Their abuses have been well documented, in the book Driving While Black by Kenneth Meeks the author shows many examples of abuse of racial profiling. ... The book then shows that the police had a good reason to stop and search the car. ... This article shows the one sidedness of reporting about racial profiling and its effect of law enforcement agencies. ... I found an article at Racism Watch's extra articles links its title is Media Blackface racial profiling in news reporting. ... The media is in fact showing what is correct and there not using racial profiling in their reporting. ...

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A report has show that a schizophrenic patient had a psychotic episode after drinking a large amount of caffeine. Another report was of someone with bipolar spectrum disorder having a manic episode after drinking many energy drinks in one day. ... This was to be proven through regular toxicology reports taken by all three patients. ... Our book (Abnormal Psychology) teaches us about both stages of bipolar disorder and how both manic and depressive states play a roll in this problem. The information that is explained in this book can better help teach us how this disorder can be affected by env...

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The data for 1997 reveal, " that respondents arrested in the past year for possession or sale of drugs and driving under the influence had the highest percentage of illicit drug use [during] the past year" and that " illicit drug users were also about 16 times more likely than non [drug] users to report being arrested and booked for larceny or theft" and "..[were] more than 14 times more likely to be arrested and booked for such offenses as driving under the influence, drunkenness, or liquor law violations, [along with] more than [nine] times likely to be arrested and booked on assault charge[...

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In its book on resolving conflict and bringing peace, the Arbinger Institute (xx) reports that "home and workplace casualties are everywhere". The book points out, "bitterness, envy, indifference, resentment-these are the hallmarks of the hot and cold wars that fester in the hearts of family, neighbors, colleagues, and former friends the world over," (Arbinger Institute xx). ...

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The London Sun reports that Robbie has moved to Los Angeles so he can attend daily AA meetings. ... From Bliss July issued that Robbie Williams just signed a massive $800,000 as well as a book deal for his autobiography, has a multi billion record deal and Pepsi paid him 2 million dollars to be an icon of their advertisements. ...

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It's time for the American government to pull its ugly head out of the sand and listen to many doctors and scientists who have proof that marijuana is much safer than reported in the past. ... As Dennis Richards puts it in his book Chemical Dependency, "The appropriate standard in deciding if a drug should be made legal for adults ought to be whether it is more likely than alcohol to cause harm to an innocent party. ...

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These include: the institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians; American Bar Association; American Public Health Association; American Society of Addiction Medicine; AIDS Action Council; British Medical Association; California Academy of Family Physicians; California Legislative Council for Older Americans; California Medical Association; California Nurses Association; California Pharmacists Association; California Society of Addiction Medicine; California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church; Colorado Nurses Association; Consumer Reports Magazine; Kais...

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In March 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued a report on various aspects of marijuana, including the so-called, Gateway Theory (the theory that using marijuana leads people to use harder drugs like cocaine and heroin). ... The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on marijuana explained that marijuana has been mistaken for a gateway drug in the past because "Patterns in progression of drug use from adolescence to adulthood are strikingly regular. ... The same survey reports, "The rate of past month illicit drug use among youths was higher among those that were currently using cigarettes ...

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Unfortunately, at the same time, the FBI was reporting dramatic increases in the national crime rate. In the 1960s, crime rates rose for about 10 years; reported street crime quadrupled, and homicide rates doubled. ... Instead, crime reports were sensationalized and offered as evidence for the breakdown of lawfulness in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. ... According William Julius Wilson, in his book When Work Disappears, "the overwhelming majority of African-Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded, schools lacking basic res...

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In March 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued a report on various aspects of marijuana, including the so-called, Gateway Theory (the theory that using marijuana leads people to use harder drugs like cocaine and heroin). ... The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on marijuana explained that marijuana has been mistaken for a gateway drug in the past because "Patterns in progression of drug use from adolescence to adulthood are strikingly regular. ... The same survey reports, "The rate of past month illicit drug use among youths was higher among those that were currently using cigarettes ...

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I only know that smoking marijuana to them meant to escape the realities that life has handed them, to relax themselves, which the book also states, and just to have fun. ... the author reports,I don't know anybody who didn't start smoking pot because of peer pressure. ...

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A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel that this media frenzy was caused, in large part, by the government of the United States of America. Others feel- that this heightened media coverage is a direct result of the consequences of drugs and drug abuse. For whatever reasons that the media was there, the participants in this pro and con ...

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Is Legalization A Realistic Alternative To The War On Drugs? For years, the issue of legalization has been an increasingly controversial subject. Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legaliza...

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Is Legalization A Realistic Alternative To The War On Drugs? For years, the issue of legalization has been an increasingly controversial subject. Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legaliza...

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The underground society of weed smokers Outline Although weed is an illegal drug an underground society still exists that utilizes sellers of the product to satisfy the consumers in the society whose unique techniques for achieving effects that they want from the drug. I. There are personal uses for smoking marijuana. A. Smoking weed can be used for personal enjoyment. ...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven was the year that the most momentous document in the United States history as well as posterity was created, approved and just two years later instituted as the foundation for a fledging yet promising nation destined for greatness. It was a great concept envisioned by extraordinary men, a system in which the people of the land reign, governing through democratically ...

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