The Quran forbids the consumption of intoxicants and alcoholic beverages.
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Clerics provide cover, citing objections to intoxicants in the Koran.
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Boys danced in groups of boys; girls with girls. Intoxicants?
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Could be the intoxicants, could be that person beside you.
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It's a proven fact that weed and booze are complementary intoxicants.
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He's been booked for misdemeanor driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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He was booked for misdemeanor driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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Compared with other narcotics, or even with legal intoxicants, ice is cheap.
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There are more rules, too: no intoxicants, no loud music, no sex.
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Police say Taylor smelled of intoxicants at the time of his arrest.
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"Through different times, plants have become intoxicants or they've become hallowed," Chetiyawardana adds.
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"Our world revolves around intoxicants, but it also revolves around flavor," he said.
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Either way, he was booked for misdemeanor driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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In Oregon, the offense is called driving under the influence of intoxicants, or DUII.
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He didn't consume intoxicants or meat, and both talking and eye contact were also discouraged.
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Police are still trying to determine whether mental health or intoxicants contributed to the event.
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He was once charged with abusing harmful intoxicants in Pike County, Ohio, after an overdose.
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Responding police officers "smelled an obvious odor of intoxicants coming from Maccarone," the post said.
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But mezcal is only one of the many intoxicants available, and we wanted to try them all.
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She was arrested and charged with "conduct unbecoming an officer and overindulgence in intoxicants," The Times reported.
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It wouldn't have been exactly the same as being at Coachella, with the food, intoxicants, and sweaty camaraderie.
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In the 1760s, famed taxonomist Carl Linnaeus wrote a book called Inebriantia, which was the first catalog of intoxicants.
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Cops say McDowell "had a strong odor of intoxicants emanating from his persons" -- and later said his BAC was .
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Subsequent investigation by officers resulted in Thomas, 48, being arrested and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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The heavy drug use is interesting ... as part of his probation, Chief Keef is barred from using intoxicants in excess.
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During the 10 days: no devices, reading, writing, physical excercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others.
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She was taken to jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII); her blood alcohol level was .
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Levy is accused of lying to hospital officials when he told them he wasn't under the influence of any intoxicants.
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While he was found with "drug paraphernalia" on hand, it was unclear if Stagno was under the influence of any intoxicants.
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Alcohol/intoxicants: Mixed drinks, liters of wine, pitchers of beer, marijuana "just about every day," lines of cocaine Case: Tanner v.
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The fifth precept of Buddhism warns against the ill effects of any intoxicants that might cloud the mind or provide distraction.
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Prosecutors are seeking to use numerous statements they say show Cosby's willingness to use intoxicants to incapacitate women before assaulting them.
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She failed field sobriety tests and was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants - alcohol.
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Phil WithingtonProfessor, History, University of Sheffield, and one of the world's leading historians of intoxicants and intoxicationMy own work on intoxicants in medieval and early modern Europe (the last 219,193 years) makes it very clear that foodstuffs and drinks ostensibly valued for their nutritional and medicinal properties were also consumed for their psychoactive effects, and in relation to many different kinds of sociability.
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At least 18 states have laws that regard the use of intoxicants by pregnant women as child abuse, according to a survey by ProPublica.
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"It would be inconsistent with existing laws and regulations" and cultural mores, he said, "to allow inmates to use any sort of recreational intoxicants."
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"Unless you pass a law that says, all intoxicants are illegal, chemists will think up substances that are similar but not scheduled," said Kreit.
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Years ago, Chase had the guts to publicly admit to his addiction and the use of a wide-range of intoxicants including cocaine and alcohol.
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Portland Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson and defender Liam Ridgewell were both arrested in Oregon on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants Monday night.
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" [SIREN] "I got about roughly about 22011 to 22011 feet away from him, and I could smell the strong odor of intoxicants coming from him.
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Abby, who retired late last year after winning the World Cup, was booked for DUII (driving under influence of intoxicants), and released on her own recognizance.
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The point was that the repeated use of intoxicants established that Cosby could not have mistakenly believed that these women consented to have sex with him.
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Drinking and drugs are often synonymous with club and rave culture, and THUMP spends a lot of time exploring the role of intoxicants in our scene.
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Abby Wambach has changed her tune in her DUII case -- pleading guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants -- but she won't spend another minute behind bars.
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Linnaeus looked around the world and said, "Every culture has their own favorite intoxicants," which was an idea that I don't think anybody would've had before that time.
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But there's a freedom in discovering and manifesting what your body is capable of on its own, without intoxicants—and so, with a person seeing you more fully.
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Howard is also prohibited from using "intoxicants to excess" and has been directed to maintain "stable, lawful employment" or be enrolled in an education program, among other requirements.
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Art and intoxicants have always had a blurry relationship, yet writers seem to possess a lock on the most extreme and irksome form of self-aggrandizement on the subject.
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HOTBOX Eau de Parfum is a collaboration between SANAE Intoxicants and I. She sourced natural oils from all around the world, inspired by the international locations in the book.
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From BioShock's toxic mutagen EVE to the Fallout series' menagerie of euphemistic intoxicants, games protagonists have been shooting up, snorting, and smoking their way through their adventures for decades now.
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They are charged with various offenses including trafficking in harmful intoxicants, hazing and permitting drug abuse, charges Mr. Blackburn said are likely to result in probation rather than prison time.
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Dan—403, in full-time employment and living with his girlfriend—explained to me that giving up on intoxicants has allowed him to continue his relationship with nightlife into his thirties.
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Seeing that producers and sellers of "intoxicants" did not have to pay for the prisons and policemen associated with the rowdiness they caused, for example, he recommended a tax on booze.
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The prosecution countered that it was Mr. Cosby who had been a deceiver, hiding behind his amiable image as America's Dad to prey on women that he first incapacitated with intoxicants.
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Force may be physical or psychological, and can involve drugs, alcohol, or other intoxicants deliberately given to the victim to incapacitate their decision-making or self-induced intoxication by the victim.
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Greene was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants for slamming his wheelchair into a pickup truck in a crosswalk in Oregon's Lincoln County in 2012, the Oregonian newspaper reported.
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But in April she was arrested in Portland, Oregon, and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants after allegedly failing to stop for a red light and failing a sobriety test.
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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his (CNN)Retired USA soccer star Abby Wambach was arrested early Sunday on a driving under the influence of intoxicants charge in Portland, Oregon.
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Doresy spent 10 days in Myanmar for a meditation retreat, which excluded "devices, reading, writing, physical exercise, music, intoxicants, meat, talking, or even eye contact with others," Dorsey tweeted at the time.
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The commonwealth must prove additional facts, such as that penetration happened while the complainant was unconscious; that the defendant substantially impaired the complainant using intoxicants; or simply that there was no consent.
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The market value for similar cars runs from roughly $75,000 to $125,000 John Randal McCauley was later released from a hospital and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), police said.
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Brit: The usual, I guess: Smack and crack don't seem like viable nightclub intoxicants and aren't particularly welcome guests at most house parties, other than in certain parts of south London and Bristol.
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In August, he was indicted by a grand jury on nine counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief and operating a non-motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants.
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Memory loss, confusion, delayed reporting of the incident to authorities and continuing to see an offender after are common behaviors of people victimized by people they know, Valliere testified, especially when intoxicants are used.
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For example, most Buddhists would agree that their faith's core axioms include five moral precepts: don't harm living things, don't take what is not given, don't engage in sexual misconduct, lie or consume intoxicants.
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The high point, of course, is the dialogue between a child actor (Julia Butters) and her man-child co-star (Leonardo DiCaprio) that's about writing, reading and recitation, about the intoxicants of pulp storytelling.
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Cann, a Los Angeles-based purveyor of CBD and THC-infused intoxicants, is rolling out its first major distribution through the venture-backed delivery service Eaze as it begins to hit the streets in California.
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K-Zen Beverages has raised $5 million from the investment firm DCM to roll out its line of intoxicants and California Dreamin' is a Y Combinator-backed intoxicant containing a whopping 10 milligrams of THC.
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The company, founded by two former Bain consultants, is the latest to take on the growing market for non-alcoholic intoxicants that use a combination of chemicals traditionally found in the marijuana plant to make their drinks.
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The law was a counterweight to a Supreme Court ruling (concerning the use of intoxicants in Native-American rituals) which had made it a bit easier for the government to override individual liberty in matters of belief.
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He workshopped a patchwork philosophy full of meditations on "freedom" and "fulfillment," a modern remix of Emersonian self reliance, Timothy Leary sans intoxicants, and a hazy reclamation of an American Dream hollowed out by creditors and landlords.
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Memory loss, confusion, delayed reporting of the offense to authorities and continuing to see an offender after an alleged sexual assault are common in victims attacked by people they know, she testified — especially when intoxicants are used.
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On occasion, Haas liked to get zooted on such potent intoxicants, then wade through a crowded rave in a three-piece suit and an Israeli gas mask; he loved how his appearance confused the glowstick-waving teens.
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The show was enormously influential, inspiring a wave of American TV shows (like Cybill, Veronica's Closet, and Sex and the City) about ladies inclined to overindulge in everything from sex to intoxicants to the latest luxury goods.
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Since its launch in May of last year, the cannabis-infused drink company Cann has sold 150,000 cans of its THC and CBD-infused, alcohol-free intoxicants, in a sign of success that's bucking current industry trends.
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Taken in their totality, the Academies' conclusions that cannabis possesses established therapeutic utility for certain patients and that it possesses an acceptable safety profile when compared to those of other medications or recreational intoxicants are not surprising.
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He meets up with a group of drifters still worshipping the fungus—one of the oldest known intoxicants on the planet—to see why so many people love the drug, and to uncover what makes it so powerful.
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Over the years, I've come to believe that the only real post-sesh salvation is a course of sleep, exercise, and positive thinking—that if you spend three days jamming intoxicants into your face, you should expect some retribution.
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Another Cosby book, his autobiography "Childhood", is the subject of a court battle in his case, with prosecutors seeking to introduce as evidence excerpts which they say show his willingness to use intoxicants to incapacitate women before assaulting them.
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Younger consumers seem more willing to experiment with intoxicants other than traditional spirits these days, and venture capital firms are buzzed by the possibility of returns like the ones reaped by the George Clooney-founded spirit company Casamigos (which sold for $1 billion).
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Clark was charged by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office with attempting to elude an officer in a vehicle, attempting to elude an officer on foot, driving under the influence of intoxicants, unauthorized use of a vehicle, reckless driving, and reckless endangering another person.
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After all, if there's one place on Earth that can predict which intoxicants are going to be cool in the coming years, it's Indio in mid-April when the youth of the world gather to pose and preen and get fucked up.
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But in the sweep of American history, it's the battles over cultural norms and so-called social issues — over race and religion, intoxicants and sex, speech and censorship, immigration and assimilation — that for better or worse have often made us who we are.
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In 2010 a group of drug experts scored the total harm in Britain caused by 20 common intoxicants and concluded that alcohol inflicted the greatest cost, mostly because of the damage it does to non-consumers such as the victims of drunk drivers.
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According to the docs ... Cosby would target women substantially younger than him, invite them to hang out, get them to trust him because of his celebrity status, ply them with intoxicants and then sexually assault them while they were not fully conscious.
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The 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza reasoned that remorse and repentance are pernicious intoxicants that interfere with our understanding: It is out of rashness that we transgress and it is out of rashness that that we pound our heads about our transgressions.
