The physical symptoms are usually an increased heart rate and breathing, as well as higher than normal blood pressure and body temperature. ... Death from a cocaine overdose is often the result of convulsions, heart failure, or respiratory failure. ... Instead, the emphasis on repeat users is attacking the problem from the wrong angle. ... In attacking the underlying theme of poverty, it is possible to work against drugs right from the source. ...

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Just as the government can not force Americans to not eat too much cholesterol because it leads to heart disease, the government should not hold a drug control policy over Americans as well. ... Along with a lower monthly income, about 10,000 rural residents may be displaced because of the Coca eradication.# As well as destroying Coca plants in Columbia, President Bush has also been playing on the hearts and fears of many Americans since the September 11th terrorist attacks by stating that drugs support terrorism. These ludicrous statements have no common thread behind them that show that d...

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Most people would use the fact that marijuana is bad for your body and it can give you lung cancer and heart attacks but doesn't cigarettes do the same thing and we have legalized that. ... Many people that are against the legalization of marijuana would say how can something that produces changes in your body such as changes in your brain wave patterns, short term stress on the heart and circulatory system which could cause a heart attack, short term confusion in brain patterns and trouble in learning, potential disruption of male and female reproductive system, and potential suppressio...

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Marijuana also causes many mental disorders, including acute toxic psychosis, panic attacks, flashbacks, delusions, depersonalization, hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and "uncontrollable hostility" (Marijuana Briefs). ... When the heart rate is increased, the heart needs additional oxygen. Marijuana increases the amount of carbon monoxide in the blood, which decreases the amount of oxygen delivered to the heart. While a person is smoking marijuana less oxygen is available to the heart. ...

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The short-term effects of marijuana include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, loss of coordination, increased heart rate and anxiety. The long-term effects of these drugs include slowed and slurred speech, constricted pupils, droopy eyelids, impaired night vision, sedation, coma, addiction, convulsions, heart failure, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, loss of interest in sex, marijuana even contains some of the same, and sometimes even more of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco. ... But other problems such as liver disease, heart disease, certain forms of c...

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Alcoholism leads to sicknesses such as hypoglycemia, brain and heart damage, enlarged blood vessels in the skin, chronic gastritis, and pancreatitis. ... Smoking increases chances of lung cancer, cancers associated with smoking, heart disease, and emphysema. ... Some short-term effects of drugs are rapid heartbeat, impaired short-term memory, paranoia, intense panic attacks, and psychological dependence. ... Though this drug is a dangerous drug in general, it can have worst effects on people with unknown heart conditions. ... Ecstasy causes the heart rate to speed up, the body temperature t...

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Mladenovic (2012) said the bullet that went through Djindjic's heart was aimed directly at the future of democracy in Serbia. ... Terrorist attacks, such as the ones on September 11, 2001, have had large economic impact and cost the world trillions of dollars. The costs associated with the 9/11 attacks have been astronomical in terms of security. ...

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It also causes high blood pressure and may heighten the risk of heart attacks and strokes. ... It accelerates the heart rate while simultaneously constricting the blood vessels, which are trying to adjust to the heightened blood flow. ...

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It increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels, the supply of glucose, and dilates the bronchioles. ... Cocaine use also produces long term effects such as permanent damage to the brain, AIDS, CNS (Central Nervous System) damage, stroke or heart attack. ...

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It also causes high blood pressure and may heighten the risk of heart attacks and strokes. ... It accelerates the heart rate while simultaneously constricting the blood vessels, which are trying to adjust to the heightened blood flow. ...

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Marijuana Abuse By Teens An effective solution for marijuana abuse by teens must be found! "Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in America today (Nation 5)." "Marijuana refers to the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is usually smoked on form of loosely roll...

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There are many ways that using performance enhancing drugs in sports that can affect your life and everyone else's around you. Have you ever considered what your fans would think if they ever found out you were using enhancement drugs? What about your parents, wife, children and team? Have you...

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