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    Cocaine is a really powerful‚ really addictive stimulant drug. South Americans originally chewed and ingested cocoa leaves (Erythroxylon coca) for its stimulant effects. Over 100 years ago cocaine hydrochloride was isolated from the cocaine plant. This purified chemical is what causes your cocaine addiction. Humorously enough‚ many tonics and elixirs used cocaine in the early 1900s. Even Coca-Cola contained it. Surgeons also used it as a form of local anesthetic because cocaine blocks pain. The

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    Cowboy Subculture Paper

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    Subculture Cowboy Culture The word cowboy brings to mind images of the old west‚ mostly movies. Ten gallon hats‚ boots‚ spurs‚ horses‚ revolvers and of course cows. In todays society the term cowboy or cowgirl isn’t always a favorable one. It can mean ignorant‚ country‚ reckless‚ or just refer to boots and hats. Are Cowboys even still around? Not the “wanna be” hat on the weekend’s type of person‚ the genuine article. The answer may surprise you. In today’s modern world‚ cowboys aren’t just still

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    The Day the Cowboys Quit

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    The Day The Cowboys Quit The Day the Cowboys Quit is a novel written by the highly acclaimed Texas native‚ Elmer Kelton‚ in 1971. Kelton was born April 29th‚ 1926 in West Texas. Throughout the early years of his life‚ Kelton was raised on a ranch and attended college at the University of Texas to study journalism. Over a span of about fifty years‚ Kenton was hard at work delivering western novels‚ most of which are based in Texas. The novel The Day the Cowboys Quit received the Spur award in 1971

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    Cocaine Addiction Tonya Hall Research Writing/COM 220 May 16‚ 2010 Felecia Squires

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    The Cocaine Drug Use

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    Cocaine Drug Use Over the of years that Cocaine has been used there has been extreme deaths rates. A lot people think Cocaine is used for giving energy in your body but it’s not‚ because Cocaine is a drug that is addictive and powerful drug. Cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America‚ it does however have a valid medical purpose but is still illegal for‚ the general public in the U.S. Cocaine was found in 1500s. Cocaine has been used extensively by famous people

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    Covalent Compound: Cocaine Cocaine‚ also known as coke‚ is a covalent compound‚ which are molecules that consist of groups of atoms held together by covalent or coordinate bonds. In the United States cocaine is an illegal drug because of the harm it does to a human’s body. It has been used for many years for many different reasons by many different people. Cocaine and it’s leaves‚ which are found on the plant of the Erythroxylen coca (cocaine.org)‚ originated by the South American Indians who have

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    English 4/23/13 Cocaine Cocaine is a Local Anesthetic and is unusual due to its affects on the brain. Usually Local Anesthetics have a common molecule with one slight difference that creates amides or esters‚ but cocaine has a completely different molecule setup but is still considered a Local Anesthetic. Its molecule is a complex alkaloid. This can cross the blood brain barrier and can have major affects on the brain and central nervous system. I will tell you what cocaine is‚ what its affects

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    the effect of a depressant and marijuana has a psychoactive effect‚ cocaine is considered to be a stimulant. Cocaine often comes in a form of powder where the user snorts it‚ this causes it to be absorbed by the nasal tissue. Another way a user can take it is injecting or smoking cocaine which delivers the drug rapidly into the bloodstream and brain‚ producing a quicker and stronger but shorter-lasting high than snorting. Cocaine interferes with the neurotransmitters in the brains causing them to

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    Cowboy myth and reality

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    Cowboy Myth and Reality The myth of the American cowboys has remained prevalent over the years. Today they are still idolized in the American film industry and characterized as heroes by millions of people. The truth‚ nonetheless‚ is that most people only know the myth. The reality and the myth of the cowboy greatly differ. The origin of the cowboy myth can be traced to England. S.W. Scott‚ who was an Englishmen‚ that wrote about knights in shining armor. This was between 1810 and 1820.

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    Crack Cocaine Disparities

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    between Crack Cocaine and Powder Cocaine The Disparities between Crack and Powder Cocaine Coca is a leafed plant that grows in the eastern slopes of the Andes. Cocaine is the world’s most powerful stimulant made naturally. This plant has been used be Indians for at least 5000 years. Traditionally‚ the leaves of the coca plant have been chewed for social‚ mystical‚ medicinal and religious purposes. Columbia is the lead producer of cocaine they supply eighty percent of the world’s cocaine (Coca and

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