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"Unless you pass a law that says, all intoxicants are illegal, chemists will think up substances that are similar but not scheduled" Some top members of Congress have already expressed support for the new law, including Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
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In a more auto-oriented city like Los Angeles, it generally meant that the economics of the taxi industry was focused on exploiting tourists rather than providing a service to locals looking for an alternative to driving when heading out for a night of intoxicants.
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While intoxicants can aid the unlocking of free associating forms of creative expression (like lakeside teenage ramblings or the dude who drew self-portraits under the influence of 52 distinct drugs), it often detracts from precise thinking that relies on traits like memory and linearity.
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A third accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh publicly identified herself Wednesday and alleged that Kavanaugh and others in the early 1980s spiked the drinks of girls at high school parties with intoxicants to make it easier for them to be gang raped.
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In Colombia, where female Protestants outnumber male ones by 62% to 38%, women convert to evangelicalism, and urge their husbands to follow, in the hope that less of the family budget will go on intoxicants and other mainly male forms of misbehaviour, writes anthropologist Elizabeth Brusco.
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It is already well established that those with psychiatric illness typically use all intoxicants at greater rates than do the general public, so the fact that some psychotic patients are more likely to consume cannabis than are those in the general population is to be expected.
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College, in the eyes of this book, is a fairy land, an idyll where time stops and visitors glut themselves on fairy intoxicants: Janet more than once compares the effects of great literature to the effects of alcohol or drugs, because Janet is a little bit insufferable that way.
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It will only be a matter of time—maybe a decade or two—before the global supply of plant-based drugs, such as cannabis, cocaine, and heroin, is eclipsed by the trade in man-made substances designed to mimic, at a far cheaper cost, the effects of intoxicants that grow out of the ground.
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Now, thanks to a $5 million investment from new backers led by Imaginary, an early-stage investment firm launched by the founder of the Net-a-Porter group, and JM10, a leading cannabis company, Cann is hoping to break through the legal obstacles surrounding distribution of cannabis-derived intoxicants and overcome investors growing skepticism around the viability of cannabis as a business.
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It read: • High blood pressure or a heart condition • Back or neck injuries or conditions • Medical conditions or disabilities affected by seat motion or environmental effects • Epilepsy • Pregnancy • Breathing problems or allergies to scents or chemicals • Sensory sensitivities • Under the influence of alcohol, drugs or other intoxicants • Motion sickness Also, at the top of that sign, the poster showed off the different sensations we might experience, including rain, fog, wind, lightning, vibrations and scents (yes, scents).
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With the "Odyssey"'s lotus flowers and nepenthe (possibly opium), and, perhaps, "Alice in Wonderland"'s cake and mushroom in the deep background, novelists in the 1960s and '70s gave us organic intoxicants like "melange," the utopian "spice" in Frank Herbert's "Dune"; "black meat," a cheeselike drug made from the flesh of giant centipedes in William S. Burroughs's "Naked Lunch"; and the nightmarishly addictive Substance D (for death) in Philip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly," an injectable derived from a blue flower grown, in one of Dick's fiercest ironies, on farms staffed by zombied-out recovering addicts.
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An initiated Sikh cannot use or consume intoxicants, of which wine is one.
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Pets are allowed, but must be leashed at all times. Intoxicants are prohibited.
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One publication has investigated 226 deaths attributed to GHB. Of 226 deaths included, 213 had a cardiorespiratory arrest and 13 had fatal accidents. Seventy-one deaths (34%) had no co- intoxicants. Postmortem blood GHB was 18–4400 mg/L (median=347) in deaths negative for co-intoxicants.
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Most teetotaller organizations also demand from their members that they do not promote or produce alcoholic intoxicants.
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It is not permissible for a Muslim to import or export alcoholic beverages, or to work in or own a place that sells these intoxicants. Giving intoxicants as a gift is also considered haram. Other intoxicants, such as tobacco, paan, dokha, and khat have been deemed forbidden by some scholars. Regarding foods vanilla extract and gelatin and some soy sauce are also forbidden either due to being an intoxicant themselves, containing certain percentages of alcohol or other forbidden items such as pig parts.
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In the Dionysian Mysteries of ancient Greece, initiates used intoxicants, ecstatic dance and music to remove inhibitions and social constraints.
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Sacred ceremonial pipes are not used for smoking intoxicants, but rather to offer prayers in a spiritual or religious ceremony.
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Generally speaking, the vast majority of Buddhists and Buddhist sects denounce and have historically frowned upon the use of any intoxicants by an individual who has taken the five precepts. Most Buddhists view the use and abuse of intoxicants to be a hindrance in the development of an enlightened mind. However, there are a few historical and doctrinal exceptions.
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Subsequently, Alauddin also banned other intoxicants, including cannabis. He also banned gambling, and excommunicated drunkards and gamblers from Delhi, along with vendors of intoxicants. Alauddin's administration strictly punished the violators, and ensured non- availability of alcohol not only in Delhi, but also in its surrounding areas. Nevertheless, alcohol continued to be illegally produced in and smuggled into Delhi.
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This occurred in a context of support for the type of law passed by General Neal Dow in Maine, United States, in 1851, prohibiting the sale of intoxicants.
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He never willfully lost an hour. Though having money he was very economical. He had a horror for intoxicants. Once he called on a classmate who had beer in his room.
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There are a number of Quranic verses regarding the prohibition of meat in Islam: Alcoholic intoxicants are prohibited in Islam. Khamr is the Arabic word for alcoholic drinks that cause intoxication. According to Salafi theologians and their puritanical interpretations, the Prophet declared that the prohibition was not only placed on wine, but the prohibition also included beer and other alcoholic beverages that intoxicate a person. The Prophet also forbade the trading of these intoxicants, even with non-Muslims.
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There are authorized dealers which provide consumers with legal intoxicants, every industry developing a network of distribution to connect with its clients. Drug publicity by producers and distributors aims at increasing consumption.
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Be tolerant and forgive others. 35\. Give up intoxicants like opium, marijuana etc. 36\. Give water and feed the birds. A quick glance over these principles shows that many of them are repeated.
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Intoxication in Mythology: A Worldwide Dictionary of Gods, Rites, Intoxicants, and Place. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Co., Inc. These women were mythologized as the "mad women" who were nurses of Dionysus in Nysa.
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Tribal festivities were held to celebrate the new purchases from their caucho trade. The days of drinking resulted and the usual feuds erupting among intoxicants. Córdova found it difficult to satisfactory settle the angry quarrels.
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Realize that each breath we take takes us closer to our end, do not waste time in petty affairs. Work with own hands, humbly. Share and consume, and do not eat meat. Your food itself should be pure, do not consume intoxicants.
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The injunction regarding the consumption of intoxicants appears thrice (numbers 18, 28, 35). Similarly, protection of animals has been repeated thrice (numbers 20, 21, 22). A concern with gender relations becomes evident, as the social evil of selling daughters has been prohibited.
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Other legislations related to intoxicants address "designer drugs" and placed legal liabilities on those establishments serving alcoholic beverages. The Senate approved observing the third Monday in January as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Senate Bill 485, 70th Legislature Regular Session. Chapter 159.
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Moreover, devotees uphold and reflect on the five Buddhist moral precepts on this day, which includes avoiding intoxicants. Māgha Pūjā is celebrated most extensively in Thailand, but it is a national holiday in most Southeast Asian countries, such as Laos and Myanmar.
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They married on 3 January 2014 and had a celebration in Los Angeles. Abraham is a fitness model and he abstains from smoking, consuming alcohol and any intoxicants. Due to this he often avoids many parties and functions. Abraham is a sport bike collector.
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A pivotal period in Prentice McHoan's life is described, seen through his preoccupations with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a missing uncle, relationships, cars, drink (and other intoxicants) and God, with the background a celebration of the Scottish landscape.
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There is a consensus among theologians that the word khamr, meaning "intoxicants", refers to alcohol and all similar kind of beverages causing drunkenness, and that alcohol consumption is forbidden, "It is strictly prohibited." In the Quran, intoxicants, i.e. all kinds of alcoholic drinks, are variably referenced as incentives from Satan, as well as a cautionary note against their adverse effect on human attitude in several verses: Another verse acknowledges the small benefit of wine but notes that its harm is much bigger. The Quran states that one of the delights of Paradise for the righteous is wine which does not intoxicate as a promise by God.
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Some Mahāyāna Buddhists in China and Vietnam also avoid eating strong-smelling plants such as onion, garlic, chives, shallot, and leek, and refer to these as wu hun (五葷, 'Five Spices'). Buddhist vegetarian chefs have become extremely creative in imitating meat using prepared wheat gluten, also known as "seitan" or "wheat meat", soy (such as tofu or tempeh), agar, and other plant products. Some of their recipes are the oldest and most-refined meat analogues in the world. Buddhism forbids alcohol and other intoxicants because they may result in violations of others of the "Five Moral Precepts": no killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying or partaking of intoxicants.
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The Vachanāmrut: spiritual discourses of Bhagwān Swāminārāyan. (3rd ed.) Ahmedabad: Bochasanvasi Shri Aksharpurushottama Sanstha . Dharma consists of religious and moral duties according to one’s responsibilities and situation. All Swaminarayan Hindus who are householders maintain five basic vows: abstaining from theft, gambling, adultery, meat, and intoxicants like alcohol.
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On October 21, 2019, Thomas was arrested and charged with DUII ("driving under the influence of intoxicants") in Tualatin, Oregon, and pleaded no contest on November 18, 2019. He was ordered to participate in a year long diversion program and install a breathalyzer in his car.
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According to article 8 of the Constitution of Peru, the state is responsible for battling and punishing drug trafficking. Likewise, it regulates the use of intoxicants. Consumption of drugs is not penalized and possession is allowed for small quantities only. Production and distribution of drugs are illegal.
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Many followers of Buddhism observe a code of conduct known as the five precepts, of which the fifth precept is an undertaking to refrain from the consumption of intoxicating substances (except for medical reasons). In the bodhisattva vows of the Brahma Net Sūtra, observed by Mahāyāna Buddhist communities, distribution of intoxicants is likewise discouraged, as well as consumption. In the branch of Hinduism known as Gaudiya Vaishnavism, one of the four regulative principles forbids the taking of intoxicants, including alcohol. In Judaism, in accordance with the biblical stance against drinking, wine drinking was not permitted for priests and monksThe Talmudic decree set a schedule according to which the priests would take turns staying sober.
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Buddhist scriptures talk a great deal about the general idea of attachment to sensual pleasures, but do not directly address the issue of substance addiction as it is understood in contemporary society. Jataka stories and certain rules governing lay and monastic behavior do discuss the use of alcohol and intoxicants.
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For example, wine is prohibited in Islam because of its intoxicating property. Thus qiyas leads to the conclusion that all intoxicants are forbidden. The Hanafi school of thought very strongly supports qiyas. Imam Abu Hanifa, an important practitioner of qiyas, elevated qiyas to a position of great significance in Islamic law.
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Slang terms include: getting high (generic), being stoned, cooked, or blazed (usually in reference to cannabis), and many more specific slang terms for particular intoxicants. Alcohol intoxication is graded in intensity from buzzed, to tipsy (all the way up to drunk, hammered, smashed, wasted, destroyed, shitfaced and a number of other terms).
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An attempt was made at anesthetizing the alleged criminal with intoxicants before performing the punishment, which unfortunately did not work well. As late as 1949 the Tibetan government still sentenced people to mutilation. When a CIA officer Douglas Mackiernan was killed against official entry permit, six Tibetan border guards were tried and sentenced in Lhasa.
