What's the difference between heroin and marijuana?

Heroin


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Example Sentences:

  • (1) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
  • (2) The typology developed in two previous surveys of illicit heroin products is applicable to many of the samples studied in this work, although significant changes have occurred in the chemical profile of illicit heroin products from certain geographical regions.
  • (3) A procedure for detection and quantification of urinary 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM), a metabolite of heroin, is described.
  • (4) We have investigated the presence of fragments of the HIV genome with a new nucleic acid amplification technique (PCR or polymerase chain reaction) in lymphocytes from 33 seronegative couples with anti-HIV antibodies, most of which were heroin addicts.
  • (5) The Amazonian super heroine was dropped from the role less than two months later.
  • (6) Of 242 north Italian heroin addicts, 24 (9.9%) were HBsAg positive.
  • (7) Both heroin and alcohol addicts were characterized by a high frequency and magnitude of life change.
  • (8) But why did a pregnant heroin addict, or Nadia and the mother who put her into care, want to appear?
  • (9) Rates of past-year heroin abuse or dependence and heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States, 2002–2013.
  • (10) From Stranraer to Stornaway there is a fair chance every primary school child in the country will catch a glimpse of their heroine's gold medal at some stage, like it or not.
  • (11) Newborn infants delivered from mothers addicted to heroin often develop a deprivation syndrome.
  • (12) The results suggest that withdrawal-induced arousal may not be entirely eliminated by the heroin substitute, methadone.
  • (13) The efficiency of the volatilization of heroin using this procedure was studied under laboratory conditions using thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography.
  • (14) The first one is a renal adenocarcinoma in a heroin-abuser patient, of a type we have only found mentioned in the literature in 4 other cases.
  • (15) Another officer grabbing Mann by the collar and threatening his family – to arrest his wife’s “black ass” and ensure he would not see his young son grow up, Mann recalled in an interview – if he did not snitch on a heroin dealer.
  • (16) Plasma ACTH, cortisol, and cyclic-AMP levels of eleven heroin addicts were dertermined before and after treatment with a fast detoxification procedure using acupuncture and electrical stimulation (AES) together with the administration of limited doses of naloxone.
  • (17) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
  • (18) India is presently facing the problem of increased trafficking in drugs; heroin and hashish are supplied to the west through the subcontinent.
  • (19) The results suggest that heroin and PCP induce alterations in the septohippocampal cholinergic innervations and in related behavioral performance.
  • (20) A flawed heroine of the anti-apartheid struggle, she is unlikely to keep a low profile in the coming days or to bite her lip if she believes Mandela's memory is being betrayed.

Marijuana


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Altogether, 29% of the drivers had evidence of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, prescription or nonprescription stimulants, or some combination of these, in either blood or urine.
  • (2) "It is very easy to see somebody get killed over this issue," Marijuana Industry Group Director Michael Elliott testified last month.
  • (3) Several months ago, the man received about $200,000 worth of marijuana from the cartel and delivered it to another dealer, but he could not repay the cartel, according to court papers.
  • (4) In many cases mental health professionals consulted by a number of the children when they were using drugs were likewise unaware of the marijuana abuse.
  • (5) Consistent with other researchers' findings, heavy marijuana users were found to differ significantly in living arrangements, job stability, and income.
  • (6) Drivers with little education and low income, younger drivers, and drivers who drove after heavy drinking or marijuana use, or both, were least likely to wear seatbelts.
  • (7) The effects were assessed of delta'THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) and CBD and DMHP-CBD (the non-psychomimetic components of marijuana derivatives) on 14C labelled serotonin release from normal platelets, when incubated with patient's plasma obtained during migraine attack.
  • (8) Clinical manifestations of pathophysiology due to marijuana smoking are now being reported.
  • (9) The major issues in the controversy about marijuana and medicine, primarily moral and ethical, are discussed.
  • (10) A rowdy fringe took to raiding liquor stores, spraying graffiti and flaunting marijuana.
  • (11) One would be prudent to avoid marijuana during pregnancy, just as one would do with most other drugs not essential to life or well-being.
  • (12) It was a sunny Friday night by the seaside, and the atmosphere was spicy with sweat, lager and marijuana smoke.
  • (13) Speech quantity was recorded continuously in seven moderate marijuana users during separate 1 h experimental sessions following the paced smoking of 0, 1.01, 1.84, and 2.84% THC marijuana cigarettes.
  • (14) The DS effects of marijuana showed a rapid onset, appearing within 90 s from the beginning of smoking.
  • (15) The marijuana-induced acute memory impairment was assessed in a double-blind, crossover experiment.
  • (16) Some recent reports implicate marijuana smoking as a cause of cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract, though most of the subjects were exposed to other, possibly confounding, etiologic factors, namely tobacco and alcohol.
  • (17) While lawmakers debate how much THC (the psychoactive component in marijuana) a person can have in their blood before they're a danger on the road, Colorado's policemen have to rely on field sobriety tests.
  • (18) In another example, Colorado legislators this month had to pass a new state law to allow for a cannabis co-operative credit union that would let marijuana businesses open bank accounts and escape the murky world of cash-only transactions.
  • (19) Smoking marijuana can injure mucosal tissue and may have more carcinogenic potential than tobacco.
  • (20) At the same concentrations, cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol, cannabinoids devoid of marijuana-like psychoactivity, had no effect on DPH polarization.