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    Abuse of narcotics has become one of the unfavorable epidemics. Drugs come in a different variety but at the end all cause the same harm. The number of Drug abusers rises on the daily. Drugs ruin life’s but with further knowledge drug abuse can be terminated. Alcohol can cause harm to your insides, such as the liver, Pancreas, and heart. It can cause dehydration and getting to a certain point it becomes dangerous and hospitalization may be needed. Alcohol is hard on the immune system and eventually

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    most commonly talked about drugs now are marijuana, alcohol, painkillers, cocaine, and heroine. In the 1960s, the “Summer of Love” was fueled by the most common drug at the time LSD, the want of a peaceful and loving environment, and the rise of psychedelic rock. Hallucinogenic drugs were not very common at the time, and were fairly hard to study. There were a few brave scientist that were trying to study different plants

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    aspects. Specifically, there are ways in depth to achieve the enlightened mentality to improve mental health and well-being. Since there are many ways to achieve, some may be sought out more than others such as with time and meditation, through psychedelic drugs that have psychological effects, or by dream consciousness and logic, which can be comprehended within the study of dreaming. By pre-enlightened mentality, it is to be clarified that it only has the means to describe one as not enlightened

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    The use of psychedelic drugs such as marijuana and LSD was supported because it gave people a “free” feeling. Hippies went against the norm with their clothing choices, often wearing brightly colored, loose fitting items.4 Tie-dyed t-shirts, bell bottoms, beads, and sandals were most commonly seen and both men and women typically had long hair.5 Men also grew out their beards and women wore little to no makeup.6

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    The destruction of a person of any intoxicating material can result in such beautiful outcomes. The human race has accepted their history and works because it is their own choice by recreational intake, for productivity, and self-medicating that has kept them alive for us to view their own life and such mentality that some may learn from or even follow. Without the self-induced madness and without the people who tried self-treating the psychiatric illnesses, we would not have the colorful history

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    Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw forces us to decide whether or not the events at Bly are the result of supernatural interference. Due to the first person retelling, we wish to side with the Governess and believe in the presence of the ghosts. However, a careful examination of the story can only lead us to the conclusion that there were no supernatural events at Bly. Instead, the tragic events were the result of the hallucinations of a young woman out of her depth placed in an isolated and high-pressure

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    Drug legalization is one of the hottest topics in the world today. Drug has both of advantages and disadvantages for human, for society, or even for a country. It is common to see different views held by people. Some people support drug legalization but others opposes that. This essay will argue that drug should not be legalized because although they are relaxing, there are also harmful for one’s health and can have a bad influence. Some people think drugs should be legalized that could help people

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    Salvia divinorum, sometimes known as “magic mint”, is a psychoactive perineal herb in the mint family that originated in the mountainous Sierra Mazateca area of Oaxaca, Mexico. Although Mexico is the only place where salvia grows naturally, it is at times cultivated in the United States (“Salvia Divinorum," 2013). The salvia plant has large, hairy green leaves as well as a hollow square stem. Salvia may grow beyond three feet in height. The Mazatec people originally used salvia for spiritual rituals

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    There are many substances in this world that are used and abused in order to achieve pleasing psychoactive effects. Two substances of such nature that are abused in today’s society are alcohol and LSD. Alcohol is a liquid that is derived from the fermentation of grains and/or fruit (7). LSD is an ingestible form of lysergic acid which is derived from a fungus called ergot. Both of these drugs are drastically different with minimal similarities, primarily because alcohol is classified as a depressant

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    Essay On Psilocybin

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    I chose psilocybin or hallucinogenic drugs because their strange effects are interesting. Plus I would like to know what I might be doing to my body, if I try it one day. Hallucinogenic drugs have been around since the beginning of time. It’s used in an attempt seek spiritual enlightenment. During modern time hallucinogenic drugs are a scheduled one drug. However, they may improve mental health in several different ways, from people with mental illness to helping people overcome addiction. Also the

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