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In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o'clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts.
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Richard Rudgley (born 1961) is a British author and television presenter. He specialises on the topics of the usage of hallucinogens and intoxicants in society. He has also written about the Stone Age and about Paganism. Rudgley completed a BA in Social anthropology and Religious studies and went on to do a M. St. and M. Phil.
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The Templars "bought out the only saloon keeper in the place and emptied his stock of liquors into the street, after which there was no further sale of intoxicants in the village." A post office was established at Middlefork (spelled Middle Fork in early years) in 1836, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.
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Abstaining from intoxicants improves one's ability to concentrate and calms the mind during meditation. Members are encouraged to be self-supporting and not be a burden on society. They are free to make their own choices in life and maintain any cultural or religious affiliations they choose. RSSB does not involve itself in the personal lives of its members.
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The officer then asked the defendant if he had consumed any intoxicants. Defendant said that he drank two beers and smoked several joints of marijuana shortly before being stopped. The officer then arrested the defendant and took him to the county jail where the defendant took an intoxilyzer test. The test results were negative for the presence of alcohol.
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The pastoral Scythians were not used to drinking wine—"their favored intoxicants were Hasheesh with fermented mare's milk"Mayor, Adrienne. Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World. New York, Overlook Duckworth, 2003; p. 158.—and they drank themselves into a stupor (with the alcohol deliberately left behind by Cyrus).
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Rudgley's first book, The Alchemy of Culture: Intoxicants in Society (published in America under the title Essential Substances: A Cultural History of Intoxicants in Society) was the first winner of the Prometheus Award, launched by the British Museum Press in 1991. His 1998 Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age addresses a popular audience. John Robb, reviewing it in Nature summarised it thus: > Writing, surgery, drug use, monument building, detailed environmental > knowledge, sophisticated artworks, technologies such as mining and smelting, > language, musical instruments, tools fashioned with aesthetic sense as well > as utilitarian function – all arose far earlier than either archaeologists > have generally acknowledged or the public has imagined. The result is that > we cannot consider our history as a simple story of the ‘rise’ from savage > roots to a sophisticated present.
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The sanctions vary per monastic fraternity (nikaya). Lay people and novices in many Buddhist fraternities also uphold eight (asta shila) or ten (das shila) from time to time. Four of these are same as for the lay devotee: no killing, no stealing, no lying, and no intoxicants. The other four precepts are: # No sexual activity; # Abstain from eating at the wrong time (e.g.
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2004 The Elixer of Life or the Devil's Cud: The Debate over Qat (Catha edulis) in Yemeni Culture. In Ross Coomber and Nigel South, editors, Drug Use and Cultural Context: Tradition, Change and Intoxicants beyond 'The West' , 101-118. London: Free Association Books. 2004 Reading Against Culture in Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism. Culture, Theory and Critique 45(2):93-112.
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In July 1884, he and his wife were presented to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, at Osborne, by the Princess Louise. The couple were activists in the temperance movement. During the 13 years the couple lived at Government House, Fredericton no intoxicants were in use at their entertainments. Alice was instrumental in the founding of the Victoria College Hospital at Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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20 Missionaries and Intendants argued that trade relations suffered nonetheless, as inebriated Natives were poor hunters and provided fewer pelts,Martel, 2014, p.42 but authorities were unwilling to offer full military support to enforce alcohol restrictions for fear of losing essential trade networks. When the Superior Council officially prohibited the trade or sale of intoxicants to Aboriginals, illegal operations supplied alcohol.Stanley, 1958, p.
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Although a few of tracks incorporate xylophone, most of the songs rely solely on drums and vocal harmonization. The drums are often pitched to add a melodic quality. The album features themes of encouraging good deeds, importance having good intentions, virtues of seeking repentance, the life of the Islamic prophets, preparations for the hereafter, hardships of life, negatives affects of intoxicants and the blessings of Allah.
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Smith's license was revoked in 2004 after being charged for operating while impaired February 2004 and operating while intoxicated in August of 2004. His license was reinstated in 2008. In 2010, Smith was pulled over by Detroit police for speeding. The officer detected a “strong odor of intoxicants.” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy recused herself from the case, citing a "potential conflict" involving Smith's father.
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The Godian woman must have her hair neatly plaited or set. It is believed that it would be undermining the objective of Godianism to promote harmonious relationships among men if Godians had a dirty appearance. In efforts of Godianism to promote harmony among humanity every Chiist (Godian) encourages their neighbour to embrace personal cleanliness, and to refrain from habits such as smoking and excessive drinking of intoxicants.
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Lay followers often undertake five precepts in the same ceremony as they take the refuges. Monks administer the precepts to the laypeople, which creates an additional psychological effect. The five precepts are: # to refrain from killing; # to refrain from stealing; # to refrain from lying; # to refrain from improper sexual conduct; # to refrain from consuming intoxicants. In Early Buddhist Texts, the role of the five precepts gradually developed.
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Sunni Muslim scholars have divided bidah in worldly matters into two types: # Good innovations such as using technology to propagate the faith of Islam. # Innovations that are purely evil - these are forbidden under Islamic law. Examples of this type of bidah include alcohol,Fat-hul Baari by Ibn Hajar al- Asqalani (vol.2, page 443) or, in modern times, the discovery and synthesis of new intoxicants.
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Wambach was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) after being pulled over by Portland police on April 2, 2016 to which she pleaded guilty. Following the incident, automaker MINI pulled a commercial featuring Wambach. In September 2016, Wambach wrote in a newly released autobiography that she had abused prescription drugs and alcohol for many years and had been sober since her April arrest.
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In January 1954, in a court in Santa Monica, California, Russell pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, receiving a $150 fine. The fine was in lieu of a jail sentence, with the provision that she not use intoxicants or attend night spots for two years. In the same court session, she received a continuance on a charge of driving while drunk. She sued Madison for divorce in May 1954.
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During the time of the Vajjian heresy, when the Vajjian monks of Vesāli wished to excommunicate Yasa Kākandakaputta, he went by air to Kosambī, and from there sent messengers to the orthodox monks in the different centres (Vin.ii.298; Mhv.iv.17). It was at Kosambī that the Buddha promulgated a rule forbidding the use of intoxicants by monks (Vin.ii.307). Kosambī is mentioned in the Buddhist scripture Samyutta Nikāya.S.iv.
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The sixth type is the ultimate goal of Buddhism, which is the end of all suffering and destruction of all ignorance.Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). According to the Buddha, indulgence in the abhiññās should be avoided, as they can distract from the ultimate goal of Enlightenment. Similarly, the three knowledges or wisdoms (' or ') are: # "Remember one's former abodes" (pubbe-nivāsanussati); # "Divine eye" (dibba- cakkhu); and, # "Extinction of mental intoxicants" (āsavakkhaya).
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All camps deal with the following themes: differences and discrimination, intoxicants and addiction, the environment, society and participation, human relationships and sexuality, the future, worldviews and beliefs.Näyttelijä ryhtyi ohjaajaksi (in Finnish) Helsingin sanomat, 12.3.2007. Prometheus medallion Campers are encouraged to share their own views and perceptions and discuss them, as well as take into account the often-different opinions of others.Prometheus-leiri kasvaa ajan mukana (in Finnish) Nurmijärven Uutiset, 10.7.
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The centres are constructed and maintained primarily by volunteers. The group teaches a personal path of spiritual development which includes a vegetarian diet, abstinence from intoxicants, a moral way of life and the practice of daily meditation. There are no rituals, ceremonies, hierarchies or mandatory contributions, nor are there compulsory gatherings. Members do not need to give up their cultural identity or religious preference to follow this path.
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He did not use tobacco or intoxicants; because he could not afford them then. He said he was not able to afford them afterward, either. He also learned to seize opportunities which other boys allowed to slip by them. Whenever a circus came to town the other boys eagerly spent some of their hard earned money to see the show, but young Berry turned the circus to profit.
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AKJ follows the rules (Panthic Rehit Maryada) set by SGPC. The Jatha fully align itself with Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib and the Khalsa Panth. Jatha views itself as being completely under the umbrella of Sri Akaal Takhat Sahib and the Khalsa Panth. > The four transgressions, which must be avoided are: (1) Dishonouring the > hair, (2) Eating Kuttha, (3) Intimate relationship with a person other than > one’s spouse, and (4) Using tobacco (i.e. intoxicants).
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He preached against the harmful effects that addictions such as tobacco, alcohol, opium, other intoxicants, and gambling have on the mind and asked society to give up these activities. Shastri Narayanswarupdas (also known as Pramukh Swami Maharaj), further contributed to the founding vision and highlighted the importance of service to society as an extension of spiritual endeavors. He traveled around the world emphasizing the importance of family harmony, community service, and addiction-free living.
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Kutha meat is any meat produced by slow bleeding or religious sacrifice of animals., Quote: "The Sikh Rahit Maryada forbids hair cutting, adultery, the use of intoxicants, and the eating of Kutha meat, that is Muslim halal meat, obtained through the slow bleeding or religious sacrifice of animals". For a Khalsa (baptised Sikh), eating Kutha meat is considered sinful. These four sins are part of the Sikh Code of Conduct (Sikh Rehat Maryada).
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A drainage system for the portion surrounded by the four Masi streets was completed in 1902. During the early years of independent India, the Madurai municipality was dominated by reformists of the Indian National Congress.As early as December 1923, the municipality had passed a resolution prohibiting the sale of liquor and intoxicants in Madurai city.Madurai was upgraded to a municipal corporation on 1 May 1971 as per the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971.
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Gaetano Gianolla was an Italian-American mobster and former boss of the Detroit Partnership criminal organization. During the Prohibition era, the Detroit River was the most important commercial waterway for the illegal importation of intoxicants from Canada into Detroit, Michigan. The lineage of Detroit's Italian organized crime faction dates back to 1921, when Gaspar Milazzo founded his own gang.The Mafia in America: Traditional Organized Crime in Transition An Overview of Current Conditions.
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In 1360, for example, King Ramathibodi I, of Ayutthaya Kingdom (now Thailand), prohibited opium consumption and trade. The prohibition lasted nearly 500 years until 1851, when King Rama IV allowed Chinese migrants to consume opium. While the Konbaung Dynasty prohibited all intoxicants and stimulants during the reign of King Bodawpaya (1781–1819). As the British colonized parts of Burma from 1852 they overturned local prohibitions and established opium monopolies selling Indian produced opium.
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"Oops (Oh My)", is club classic, noted for its lyrical content which can be interpreted as discussing "female masturbation or a tribute to self-love." The song is built around a "superb groove" noted for its unmistakable Timbaland production. The song also contains "quick syncopated rhythms and Tweet's raspy vocals." "Drunk" is an atmospheric song that continues to take influence from the idea of intoxicants, in the same vein as "Smoking Cigarettes".
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The primary religion of Persia at this time was Zoroastrianism, developed by the philosopher Zoroaster. It introduced an early form of monotheism to the area. The religion banned animal sacrifice and the use of intoxicants in rituals; and introduced the concept of spiritual salvation through personal moral action, an end time, and both general and Particular judgment with a heaven or hell. These concepts would heavily influence later emperors and the masses.
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The court can impose a condition that a defendant not consume alcohol. Courts can prohibit use of other legally-obtained intoxicants as well. But the condition must be reasonably related to the crime for which the defendant pleaded guilty. The court can order outpatient drug abuse treatment and alcohol testing even if the defendant has no history of drug or alcohol abuse, if the defendant has attempted suicide by overdosing on medication and has a history of unstable behavior.
