Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A chemical process of changing common, white cocaine powder into a purer, more potent, smokable form of cocaine base, which the user then smokes in a glass water pipe that is heated by a butane lighter or small blowtorch. The inhalation of a form of cocaine called free base.  

The most potent part of cocaine, obtained by heating the drug with ether. A highly addictive form of cocaine consumed by smoking. It is prepared by alkalinizing the hydrochloride salt, extracting it with an organic solvent such as ether, and then heating the extract to 90°C. The inhaled material is rapidly absorbed from the lung.…

A test in which the learner uses his or her own words to respond to a relatively small number of questions.  

A dense pigmented area of the skin. A harmless small brownish patch on the skin that becomes more noticeable after exposure to the sun. Freckles are often found in people with fair hair. Small, flat, brown or tan discoloration on the skin, usually resulting from exposure to the sun; the tendency to freckle is hereditary…

Something that is not truthful.  

Two offspring developed from two separate ova usually fertilized at the same time by two different sperm cells are no more genetically similar than ordinary siblings.  

In research and evaluation, stating a question in such a way that the respondent understands and reacts to the question exactly as intended, validity; reliability.  

The background or experience against which a person’s judgments are made, adaptation level.  

Elderly persons whose physical and emotional abilities or social support system is so reduced that maintaining a household or social contacts is difficult and sometimes impossible, without regular assistance from others. Healthy persons are usually not in this group until 75 years, and even then, many are not frail until they reach very late years.…

A small, rodless area of the retina that allows for acute vision.