When you are being disciplined by an authority figure a common question is,"If someone else jumps off a bridge would you jump off too?" I agree with Emerson's idea that conformity is wrong because it is like jumping off a bridge without looking over the edge. You may be able to survive the jump and return to the bridge without injury or you may sustain an injury that alters your way of life. The final possible outcome is you do not survive the jump. If you conform to society or your peers you may
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Driving a motor vehicle is a privilege. A car is as dangerous as loaded weapon. There are over 255,000,000 registered vehicles in U.S. More than 5.8 million crashes occur every year. The economic cost of crashes exceeds $230 Billion. A fatal crash can cost as much as $500,000. Each year, over 37,000 people die in car-related crashes. One in every three collisions results in injury. There are two types of bad drivers—Aggressive and Unaware. The first step to become better is to identify your
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Attention Getting Device: How many of you have been affected or know someone who has been affected by a drunk driving incident? B. Proposition: Lowering the legal blood alcohol content is just. C. Relevant Statement: According to the National Transportation Safety Board, every year 173,000 people are affected by alcohol-impaired driving. And 10,000 of those lost their lives. Drunk driving has also cost the nation around $130 billion. D. Preview Statement: I will start with explaining the
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WHAT IS FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a birth defect caused by heavy alcohol consumption (usually in a binge pattern) during pregnancy. It is characterised by growth retardation, facial and neural abnormalities as well as malformations of other organ systems. Maternal risk for giving birth to a child with FAS is known to vary substantially by population and that the risk also varies between individuals. Alcohol and its primary metabolite, acetaldehyde, are known
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VILJOEN ET AL. 593 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Epidemiology in a South African Community: A Second Study of a Very High Prevalence Area* DENIS L. VILJOEN, M.D., J. PHILLIP GOSSAGE, PH.D.,† LESLEY BROOKE, B.S. (HONS.),† COLLEEN M. ADNAMS, M.D., F.C.P.,† KENNETH L. JONES, M.D.,† LUTHER K. ROBINSON, M.D.,† H. EUGENE HOYME, M.D.,† CUDORE SNELL, D.S.W.,† NATHANIEL C.O. KHAOLE, M.D.,† PIYADASA KODITUWAKKU, PH.D.,† KWADWO OHENE ASANTE, M.D.,† RICHARD FINDLAY, M.D.,† BARBARA QUINTON, M.D.,† ANNA-SUSAN
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Assignment 6.1 Calculating Blood Alcohol Concentration The key to anticipating the probable results of taking psychoactive drugs is understanding that it’s not only the substance itself that causes effects, it’s the amount used in each dose or drink, how fast those doses or drinks are taken, the frequency of use over time, and whether other drugs are used at the same time. One way of determining the effects of drinks of alcohol is to calculate blood alcohol concentration. Answer the following
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Norming of Alcohol Consumption in College Paul Vieira Daniel Webster College Abstract In colleges all around America alcohol consumption by college students is becoming normal. This drinking is happening mostly in the students’ dorm rooms on campus. Students are unaware of the negative effects of alcohol and usually participate in binge drinking, which for men is having more than five drinks in one occasion, and for women is having four or more drinks. In order to help prevent alcohol consumption
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Research shows that texting increases the risk of having an accident four times more than normal “that’s roughly equal to someone with a .08 blood alcohol level”. (Von Sternberg, 2009) III. The final reason is that it is just generally dangerous to oneself and everybody around. A. Texting is becoming more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol. B. Texting results in 6 percent
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user can adjust each wheel individually to set various criteria. The first wheel sets the weight of the person – the heavier the person the lower the starting blood alcohol content (BAC). The second wheel counts the number of hours the person has been drinking, in half hour increments. The final three wheels count the amount of alcohol the person has consumed – one wheel for beer (one 12 ounce can), one wheel for wine (5 ounces per drink), and the third wheel covers hard liquor (1.5 ounces per shot)
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Alcohol- The Alcohol policy in Sweden differs from other EU States. How got it around to it? Is it a model for the future or will it change due to the European policy? Written by: Linda Meier zu Heringen, Supervisor: Ingemar Ottosson Due: 17th May, 2013 1. Introduction While reading various travel guides for the preparation of a stay in Sweden the section of the alcoholic drinks in food and beverage has drawn special attention. It says that the tax for alcohol is quite high and the
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