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She wrote and lectured extensively on the subject and eventually published a book titled Drunk Stuff. In the preface she wrote: > My personal abhorrence of intoxicants dates back to my childhood. Not that > liquor was ever a personal or family problem, but as a child the dread of an > intoxicated man possessed me. The opportunity to fight this evil came when I > dedicated my life to missionary endeavor and preaching in the Pillar of Fire > Church.
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Surprising other law enforcement officials, Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer made a statement saying that freeing the Hammonds "would be a start" in ending the occupation. On January 25, a man on his way to the occupation was arrested in Hines, Oregon, for driving under the influence of intoxicants and resisting arrest. Armed with a pellet gun, he claimed that he was planning on becoming a bodyguard for Ammon and Ryan Bundy, and also threatened to kill federal agents.
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Shane's behavior grows more sociopathic and becomes more independent after the move to Ren Mar. He frequently uses alcohol and other intoxicants, engages in casual sex and sells his brother's medicinal marijuana at a local skatepark. During this period, uncle Andy discovers that he has been masturbating to naked pictures of his mother that were taken by his father years ago. He also becomes increasingly violent and develops a disregard for rules, laws, and other social conventions.
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The production and consumption of wine has been widespread in the Middle East and has been tolerated to varying extents by different religious groups. Prophet Muhammad forbade all intoxicants (khamr) and even pressed grape juice for Muslims. Wine was traded and used among the Jews, at least in Egypt, including for sacramental purposes, and had to be prepared by Jews according to stated practices. Many Christian monasteries in the region made and sold wine to raise revenue.
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William G. Lawes, explained to the chiefs the meaning of the functions that were held. It had been decided that the colony should be governed in the best interests of the natives. It was no doubt largely the influence of the missionaries that made it illegal both to deport natives and to introduce intoxicants, fire-arms, and explosives. In 1893, Chalmers explored part of the Fly River in a steam launch, but found the natives extremely hostile.
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Early reports indicated that he had been killed by the FSB, but later reports indicated that he committed suicide. FSB officers regretted that "there was no way to preserve Alexander Kuzminykh's life." Kuzminykh was found fit when he was conscripted at a St. Petersburg enlistment office, even though he had suffered from a mental disorder and had been inhaling intoxicants. When Kuzminykh volunteered for the submarine service, he passed additional medical and psychiatric tests with high marks.
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Some common reasons for choosing teetotalism are psychological, religious, health, medical, familial, philosophical, social, past alcoholism, or sometimes it is simply a matter of taste or preference. When at drinking establishments, teetotalers (or teetotallers) either abstain from drinking completely, or consume non- alcoholic beverages such as water, juice, tea, coffee, non-alcoholic soft drinks, virgin drinks, mocktails, and alcohol-free beer. Most teetotaler organizations also demand from their members that they do not promote or produce alcoholic intoxicants.
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The teachings of the Bahá'í Faith forbid the consumption of alcohol and other drugs unless prescribed by a physician. Intoxicants take away reason, interfere with making moral decisions, and harm the mind and body. Bahá'ís are also encouraged to avoid jobs related to the production or sale of alcohol and are forbidden from involvement in the drug trade. Those addicted to alcohol or other drugs should seek medical assistance from doctors and/or support from organizations dedicated to curing addiction.
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"Purataasi" is the Tamil month from mid-September to mid-October and is a period dedicated to Lord Vishnu.The entire period of Purataasi is observed with the abstention of meat, sexual pleasures and intoxicants. The main prayer in every Tamil-cultured home is held on any of the four Saturdays during the period and much effort is put into this. The Tamil Community in South Africa also observe the Mariamman Festival in the Aadi Month which falls between mid-July and mid-August.
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The film profiles Diane Schuler, who caused the fatal car accident, through interviews with her family members and friends, and attempts to piece together Schuler's actions on the day of the accident, in order to determine why the accident took place. The primary interviewees are Schuler's husband, Daniel, and sister-in-law, Jay, who are convinced that the toxicology report showing Schuler's high level of alcohol and THC intoxication was inaccurate, or that Schuler did not knowingly consume the intoxicants.
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Frenchman Jean Nicot (from whose name the word nicotine is derived) introduced tobacco to France in 1560, and tobacco then spread to England. The first report of a smoking Englishman is of a sailor in Bristol in 1556, seen "emitting smoke from his nostrils". Like tea, coffee and opium, tobacco was just one of many intoxicants that was originally used as a form of medicine. Tobacco was introduced around 1600 by French merchants in what today is modern-day Gambia and Senegal.
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Links between the School and the club were severed in 1999 owing to a scandal and resulting court case, Stringer v. Usher, Smith, Flanagan and Fleming.School to 'divorce' club, Crosby Herald, 20 May 1999 A member of the committee had been assaulted by fellow committee members while attempting to prevent illegal sales of intoxicants to non-members. An attempted witch-hunt against that member collapsed when the committee was forced into a humiliating climb-down at Liverpool County Court, incurring £10,000 in costs.
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Teetotalism is the practice and promotion of complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Some common reasons for choosing teetotalism are religious, health, family, philosophical or social reasons, and, sometimes, as simply a matter of taste preference. When at drinking establishments, they either abstain from drinking or consume non-alcoholic beverages such as tea, coffee, water, juice, and soft drinks. Contemporary and colloquial usage has somewhat expanded teetotalism to include strict abstinence from most "recreational" intoxicants (legal and illegal, see controlled substances).
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Jehovah's Witnesses allow moderate alcohol consumption among its members. In the Qur'an, there is a prohibition on the consumption of grape-based alcoholic beverages, and intoxication is considered as an abomination in the Hadith. Islamic schools of law (Madh'hab) have interpreted this as a strict prohibition of the consumption of all types of alcohol and declared it to be haraam ("forbidden"), although other uses may be permitted. In Buddhism, in general, the consumption of intoxicants is discouraged for both monastics and lay followers.
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Baháʼís are forbidden to drink alcohol or to take drugs, except by a doctor's order. The reason being that God has given human beings reason and intoxicants take that away and lead the mind astray. The non-medicinal use of opium and other mind-altering drugs are particularly condemned in the Baháʼí scriptures. Baháʼís are also asked to try to avoid working in jobs that involve the manufacturing or large-scale sale of alcohol and avoid any involvement in the drug trade.
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Different religions have varying stances on the use of cannabis, historically and presently. In ancient history some religions used cannabis as an entheogen, particularly in the Indian subcontinent where the tradition continues on a more limited basis. In the modern era Rastafari use cannabis as a sacred herb. Meanwhile, religions with prohibitions against intoxicants, such as Islam, Buddhism, Bahai, Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and others have opposed the use of cannabis by members, or in some cases opposed the liberalization of cannabis laws.
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Gentlemen Smoking and Playing Backgammon in an Interior by Dirck Hals, 1627 A Frenchman named Jean Nicot (from whose name the word nicotine derives) introduced tobacco to France in 1560 from Spain. From there, it spread to England. The first report of a smoking Englishman is of a sailor in Bristol in 1556, seen "emitting smoke from his nostrils".Lloyd & Mitchinson Like tea, coffee and opium, tobacco was just one of many intoxicants originally used as a form of medicine.
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Tantra is a set of esoteric Indian traditions with roots in Hinduism and Buddhism. Tantra is often divided by its practitioners into two different paths: dakshinachara and vamachara, translated as Right-Hand Path and Left-Hand Path respectively. Dakshinachara consists of traditional Hindu practices such as asceticism and meditation, while vamachara also includes ritual practices that conflict with mainstream Hinduism, such as sexual rituals, consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants. The two paths are viewed by Tantrists as equally valid approaches to enlightenment.
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26 and the excessive ritual use of intoxicants, and his life was defined heavily by the settling of his people and the constant threats of raids and conflict. Zoroaster's birth and early life are little documented but speculated heavily upon in later texts. What is known is recorded in the Gathas—the core of the Avesta, which contains hymns thought to be composed by Zoroaster himself. Born into the Spitama clan, he refers to himself as a poet-priest and spiritual master.
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In the above-mentioned 2002 "Letter To America", bin Laden laments the immoral behavior that has become the norm in the United States as a motivating factor in his decision to launch the attacks: > The second thing we call you to, is to stop your oppression, lies, > immorality and debauchery that has spread among you. (a) We call you to be a > people of manners, principles, honour, and purity; to reject the immoral > acts of fornication, homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling's, and trading > with interest.
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Participants were treated on prasad (sanctified food) consisting of orange slices and, regardless of the prohibition on drugs, many in the crowd were smoking marijuana and taking other intoxicants. However, the atmosphere in the hall was peaceful. Strobe lights and a psychedelic liquid light show, along with pictures of Krishna and the words of the Hare Krishna mantra, were projected onto the walls. A few Hells Angels were positioned in the back of the stage as the event's security guards.
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According to Raymond Williams, when Swaminarayan died in 1830 the movement had 1.8 million followers, which, by 2001, had grown to an estimated 5 million followers. Lay followers of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya are known as satsangis and are expected to maintain integrity in their actions while avoiding meat, intoxicants, theft, gambling, and adultery. The practices Swaminarayan prescribed were in part consistent with "Vaishnava and Krishnite traditions." Shruti Patel argues that such a consistency with existing practices would have aided in "sanctioning [the] novelty" of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.
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For this, he was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. He was later given a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence and taken to a lower-security facility despite being disciplined multiple times including attempted assault in 1984 and drinking intoxicants the following year. On June 22, 1990, Dillbeck was working with other prison inmates at a catering function at Quincy Vocational Center in Quincy, Florida. During the event, Dillbeck walked away from the area and eventually ended up in nearby Tallahassee, Florida.
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The younger thirst for adventure was quenched by rapid degrees as I found it possible to ascend Chimborazo with Humboldt lying on a sofa, or chase harte-beests with Cumming over muffins and coffee.”Ludlow, F.H. “The Hour and the Power of Darkness” The Hasheesh Eater 1857 A family legend, later used to explain his attraction for intoxicants, is that when Ludlow was two years old he “would climb upon the breakfast table and eat Cayenne pepper from the castor!”Carpenter, Frank B. “In Memoriam.
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He was anti-Semitic but less openly so than McReynolds, who refused to interact with or speak to eventual Jewish Supreme Court Justices Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter; Van Devanter's interactions with them were non-fractious. His opinion in United States v. Sandoval (1913) held that because the New Mexico Pueblos were "intellectually and morally inferior" and "easy victims to the evils and debasing influence of intoxicants" they were subject to restrictions on alcohol sales in Indian Country.231 U.S. 28, 34 S.Ct. 1 (1913).
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251-253 The offenses incurring hudud punishments are zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), unfounded accusations of zina,Z. Mir-Hosseini (2011), Criminalizing sexuality: zina laws as violence against women in Muslim contexts, SUR-International Journal on Human Rights, 8(15), pp 7-33 consuming intoxicants, highway robbery, and some forms of theft.Philip Reichel and Jay Albanese (2013), Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice, SAGE publications, , pp. 36-37 Jurists have differed as to whether apostasy and rebellion against a lawful Islamic ruler are hudud crimes.
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Based on the ideas of Sankardeva he founded the above "Society" on the ideas of Sankardeva to remove the increasing lack of direction in the youth of the state in 1979, for their moral and spiritual benefit. He knew that the growing lack of moral concern among the youth and their partiality to drugs and intoxicants must be checked before they harm the entire society. He therefore endeavoured to edify them. This, he believed, would keep them on from despair leading to unrest and extremism.
