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Naloxone and Heroin Addiction, 2006.
This paper discusses the use of naloxone to treat heroin overdose and heroin addiction.
2,414 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 51.95
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In this article, the writer notes that heroin use is a problem plaguing countries all over the world. One of the most common and successful ways to combat heroin use is with pharmacological measures. The writer points out that naloxone, a narcotic antagonist, is used to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. In 2002 it was approved in a combination tablet with buprenorphine for the treatment of heroin addiction. The writer discusses that the approval of the combination buprenorphine/naloxone tablet means that more nurses working in an outpatient setting will be administering naloxone to patients seeking help for heroin and opiate abuse. The writer them emphasizes the importance of explaining the indications and possible side effects of any drugs administered to patients, and to know the proper procedures to take should a patient misuse the medication. The writer concludes that hopefully, as the medical community becomes more aware of the problems associated with drug use and dependence, we will be able to come up with better solutions to solving the problem.
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"In a study done by Cantwell et al., paramedics assessed patients for respiratory status, concurrent drug intoxication, and evaluated the patient according to the Glasgow Coma Scale. Overdose victims were more likely to receive less than the standard dose of naloxone with each single increase in number of breaths. With an increasing Glasgow Coma Scale score, patients were more likely to receive less than the standard dose of naloxone. Patients with concurrent alcohol intoxication were more likely to receive greater than the standard dose of naloxone. It is thought that alcohol combined with heroin causes greater CNS depression than that produced by heroin alone. The trend towards older patients, and male patients receiving higher doses was also seen. The study suggests that patients with a higher level of consciousness and respiratory rate require a smaller dose of naloxone to return to a normal state than those patients with a lower respiratory rate and decreased level of consciousness."
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Heroin, 2006.
Details the rising trend of heroin use in America and its accompanying problems.
3,057 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 63.95
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This paper takes a look at the growing problem of heroin abuse in America. The paper explains what heroin is, how it is made, how it looks and how it is usually injected by the typical heroin addict. The paper also looks at where most heroin is manufactured and imported, who are the typical drug traffickers and trends in heroin use patterns. Additionally, the paper discusses the tremendous addictive quality of heroin, its effects on users, withdrawal symptoms, the dangers of overdosing and the long term physical and social damage caused by heroin abuse.
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"A recent National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, estimates that 1.4 million people have used heroin in their lifetime. This estimate was about twice as large as the one conducted almost three short years earlier. With heroin use on the rise, getting the facts about heroin abuse and addiction to the public has never been more important. Heroin use started making a comeback in the mid-to-late 80's, and is becoming the new drug trend. Many substance abuse experts are worried, because the same factors that fueled the crack epidemic are now fueling the new explosion of heroin. Researchers have found that whenever there is a stimulant epidemic, it is usually followed by an opiate epidemic. Why? Because what goes up, must come down. Besides smoking heroin is becoming popular with many who are already abusing crack. Mixing heroin with crack takes the edge off the crack high and mellows the "crash" that follows."
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Martha Stewart: A Heroine, 2006.
A persuasive essay arguing that Martha Steward possess all the qualities that define a heroine.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper takes the position that Martha Stewart, while not considered a heroine by many, actually has more characteristics of a heroine than many people who are famous today. The paper acknowledges that Steward did make many mistakes, which include lying about insider trading and being a difficult manager, but she also worked her way up from being a housewife to going to prison to making a comeback, and this certainly, makes her a heroine. The paper asserts that Martha Stewart can be called a heroine because she creative, influential, and courageous -- all qualities of a hero.
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"Martha Stewart is creative. Martha Stewart took an American Dream and made it come true. She is an entrepreneur who is creative in the arts of cooking, gardening, crafts, and home decoration. Her name is on many products that women buy for their homes. Martha Stewart came from a poor, Polish-American family that had six children."
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Heroin, 2006.
A comprehensive look at heroin, originally a cough medicine but now an abused substance.
