Though ingesting marijuana will have a longer-lasting effect, it will not be as strong of a high. ... There are no withdrawal symptoms physically during cessation; however, the mind craves getting high again. ... Also in low doses there can be an increased heart rate and systolic blood pressure, in addition to reddening of eyes due to dilation of conjunctive blood vessels. ... Marijuana lessens eye pressure of glaucoma patients. ... Marijuana dilates the airways and the bronchi, opening them to allow more oxygen into the blood. ...

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Yet the levels of carbon monoxide and other pollutants in smoke-filled rooms may be as high or higher than those that occur during air pollution emergencies. ... Their heart rate, blood pressure, and the level of carbon monoxide in the blood increase when they breathe in air full of tobacco smoke. ... Unlike oxygen, which is breathed in and then out again in minutes, carbon monoxide remains in the blood for long periods of time. ... The figures showed that, if extended to eight hours, the nonsmokers would have had as much smoke in their lungs as from smoking five cigarettes. ... For example...

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She needs to sit on the floor just to clean her house, take medication everyday for high blood pressure and diabetes. ... Cynthia is unfortunately one of those and if she does not fight her daily struggle of being obese she will soon be a part of the 112,000 people who pass away due to obesity (Harlan 1). ... Many commercials will show them high-calorie snacks loaded with sugar making their taste buds react like fire to oxygen. ... Many obvious health concerns involve depression, high blood pressure, infertility in women, and arthritis. ... If one has a problem paying for a gym or a trainer al...

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And if the growers does give a boost, it will not make a huge difference in the amount of money people spends on fruits. ... The only thing which is in their hands is to work hard and get minimum wage if possible. ... They get infected by various diseases like obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, asthma, diabetes and the list goes on and are not provided with any type of medical facilities (Rodriguez 609). ... Besides being exposed to high heat, the farm workers are also exposed to pesticides. Government has failed to reduce exposure to pesticides on workers because growers...

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Alcohol reduces the risk of heart disease. ... Middle schoolers, high schoolers and college freshmen drink even though it is not legal. ... Social pressures, presumptions of enhanced psychological results from drinking, and the thrill of knowing they are not supposed to be doing it have certain degrees of influencing premature drinking. ... I personally had the experience of being friends with a high school foreign exchange student from Poland. ... At first, my friend would be alarmed that people in the United States would be thrilled to be able to get beer while still in high school....

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Medicines, household products, food, and basically everything involved in the life of an average person has to under go a form of testing before it is legal to be placed on a shelf and if available to the public. ... The results from these types of tests help scientists understand what harmful effect could happen to humans if came into contact with the chemicals that are in our everyday life. ... Anesthesia must also be given when there is a chance of pain, and if the pain that the animals endured was of too high of a standard then the animal must be euthanasia. ... In military research in the...

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