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Moses called Aaron's cousins Mishael and Elzaphan to carry away Nadab's and Abihu's bodies to a place outside the camp. Moses instructed Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar not to mourn Nadab and Abihu by rending their garments or leaving their hair unshorn and not to go outside the Tent of Meeting. And God told Aaron that he and his sons must not drink wine or other intoxicants when they entered the Tent of Meeting, so as to distinguish between the sacred and the profane.
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In 2015, Naji ran into legal trouble after a chapter of his novel, The Use of Life, was published in literary magazine Akhbar Al- Adab. In 2016, he was fined through a higher court and imprisoned on the account that his novel The Use of Life violated public modesty by making sexual references along with references to intoxicants, which are viewed as highly taboo in Egypt. After spending 300 days in jail, he was released on December 22, 2016. He is known to be the first Egyptian writer imprisoned on accounts of immorality.
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However, Hendrix and those closest to him never discussed any connection between psychedelic drugs and the song, although Shapiro admits that, at the time, to do so would have been "professional suicide". Chandler, who claimed he was present when Hendrix wrote it, later denied suggestions that Hendrix did so while under the influence of psychedelics. Commenting on the lyrics, Shadwick concludes "the music [was allowed] to tell the larger story. Poised effectively between the twin intoxicants of drugs and desire, they could be interpreted to the listener's taste".
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The 30-year history of Utopia (until 2011) is a record of self-determination against a background of well-developed communal will and widespread participation. The era of settlement included some profitable relations with white pastoralists and some degree of continuous Indigenous occupation. The community has had some success in mitigating the clinical disorders associated with transition to sedentary life, and minimising the advent of destructive behaviours and intoxicants. In addition, they have maintained a strong commitment to traditional practices and customs, which support identity in the face of coercive change.
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He was born Charley Doyle in Cordova, Tennessee. During the 1930s, he performed regularly on Beale Street, in Memphis, Tennessee. It is generally accepted that Horton made his first recording backing Doyle on eight songs recorded in Memphis for Okeh Records and Vocalion Records in 1939. Doyle, who was known locally for often suffering the effects of moonshine, jimson weed or other intoxicants, included the lines "my mind in such a condition till I hardly know the days of the week" on the track "Bad in Mind Blues".
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But three years after the arrival of Frontenac, a former vicar apostolic, François-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, returned to Quebec as bishop, with a jurisdiction over the whole of New France. The governor found a vigorous opponent in de Montmorency- Laval, who was determined to render the state subordinate to the church. Frontenac, following in this respect in the footsteps of his predecessors, had issued trading licenses which permitted the sale of intoxicants. The bishop, supported by the intendant, tried to suppress this trade and sent an ambassador to France to obtain remedial action.
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Foods which are not considered halal for Muslims to consume include bloodQuran Surah Al-Maaida ( Verse 3 ) and intoxicants such as alcoholic beverages.Quran Surah Al-Maidah ( Verse 90 ) A Muslim who would otherwise starve to death is allowed to eat non-halal food if there is no halal food available. During airplane flights Muslims will usually order kosher food (if halal food is not available) to assure their chosen dish will not have any pork ingredients. Opinions on GMO foods are mixed, although there is no widely accepted prohibition from consuming them.
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A Rastafari church, Liberty Bell Temple II, in California Different religions have varying stances on the use of cannabis, historically and presently. In ancient history some religions used cannabis as an entheogen, particularly in the Indian subcontinent where the tradition continues on a more limited basis. In the modern era Rastafari use cannabis as a sacred herb. Meanwhile, religions with prohibitions against intoxicants, such as Islam, Buddhism, Baháʼí, Latter-day Saints (Mormons), and others have opposed the use of cannabis by members, or in some cases opposed the liberalization of cannabis laws.
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Behāfarīd (Middle Persian: Weh-āfrīd, , also spelled Bihāfarīd) was an 8th- century Persian Zoroastrian heresiarchEncyclopædia Iranica, BEHĀFARĪD, Zoroastrian heresiarch and self-styled prophet, killed 748-49 who started a religious peasant revolt with elements from Zoroastrianism and Islam. He believed in Zoroaster and upheld all Zoroastrian institutions. His followers prayed seven times a day facing the sun, prohibited intoxicants, and kept their hair long and disallowed sacrifices of cattle except when they were decrepit.Al-Bīrūnī: Father of Comparative Religion His revolt was quelled by the Abbasid general Abu Muslim, and he was executed by hanging.
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United States. His interviews, video messages and other communications always mentioned and almost always dwelt on need for jihad to right what he believed were injustices against Muslims by the United States and sometimes other non-Muslim states,Messages to the World, (2005), p.xix, xx, editor Bruce Lawrence the need to eliminate the state of Israel, and to force the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Middle East. Occasionally other issues arose; he called for Americans to "reject the immoral acts of fornication, homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling, and usury," in an October 2002 letter.Oct.
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Head shops exist and are legal in Ireland, and were reported by authorities to be opening at a rate of one per week in January 2010."Dramatic increase in 'head shops'". RTÉ. 2010-01-26. The legality of the shops was discussed in the Seanad Éireann, and a motion was passed requesting the Government to regulate the sale of products. Some politicians were in favour of outlawing the shops whereas others argued that prohibiting the purchases of legal intoxicants would be a "huge mistake" which would allow illegal street dealers to thrive.
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In addition, intoxicants cloud the mind and interfere with the concentration needed to achieve enlightenment. Some Buddhist sects in China and Vietnam are forbidden onions, garlic, scallions, chives and leeks, which are known as "the five pungent spices". The spices are said to lead to anger (raw) and passion (cooked), and their odour is also said to repel Gods and attract hungry ghosts and demons. Strict adherence to vegetarianism is the rule for priests, monks, nuns and those who feel they are on the Bodhisattva path - except in some schools and sects.
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Since then, a wide variety of beliefs and ideas have been associated with the movement, including vegetarianism and animal rights. Ross Haenfler writes that as of the late 1990s, approximately three out of four straight edge participants were vegetarian or vegan. While the commonly expressed aspects of the straight edge subculture have been abstinence from alcohol, nicotine, and illegal drugs, there have been considerable variations on how far to take the interpretations of "abstaining from intoxicants" or "living drug-free". Disagreements often arise as to the primary reasons for living straight edge.
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Some entertainments, such as at large festivals (whether religious or secular), concerts, clubs, parties and celebrations, involve big crowds. From earliest times, crowds at an entertainment have associated hazards and dangers, especially when combined with the recreational consumption of intoxicants such as alcohol. The Ancient Greeks had Dionysian Mysteries, for example, and the Romans had Saturnalia. The consequence of excess and crowds can produce breaches of social norms of behaviour, sometimes causing injury or even death, such as for example, at the Altamont Free Concert, an outdoor rock festival.
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Such an environment aids contemplation of impermanence, suffering, and non-Self. # Right Speech: no lying, no rude speech, no telling one person what another says about him to cause discord or harm their relationship. # Right Conduct or Action: refraining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct # Right Livelihood: Gaining one's livelihood by benefiting others also not selling weapons, poisons or intoxicants # Right Effort: preventing the arising of unwholesome states, and generating wholesome states, the bojjhagā (seven factors of awakening). This includes indriya-samvara, "guarding the sense-doors", restraint of the sense faculties.
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Kennekuk decided to renounce alcohol and began preaching to persuade others to do the same. His people welcomed him back, and by 1816 Kennekuk, then in his mid- twenties, had become a leading chief of the Vermilion band.Herring, Joseph B. "Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet: Acculturation without Assimilation." American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, 1985, pp. 295–307.Lesley, Elena (2019) "Cultural Impairment and the Genocidal Potential of Intoxicants: Alcohol use in Colonial North America," Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, Vol. 13: Issue 1: 88-97.
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Huichol religion worshiped the god of Peyote, a drug. The prohibition on alcohol under Islamic Sharia law, which is usually attributed to passages in the Qur'an, dates back to the 7th century. Although Islamic law is often interpreted as prohibiting all intoxicants (not only alcohol), the ancient practice of hashish smoking has continued throughout the history of Islam, against varying degrees of resistance. A major campaign against hashish-eating Sufis was conducted in Egypt in the 11th and 12th centuries resulting among other things in the burning of fields of cannabis.
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Immigrant crime in Finland became a topic of public debate in the 1990s-early 21st century period with the arrivals of Somalis in Finland. A 2015 study found that immigrant youth had higher incidence rates in 14 out of 17 delinquent acts. The gap is small for thefts and vandalism, and no significant differences for shoplifting, bullying and use of intoxicants. According to the authors, "weak parental social control and risk routines, such as staying out late, appear to partly explain the immigrant youths’ higher delinquency", and "the relevance of socioeconomic factors was modest".
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Protects an organization that is related to the event at which medical attention is sought as a result of an illegal action. Organizational amnesty would extend liability protection to fraternities, sororities, clubs and other social venues that may have people at their location who are under the influence of certain intoxicants. This level of amnesty allows for the largest level of protection and is subsequently the most controversial as well. Various institutions provide medical amnesty to individuals and callers but do not extend amnesty to organizations that may be involved.
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After applying for bonds in his name through the courts in September 1898, on October 27, 1898, he was awarded $500,000 for five years of total abstinence from intoxicants. After he returned from Europe on his honeymoon, his brothers turned over $6 million to him. Afterwards, he opened an office in New York City after moving there. He went into business, with his main endeavor involving the operations and expansion of businesses his father had invested in, including land, railroad, banks, coal, gas, iron, sugar, and chemical companies.
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Like tea, coffee and opium, tobacco was just one of many intoxicants that was originally used as a form of medicine.Tanya Pollard, "The Pleasures and Perils of Smoking in Early Modern England" in Smoke, p. 38 Tobacco was introduced around 1600 by French merchants in what today is modern-day The Gambia and Senegal. At the same time caravans from Morocco brought tobacco to the areas around Timbuktu and the Portuguese brought the commodity (and the plant) to southern Africa, establishing the popularity of tobacco throughout all of Africa by the 1650s.
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Whole room and his bed used to be covered with a lot of dust and one could find cobwebs and spiders around the room but he wouldn't bother cleaning it or let anyone else clean it. A rat is said to have nibbled a hole into one of his heels during this time though he is said to have been oblivious to its pain. His only constant companion in the room besides the burning lamp was his pipe. During this time he would take intoxicants like opium and sometimes vomit a lot of blood.
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Some of the conventions and customs established to resolve lingering controversies have become part of gurmat. In regard to the wedding ceremony for instance, the custom of Anand Karaj has gained universal acceptance which was not the case until the beginning of the twentieth century: any other form of the ritual will not have the sanction of gurmat today. The use of intoxicants and eating meat is prohibited. Casteism and untouchability are ruled out in principle; any vestiges of it such as use of caste-names as surnames are generally considered against gurmat.
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Bait traps are placed in apiaries. The system consists of multiple compartments that direct the hornet into a one-sided hole which is difficult to return through once it is in the cul-de-sac compartment, an area located at the top of the box which honey bees can escape from through a mesh opening, but wasps cannot due to their large size. Baits used to attract the hornets include a diluted millet jelly solution or a crude sugar solution with a mixture of intoxicants, vinegar, or fruit essence.