2,214 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper takes an in-depth look at heroin. According to the paper, heroin, like all drugs, knows no social, ethnic or economic barriers. The paper goes on to discuss the history of the drug, as well as the abuse of the drug.
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"In the November 1998 issue of The Journal of Psychology, Frank Patalano reported the results of a study conducted to study cross-cultural similarities in the personalities of heroin users in the United States and India. Findings indicated that Indian heroin users were more neurotic, impulsive, sociable and extraverted than their American counterparts, and that both male and female heroin users readily admitted personal difficulties (Patalano). Moreover, there were differences regarding the level of emotional distress, depression, and sensitivity (Patalano). According to the study, users showed less emotional stability and were more easily upset. They also had less ego strength, were more insecure, more frustrated, and had weakened superego strength (Patalano). These findings were similar to the results of earlier studies of hard core heroin addicts in the United States and later studies of male and female multiple-substance abusers, who used heroin as well as other illicit drugs (Patalano)."
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Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema and Heroin Overdoses, 2005.
A proposal to study noncardiogenic pulmonary edema in heroin overdoses among patients in the Washington DC Metro area.
2,816 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 58.95
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This paper proposes a study is to determine if heroin users in the Washington DC metropolitan area who overdose and use antihistamines are less likely to develop NCPE than those who overdose and do not use antihistamines. The study uses a predictive correlational design. The independent variable is antihistamine use and the dependant variable is development of NCPE. The study is to take place in two Washington DC metropolitan hospitals and the subjects are heroin users without any pre-existing pulmonary condition other than asthma, admitted to the hospital in the past five years and diagnosed as having a heroin overdose.
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Introduction
Problem/Research Question
Purpose
Hypothesis
Definition of Terms
Limitations
Conceptual Framework
Review of Literature
Design and Setting
Population and Sample
Instrument
Validity and Reliability
Data Collection Procedure
Data Analysis Procedures
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"Following a heroin overdose, a person may develop one, or several different reactions to the drug. Pulmonary edema can occur as the result of increased permeability of the capillaries in the lungs. The lungs swell and fill with fluid, and if this condition is left untreated it can lead to death. Histamine is thought to increase capillary permeability, thus furthering the edema process. If antihistamines lower the histamine level, and decrease the chances of patients who are taking them to develop pulmonary edema after a heroin overdose, then these patients need to be cared for differently than those patients who are not taking antihistamines. Patients who are taking antihistamines at the time of their overdose would not need to have x-rays taken to see if edema has developed, thus avoiding needless exposure to radiation. "
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The Hero and Heroine, 2004.
This paper discusses the love and passion of heroes and heroines, which are common themes in the Old Testament stories, ?Song of Solomon" and the ?Book of Esther,? and the medieval classic by an anonymous author,?Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?.
2,345 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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This paper relates that, in each of these stories, the desires of a hero or heroine cause him or her to make the right moral choices and force others to make similar choices. The author points out that, in the biblical stories, Solomon is the prototype for all ideal lovers because his love for one woman wins over all other women; and, in the second story, Esther uses her husband's abiding love for her to save her people and to liberate all the Jewish people in her husband?s empire. The paper relates that, in ?Sir Gawain?, Arthur?s welfare symbolizes the welfare of the people as a whole; therefore, by risking immoral action and shame, the hero Gawain preserves what is good and best for everyone.
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"So, Esther?s act of will is not merely a challenge to the ?law of the Medes and Persians,? but it is a deeper, and fundamental, attack on the order of society itself. By playing the heroine, Esther, like her counterpart in the Song of Solomon, is urging her beloved to break one law, and risk subverting others, all in the name of the few against the many. Furthermore, as in the previous Biblical selection, it is the personal, private feelings of King that animate his actions. Selfishness is lauded above selflessness, albeit for what most, in the case of Esther and the Jews, would understand to be a desirable goal. Weighed together in the balance, Haman?s love for himself and for the laws of the land is but little when compared to the enormity of the King?s love for Esther, and his desire for his happiness. In the "Book of Esther", the self-love and love for others react upon each other, producing in one case, an evil design, and in the other, a noble outcome."
