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The Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic: The Truth About Pain Pill Addiction

Heroine. Crack. Meth. All some of the hardest narcotics to hit our streets in the history of detrimental drugs. But in more recent years, a new face of narcotics has emerged from behind the scenes...and would you believe it? They're prescribed by doctors and medical professionals on a daily basis! You most likely even know someone or are close with someone who is addicted to prescribed medications...maybe you don't even realize that they are addicted to pills.

38 comments    health america medicine
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Prescription Drugs Are Killing Our Young People.

Prescription drugs are killing our young people at an alarming rate. This is my concern. The problem, and what can we do about it.

29 comments    drugs addiction florida
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Why the Native Americans ultimately lost America

HOW GODS OF WAR PAVED THE TRAIL OF TEARS. Centuries without exposure to war or epidemic diseases led to the developmental inequalities which caused the downfall and conquest of the Native American Indians at the hands of the European settlers....

47 comments    animals europe diseases
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Hawaii Food Culture: The Evolution and Effects of Today's "Local Food" Diet Compared to the Traditional Native Diet

This article explores the differences in the diet of Ancient Hawaiians with Hawaii residents today. From the lu'au to the plate lunch, the food in Hawaii can changed drastically and may be causing the obesity rate to increase.

11 comments    food obesity hawaii
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Mother's Little Helper, How Big Pharma Created the Methamphetamine Epidemic.

If you look at the history of methamphetamine and what all has happened - it's easy to see that by following the money, the Pharmaceutical corporations are to blame for the "methamphetamine epidemic."

35 comments    drugs police officers
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How Long Do Viruses Live on Surfaces?

A list of the most common viruses and how long they live on various types of surfaces. Also, how to kill those viruses.

13 comments    virus viruses swine flu epidemic
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The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell , a Book Analysis

“And when an epidemic tops, when it is jolted out of equilibrium, it tips because something has happened, some change has occurred …These there agents of change I call the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of context” (pp. 18-19). By identifying and understanding the three agents of change, the causes of tipping point and its dynamics are better explain and understood.

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Evolution of the H1N1 Influenza Virus

In 2009, an H1N1 Influenza Flu Pandemic (Swine Flu) caused a global uproar and left thousands of people dead. Compared to other strains of H1N1, the 2009 Swine Flu was a novel virus (new) and there was no vaccine immediately available. Although...

1 comment    virus flu swine flu
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Texas Feral Pigs - Hog Hunters Wanted In Texas and Florida.

Feral hogs in Texas are a real problem. There have been hundreds of millions of dollars to farms because of the roaming packs of hogs. There are people in Texas that will literally pay you to kill them.

10 comments    america obama united states
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History Of Physical Fitness – From 10,000 BC Until Now

The demise of physical fitness is nothing new in human history.

4 comments    obesity epidemic
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