Drug Addiction is an awful subject that is sweeping through America like an air-born disease. ... There are only a few cases in which the user does not choose to acquire the disease and an example of this would be being born with the disease. ... At this phase there is no going back now because you have already began to need the drug to function. ... It's main psychoactive ingredient, delta- 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); is what causes euphoria by stimulating brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. ... You would think more people would be aware of the horrific side effects and wh...

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On one hand, Radley Balko, author of "What You Eat Is Your Business," argues that the government shouldn't have any say so on what people choose to eat no matter how fattening it is to the people. ... My own view is that the government shouldn't decide on what should and should not eat; it should be your own personal business on what you decide to eat whether if it's healthy or not. ... Some authors believe that it is the fast food corporations fault, some believe that it is your own fault and you have to decide whether you want to eat more healthy or not, and others a...

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Ebola is a disease that has heavily impacted mostly countries in West Africa where it has killed plenty of people. ... Many argue that the main reason for the differences of impact of this disease is mainly because of the modern healthcare that is provided in America and that Africa doesn't have he proper treatment and measures to help a patient recover from the disease. ... The United States has had about "nine people have received treatment for the disease in American hospitals. ... "(Cohn, 2014) Only such diagnosis could be established in the United States, Professor Daniel B...

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Among Black South Africans, a fifth of the population believed that one could tell by a person's appearance whether they had the disease. ... Introduction The old adage, "what you don't know won't hurt you- has never been more false than in this climate of healthcare crisis. ... What you do not know can kill you as evidence by the disproportionate reporting of infected persons with HIV/AIDS among the Black community. ... Astonishingly, the numbers show that 54 percent of African Americans believed that the disease is a form of genocide aimed particularly at African Ame...

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Then there are some that have no place in society at all but are still here kind of like a disease. One problem in today's society that falls under the "disease" category is police brutality. ... Either that or being an officer today means freedom to do what ever you wish including beating people to death. Knowing this you start to realize that you can't even trust police officers these days. ... And the complaint probably won't do much justice if the Police Department decides to try to keep what happened quiet. ...

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They only kill what they need to sustain life; they never take more than they need. ... Medicine can cure many diseases, but those medicines cause issues that need more medicine to treat. The Aborigine people use native plants to make natural medicine's and salve's to treat wounds or diseases that are encountered in the outback, but if you look at it, most aborigine people don't get sick because their bodies have become used to the bacteria and germs in their environment. ... Most medications cause side effects, and those side effects are treated with more medicine but the medic...

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- These words, spoken by George Bernard Shaw, provide only a brief glimpse into what is happening in our country today. ... You deserve to be given the proper knowledge necessary for making the best possible decisions for yourselves. ... Is it any wonder, then, that dairy products have been found to contribute so strongly to obesity and heart disease? ... I would also like to tell you what really happens to the animals that are eaten day after day, meal after meal, by Americans and increasingly, by people around the globe. ... Life on "Old MacDonald's Farm- isn't what it used...

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Nearly 430 000 Americans die each year from smoking related diseases. ... Smokers have almost twice the risk of having coronary heart disease as nonsmokers. ... As you can see tobacco products and advertisements do virtually no good among our society. ... For example " Do not smoke while you are pregnant" that statement is a little broad don't you think Statistics and pictures or the health problems that are caused by smoking should be advertised on their boxes to show what really happens to those who smoke. ... It is one thing to tell somebody all the side affects of your product and s...

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This is a question asked by teenagers all across America to their parents and usually answered with a no and its understandable why parents don't like any of it but their reasons are usually, it looks stupid, why would you want something like that done, and for what? ... The tattoo artist usually asks for a picture of whatever you want done so he can copy it on your body. ... Those are not very good odds and there are other diseases too. "Tattooing has been shown to transmit other infectious diseases as well, including hepatitis B, syphilis, Leprosy, and tuberculosis."... If yo...

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They also went on to explain that it is each individual states job to decide what policy it would care to have regarding this issue. ... For example if a women is taken off of feeding tubes the disease does not kill her but rather she starves. ... It is also a very used practice to give terminally ill patients medication that will ease pain while hastening death it seems that you are assisting in suicide of that patient and some people would say you are killing them. ... Brock is confusing causality and culpability if someone refuses life-sustaining treatment it is the disease that kills, b...

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All you have to do is love your child and everything else in life will be just fine. ... I wasn't going to do what my mother had done, and live my life struggling. ... Currently 65 million people have an incurable sexually transmitted disease; that correlates to 22% of people in the United States or more than 2 of us in this room that have a disease we acquired during sexual activity that is with us for the rest of our lives, now that is what you call a lasting memory! ... Practice the same ideas you are trying to show your children. ... As both a mother and a person that received ...

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Economic racism is the idea that the color of your skin can help you or hurt you when trying to gain wealth. ... Tatei Thomas says "Racism, especially in our society is a disease of ignorance spreading rapidly through minds across America based on what we see and idolized. ... Thomas uses disease as a metaphor to describe racism because racism is like a disease it is spreading quickly among a lot of people and some people cannot be cured from it. ... Would you want to be judged because of the color of your skin?...

