Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Research Blog

Ideas for my research paper
1. Long-term effects of Alcoholism
2. Mental Disorders
3. Heroin: The effects of being addicted
4. Drugs
5. Hippies of the 60s
1. Long-term effects of Alcoholism- I was wondering how long would it take or does it take for someone to feel the long term effects of consuming alcohol on a regular basiss. This thought came about when my mother who was an alcoholic had turned really sick and was near death's door. So my questions are: What does alcohol do to the body? Why does it do it? And can it kill you? Obviously, after what happened to my mother it can or could because fortunately she lived.
2. Mental Disorders- I always had this fascination with mental disorders. Like can they be gentics? I'm thinking they are and they can be. Just any type of mental disorders, like how the mind works in general. And why does it do what it do when it comes to having a mental disorder?
3. Heroin- From what i read about and watch tv and movies, Heroin is a very powerful drug. And alot more expensive then any other drug, why is that? I wanted to dig deeper into the effects both long term and short term effects of using such a drug like heroin.