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    and Aboriginal descent. Meanwhile, diabetes is caused by old age (over age), overweight, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. For erectile dysfunction, simultaneous factors are at play, such as mental (stress and anxiety), lifestyle (smoking tobacco and alcohol drinking), and physical (hypertension and diabetes). Mental condition such as depression are caused by genetics, childhood factors, stress and physical illness. Lastly, the campaign also highlighted stress as part of everyday life and

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    influenced by marijuana because the THC in marijuana links to cannabinoid receptors creating a memory of the drug that can lead to addiction. Lastly marijuana affects the cerebellum which controls physical coordination. The THC in marijuana interferes with signals being sent to the cerebellum making movements difficult to perform. As if the affects of marijuana on the body and mind couldn't get any worse, users of marijuana have higher rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, and infertility. The

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    tied them to a land under the authority of a master. They usually worked in plantations to cultivate crops especially tobacco. They were bound to the land from four to seven years to pay off their transportation to America. Once they worked off their time, they were assured land and freedom. At this time, indentured slaves were both black and white people. The profit from tobacco was growing therefore the demand for labor increased. For planters, the issue of indentured servants escaping was becoming

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    culture, the natives began to rely on the good fur traders were giving them. Secondly, the fur traders have a massive advantage militarily over the first nations, allowing the fur traders to subjugate the first nations. Lastly, the fur traders had control over Native tribes allowing them greater access to information. It is quite clear that the first nations desired European goods, as they would consistently make concessions to European fur traders. The new items that Europeans traded to the First

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    previously outlawed drugs, such as marijuana, have come to the forefront of the news, creating tremendous debate on whether or not it should be a legal drug. Although some states have accepted the drug, much of the country is apprehensive to join the movement as they are worried about all of the risks that come with drug use. In part to all of the advances in technology over the years, scientists have been able to research many of the common drugs used in today’s society to answer the heavily debated

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    The first colossal and costly failure of attempting to completely control every level of production, sale and consumption of a classified drug, by the government, has thus since called “The Noble Experiment”. As the name given dictates “The Noble Experiment” was a failed governmental attempt to restrict and prohibit the

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    becoming as powerful as it is today, why we needed it in the 1800’s and 1900’s, and why it was such a bad thing to do. slavery continued to influence American history, from the tumultuous years of reconstruction from 1865-1877 to the civil rights movement that emerged“Slavery is theft -- theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne.” - KEVIN BALES, Understanding Global Slavery Slavery is defined as a state of being a slave and

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    Describe the historical significance of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion The Ottawa Charter first came into existence at the First International Health Promotion Conference in Ottawa, Canada 21 November 1986. Here, a never before charter of such reputed importance was forged that not only promoted health, but also implemented various strategies that an individual, group or community could adhere to in order to achieve a healthy overall well-being by the year 2000. The context in which

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    on the reason for his involvement in a coal workers’ strike in Pennsylvania in 1902. Ideas such as the one Theodore Roosevelt expressed in his statement characterized a new type of ideology at the time, Progressivism. Progressivism was a political movement that strove to ameliorate the circumstances of the average citizen, especially workers, by governmental business regulation, shared various aspects with Populism, and seen in Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas and actions.

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    effects of PM2.5, epidemiological and clinical studies suggest a strong association between human exposure to PM2.5 and the risk of cardiovascular disease development. These studies have shown that exposure to PM2.5 from ambient air pollution and/or tobacco smoking is linked to a number of cardiovascular conditions including hypertension126, coronary artery disease127, myocardial infarction128, 129, atherosclerosis126, and arrhythmia130. To this end, short term exposure (< 24 hours) to PM2.5 is associated

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