public debate in recent years, mostly focusing on marijuana. This brings about the following essay centred around the main question ... problems to deal with than marijuana. Marijuana should be legalized.Cannabis sativa, is one of the most widely used drugs. It is more commonly known by its Spanish name, marijuana. Marijuana has a lo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Psychodelic Drugs
AlcoholAlcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in this society. It is accepted as a part of social life. Its use is widely p ... rom 'friends' and consumed in small get-togethers.Cocaine (and in particular 'crack') is one of the most addictive drugs known to humankind. Laboratory studies have shown that animals, when offered th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Drug Abuse In Schools. Parents think the safest place for their school age children is in school, but they could be surprised at the statistics of drug and alcohol abuse.
Drug Abuse In SchoolsMost people think the safest place for their school-age children to be is in school. Parents send th ... se Resistance Education, which was believed to be a successful system to control drug abuse and the most widely used in schools. These classes are usually taught by police officers to children ranging ... ed both at home and at school. The center believes parental involvement and one-on-one programs are most effective in deterring drug use.The Youth Service of West Philadelphia deals with students who ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Hypnosis In Psychology
subject. Meanwhile the utilization approach, primarily developed by Dr. Milton H. Erickson, is the most widely used amongst psychologists today. The authoritarian approach focuses primarily on the po ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Chlorine Debate, How White Do You Want it?
Chlorine is one of the world's most widely used chemicals, the buildingelement vital to almost every United States industry. We use ... s. The unfortunate and unavoidable by-product of thesemanufacturing processes is dioxin, one of the most toxic substances on the planetOlsen 2earth. Dioxins are also produced whenever chlorine contain ... blic health and billions of dollars at stake, the debate over chlorine has becomeone of the world's most contentious and controversial issues. 'Is a chlorine-freefuture possible?' asked Bonnie Rice, a ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
"Drugs" and Australian laws
ger quantities depressants can cause unconsciousness and death.[2.1] Use in AustraliaAlcohol is the most widely used drug in Australia. People drink to relax, celebrate and have fun. Alcohol is part o ... three main forms of cannabis: marijuana, hashish and hash oil.[4.1] Use in AustraliaCannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in Australia. In 1998, 39% of the Australian population reported havin ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Legalization of Marijuana, by Ryan Wensel
Weed. Pot. Dope. Mary Jane. There are many names for marijana, the most widely used illegal drug on the streets. Not everyone thinks it should be illegal, though. Ther ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
"The Silent Killer." What are the dangers and effects of smoking? How did smoking get started? The effects smoking has on teens and more are in this essay.
Today I'm going to talk to you about the silent killer. The world's most dangerous, most widely used substance of abuse. Forty-six million Americans are addicted to the ... ant. When it's smoked, it releases over two thousand chemical poisons along with one of the world's most addictive drugs. The silent killer is nicotine straight from the tobacco plant.The American Ind ... lts both suffer from tobacco usage, healthwise and costwise. But teens especially are suffering the most. Each and every day 3000 teens begin smoking. Many of them would say, " If I want to damage my ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Comparing and Contrasting AM and FM radio.
In the modern society, radio is the most widely used of broadcasting and electronic communication. It plays a major role in many areas. ... ic through the airwaves. Amplitude modulation is used by station broadcasting in the AM band and by most international short wave stations. Frequency modulation is a way to convey information, voice, ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Technology
Illicit Drugs: Bringin Down Our Youth.
rescription drugs.Marijuana, known by it's street names of "weed", "reefer", and "Mary Jane" is the most widely used drug and the number one cash crop in the United States (USA Today, 2002). The youth ... margins to the mainstream of teenage culture" (Sigel, 2002, p.47). Ecstasy is cheap to produce and most is imported from Europe where it is used for medicinal purposes. One problem is that most users ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Movie Villains.
an range from regular robbers, to criminal masterminds, and even the paranormal villains.One of the most widely used villains through out movies is the murder. What does it take for a character to be ... at only recently came out is a villain that goes after one certain thing.A villain that people fear most is a terrorist. Terrorists are usually a big gang of people from one organization led by one to ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
"Henry Purcell" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
great number of poetic devices that Hopkins uses throughout this poem. Alliteration is perhaps the most widely used of these, and if the poem were to be rewritten in prose form the effect of this wou ... ore, that this can be seen as an attempt by Hopkins to bring the poem to life by using imagery that most people should easily be able to understand - the filling of an ear with many musical notes (whi ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Legalisation of marijuana in Australia.
Marijuana is, and probably always will be, one of the most widely used and accepted illegal drugs across the globe. Recently, however, there has been a si ... ng to a link between marijuana and psychosis and how true or false this in fact is.Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in Western society. According to the National Drug Strategy Household ... tion of marijuana hasintensified. The Morgan poll, conducted in Australia in July 2000 reveals that mostAustralians believe smoking marijuana should remain illegal. 58% of Australianswere opposed to t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
This essay explores the effect that television (as a new media form) has on culture.
magnetic radiation' (Oxford, 1992:111) or as it's more commonly referred to as 'television', is the most widely used mass media form in Australia and in the world. Television is one of our most import ... n; that is, a screen that produced visible light when struck by a beam of electrons. In 1908 came a most remarkable contribution by the Scottish electrical engineer A.A. Campbell Swinton, who outlined ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Alcohol should be illegal. It has been shown to cause many social and economic problems within local societies.
ncially upon alcohol?Alcohol is a drug that slows down you nervous system and brain, it is also the most widely used drug in Australia.Countless studies show that alcohol is the cause of a whole range ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
This essay is about the effects of drugs and it talks about what each does. It gives facts concerning drugs also.
ng on the drug being used. It is for this reason that I have broken down the effects into the three most widely used types of drugs today: marijuana, cocaine, and LSD.MarijuanaMarijuana is a green or ... plant that accounts for the psychoactive effects. This is what determines the strength of the drug. Most marijuana contains 3 percent THC, but can be found as high as 24 percent. Oils from female hemp ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
How enzymes work in the detergent industry
Enzymes for Detergent IndustryFor most people, the most popular known application of enzymes is in the manufacture of enzymatic washin ... ule, present in the finished product - not at any rate in an active form.ProteasesProteases are the most widely used enzymes in the detergent industry. They remove protein stains such as grass, blood, ... Maps, a project is already underway to develop an alkaline cellulase for the detergent application.Most of today's washing is done at lower temperatures with detergents keeping clothes clean even at ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Critically Discuss Utilitarianism as an Ethical Theory. What are the Problems that Confront Utiliatarianism as a Theory of Public Policy?
y, is concerned above all with the usefulness of human activity. Utilitarianism has been one of the most influential of ethical theories, and the one most widely used in ordinary 'common-sense' decisi ... w that moral rule that will bring about the greatest good (or happiness) for everyone concerned." Almost from the start, many obvious difficulties were encountered by its adherents, which have led to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays