...A defining moment in my life, a momentous event in itself, yet small enough to not really matter to the text books of society’s future. Something that had changed my life and my views on morality, and that something was when my father found out that I had been smoking pot recreationally. I will never forget walking into the front door of my two story home at the ripe old age of fifteen. I was already thinking I was in trouble for being home late, If only I had known what awaited me inside that door. I didn’t even make it two steps into the house before I seen my father, Folgers coffee can in hand, “come up stairs” my dad demanded. A little thing about this Folgers coffee can that I would like you to know. It was my secret stash. I had a quarter ounce of Blueberry Kush in it, a pipe, and some rolling papers, all of which in society’s eyes deemed me a drug addict. I followed my dad up the thin stairwell and into his room. “Sit down and let’s have a talk” he said. I sat on my dad’s bed, sinking into it, either because it’s so soft or because of the heavy weight of guilt on my shoulders, at this point it didn’t really matter. “What do you want to talk about?” I tried to maintain my innocence, act like I didn’t know what was in the coffee can. After all you are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. He called my bluff and dumped the contents of the coffee can on his bed, paraphernalia planting itself in my father’s possession. I didn’t know how to react in the sudden...
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...Teenagers and Marijuana usage Marijuana abuse today is a major cause for concern in juveniles and has a negative effect on society at large. Teenage marijuana abuse is the symptom of many other problems in a teen. Marijuana abuse in teens is often not recognized when something can be easily done about it. Parents need to be more involved in their children’s lives and make them aware of what marijuana does to their body and the consequences of having/smoking it. In this paper I’m going to explain why teenagers use drugs and what the major consequences for using it are and also how it can affects a person life. What is marijuana? Marijuana is a green, brown or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). You may hear some people call it by street names such as Mary Jane, pot, weed, gangster, or chronic. Marijuana is used in many ways. The most common method is smoking it rolled into a cigarette called a “joint” or “nail”. It also can be use in a water pipe called a bong. One can even use it in tea or mix it with food. It was stated in a 2009 survey called Monitoring the Future, about 7 percent of 8th graders, 16 percent of 10th graders, and 21 percent 12th graders had used marijuana in the month before the survey. Marijuana use declined from the late 1990s through 2007, with a decrease in past-year use of more than 20 percent in all three grades combined from 2000 to 2007. I never knew...
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...Hallana Paula Barbosa Fundamentals of College Writing Dr. June E. Dunn E 103.10 Teenager’s behaviors The 1938 movie, Reefer Madness, suggests that teenagers who smoke marijuana are problematic to society. Since the early 1900s, drugs have been one of parents’ worst enemies. Marijuana changes a person both mentally and physically. According to reefermadness.org, the film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of marijuana. The movie was revolving around the tragic events that happened when high school students tried marijuana. The curse of marijuana abuse is spreading across the United States of America like a disease and must be stopped. Parents are instructed to learn what they can about the evils of this addiction and warn their children against it. Dr. Carroll talks about the dangers for the horrified parents of the students at the school. He tells them that marijuana is more addictive than they imagine and that it could lead to violence and sexual misconduct. To illustrate his point, he tells the parents about a recent case they may have heard about, one which happened in their city, near their school. Three innocent young people are drawn in by the promise of a party. First Jimmy and Bill attend the party, followed by two exemplary students, and later, Jimmy’s sister and Bill’s girlfriend, Mary. Smoking the weed makes you laugh uncontrollably, dance wildly, and indulge in promiscuous sexual behaviors...
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...Article Rebuttal Article Rebuttal The article is chosen is “Not so Fast! A Case Against Legalizing Marijuana” (Duncan, 2013). Through his article, Mr. Duncan is trying to convince his readers that legalizing marijuana is a detriment to the health of the potential marijuana smoking public and should not become a legalized commodity. The fallacy that Mr. Duncan falls into is that of the Red Herring/Smoke Screen. Instead of sticking to the potential health effects of marijuana, he dives into the history of cigarettes and the health effects from them. If Mr. Duncan had limited his point here to known facts of marijuana and the similarities to tobacco his point would have been better served. The second fallacy Mr. Duncan uses are Scare Tactics. Mr. Duncan chooses to state facts about the effects of marijuana on children when the concept of legalizing marijuana is geared toward adults the same as tobacco and alcohol, not children. By introducing the harmful effects of marijuana on children, he is trying to scare his readers into opposing the concept of legalization. The same health concepts apply to tobacco and alcohol, and they are legal for adults not children. Mr. Duncan should have cited the facts on marijuana addition and side affects instead of trying to scare his readers by bringing children into the discussion. Daniel K. Duncan is director of community services for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse–St. Louis Area (Duncan, 2013). This position...
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...Why Vaping is a healthier alternative to smoking The purpose of this synthesis is to argue why switching to a vaporizer is a healthier alternative when compared to smoking tobacco. Vaporizing liquid nicotine, or “vaping”, has become extremely popular in recent times. This new way to utilize the vice known as nicotine is widely viewed as a healthier alternative to tobacco products. There are a multitude of ways to “vape”, and it will be explained why this is healthier for you compared to smoking a cigarette. If you do choose to use nicotine products, then you should definitely use a vaporizer. If you are a cigarette consumer, you should stop immediately. Cigarette smoking is statistically one of the main causes of deaths in the United States of America. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), one in five deaths in the United States results from smoking cigarettes, which account for 480,000 deaths annually (www.cdc.gov). 42,000 of this estimated number includes deaths from secondhand smoke. That is 42,000 deaths a year from people who do not smoke, but people around them do, knowing what they are doing is harming themselves and those that they expose the cigarette smoke to as well. These 42,000 deaths a year can be prevented if people would quit smoking cigarettes. If the previously mentioned facts do not deter a cigarette smoker to quit, then maybe this will. There are an approximately 600 chemicals in a cigarette, and when smoked, they create more than 7,000 chemicals...
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...Neem leaves, use of mosquito nets Mosquito repellants Creams Applied directly on the body, the creams contain chemicals, which repel the mosquitoes – not very popular, as the creams are rather sticky and inconvenient to use. Coils Made by mixing chemicals with substances like coconut shell powder, sawdust, color, perfumes and synthetic or natural gums; the coils burn slowly, releasing the chemicals. Mats Have a composition similar to coils; the mats are placed in a small heater, which is plugged into an electrical socket. When the mat is heated, the chemicals are released. Sprays Chemicals in liquid form, sprayed in the area infested with mosquitoes – not very popular because of the strong smell of the chemicals. Vaporizers Use small containers of a chemical solution, which is heated gently in an electricity-operated apparatus, maintaining a constant temperature. | | |MAKING WAVES | | | |Karamchand Appliances Private Limited (KAPL) is perhaps not a familiar...
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...The Truth about the Economy of Cigarettes Christopher Tucker Central Penn College “The Truth about the Economy of Cigarettes” The topic of the production, manufacturing, taxation, advertising, and laws of the tobacco industry in the United States has always been, and will always remain, one of the most controversial industries in the United States of America. It is an industry where spokespeople from both sides have blatantly lied to the American public in order to further achieve their goals and agendas. Unlike our grandparents and great grandparents, we all know that cigarettes are extremely detrimental to one’s health. Though a Surgeon General warning is displayed on each pack of cigarettes, stating that; smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and may complicate pregnancy. There are so many chemicals in a single cigarette, that it is one of the few products on the market that does not display it’s ingredients on the packaging. After viewing the amount of chemicals in cigarettes, I don’t believe they would even be able to fit them on the box if they tried There are two sides to every agenda. There is always some bad with any good. There are always faults where there is success. Yes, cigarettes are extremely unhealthy for the American public, but it is one of the few remaining markets of production that the United States ranks as one of the top producers in the entire world. It is “Tobacco Season” in our area of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. If you were to...
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...Vulnerable Populations and Community Nursing April Pelletier Chamberlain College of Nursing NUR-443: Community Health Nursing November 2016 “In the United States, smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, accounting for approximately one out of every five deaths or 438,000 deaths per year” (p. 58). Smoking usually begins during the adolescent years and is typically more prevalent to the juniors and seniors in high school rather than adults. In the little town of Newington, CT adolescents and smoking tobacco is a real problem. Driving through this town it is easy to overlook most of the young population inhaling either a cancer filled stick or a vaporizer. However, the majority of this age group can be seen smoking...
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...early 1980’s, the East Bay Municipal Utility District has explored and implemented strategies to increase the system's energy efficiency. As the district's mission has expanded, the East Bay Municipal Utility District has upgraded equipment and process methods to retain high-quality standards while reducing energy costs. Staff at the Special District 1 Wastewater Treatment Plant implemented the following key improvements: • • • • • • • Cogenerate electricity and thermal energy on site from waste methane Install high-efficiency influent and effluent pumps, high-efficiency motors, and variable-frequency drives Discontinue second-stage activated sludge mixing Add plastic balls to prevent heat and evaporation losses in the oxygen production vaporizer pit Inter-tie pipes on gas recirculation blowers to allow one blower to serve two mixing tanks Discontinue use of one digester reactor and increase off-peak pumping in other reactors to compensate Replace two small compressors at the pure oxygen plant with one large unit The above modifications were enhanced by using a distributed control system to pace influent pump flow, control water storage, and perform selected pumping off-peak to take advantage of lower utility rates. These improvements...
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...No matter what you smoke, it will always have a really bad effect on your lungs, but with marijuana there is many different ways to get the cannabinoids and THC into your system. One of those ways is using a vaporizer. The way it works is it quickly dehydrated the marijuana which then releases the cannabinoids. The vapor is then trapped inside a medium sized balloon and you flick a nozzle on and suck the vapor out. This way is a lot better than smoking it because it does not burn the marijuana to create a smoke that can damage your lungs. Another way that is better than smoking or a vaporizer is using a liquid concentration which has no smoke or vapor. The way this works is you drop 1-2 drops under your tongue and the effects slowly start happen. Marijuana has been proven that it is an amazing alternative medicine, because instead of taking a lot of different pills that could damage your health, marijuana can actually replace a lot of those different pills. Marijuana has shown to help with autoimmune diseases, HIV/Aids, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, inflammation, pain, seizures, mental disorders, and those are just a few of the...
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...| Case StudyProduction Of Phthalic Anhydride | Semester Project | | | 1/6/2012 | | Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1Physical Properties: 2 1.2 Applications: 2 1.3 PAN Producers in Pakistan: 3 1.4 End Users of PAN: 3 2. PROCESS OVERVIEW 4 3. REACTOR CALCULATIONS 5 4. SALT CIRCULATION RATE 6 5. SWITCH CONDENSER CALCULATIONS 7 6. AFTER COOLER CALCULATIONS 8 7. VAPORIZER CALCULATIONS 9 8. PRE HEATER CALCULATIONS 10 9. GAS COOLER CALCULATIONS 11 10. STRIPPING COLUMN CALCULATIONS 12 11. RECTIFICATION COLUMN CALCULATIONS 13 Bibliography 14 Table 1-Physical properties of Phthalic Anhydride 2 Table 2-Heats of Formation (1) 4 Figure 1-Detailed Process Flow Diagram (PFD) of the Phthalic Anhydride production process 3 Figure 2-LMTD across the switch condenser unit 6 1. INTRODUCTION Phthalic Anhydride (PAN) is one of the first cyclic anhydrides and is a white crystalline solid. It is an organic compound with the general formula C6H4(CO)2O and is an anhydride of Phthalic Acid. 1.1Physical Properties: These are summarized in the table below: Molecular Formula | C8H4O3 | Molar Mass | 148.1 g/mol. | Appearance | White Flakes | Density | 1.53 g/cm3 | Melting Point | 131oC | Boiling Point | 280OC | Flash Point | 152oC | Table [ 1 ]-Physical properties of Phthalic Anhydride 1.2 Applications: One of the main uses of PAN is in the manufacture of plasticizers for PVC processing. It is also used in the...
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...It is only common sense that smoking is bad for us. Not only is cigarette smoking one of the most avoidable causes of poor health and death in our world today. But “smoking puts your friends and family at risk. Approximately 50,000 adult non-smokers die each year from second hand smoke alone, 3,000 of which die from lung cancer.” (NIDA/tobaccofreekids.org) Did you know that smoking is the leading cause of death in the United States “approximately 443,000 deaths or 1 of every 5 deaths, in the United States each year.”(CDC) E-cigarettes are known as electronic cigarette and vaporizer cigarette. They are devices that emit dose of vaporizer nicotine. They use a battery source to power the device. They are also a non-tobacco product. There are many that believe that e-cigarettes are going to draw children and young people into the habit because the e-liquids are made to taste sweet like fruit, desserts and popular beverages. Research has proved that nearly 3,000 kids under the age of 18 will try their first cigarette and another 700 become regular smokers. (Society) Most of them probably started smoking because there was a family member or a friend that they knew are smokers or former smokers. If the young people are going to smoke, they should chose the less harmful device to get their nicotine. There are about 480,000 deaths a year attributed to smoking or secondhand smoke. Many people smokers have switched from cigarettes to e-cigarette. There has been about 2 million smokers...
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...Removal of Marijuana as a Schedule I Drug The argument for or against the legalization of medical marijuana has been in existence for decades with no sign of resolution. Ever since Congress passed into law the Controlled Substance Act in 1970, placing marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the debate has grown ever larger, with feelings strengthening on both sides. Recently the argument for medical marijuana has come into the debate, with more and more evidence supporting it. People in support of keeping it illegal feel that the drug would cause much more harm than good. People in support of making the drug legal feel that the harm of marijuana is over exaggerated, and keeping the drug illegal is causing the most harm. I fell that whether for medical or recreational use marijuana needs to be removed from its Schedule I status because it does not meet the definition of what a Schedule I drug is, it does not have adverse health effect if used properly, and it could positively affect the United States economy if taxed and/or used as a renewable resource. Many studies have found that marijuana meets none of the Controlled Substance Act’s criteria for placement in Schedule I, and therefore the government is required by law either to permit medical use or to remove the drug from federal control altogether. In regards to what a Schedule I drug is, Section 812 of the Controlled Substance Act states: Substances in the schedule have a high potential for abuse, have no currently accepted...
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...Legalizing Medical Marijuana Danielle Schulz University of Phoenix Com 172 April 13th, 2015 Paula Brobst Marijuana is a drug that is originated from a hemp plant, or better known as, "cannabis sativa”. Marijuana, cannabis, has a variety of nicknames such as “weed”, “pot”, “grass”, and “herb” (Pedro, 2011). "The use of Cannabis in medicine was probably a very early development. Since ancient humans used hemp seed as food, it was quite natural for them to also discover the medicinal properties of the plant." (Li, 1974, p. 444). Throughout history there have been several examples of these discoveries. In ancient Egypt, hemp (cannabis) was used in the form of a suppository to relive the pain of hemorrhoids (Pain, 2007). Ancient Indians were known to use cannabis in order to treat a variety of illnesses and ailments. A few to name were insomnia, headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, and pain. Cannabis was also used to help with pain associated with childbirth (Touw, 1981, p. 23-24). Ancient Greeks were known to use cannabis, as well. The most common method in which the Greeks used it was to to dress the wounds and sores on not only themselves, but also on their horses (Butrica, 2002). The reason that Cannabis was such a popular drug to use in Ancient times, and is starting to become a more popular drug in modern times, is because of the active ingredient; which is delta tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). “THC has a mild to moderate analgesic effects and can be used to treat pain...
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...Summit" smokes an e-cigar. In the e-liquid nicotine is usually suspended in propylene glycol and glycerine. 7 photos: A delegate at the "E-Cigarette Summit" smokes an e-cigar. In the e-liquid nicotine is usually suspended in propylene glycol and glycerine. Hide Caption 4 of 7 E-pipes work on the same principle. When someone draws on the device it detects the air flow and heats the e-liquid in the cartridge to form a vapor. 7 photos: E-pipes work on the same principle. When someone draws on the device it detects the air flow and heats the e-liquid in the cartridge to form a vapor. Hide Caption 5 of 7 Vaporizers have also been adapted for marijuana. They have been developed for the medical market and contain cannabidiol (CBD), a method of pain-relief for glaucoma and migraines, whilst omitting THC, which causes the "high." 7 photos: Vaporizers have also been adapted for marijuana. They have been developed for the medical market and contain cannabidiol (CBD), a method of pain-relief for glaucoma and migraines, whilst omitting THC, which causes the "high." Hide Caption 6 of 7 Nicotine gum and patches predate ENDS as a way for people to attempt to give up cigarettes. 7 photos: Nicotine gum and patches predate ENDS as a way for people to attempt to give up cigarettes. Hide Caption 7 of 7 "Cigalike" e-cigarettes look like a traditional tobacco cigarette, with a light at the end that glows when the user draws on it. The battery-powered device...
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