The crime rate will sky rocket if we let this behavior continue. ... At the rate that most teenagers drink, they should be getting cirrhosis of the liver, cancer of the throat, mouth, or stomach, or have damage to their kidneys. ... I am lucky I have two parents to help me make wise decisions and to teach me right from wrong. They have also taught me that you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. ...

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By decriminalizing the use of drugs crime rates would increase. ... Szasz neglects to look at the fact that legalizing drugs would increase the crime rate. ... While alcohol's addiction rate is ten percent, cocaine's addiction rate is seventy-five percent. ... This doesn't seem very economical to me. ... The city's 7,000 addicts are blamed for eighty percent of all property crime and Amsterdam's rate of burglary is now twice that of Newark, New Jersey. ...

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This is why there's problems such as a high death rate and neglected children. ... This movie showed me to stay proud and things will turn out the way they need to. In Sishos case this movie showed me that you must sometimes swallow your pride to get what you want. ...

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It was found that drug and alcohol abuse are the third most common reason for divorce, which clearly made sense of why the rates of separation are higher among alcoholics, than the general population. ... This section convinced me that this is a meaningful subject. ... The author thoroughly describes how he did the study and everything made sense to me. ...

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Men in this age group according to the author have a high propensity for violence and have a high victimization rate. ... The reasons the author gives in explaining why violence occurs leads me to believe that Courtwright would be against the prison system as a solution to American violence. ...

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THC affects the brain's short-term memory and coordination, increases heart rate, and anxiety. ... Marijuana is helping me to save my eyesight.? ... he states,It helped me to gain weight that the cancer had ate away.? ... Schmoke also states, that by legalizing marijuana, the crime rate will decrease in the United States. ...

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Think of all the changes that have happened over the past fifty years. When I talk about changes, I mean there was a day when a woman couldn't vote. There was a day a black man couldn't sit on the same side of a restaurant as a white man. For the most part change is important, but maybe not in ev...

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The short-term effects of marijuana include: problems with memory, learning, judgment and complex motor skills, distorted perception (sight, sound, time, touch), difficulty speaking, listening, thinking, and problem solving, dry mouth and throat, bloodshot eyes, anxiety or panic attacks, paranoia in some users, and increased heart rate. ... Then that affected my little brother and me because we got lectures on how we could have prevented this from happening and how we could have helped him. ...

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Judging by the euphoria after an opium smoking secession and the frequency of these secessions, leads me to believe that smoking opium, and addiction for that, matter were the choice of individuals. ... Maybe it's the idea of kicking back, smoking some opium, and then relaxing with your friends, but whatever it is, there is something about the drug that made the addiction rate in China increase exponentially. ...

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Only Canada comes close to our rates, using half, per capita, the amounts we do.... Later Fumento talks about how when the success rate of children medicated for ADHD was studied scientists found that seventy five to Ninety percent was effective for treating the disorder. ... The story about the boy named Bobby made me think that kids that young should not be taking that amount o...

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Well let me ask you a question; which did you try first marijuana or alcohol? ... They researched the that usage rates among high school seniors in the decriminalized states compared to the rates in the rest of the states where the criminal penalties remained in effect, the results from this research prove that decriminalization of marijuana has had no effect on either the marijuana usage or the attitudes and beliefs about marijuana use among the American young people. ...

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One night he introduced me to an older neighborhood friend who brought us into the woods, reached into his pocket and came out with an exotic pipe and some weed. ... Family farms are being closed at an alarming rate with over 300,000 such farms going out of business in the past 10 years. ...

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The short-term effects of marijuana include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, loss of coordination, increased heart rate and anxiety. ... Drugs bring me to my next issue which is why some people think that alcohol and tobacco should be illegal. Let me start by saying that millions of lives would be safe if smoking and drinking was illegal. ...

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Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure i...

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The same survey reports, "The rate of past month illicit drug use among youths was higher among those that were currently using cigarettes or alcohol, compared with youths not using cigarettes or alcohol. In 1999, 5.6 percent of youth nonsmokers used illicit drugs, while among youths who used cigarettes, the rate of past month illicit drug use was 41.1 percent. The rate of illicit drug use was also associated with the level of alcohol use. ...

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The same survey reports, "The rate of past month illicit drug use among youths was higher among those that were currently using cigarettes or alcohol, compared with youths not using cigarettes or alcohol. In 1999, 5.6 percent of youth nonsmokers used illicit drugs, while among youths who used cigarettes, the rate of past month illicit drug use was 41.1 percent. The rate of illicit drug use was also associated with the level of alcohol use. ...

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The Drug Enforcement Administration The topic that I was assigned to write about was Federal Agency. Of the many agencies available to write about I chose the Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) which enforces controlled substance laws. Throughout this paper I will discuss some interesting par...

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