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Manuscript painting depicting the Buddha miraculously making duplicates of himself at the Miracle at Savatthi. The miracles of Gautama Buddha refers to supernatural feats and abilities attributed to Gautama Buddha by the Buddhist scriptures. The feats are mostly attributed to supranormal powers gained through meditation, rather than divine miracles. Supranormal powers the historic Buddha was said to have possessed and exercised include the six higher knowledges (abhiññā): psychic abilities (iddhi-vidhā), clairaudience (dibba-sota), telepathy (ceto-pariya), recollection of one's own past lives (pubbe-nivāsanussati), seeing the past lives and rebirths of others (dibba- cakkhu), and the extinction of mental intoxicants (āsavakkhaya).
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Counsell, David J. "Intoxicants in Ancient Egypt? Opium, nymphea, coca, and tobacco", in David, Rosalie (ed), Egyptian mummies and modern science, Cambridge University Press 2008, pp. 211-15. American Drugs in Egyptian Mummies After these experiments, even assuming that cocaine was actually found on mummies, it is possible that this could be contamination which occurred after the discovery of the mummies. The same argument can be applied to nicotine but, in addition, various plants other than tobacco are a source of nicotine and two of these, Withania somnifera and Apium graveolens, were known and used by ancient Egyptians.
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The Qur'an in several verses admonishes the consumption of alcohol khamr: At first, it was forbidden for Muslims to attend prayers while intoxicated. In addition to this, most observant Muslims refrain from consuming food products that contain pure vanilla extract or soy sauce, as these food products may contain alcohol. There is some debate about whether the prohibition extends to dishes in which the alcohol would be cooked off or if it would be practically impossible to consume enough of the food to become intoxicated.Alcohol in IslamIslam Prohibits Alcohol Substances which are intoxicants are not prohibited as such, although their consumption is.
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Abstention from alcohol is a tenet of a number of religious faiths, including Hinduism, such as the Swaminarayans; Sikhism; Bahá'ís; Jains; and Meivazhi-ites. "Khamr" is the term for all intoxicants which are prohibited in Islam. (See ) Similarly, one of the five precepts of Buddhism is abstaining from intoxicating substances that disturb the peace and self-control of the mind, but it is formulated as a training rule to be assumed voluntarily rather than as a commandment. Many Christian groups, such as Methodists, and Quakers, are often associated with teetotalism due to their traditionally strong support for temperance movements, as well as prohibition.
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The club was to remain here until its closure in 2010. The objects of the club, according to its Constitution, were to provide "spiritual, recreational and sporting activities" to former pupils of the School. The Headmaster of St Mary's College was the President of the Club, and the club was subject to the overriding authority of the School, though in practice was controlled by an Executive Committee elected by the members each year. It was believed that the club was the only alumni association in the UK holding a licence which permitted it to serve intoxicants seven-days-a-week.
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church encourages the consumption of only clean meats as specified in Leviticus and strongly discourages the consumption of alcohol, smoking, and the use of narcotics. In India, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs and Hindus abstain from eating meat and fish (basically, all living animals) on the grounds both of health and of reverence for all sentient forms of life. Total abstinence from feeding on the flesh of cows is a hallmark of Hinduism. In addition, lay and monastic Buddhists refrain from killing any living creature and from consuming intoxicants, and bhikkhus keep vows of chastity.
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They strongly objected to doctrinal inconsistencies in Dasam Granth; in relation to Devi Pooja, Shaster as Pir, Anti-long hair, intoxicants and Woman. Their prevalent views are that Dasam Granth was written by Nirmala scholars or Hindu Pundits or Saktas scholars and was an attempt to hindulise Sikhism. According to them, some of the compositions included in Dasam Granth (such as Charitropakhyan) are out of tune with other Sikh scriptures, and must have been composed by other poets. Ram Raiyas of Payal were first recorded critic in Sikh history who attacked on Ragi Bulaki Singh for reading hymns of Dasam Granth.
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They were the more-or-less direct result of the granting to the colony of a large share in its own government. The province of British Kaffraria was incorporated into the colony in 1865, under the title of the Electoral Divisions of King William’s Town and East London. The transfer was marked by the removal of the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages to the natives, and the free trade in intoxicants which followed had most deplorable results among the Xhosa tribes. A severe drought, affecting almost the entire colony for several years, caused great economic depression, and many farmers suffered severely.
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Lemish also expresses discomfort with the widespread use of multiple street and prescription drugs helping to maintain the party atmosphere. Faggots details the use of over two dozen 1970s party drugs and intoxicants such as Seconal, poppers, LSD, Quaaludes, alcohol, marijuana, Valium, PCP, cocaine and heroin. The book moves through, among other locales, a gay bathhouse called the "Everhard" (based on the Everard Baths), a large disco named Capriccio, an orgy at the apartment of a successful gay lawyer, the spectacular opening of a club called The Toilet Bowl, and ends with a tumultuous weekend on Fire Island.
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His uncle, Kizhakkethil Raman Menon receives him cordially who reminisces his (Menon's) valiant efforts at a time when his elders would frown upon education, to send his sister, Aravindan's mother, to her studies in the city. However we come to know that city culture has destroyed her soft sides and that she now lives an unorganized life of an addict to intoxicants. Meanwhile, Appu, the boy-child of the priest, easily makes friends with his new wife Savithri. Appu's strange behaviors and restlessness, though he is just a boy compels us to wonder if he really is the priest's son.
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However, public use, and also driving under the influence of intoxicants are punishable offenses. Intentionally growing even one marijuana plant (Unlawful manufacture of marijuana), was a Class A felony in Oregon (ORS 475.856, 475.858) until July 1, 2015. Selling or giving away marijuana was an offense (Unlawful delivery of marijuana) that varied in severity and penalty depending on the amount of marijuana involved in the transaction, whether or not consideration was involved, the relative ages of the people involved, and the proximity of the transaction to nearby schools attended by minors (ORS 475.860, 475.862). Giving away five grams (approx.
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The Court-based this reasoning on a number of passages from the work of Baron Hume, one of the institutional writers. It was also held insufficient to meet the requirements of the special defence of insanity. Lord Justice General Lord Emslie stated: :"In the law of Scotland a person who voluntarily and deliberately consumes known intoxicants, including drink or drugs, of whatever quantity, for their intoxicating effects, whether these effects are fully foreseen or not, cannot rely on the resulting intoxication as the foundation of a special defence of insanity at the time nor, indeed, can he plead diminished responsibility." The defendant's appeal against conviction for murder was refused.
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Many major traditions in which meditation is practiced, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, advise members not to consume intoxicants, while others, such as the Rastafarian movements and Native American Church, view drugs as integral to their religious lifestyle. The fifth of the five precepts of the Pancasila, the ethical code in the Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, states that adherents must: "abstain from fermented and distilled beverages that cause heedlessness." On the other hand, the ingestion of psychoactives has been a central feature in the rituals of many religions, in order to produce altered states of consciousness. In several traditional shamanistic ceremonies, drugs are used as agents of ritual.
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Many informal intoxication tests exist, which, in general, are unreliable and not recommended as deterrents to excessive intoxication or as indicators of the safety of activities such as motor vehicle driving, heavy equipment operation, machine tool use, etc. For determining whether someone is intoxicated by alcohol by some means other than a blood-alcohol test, it is necessary to rule out other conditions such as hypoglycemia, stroke, usage of other intoxicants, mental health issues, and so on. It is best if their behavior has been observed while the subject is sober to establish a baseline. Several well- known criteria can be used to establish a probable diagnosis.
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Daniel Jonathan Courchene, a known gang member, was kept on parole even though the Board knew that Courchene was repeatedly violating his parole by using intoxicants. While on parole, Courchene and an accomplice attempted to kill a police officer by shooting him in the face, stole several vehicles, and committed a home invasion in which they attempted to kill the owner.Man pleads guilty in 2002 RCMP shooting, CBC News, November 28, 2005.Shot Manitoba RCMP officer seeks to sue parole board, CTV News, March 12, 2002. In early 2011 a convicted Quebec fraudster, Vincent Lacroix was released after serving 18 months of his 13-year sentence for stealing over $100 million.
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The initial report said that "the combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death." The medical examiner further said Floyd was "high on fentanyl and had recently used methamphetamine at the time of his death". On June 1, a private autopsy commissioned by the family of Floyd ruled the death a homicide and found that Floyd had died due to asphyxiation from sustained pressure, which conflicted with the original autopsy report done earlier that week. Shortly after, the official post-mortem declared Floyd's death a homicide.
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The humanist views of Miklouho-Maclay led him to campaign actively against the slave trade and against blackbirding – carried on between the islands of Melanesia and plantations in Queensland, Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia. In November 1878 the Dutch government informed him that on his recommendations it was checking the slave traffic at Ternate and Tidore. From 1879 onwards he wrote a number of letters to Australian papers, and corresponded with Sir Arthur Gordon, High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, on protecting the land rights of his friends on the Maclay Coast of north-eastern New Guinea, and on ending the traffic in arms and intoxicants in the South Pacific.
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RSSB was established in India in 1891 and gradually began spreading to other countries in the mid 20th century. RSSB holds meetings in more than 90 countries worldwide. It is a registered non-profit society with no affiliation to any political or commercial organizations. The philosophy teaches a personal path of spiritual development which includes a lacto-vegetarian diet, abstinence from intoxicants, tobacco, alcohol and mind-altering drugs, a moral way of life (earning living by honest means, not participating in illicit sexual conducts outside legal marriage) and the practice of daily meditation, rememberence of god by repeating 5 names given by master(guru) at the time of initiation.
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Acharyya Ilaram Das, both through the Srimanta Sankardev Sangha and the Ek Saran Bhagawati Samaj had made immense contributions towards social reform, especially amongst the scheduled caste/tribes and other backward classes and made them aware of their rights and responsibilities. The meets and discourses he organised brought about consciousness of harmony among them. Moves against intoxicants and Aberrant: Alcohol, grass gambling and such social aberrant had taken deep roots in the backward classes. His endeavor was to wean them away from these evils and to accept them back into the fold of the Mahapurushia path. He had helped the government’s moves for prohibition in diverse effective ways.
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By the late 1990s, many straight edge participants gave veganism the same degree of importance as abstinence from intoxicants, and some groups styled themselves "vegan straight edge", sometimes abbreviated "xVx". Bands such as Earth Crisis and Vegan Reich emphasized animal rights and environmentalism as social justice issues. Perhaps owing to the "DIY" ethic of the punk subculture, some advocated direct action, and became associated with the radical groups Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front. The California band Vegan Reich is most associated with the "Hardline" subculture, which espouses the sanctity of life, and draws connections between animal rights and anti- abortion activism.
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With a well-educated leadership, many with advanced degrees, membership exploded from 10,000 to well over 100,000, and under Amrik Singh, the AISSF's first concern was the Sikh identity. AISSF secretary-general Harminder Singh Sandhu ascribed the preceding period of youth politics as resulting from the passivity of the Akali leadership in relation to the central government, seen as betraying Sikh interests, which caused resentment among the AISSF. By 1980 they felt ready to redefine Punjab's relationship with the center, and the revival of the AISSF and the presence of Bhindranwale put enormous pressure on the Akali Dal. In May 1981, the AISSF led a protest against tobacco and other intoxicants in the religious city of Amritsar.
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III, p. 411 Ancient writers largely commented on who was competent to enter into transactions. Those who are "dependent, minors, extremely old, charged with grave sins, devoid of a limb, and those that are addicted to vices" are considered incompetent and agreements with these people are invalid.Kane, P.V., History of the Dharmaśāstras, Vol. III, p. 412 Kauțilya holds that any contract made under the influence of intoxicants or wrath are invalid as well as those made when a person is distressed or has an unsound mind. Manu reinforces this by stating that all contracts entered into by force are invalid. Contracts that are contrary to the kings orders are regarded as invalid.