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Would you be impregnated for nine months and then watch your child die a few days later? ... I say experiment because in actuality that's what it is and going to be an "experiment". ... This is what I believe would be a routine for parents wanting to clone their child. ... It's almost like a disease just waiting for it to take your life. ... After all you clone a child from Mother Teresa and have given birth to a serial killer....

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You don't really want to do it, but you don't want to look like a prude. You ask for a condom and your boyfriend said he thought you had it. ... What's next for you Preview: Unfortunately, situations like this happen everyday amongst our youth. ... Do condoms reduce the risk of pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)? ... Imagine a serious decline in Sexually Transmitted Diseases. ...

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Brown, a writer from the Boston Globe wrote an article titles "Parents Refusing Disease", discussing the fears of disease outbreaks in the healthcare community, Brown describes herd immunity as "enough people have been vaccinated which makes the spread of disease unlikely" (Brown). ... Salmon is now currently focusing his research on vaccine preventable diseases. ... Vaccines being mandated lowers the rate of transmittable diseases which lowers the amount of deaths caused by vaccine preventable diseases. ... In his article he wrote about a senior Epidemiologist, which is a ...

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Historians have said that everyone can accomplish the American dream as long as you work hard at it. ... If you had money you were considered a part of the upper class. ... These conditions were ideal for the spread of bacteria and infectious disease. ... Immigrants knew that in order to live the American dream they would have to leave their native land no matter what their disadvantages were. ... Living conditions were rough, they were susceptible to infectious diseases. ...

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Historians have said that everyone can accomplish the American dream as long as you work hard at it. ... If you had money you were considered a part of the upper class. ... These conditions were ideal for the spread of bacteria and infectious disease. ... Immigrants knew that in order to live the American dream they would have to leave their native land no matter what their disadvantages were. ... Living conditions were rough, they were susceptible to infectious diseases. ...

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In the first wave of colonists to arrive in America, populations that started off in the thousands were whittled down to hundreds, by harsh winters, disease, and starvation. ... The areas were also split up by different groups, and religions, so if you weren't a Puritan you couldn't live in that area, or if you weren't Dutch you couldn't live there. ... America was a land that held many opportunities, if you were able to find land to farm in, then with the help of indentured servants, and slaves you could earn a profit in the years to come. ... In America many people starve...

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You would probably want to get better as soon as you can. When you are sick, your family members, or friends take care of you, and you are thankful to them, but sorry at the same time. What if you get a terminal disease that cannot be cured, and diagnosed by doctors that you have only few months? You may feel excruciating pain every minute, and your family members take care of you all day. ... Through the pain and diseases, they have lost too many things. ...

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"Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime, in your prime, didn't you? You used to talk about everybody that was hanging out. But now you don't talk so loud, and now you don't look so proud about having to be scrounging for your next meal...How does it feel, to be without a home, a complete unknown? ... Dylan's lyrics expressed his personal thoughts to what was happening to him and what was happening around him. His simple but meaningful lyrics are what made him so popular and successful. ...

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It triggers high blood cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, gallbladder disease, and osteoarthritis in adults (Must). Surpassed only by smoking in terms of total mortality rates, obesity is plaguing our nation as one of the most deadliest diseases a citizen can possess (Allison). ... Obesity is still considered unattractive and bad for you, just not as bad as it used to be. ... However, the fat content of a product is not what causes a person to gain weight; it is the number of calories that adds the pounds. ... Now you can add those 660 calories worth of refi...

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Most college degrees can't promise that kind of money, so even if you graduate college there is no guarantee that you could completely support yourself. ... The better technology gets, the easier it gets to fight disease such as cancer and AIDS. With the progression of time and technology I feel that most diseases will be treatable, and curable. ... I"m not sure how to cope with this threat, I feel the most I can do is to be aware of what's going on, and to put my faith in the leaders of this country in hopes that they will ultimately protect us as a nation. ...

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How has America let drugs, addiction, disease, and corruption take over the lives of millions of Americans? ... Freedom to choose what to eat and drink, how to raise our children, what religion to belong to- if any- and how we choose to live our lives. ... What it doesn't tell you is that hysterical drug enforcers are burning down and permanently destroying the precious and sacred Coca plants of the Columbian people. ... This money is used on what? ... All of the money spent on combating drugs is not worth what it has cost in not only money, but lives as well. ...

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Heart Disease, Diabetes, Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis and Acid Reflux Disease are among the many obstacles that an overweight person may have to deal with. ... On the Vascular Disease Institute and Obesity Surgery Center website, it is stated, "Severely obese persons are approximately six times as likely to develop heart disease as those who are normal-weighted." ... Goober quotes a T.V. casting agent as saying, "If you have someone who is a size six and she can get down to a two, there will be more roles for her. ... One of the respondents, Kirsten a nineteen-year-old so...

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You might ask, why is it so important to make sure that children live healthier? Why can't they do what they want? ... And that is very true considering being overweight or obese can lead to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and so many other diseases. ... Those are only some of the ways that physical activity can help you mentally. ... Teammates and coaches are so supportive and push you when you're about to give up. ...

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