Appraising the Risks of Reefer Madness

[Reefer madness revisited: cannabis and psychosis].

Ecstasy: America's new "reefer madness".

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) was first used as a legal adjunct to psychotherapy in the 1970s. By the early 1980s, "Ecstasy" had become a tiny part of the recreational American drug scene, and was ultimately criminalized in 1986. For a decade use continued, but remained quiet. By the end of the 1990s, increased supply, demand, seizures of pills, arrests of distributors associated wit...

Appraising the Effect of Internal and External Organization Factors on Investment Mutual Funds' Return In Iran

One of the main functionalities of capital market is to improve liquidityin the market which provides security for the investors. Mutual funds aremodern financial institutions which are designed with the aim of collectingfunds from investors and devote them to buy a variety of securities inorder to mitigate investment risks, exploit the economies of scale andfinally create a reasonable return f...

A Sociological and Physiological Evaluation of Marijuana

It is no easy task encapsulating all the elements of what makes a drug the source of stress relief. One must consider all of the aspects, which can be tentatively and efficiently broken into social as well as physiological aspects. From some very stringent research, the social aspect of marijuana’s history has proven itself to be incredibly dense. With over a century of usage and numerous detra...

A Comparison of Layouts of Reefer Containers in Automated Container Terminal

For managing reefer containers more efficiently, it is important to optimally determine the block size and the layout of reefer containers in the early design phase. Work balances among blocks of a yard have a significant effect on the productivity of container handling activities in automated container terminals (ACTs), and thus, the productivity of the whole terminal highly depends on the lay...