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Buddhism in Bath: Adaptation and Authority. University of Leeds, Department of Theology and Religious Studies. p. 174. # abandon killing # abandon stealing # abandon sexual activity # abandon lying and cheating # abandon taking intoxicants # practice contentment # reduce one's desire for worldly pleasures # abandon engaging in meaningless activities # maintain the commitments of refuge # practise the three trainings of pure moral discipline, concentration, and wisdom In The Ordination Handbook, Kelsang Gyatso describes these vows as being easier to integrate into today's society, saying: He also says: The ordination tradition of the NKT-IKBU differs from that of other Buddhist groups in that it is based on the Mahayana Perfection of Wisdom SutrasGyatso, Kelsang. (1999). The Ordination Handbook of the New Kadampa Tradition. p. 16.
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Risk factors that increase the likelihood of intimate partner femicide include: when a male has previously threatened to commit suicide or kill the woman if she cheats on him and/or leaves him, when there is elevated alcohol or drug abuse by either partner, or when a male attempts to control a woman's freedom. Two-fifths of intimate partner femicide are related to use of intoxicants. Other factors commonly associated with male perpetrators of femicide include gun ownership, forcing sexual intercourse, and unemployment. Risk factors for women include: if they are pregnant, have faced prior abuse from their partner, are estranged from their partner or are attempting to leave a relationship, their likelihood of femicide increases.
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Opium users in Java during the Dutch colonial period As the power of the Roman Empire declined, the lands to the south and east of the Mediterranean Sea became incorporated into the Islamic Empires. Some Muslims believe hadiths, such as in Sahih Bukhari, prohibits every intoxicating substance, though the use of intoxicants in medicine has been widely permitted by scholars. Dioscorides' five-volume De Materia Medica, the precursor of pharmacopoeias, remained in use (which was edited and improved in the Arabic versions) from the 1st to 16th centuries, and described opium and the wide range of its uses prevalent in the ancient world. Between 400 and 1200 CE, Arab traders introduced opium to China, and to India by 700.
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The initial report said that "[t]he combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death." The medical examiner further said that Floyd was "high on fentanyl and had recently used methamphetamine at the time of his death". On June 1, a private autopsy which was commissioned by the family of Floyd ruled that Floyd's death was a homicide and it also found that Floyd had died due to asphyxiation which resulted from sustained pressure, which conflicted with the original autopsy report which was completed earlier that week. Shortly after, the official post-mortem declared Floyd's death a homicide.
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Continuum, 2001, pages 195-196. When one "goes for refuge" to the Buddha's teachings one formally takes the five precepts, which are: # I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking life; # I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not given; # I undertake the training rule to abstain from sensual misconduct; # I undertake the training rule to abstain from false speech; # I undertake the training rule to abstain from liquors, wines, and other intoxicants, which are the basis for heedlessness. Buddhists often take the precepts in formal ceremonies with members of the monastic Sangha, though they can also be undertaken as private personal commitments. Keeping each precept is said to develop its opposite positive virtue.
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Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster society 1740-1890 By David Hempton, Myrtle Hill (1992) In 1834, Edgar told a parliamentary committee inquiring into the causes and consequences of drunkenness in the United Kingdom that there were 550 "dram shops" in Belfast and 1,700 shops selling intoxicants in Dublin as well as numerous illicit distillers "even in the most civilised districts of Ulster". An Irishman's Diary The Irish Times - Thursday, October 28, 2010. He was also the founder of the Ulster Female Penitentiary in 1839 which was a residential home for prostitutes; and was instrumental in getting the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute set up in Belfast. The meeting which led to the establishment of the Presbyterian Orphan Society was held in 1866 in his drawing room.
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The Five Mindfulness Trainings are Thich Nhat Hanh's formulation of the traditional Buddhist Five Precepts, ethical guidelines developed during the time of the Buddha to be the foundation of practice for the entire lay Buddhist community. Saturday, 21 December 2019 In southern schools of Buddhism these precepts are typically expressed as undertakings to refrain from harm - not to kill, not to steal, not to lie, not to manifest inappropriate sexual behaviour and not to consume intoxicants. Nhat Hanh's innovation was to express these precepts with an emphasis on the cultivation of virtues on the one hand and as a practice of mindfulness on the other. Each "Mindfulness Training" has the form "Aware of the suffering caused by ----, I am committed to cultivating ----".
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Though written sources regarding alcoholic drinks before the early 7th century are scarce, literature concerning the early Muslims reveals a great deal of information about alcohol at the time of Prophet Muhammad. The Hadith collected by al-Bukhari, records a number of fermented drinks available in the Arabian Peninsula at that time. According to ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, “Intoxicants (khamr) are prepared from five things: raisins, dates, wheat, barley, or honey,” while Anas ibn Malik mentions wines made from at least four different kinds of dates. In addition to declaring wine to be haram, Muhammad himself considered other cooked or fermented drinks such as tilā’ and naqir as inebriating and thus forbade the pressing of grapes and the drinking of pressed grape juice.
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She noted that the survey was of necessity incomplete because of barriers of language and space. She named the first standard Bahá'í youth had to live up to as character in order to fulfill the work asked and that it had been previously neglected or overlooked or a feeling of shyness of being visible distinct had to be set aside. She named the qualities of character sought for as giving up intoxicants, presenting virtues in general and chastity in particular and of love. She then named the second standard for youth to strive for - the universality of oneness - and that achieving it in practice for the committee was a challenge and not usually obvious in other youth movements and groups because they do not aim at unity.
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The ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes at work in the Amazon (~1940s) Ethnobotany is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people. An ethnobotanist thus strives to document the local customs involving the practical uses of local flora for many aspects of life, such as plants as medicines, foods, intoxicants and clothing. Richard Evans Schultes, often referred to as the "father of ethnobotany", explained the discipline in this way: > Ethnobotany simply means ... investigating plants used by societies in > various parts of the world. Since the time of Schultes, the field of ethnobotany has grown from simply acquiring ethnobotanical knowledge to that of applying it to a modern society, primarily in the form of pharmaceuticals.
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Another focus of the Canadian government was to make the Aboriginal groups of Canada sedentary, as they thought that this would make them easier to assimilate. In the 19th century, the government began to support the creation of model farming villages, which were meant to encourage non-sedentary Aboriginal groups to settle in an area and begin to cultivate agriculture. When most of these model farming villages failed, the government turned instead to the creation of Indian reserves with the Indian Act of 1876. With the creation of these reserves came many restricting laws, such as further bans on all intoxicants, restrictions on eligibility to vote in band elections, decreased hunting and fishing areas, and inability for status Indians to visit other groups on their reservations.
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In the Quran, abominations include idolatry, divination, gambling, and intoxicants;Quran: Surah 5:90 eating blood, dead meat, pig, or an offering made to a false god;Quran: Surah 6:145 homosexuality;Quran: Surah 11:78 and blasphemy.Quran: Surah 45:11 Since the Quran did not specify the punishment of homosexual sodomy, Islamic jurists increasingly turned to hadiths in an attempt to find guidance on appropriate punishment. Some came to the conclusion that the Muhammad had prescribed the death penalty for both the active and also the passive partners., Al-Tirmidhi, 15:1456, Ibn Maajah, 20:2561 While uncompromisingly condemned by religious purists, some modern Muslim thinkers call for re-examination of Islam's attitude towards homosexuality along more tolerant lines.
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According to former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer, who led the CIA's hunt for Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader was motivated by a belief that U.S. foreign policy has oppressed, killed, or otherwise harmed Muslims in the Middle East. As such, the threat to U.S. national security arises nor from al-Qaeda being offended by what America is rather from what America does, or in the words of Scheuer, "They (al-Qaeda) hate us (Americans) for what we do, not who we are." Nonetheless, bin Laden criticized the U.S. for its secular form of governance, calling upon Americans to convert to Islam and reject the immoral acts of fornication, homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling, and usury, in a letter published in late 2002.
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MPD officers reported the crowd size, and the number of very intoxicated people was far greater in 2011 than recent Mifflin Street Block Parties due to the change in open intoxicants rules which resulted in more underaged drinking arrests and detox conveyances by noon than were usually tallied by the end of the party.. Preliminary numbers released showed 160 people were arrested, two people were stabbed, and multiple police officers were injured during the 2011 event. Controversy surrounded the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party which occurred on May 5, 2012. Montee Ball, a Heisman award candidate was cited for Trespassing. Patrick Kane, a star forward for the Chicago Blackhawks, reportedly choked a woman at a house party and made anti-semitic slurs at another altercation.
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He follows this with a study of the clothes that magical practitioners may have worn, discussing ideas regarding masks, veils and head coverings. Debating whether they made use of drums in their performance of Seiðr, he then undertakes a study of the use of staffs and wands in Nordic magic, highlighting the existence of a number of metal and wooden staffs found in the archaeological record. Moving on, he looks at the evidence for the entheogenic use of narcotics and intoxicants such as alcohol, henbane and cannabis. He then rounds off this section of the chapter with a discussion of charms, songs and chants, as well as debating whether we can understand the role of trance and ecstasy in seiðr.
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Chambers was arrested near the crash site by Stillwater Police Department officers present at the scene of the accident on suspicion of driving under the influence; she was later placed into a detox unit in the Payne County Jail. Results of blood tests to gauge the levels of any alcohol or narcotic intoxicants in Chambers' body – a requirement for police to administer for "serious" vehicle accidents involving a fatality under Oklahoma state law – revealed she had a blood alcohol level of .01, not enough to be charged with driving under the influence. Chambers was arraigned at Payne County District Court on October 26, with any additional charges against her pending further investigation into the cause of the collision that is presented to the Payne County District Attorney's office.
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The text has been dated variously from 300 BCE to 5th century CE. The traditional accounts describe it as the last work of the third Sangam, but linguistic analysis suggests a later date of 450 to 500 CE and that it was composed after the Sangam period. The Kural is traditionally praised with epithets and alternate titles such as "the Tamil Veda" and "the divine book." It emphasizes non- violence and moral vegetarianism as virtues for an individual. In addition, it highlights truthfulness, self-restraint, gratitude, hospitality, kindness, goodness of wife, duty, giving, and so forth, besides covering a wide range of social and political topics such as king, ministers, taxes, justice, forts, war, greatness of army and soldier's honor, death sentence for the wicked, agriculture, education, abstinence from alcohol and intoxicants.
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The hour limit for work in such cases ranges from six per day to sixty-six per week. Where the working time of children is restricted, the minimum age prescribed for such children ranges from twelve to twenty-one years. In some cases the restriction of the hours of labour of women and children is general, while in others it applies only to employment in one or more classes of industries. Other provisions of law for the protection of women and children, but not usually confined in their operation to factories and workshops, are such as require seats for females and separate toilet facilities for the sexes, and prohibit employment in certain occupations as in mines, places where intoxicants are manufactured or sold, in cleaning or operating dangerous machinery, &c.
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Guards also used bayonets on sleep- deprived men and made them wear bells around their necks and then dance. Arab prisoners jumped to their deaths from high windows to escape their captors, had their testicles tied with cord, were tortured with strips of wood with nails in, had wire tightened around their big toes, hair was torn from their faces and heads, special instruments were used to extract fingernails, red hot skewers were used on detainees, prisoners were sodomised, boiling oil and intoxicants were used on prisoners, as were electric shocks, and water was funnelled into suspects’ stomachs. There were also mock executions. Despite protests and revulsion expressed even by British officials and Anglican clergy extrajudicial executions, torture, beatings and general violence remained commonplace responses by the police during the Arab revolt.
