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  2. Rugby boy - Wikipedia

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    Rugby boys ( Filipino: batang ragbi) are a collective term for gangs of street children found in the Philippines. They are one of the most well-known poverty -afflicted people found in the slums of the Philippines. They are known for using and being addicted to a contact cement known as "Rugby" brand manufactured by Bostik and other aromatic ...

  3. Inhalant - Wikipedia

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    Edet Belzberg's 2001 documentary Children Underground chronicles the lives of Romanian street children addicted to inhaling paint. In The Basketball Diaries, a group of boys is huffing Carbona cleaning liquid at 3 minutes and 27 seconds into the movie; further on, a boy is reading a diary describing the experience of sniffing the cleaning liquid.

  4. Airway clearance therapy - Wikipedia

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    Airway clearance therapy is treatment that uses a number of airway clearance techniques to clear the respiratory airways of mucus and other secretions. [ 1] Several respiratory diseases cause the normal mucociliary clearance mechanism to become impaired resulting in a build-up of mucus which obstructs breathing, and also affects the cough reflex.

  5. These are the signs we often miss in children with ... - AOL

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    Other typical symptoms include: · Coughing. · Shortness of breath. · Chest tightness. “Exercise, respiratory infections, allergen or irritant exposure or weather changes are common triggers ...

  6. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    In contrast to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which springs from fear, moral injury is a violation of what each of us considers right or wrong. The diagnosis of PTSD has been defined and officially endorsed since 1980 by the mental health community, and those suffering from it have earned broad public sympathy and understanding.

  7. Sensory overload - Wikipedia

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    Sensory overload. Sensory overload occurs when one or more of the body's senses experiences over-stimulation from the environment. There are many environmental elements that affect an individual. Examples of these elements are urbanization, crowding, noise, mass media, and technology. [ 1][ 2][ 3][ 4]

  8. Recreational use of nitrous oxide - Wikipedia

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    2O charger (bottom right), cracker (top right) and balloon. 3 liter can of recreational nitrous oxide to fill up balloons. Nitrous oxide (street name nangs, hippy crack, whippets, whippits or cannies) is a gas which can induce euphoria, hallucinogenic states and relaxation when inhaled. [ 1] Nitrous oxide is a neurotoxin and excessive use can ...

  9. School corporal punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Corporal punishment in public schools legal [ 1] Corporal punishment, sometimes referred to as "physical punishment" or "physical discipline", [ 2] has been defined as the use of physical force, no matter how light, to cause deliberate bodily pain or discomfort in response to undesired behavior. [ 3] In schools in the United States, corporal ...