Drugs and alcohol are also a major contributor to school violence. ... Alcohol is the number one drug used by teenagers and young adults. ... In most cases, retired police officers or security guards are hired by the schools to patrol school building and provide security at sports and other school sponsored events. ... Having the school open later hours keeps kids off of the streets, by having them have the opportunity to participate in activities such as sports, arts, crafts, and music. ...

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From it's traditional spheres of activity such as prostitution, the arms trade and trafficking in drugs, organized crime has now added money-laundering, the trade in nuclear technology, and even the transporting of illegal immigrants. ... Later organized crime stretched their involvement from the rackets to gambling, sports, and just about every small business you could think of. ... Sports and entertainment have proved to be some of the biggest money maker for organized criminals. ... Throughout the past history of professional sports thousands of scandals have been revealed. ...

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From its traditional spheres of activity such as prostitution, the arms trade and trafficking in drugs, organized crime has now added money-laundering, the trade in nuclear technology, and even the transporting of illegal immigrants. ... Later organized crime stretched their involvement from the rackets to gambling, sports, and just about every small business you could think of. ... Sports and entertainment have proved to be some of the biggest money maker for organized criminals. ... Throughout the past history of professional sports thousands of scandals have been revealed. ...

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America's gun control needs serious revision in order to keep weapons out of high-risk hands. Kids with guns, school shootings, and other accidental deaths are the direct result of poor gun control. But it's not just up to the U.S. Government to control weapons; it's up to parents too, to keep their...

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Our streets have become a battleground where teenage gangsters shoot it out for territorial turf to sell their drugs and innocent children are caught daily in the crossfire of drive by shootings. ... In addition, parents need to keep their children involved with sports, clubs and how to handle certain situations. ...

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This advertisement made it seem like if someone can't smoke because of sports then someone might as well chew. ... Tobacco could be considered almost as bad as the illegal drugs in America, because they both get people addicted and killed. ... They spend billions of dollars trying to keep American citizens healthy and fighting the war against drugs, but tobacco is still legal. ...

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The attendance of sporting events would drop 50%, and T.V. wouldn't bother with sports beyond championship events. ... Sports books get 10%, craps gets .6-1.4%, roulette gets 5.2%, blackjack receives 2-15%, and keno gets a whopping 20%. ...

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For example, one of the leading companies in sports apparel, Nike, doesn't directly advertise their clothes or shoes. They promote the Just do it' lifestyle and that it feels good to get into sports. ... Hippies and Drugs "In the 1960s the hippies, en masse, undertook the largest uncontrolled experiment with drug use in the history of mankind. ... We discovered that Pandora's stash box was full of drugs!" ...

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You could see gang members and drug dealers roaming around everywhere you turn. ... I only played on weekends and baseball isn't as physically demanding as other sports so I don't think it did much to help my weight issues. ...

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Home-schooled children are typically involved in 5.2 outside activities, like as clubs, sports, music, drama and jobs. ... Long before school shootings hit the public consciousness, parents were motivated by a desire to limit unwanted peer influences like drugs, alcohol, and premarital sex. Home schooling offers the guarantee of an environment free from the threats of rape and the pressures to use drugs. ...

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Many drugs commonly used today are of herbal origin: one-quarter of the prescription drugs dispensed by community pharmacies in the United States contain at least one active ingredient derived from plant material ("Fields of Practice"). ...

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When you move on to the next decade cool was music and drugs and protesting "the man" and war. ... These people may think that the definition of cool is how their favorite actor or sports star looks, acts or dresses. ...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on th...

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The cultural and developmental aspects of American history in the 17th and 18th centuries are certainly among the most important and influential factors in the shaping of this country's long and storied history. The society that existed at that time had very different views on life and how it should...

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A suburbanite's nightmare. This was the Bronx. Adversity can lead to futility, or spawn creativity. As history has always shown, society's oppressed adapt, and make the best out of the worst situations. MCing, Grafitti, D-Jaying, and B-boying, were all created in the Bronx. ...

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