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She is best known to the public at large in connection with her position and influence in the temperance reform. Gloucester, the headquarters of the salt-water fisheries, was, because of the peculiar character of the men who went on the fishing fleet, greatly demoralized at times by the excessive use of intoxicants. These special occasions are when the more than 5,000 fishermen are, at the close of the fishing season, thrown upon the place with plenty of money, and too often under the sway of evil passions. Her first public work as associated with others in the temperance cause, was in connection with a division of the Sons of Temperance, in which she occupied a prominent position, and was untiring in her efforts to secure the results at which it aimed.
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In 1999, the college instituted board certification to recognize lawyers within the college who exemplify the program's standards, and who meet the criteria established by the board: extensive experience trying DUI cases and litigating pre-trial issues, a broad knowledge of the science involved in testing for intoxicants, and a command of the legal process on which DUI cases are framed. In 2003, the American Bar Association recognized DUI Defense Law as a specialty area in the practice of law, and awarded its "Certificate of Accreditation" to the board certification program. In 2008 the American Bar Association re-accredited the National College's specialty certification program in DUI Defense Law. The NCDD is currently the only organization in the country accredited to certify lawyers as DUI Defense Law specialists.
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Sloth is referred to in Latin as accidie or acedia, which vice tempts a self-aware soul to be too easily satisfied, thwarting charity's purpose as insufficiently perceptible within the soul itself or abjectly indifferent in relationship with the needs of others and their satisfaction, an escalation in evil, more odious than the passion of hate #Avarice (covetousness, greed): a desire to possess more than one has need or use for (or according to Dante, "excessive love of money and power"). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, avarice is referred to as avaritia. #Gluttony: overindulgence in food, drink or intoxicants, or misplaced desire of food as a pleasure for its sensuality ("excessive love of pleasure" was Dante's rendering). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, gluttony is referred to as gula.
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Anthropologist Ian Cunnison, who accompanied the Humr on some of their giraffe-hunting expeditions in the late 1950s, notes that: > It is said that a person, once he has drunk umm nyolokh, will return to > giraffe again and again. Humr, being Mahdists, are strict abstainers [ from > alcohol ] and a Humrawi is never drunk ( sakran ) on liquor or beer. But he > uses this word to describe the effects which umm nyolokh has upon him. Cunnison's remarkable account of an apparently psychoactive mammal found its way from a somewhat obscure scientific paper into more mainstream literature through a conversation between Dr. Wendy James of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford and specialist on the use of hallucinogens and intoxicants in society Richard Rudgley, who considered its implications in his popular work The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances.
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The EMCDDA reported mephedrone can cause various unintended side effects including: dilated pupils, poor concentration, teeth grinding, problems focusing visually, poor short-term memory, hallucinations, delusions, and erratic behaviour. They noted the most severe effects appear anecdotally to be linked with high doses or prolonged use, and the effects may be due to users taking other intoxicants at the same time. Other effects users in internet forums have noted include changes in body temperature, increased heart rate, breathing difficulties, loss of appetite, increased sweating, discolouration of extremities, anxiety, paranoia and depression. When snorted, it can also cause nose bleeds and nose burns. A survey conducted by the UK National Addiction Centre found 67% of mephedrone users experienced sweating, 51% suffered from headaches, 43% from heart palpitations, 27% from nausea and 15% from cold or blue fingers, indicative of vasoconstriction occurring.
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Accounts of this school in the papers and elsewhere attracted attention, and at the National Convention of the WCTU, in Newark, New Jersey, in 1876, Colman was elected to edit one page of Our Union for the children, preparing lessons explanatory of the catechism. She was also made Chairman of a "Leaflet Committee", which was the starting point of the extended literature work, of which she served as Superintendent. Her work in this department aimed to devise effective measures for the distribution of temperance literature, favoring special topics to harmonize with other lines of work, and more particularly the accurate knowledge of the nature and effects of intoxicants as indispensable to getting rid of them. This was to be followed with tract after tract, and then courses of readings on each topic, as "Readings on Beer," already issued.
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Vacation of discrimination on the basis of caste, creed or any other ground in keeping with basic principles of Sikhism. 5\. Removal of disease and ill health, checking the use of intoxicants and provision of full facilities for the growth of physical well- being so as to prepare and enthuse the Sikh Nation for the national defence. For the achievement of the aforesaid purposes, the Shiromani Akali Dal owed society as its primary duty to inculcate among the Sikh; religious fervour and a sense of pride in their great socio-spiritual heritage through the following measures: (a). Reiteration of the concept of unity of God, meditation on His Name, recitation of gurbani, inculcation of faith in the Holy Sikh Gurus as well as in Guru Granth Sahib Ji and other appropriate measures for such a purpose. (b).
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Another effect was that age-old Rule G (The use of intoxicants or narcotics by employees subject to duty, or their possession or use while in duty, is prohibited. — UCOR, 1962) was revamped to: > An employee who reports for duty under the influence of alcohol or other > intoxicant, cannabis in any form, an amphetamine, a narcotic, a > hallucinogenic drug, any controlled substance (as defined by federal law), > or a derivative or combination of any of these, or who uses any of the > foregoing while on duty, will be dismissed. Possession of any of the > foregoing while on duty, or possession, use, or being under the influence of > any of the foregoing while on Company or occupying facilities provided by > the Company is prohibited. Source: Tennessee Valley Railroad Operating Rules > book, effective March 15, 1995 A form of Rule G has existed in many railroad operating manuals for decades.
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On 2 November 2016, Lok Sabha MP Dharamvir Gandhi announced that he had received clearance from Parliament to table a Private Member's Bill seeking to amend the NDPS Act to allow for the legalised, regulated, and medically supervised supply of "non- synthetic" intoxicants including cannabis and opium. In July 2017, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi suggested the legalization of medical marijuana on the grounds that it would reduce drug abuse and aid cancer patients at the second meeting of the group of ministers to examine the draft Cabinet note for the National Drug Demand Reduction Policy. About a week after the minister's statement, the Union Government issued the first-ever licence to grow cannabis for research purposes to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO). On 12 December 2017, Viki Vaurora, the founder of the Great Legalisation Movement India, penned an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all members of Parliament advocating the urgent need to legalise the cultivation of cannabis and hemp for medical and industrial use.
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The first colonizer who travelled through their territory, Thomas Mitchell, appears to be referring to the Barkindji when he mentions the Occa tribe in the area of Wilcannia. One estimate of the population for the period immediately before contact with whites, taking into account the hard climatic conditions, suggested that the could have sustained no more than 100 people. On the other hand, Simpson Newland, a contemporary familiar with the district where they lived, wrote in illustration of the point that:" we cannot but admit that our happy prosperous lot in these bright colonies is purchased at the cost of the welfare, nay, even the lives of the possessors of the soil," and illustrated the point in the following words: > A few years ago the aboriginals of the Upper Darling were comparatively > numerous; now they, in common with other tribes wherever the European has > settled, have nearly passed away. This has been brought about by no > epidemic, nor the use of intoxicants, or cold, or hunger; none of these have > had much to do with it.
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When hosting his children's hour, Nasse- setä tried to, often through gritted teeth, present an image of a child-loving jovial uncle, but often failed to conceal the disgust he felt towards children and sometimes even flat-out verbally insulted his young audience. He often appeared to use intoxicants, often behind the scenes but sometimes also in plain view: In one sketch, he crouched behind his desk to smoke a cigarette during the show, in another—while trying to do magic tricks—he claimed his alcoholic beverage to be a "magic drink" helping him to perform the tricks, and in one sketch he had created a chime instrument out of half-empty liquor bottles and had to repeatedly "tune" his instruments by sipping from the bottles. He was also known to ask children to send him ten-markka bills or photographs of their mothers. At one time, Nasse-setä explained how he had ended up as host of a children's show: on the day when he was at a career fitting test, the meters were out of order.
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Herald House, in the aftermath of the 1844 death of Joseph Smith. The Community of Christ was founded as a Restorationist church, although today attitudes are largely congruent with mainline Protestant Christianity. While it generally rejects the term Mormon to describe its members, the church abides by a number of theological distinctions unique to Mormonism, including but not limited to: prophetic revelation, a priesthood polity, the use of the Book of Mormon in some contexts, and belief in an interpretation of the Word of Wisdom.Section 161, Doctrine and Covenants, Community of ChristSection 162, Doctrine and Covenants, Community of ChristSection 163, Doctrine and Covenants , Community of ChristPresidential Address of April 5, 2009 , Community of ChristPastoral Letter on Intoxicants In many respects, the church differs from the larger Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and most other Latter Day Saint denominations in its religious liberalism, belief in the traditional conception of the trinity (as opposed to a godhead of three separate and distinct beings), and rejection of exaltation and the plan of salvation.
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A comparison of Gmelin's vivid description of the effects of the Yeniseian Physochlaina beer and such meagre information as is given in Pallas's account of the Physochlaina "coffee" of Dauria is instructive: the former paints a picture of an intoxication so strong as to be terrifying rather than pleasurable and accompanied by the profoundly disorientating symptom of macropsia, while the latter suggests almost a Tungus version of a coffee morning or dinner party where a mild stimulant like coffee or a mild intoxicant like wine is consumed to promote conviviality: judging from the testimony of Gmelin, one doubts whether a consumer of Physochlaina beer could muster the coordination to eat at all, let alone converse coherently during a meal. Entheogens, as their name suggests, are generally used in a ritual or religious setting,Furst, Peter T. Hallucinogens and Culture pub. Chandler and Sharp 1976 (volume forming part of series on cross-cultural themes). whereas it is milder intoxicants, such as wine, or kava, which are used as a disinhibiting accompaniment to the communal consumption of food.
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A 1910 federal survey reported that "cocaine is often the direct incentive to the crime of rape by the Negroes in the South and other sections of the country. Southern sheriffs believed cocaine even rendered blacks impervious to .32-cal. bullets (as a result many police departments switched to .38-cal.)." Opium usage had begun to decline by 1914 after rising dramatically in the post Civil War Era, peaking at around one- half million pounds per year in 1896. pages 3-5. Demand gradually declined thereafter in response to mounting public concern, local and state regulations, and the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906, which required labeling of patent medicines that contained opiates, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis and other intoxicants. As of 1911, an estimated one U.S. citizen in 400 (0.25%) was addicted to some form of opium. The opium addicts were mostly women who were prescribed and dispensed legal opiates by physicians and pharmacist for "female problems" (probably pain at menstruation) or white men and Chinese at the Opium dens.
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In her evidence, she argued for federal control of Indigenous affairs, and advocated for greater legal recognition of the rights of Indigenous women. She was exceptionally critical of the prevailing race policy of the time, noting that Indigenous people were being exploited as a result of "the stealing of their women and the supplying to them of intoxicants in order to facilitate these thefts", and testified that a matron at a mission near Alice Springs had alleged that "I cannot keep these little children in the compound, they are enticed out by the white men, and more half-castes are then being born". Returning to England with her husband in 1930, Jones continued to issue a series of papers that were critical of the treatment of Indigenous people in Australia. She formed a committee within the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society in 1932 to coordinate international campaigns to put pressure on the Australian government over the issue, and both she and her husband continued to agitate for reform to laws that discriminated against indigenous people in the areas of health, education, and citizenship.
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