How is Marijuana Abused?

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yaba(crazy medicine, pronounced yar bah) Originally manufactured by the Nazis to help keep their troops awake for days, Yaba has become increasingly popular in the Far East amongst claims that the drug is now bigger than heroin in Thailand.

The drug usually comes in pill form (often red/orange, sometimes green)
Side effects:The drug is claimed to create an intense hallucinogenic effect and can keep users awake for days on end, although some users have reported that the only visuals come as a result of sleep deprivation after binge sessions. Health risks: Addictive and/or habit-forming. Regular use of the drug has been linked to lung and kidney disorders, hallucinations and paranoia.
http://www.urban75.com/Drugs/drugmisc.html

Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol; THC for short.
How is Marijuana Abused?
Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (joint) or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana. Since the blunt retains the tobacco leaf used to wrap the cigar, this mode of delivery combines marijuana’s active ingredients with nicotine and other harmful chemicals. Marijuana can also be mixed in food or brewed as a tea. As a more concentrated, resinous form it is called hashish, and as a sticky black liquid, hash oil.* Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive, usually sweet-and-sour odor.
How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?
Scientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to the brain and other organs throughout the body.

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Does a focus on the bottom line result in a reduction in the quality of health care?

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Do you think that standard costs are used only in making products like wheel bearings and hamburgers? Think again. Standards influence virtually every aspect of our lives. For example, the next time you call to schedule an appointment with your doctor, ask the receptionist how many minutes the appointment is scheduled for. Doctors are under increasing pressure to see more patients each day, which means the time spent with each patient is shorter. As insurance companies and employers push for reduced medical costs, every facet of medicine has been standardized and analyzed. Doctors, nurses, and other medical staff are evaluated in every part of their operations to ensure maximum efficiency. While keeping medical treatment affordable seems like a worthy goal, what are the potential implications for the quality of health care? Does a focus on the bottom line result in a reduction in the quality of health care?
A simmering debate has centered on a very basic question: To what extent should accountants, through financial measures, influence the type of medical care that you receive? Suppose that your local medical facility is in danger of closing because it has been losing money. Should the facility put in place incentives that provide bonuses to doctors if they meet certain standard-cost targets for the cost of treating specific ailments?
YES: If the facility is in danger of closing, then someone should take steps to change the medical practices to reduce costs. A closed medical facility is of no use to me, my family, or the community.
NO: I don’t want an accountant deciding the right medical treatment for me. My family and I deserve the best medical care.
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Write a response indicating your position regarding this situation. Provide support for your view.

HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ETHICS

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HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ETHICS

Please watch the video from the online about Typhoid Mary…

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Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America Typhoid Mary – Low Bandwidth Version Typhoid Mary – Silverlight Player
Ogden-Grable, H.C. and Watters, M.C. (2004). State-Mandated Licensure of Laboratory Personnel. Laboratory Medicine, 35(10), 595-598. State-Mandated Licensure of Laboratory Personnel (PDF)
Sox, H.C., et al. (2002). Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter. Annals of Internal Medicine, 136(3), 243-246. Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium – A Physician Charter
Choose one of the listed topics for your initial posting:
Mary Mallon viewed herself as a model employee and was eager to return to her job as a cook despite being forbidden to by the health department.
What affect, if any, do you think Mary’s ethnicity played in her professional behavior?
Do you consider Mary’s act as that of a “Professional” as defined by Sox?
Comment on your views of individual versus societal rights when quarantining the sick.
After reading the Laboratory Medicine article on state licensure for CLS, summarize the pro and con arguments surrounding the licensure debate. What is the progress of state licensure legislation in your state? What is your opinion of state licensure for clinical laboratory professionals?

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what policies and solutiopns your would support that can improve the quality of the nation’s ever-changing health care system

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Your final is to write about what policies and solutiopns your would support that can improve the quality of the nation’s ever-changing health care system. Previous reports from the WHO , particularly the Institute of Medicine, have examined the strengths and limitations of health care in the United States and have recommended strategies to evaluate and improve the quality of health care. Those reports have encouraged and influenced both public and private initiatives to define and monitor the quality of care, measure health outcomes, develop better evidence and guidance on the appropriate use of medical services, and organize systems to improve health services and outcomes.
Your final should summarize and discuss these issues with depth and breadth. Your paper must speak to the pro and cons of the initiatives you’ve chosen. I am looking for detail in your pros and cons. Why is it a pro or con? Who or what does it impact? Not just a patient but how it impacts the healthcare “system”.  Describe the system if need be. Also your paper should be no shorter the 10 pages and no more than 15 pages not including bibliography.
I hope this helps, good luck!