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Heroin, 2006.
An examination of the drug heroin. The possible legalizing of the drug and the treatment of addicts and the success rates are researched.
5,158 words (approx. 20.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 91.95
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This paper researches the use of heroin. It reports that this highly addictive and often fatal drug was first developed in the 19th century from morphine and its abuse has become prevalent in North American society. It explains the effects such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, and a feeling euphoria and reports that tolerance can develop to the drug, and if not treated an individual can die or go into a coma.
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"Heroin, also known by street names such as "ferry dust", "smack", "brown sugar" and "junk," is the most abused and rapidly acting of the opiates. In its purest form, heroin is a white, fluffy powder with a bitter taste. Most illicit heroin ranges in color from white to dark brown due to the impurities from the manufacturing process as well as additives. Heroin also comes in a dark sticky substance commonly known as "black tar heroin." While injection remains the predominant method of use for addicted users, sniffing and smoking heroin, especially among younger users, is rapidly on the rise."
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Alexandra Bergson: A Pastoral Heroine, 2004.
Examines Willa Cather's depiction of Alexandra Bergson in the novel, "O Pioneers!" regarding her as a pastoral heroine.
1,128 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper looks at how Alexandra Bergson, the main character of Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!", is portrayed as a pastoral heroine. She essentially takes on nontraditional gender roles as she performs and acts like a strong and independent woman. During the time period of the novel, this was unheard of and would be considered behavior appropriate for a man. The paper supports its thesis by using quotes from Willa Cather's "O Pioneers!" and two other sources.
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"Carl?s decision to come back to Nebraska illustrates his rejection of the scripted male practice of traveling around the country in order to make more money. He ultimately realizes that he belongs with Alexandra, as he settles down to start a new life with her. Arguably, this creates a certain type of role reversal, as the younger, sensitive and uncertain Carl comes back to Alexandra?s confident and stable arms. The conventional ending to this story would have entailed Alexandra relying on Carl as the 'man of the house,' but this is not the case. Carl?s genuine feelings can be summed up as Alexandra does not belong to him but that she belongs ?to the land [?] now more than ever.? (Cather 307) Cather ends the novel putting both Alexandra and Carl on the same level ..."
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The Effects of Heroin, 2004.
An overview of the physiological, psychological, and sociological effects of heroin.
1,432 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper discusses heroin, a powerful, highly addictive drug that is derived from opium, which was first synthesized from morphine in the 1890s and was initially considered to be an effective pain killer and cough suppressant. It looks at how its manufacture and sale is now illegal in most countries because of its widespread abuse and habit-forming qualities and focuses on the long-term and short-term, harmful effects on the human body.
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Physical Effects
Psychological Effects
Sociological Effects
Symptoms of Acute Intoxication
Addiction
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"In the longer term, the heroin user becomes totally dependent on the drug until his whole life revolves around the effort to get the next ?fix.? Other long term psychological effects of heroin include loss of enthusiasm and involvement in everyday affairs, withdrawal from hobbies and sports, reluctance to make new friends, irritability and overreaction to criticism, sudden changes in mood and compulsive lying. A heroin user goes to great lengths to deny that he is a drug abuser. Devious and manipulative behavior aimed at getting money for supporting the drug is also a typical long term effect of heroin. Distorted perception, hallucinations, and paranoia are the other long-term psychological effects of heroin."
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Heroin Trafficking, 2008.
A discussion on the increase in heroin use and trafficking in Canada.
2,997 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 62.95
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This paper discusses the rising heroin abuse problem in Canada. as well as possible solutions to the problem. In order to devise strategies to address the issue, the paper first looks at what the government has done in the past in the hopes of challenging traffickers and users. The paper relates that looking at past policies will help provide an understanding of methods that have not been successful. The paper also compares America's approach to the drug problem to Canada's and notes that neither have been completely successful. The paper concludes that perhaps the best approach would be one that combines the techniques of both countries' approach to fighting drug abuse; providing treatment to drug users and targeting the trafficking system.
