Enabling is done with the very best intentions. When enabling occurs with a person who is struggling with alcohol or drug addiction, the enabler is doing more harm than good. ... Terry, my older brother, served a lengthy sentence on a drug - related charge. ... Terry is not incarcerated at this time, but he still struggles with his addictions. ... We were healthier financially, because I was not giving money to my brothers on a weekly basis. ...

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When asked to describe how he started using drugs, how they affected his life, and what he thought about them he said, "I started using drugs when I was in middle school. ... I've definitely had some good times with my drug experience. ... I've had some friends that have really messed up because of drugs. ... I can only count on one hand everyone I went to school with, or grew up with that hasn't done drugs. ... In San Francisco, June 4th -Ed Rosenthal, a convicted marijuana grower was sentenced to one day in prison and fined $1,000 by a federal judge, the most lenient sentence...

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This was largely because they were being sold in the same area and by the same drug dealers. The cops started cracking down and setting up drug busts. ... With absolutely no income from the expensive sell of marijuana, drug lords would start to lose some of the money that goes towards keeping their business running smoothly. ... Sometimes drug deals may end or start unfortunately with violence. ... A deal can start in violence if the buyer simply does not have enough money, this will provoke the drug dealer into action he deems necessary because it is his job to deliver this money. ...

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He also pushed measures of mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants. When Ronald Reagan became president, it was the start of a long term of intensified rates of incarceration. ... The war on drugs was not effective because the drug laws have been poorly correlated and prisons are getting more money than colleges. ... Just as prohibition with alcohol, banning it didn't stop people from drinking, people just stopped obeying the law. ... By the time President Richard Nixon and President Ronald Reagan were out of presidency, the war on drugs continued on with no slowing down. ...

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The war on drugs, specifically marijuana, was started by President Nixon in 1972. ... Also, that because it only covers up the pain it is useless because scientists have already developed pain killers that work all the same, are legal and work better than marijuana. ... That's fourteen with twelve zeroes behind it. ... "Bob" was arrested for growing and is now (unfairly) sentenced to ten years in jail. ... Also, "Bob's" children grew up with out a father so they are more likely to literally become a debt to society and go to jail, which starts the cycle all over a...

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Do we take this as our stand because society has us believing that is the morally correct thing to do? ... The police have been pushed into a war they did not start and one they can not win. ... We are sentencing people to an abnormal length of time and how is that affecting the children of this society. The erosion to the Bill of Rights because of some decisions made due to drug cases and our insistence to lock them up for the good of society. ... These are only a few of the issues that are arising because of this war and the negative consequences being produced because of it. ...

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He even started an opium business over there. ... Ronnie himself started out with alcohol and a codeine-based cough syrup to help him feel more secure and adequate since he "was very shy and talked with a stammer- (Dash, 134). ... Receiving this check is the highlight of the month, because everybody can just take off with his share of the money and buy drugs. ... Rosa Lee also started steeling expensive clothes for her mother, because she craved attention and love from her. ... " In 1987, Bobby was convicted of selling heroin and was sentenced to thirty months to seven and a half ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They claim that because of this, lives are ruined. ... Drugs use is just as bad now as when the drug free America campaign started 10 years ago. ... With this said, something else needs to be done. Similar to how alcohol prohibition was, a large population of people are being forced to be criminals because the government does not agree with their actions. Prison sentences for marijuana offence averages around 3.5 years. ...

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The sound of a brewing storm is heard just before Marion has sex with Arnold for money. ... Speakers in this scene have approximately one sentence each and the camera only focuses on one speaker at a time. ... Had Sara never become obsessed with the programme, she would not have become so fixated with the idea of losing weight. ... ECUs attach an intense identification with their subject matter. ... In this film, however, we have no time to judge as we are thrown head first into the characters' minds and addictions Other ECUs occur mainly with Sara, because her hyperactive mind and...

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The sound of a brewing storm is heard just before Marion has sex with Arnold for money. ... Speakers in this scene have approximately one sentence each and the camera only focuses on one speaker at a time. ... Had Sara never become obsessed with the programme, she would not have become so fixated with the idea of losing weight. ... ECUs attach an intense identification with their subject matter. ... In this film, however, we have no time to judge as we are thrown head first into the characters' minds and addictions Other ECUs occur mainly with Sara, because her hyperactive mind and...

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• Grade Level: High School

The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. ... The media has seemed to go along with these people more so than the people against the war on drugs. ... But marijuana should not be smoked as medicine because it is a harmful and addictive substance that can cause respiratory disease, mental disorders, and other health problems. ... The media was now in alliance with the war on drugs. With the media behind them, the advocates of the war on drugs started to fight with vigor alongside the largest media campaign ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School