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Drug : Biological Psychology
202 words, approx. 1 pages A substance that exerts an effect on a biological system. For the most part, drugs are either derived from living systems (plants for instance) or synthesized in the laboratory. Thousands of different types of drugs exist, which are used for a wide...
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Drug : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
46 words, approx. 1 pages In the form druh a designation for a class of demons, dating back to Vedic times. In Iranian religion, interpreted as ‘falsehood’ and assigned to → Ahriman, whose hypostases they become. They dwell in a dark cave. Drug may also simply...
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Drug : Forensic Science Terms
16 words, approx. 1 pages Any natural or synthetic substance that is administered to produce specific physiological or psychological...
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Drugs Summary
2,267 words, approx. 8 pages Drugs are notoriously difficult to define and yet present some of the most difficult ethical issues for the science and technology on which they are based. At the simplest level, drugs are molecules whose biochemical effects have been classified as...
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Drug Information
1,444 words, approx. 5 pages
 A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in medicine, government regulations, and colloquial usage.[4] In pharmacology, Dictionary.com defines...




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 New African
The drugs, the drugs
12/01/2000: 1,028 words, approx. 3 pages "Someone has to stop the doctors and the hospitals from [prescribing ] TB/other drugs that, from my experience, are killing people. They killed my son!" A distraught father tells Fred Nyendwa in Lusaka, Zambia. They call them "boosters" in Zambia - these are...
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 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Drug
12/07/2000: 825 words, approx. 3 pages Drug, alcohol put boy in coma Mother suspected of giving 2-year-old an overdose; earlier hospitalizations examined By KATRINA HULL AND SCOTT WILLIAMS of the Journal Sentinel staff Thursday, December 7, 2000 A 2-year-old boy was rendered comatose after his...
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 Investor's Business Daily
Victory Over Drugs
10/3/2007: 585 words, approx. 2 pages Drug War: After years of propaganda from pro-legalization policy groups claiming the war on drugs is unwinnable, new U.S. data show an emerging victory over the illegal drug trade. When will the naysayers admit this?The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy on Tuesday...
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 AP Features
Cancer Drug Usage Expanded
6/15/2006: 260 words, approx. 1 pages A drug already used to fight ovarian and lung cancers received expanded federal approval Thursday as part of a combined treatment for late-stage cervical cancer. The combination of the drug, Hycamtin, and cisplatin is the first drug treatment for women...



Literary Criticism
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R. A. Durr
9,550 words, approx. 32 pages
 In the following essay, Durr discusses the way psychedelic drugs affect one's focus of attention and the way writers and artists have used this phenomenon to unleash their imaginative abilities.
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Ernst Jünger
5,949 words, approx. 20 pages
 In the following essay, Jünger examines the influence of drugs on personality and the portrayal of this influence in literature over several centuries.


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