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"Heroin is made from morphine, a naturally occurring substance that comes from the opium poppy plant. There are estimated 35,000-40,000 heroin users in Canada claims Leduc and Lee (2003). Opiates which produce heroin do not grow in Canada which means that all of the aforementioned users are dependent on the import of heroin into the country and the trafficking routes that gets the drug in their hands. Heroin trafficking will continue to be a societal problem so long as people are using heroin. It is drug use epidemic that can only be targeted from the root which is the use of the drug itself. In order to expose, dissect, and find solutions to this problem we must look at the rise of use of the drug, the import of this drug, and the networks of distribution throughout Canada. To determine strategies that would help eliminate these problems we must first look at what the government has done in the past in hopes of challenging traffickers, and users so we have an understanding of methods that have not been successful. The government as a whole faces heroin at a range of levels from the education system teaching youth about drug dangers, to law enforcement facing dealers and importers, to the immigration system meeting head on with those crossing borders with drugs, social services of Canada helping addicts and former addicts remain off the drugs and restart their lives and governmental health care helping those with heroin related health issues as well as people who have endured trafficking related violence. Heroin use no-doubt affects all members of society at an economical level, but also at a production level. The more time and energy given to those involved in the drug, the less time and energy given to more positive aspects of society like the education system. Both fiction and non-fiction books and movies expose the lives of drug lords profiting off the down fall of people into cyclones of drug use, drug dealing, prison, and death. One of the most widely distributed written projects on this topic is "Requiem for a Dream" which is less focused on the importers but rather on the people on the streets that are profiting less and risking. Reading of this work of art accurately describes the struggles, horror, and never ending circle of use, abuse, and violence."
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Heroin, 2002.
The psychological effects of heroin on the human body.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 18.95
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This is a paper that discusses the psycophysiological effects of heroin on the human body with a personal analysis.
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Heroin, 2002.
Discusses addiction, impacts and treatment of the drug, heroin.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper examines the problem of heroin addiction and abuse in the contemporary United States.
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Heroines in "Persuasion", 2005.
An analysis of the character of Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's "Persuasion".
783 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, £ 19.95
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This paper responds to the given statement that: 'In contrast to Emma Woodhouse and Elizabeth Bennet, Anne Elliot is an unlikely heroine', by stressing that most of Austen's heroines do not obediently conform to the conventional heroine. It looks at how Anne Elliot, the protagonist of "Persuasion", is, like most Austen heroines, witty, clever and considerate and how compared to Austen's other female characters Emma and Elizabeth is the unlikely heroine.
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"We can see that Anne Elliot was certainly not the chief female character in the novel at least not in the beginning. Her point of view of the story only begins after a couple of chapters into the novel. At first we see her as father, Mr. Elliot sees her ? insignificant. Anne is treated as the heroine of the novel; however, a heroine is a woman who takes risks and makes decisions in order to control her life?s destiny, not one who passively waits for her fate. In the book, Anne is depicted as the novel?s admirable protagonist. This only seems so because she is surrounded by confused, bitter and conniving characters. She seems to be the only sensible character in the novel."
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Flaubert & Tolstoy: Heroines & Boredom, 1987.
Compares & contrasts the two novels MADAME BOVARY by Gustav Flaubert & ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy. Focuses on the shared theme of boredom by the 2 heroines.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, £ 44.95
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"Boredom is a motivating factor for the heroines of the two novels Madame Bovary by Auguste Flaubert and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Both novels feature heroines who have unconventional relationships which set them apart from the society in which they live. Both are married women who have affairs, and both in the end cannot face the sort of world in which they live and commit suicide.
Anna Karenina is a novel structured on elements that are highly dramatic, but the story is told in a realistic fashion with characters who are firmly grounded in their social setting. Tolstoy images this by including considerable detail and by skillfully creating characters with strong psychological underpinnings. These characters come from different backgrounds, and their social roles conflict with one another. Anna and her (...)"
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