Why Drugs Should Not be Legalized Drugs should not be legalized because they are dangerous. ... The drugs had killed him and I did not help him enough to get off drugs. ... A lot of people say that they have control over the dose that they take, but that it is not true. ... We must try to help people who are in drugs to realize that drugs can kill. We must encourage people who are on drugs to go to drug prevention programs, so they can learn how to stop using drugs. ...

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DARE Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is a program designed to discourage drug use and violence among school age children. ... During these weekly classes, DARE officers taught the following: Personal safety practices; Drug use and misuse; Consequences of using and not using drugs; Resisting pressures to use drugs; Resistance techniques-ways to say no; Building self-esteem; Assertiveness; Managing stress without using drugs; Media influences on drug use; Decision making and risk taking; Alternatives to drug use; Other activities; Officer-planned lesson; Role modeling; Project DARE s...

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Most kids are expected to amount to nothing, but drug dealers or crack heads. ... The effect this had on social control was total chaos. ... Material objects were items such as guns, 40's and drugs. ... So stealing or dealing drugs was an ideal thing to do. ... This resulted in violence, and a society with little to no control. ...

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These rules also take control out of the parents hands and into the school systems. ... During my junior, year the school adopted a policy that anyone involved in clubs or sports was to be severely punished if caught using drugs or alcohol. ... At some point everyone must make their own choices so why not let them learn how to do it in a controlled environment. ... Only the rest of the people know their limitations because they were allowed to experiment in a controlled environment. ... I keep talking about controlled environments and some may be confused about what I mean. ...

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Also many teenagers agree because half of high school students nationwide report that they need basic info on birth control, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. ... The government should make T.V. ads like how they do for alcohol and drugs. ... But then again if they do decide to make the choice to have sex they should be responsible enough to use protection like condoms or some type of birth control to prevent things from happening. ...

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Everyone is happy all of the time, thanks to the mood-altering drug, Somma. ... The use of technology to control society in Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. ... The state censors and limits science, however, since it sees the fundamental basis behind science, the search for truth, as threatening to the State's control. ... In Brave New World the consequences of state control are a loss of dignity, morals, values, and emotions "in short, a loss of humanity. ... They described it as "sordid, immoral, and obscene," has...

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Karen eventually was able to get her life under control and she enrolled again. ... She was taking Addarall, a drug she was introduced to by one of her studious study group friends. ... The negative forces like partying, drinking, and drugs can plague any student in college. ... Good study habits, self control, time management, and the ability to say no are also needed when entering college. ...

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The shooting aroused concerns about school safety and gun control. ... Students might think twice before bringing drugs or alcohol into school. ... With added security, we can crack down on drugs in school. ...

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Functionalism stands in almost in every body's theories of schooling. The political bearings controlled by the government's standings. The intellectual, of those seeking for more knowledge. The social skill that are picked up, and the economical aspects of our city. These four are the most recogniza...

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Well, I personally think that many adults, including teachers and parents, do not want to put forth the effort to deal with these children, and the easiest way to get these children under control otherwise is to give them medication. ... Children can become addicted to drugs just as fast as adults can, so I would think that giving children medication half of their life would be dangerous. ... Also, does taking strong medications as a child promote drug use in his or her future? ...

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For example, students have been expelled for giving classmates aspirin because it was having a drug in school. ... Earls states "We find that testing students who participate in extracurricular activities is a reasonably effective means of addressing the school district's legitimate concerns in preventing, deterring and detecting drug use." ... For example, there have been instances where students have been locked in classrooms so that drug-sniffing police dogs could search the rooms at the school because there was suspicion of contraband. ... While courts generally have ruled in favor...

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I was there for Sabrina the best way I knew how, but things became so bad that she turned to drugs. ... This girl, who I had admired so much, was losing control of her life and there was there was nothing I could do to help her. On Feb 1, 2002, approximately one month before Sabrina's eighteenth birthday, and three months before graduating high school, Sabrina died of an overdose of anti-depressant drugs. ... Not because she was a young teen who had died of a drug overdose, but for the compassionate, capable, confident person she's helped me to become. ...

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Behavior like carrying a weapon or refusing to back down gives young people "the illusion of control," but what they desperately need is to learn real control for example, when provoked, learn to walk away. ... Finally, although this appears as just a "Band-Aid" solution that does not address the root causes of teen violence: poverty, troubled families, bad schools, and drugs. ...

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The influences of drugs and peer pressures within gangs have impaired good judgment. Kreiner believes that drug use by teens "can result in greater violence at school. ... The affects of rampant drug use and the culture of gang behavior in our schools have led to some increases in violent acts. ... The American Psychological Association (2002) concluded in their study of violent behavior that people who act violently have trouble controlling their feelings. ... A few students turn to drugs or gangs for comfort and acceptance. ...

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I became one of those teens who partied, drank, and did drugs. ... I called the coaches for the colleges who were interested in me before my life spiraled out of control to tell them what happened and what I had done. ... When we made a date they said they wanted to have me take a drug test to make sure I was the correct choice for them. ... I took the drug test which we had agreed on and he observed it and gave me the news. It was positive for drugs the coach packed up his items and left. ...

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Drugs and alcohol are also a major contributor to school violence. ... Alcohol is the number one drug used by teenagers and young adults. ... Teachers have to make sure they are in control of the class from the first day of school until the last day. Students are very perceptive, and they can often tell if a teacher is struggling to maintain control in the classroom. Being in control does not necessarily mean being strict. ...

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The kids mention how abusive, controlling, over whelming, thoughtless, and hard their parents can be on them. ... " This is a simple but often forgotten form of peer pressure, since most people think of peer pressure as having to do with drugs and alcohol. ... High schoolers have pressure from people all around them; friends wanting them to like or dislike whoever they do, parents wanting them to do better and be more like them, acquaintances who want them to try the coolest new drug. ... This isn't peer pressure, it's the simple fact the prefrontal cortex of the teen brain that...

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How can the lure of drugs and money be overcome? The lure of drugs and money can be overcome by showing students that drugs can be very bad and that a craving for money can lead a student to steal or anything else to get money, thus ruining their high-school career if they are caught breaking the laws. ... The lure of drugs and money could also be overcome by teaching children, at a young age, good Christian morals. ... The parents should also teach that money is not everything and that drugs cannot make you escape from reality and problems. ... If teens are running around at nights, t...

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Anabolic steroids work by connecting to the cells of the person taking the drug. ... Other drugs work in the same way. Asprin, for example, connects to the receptors of the cells that control the transmitting of pain and inflamation. ... When kids saw Mark McGwire break the home run record by hitting an amazing 70 home runs in one season, the trend of using performance enhancing drugs really began in high school sports. ... It is a giant risk that some take Teenagers today less worried about trying these drugs. ...

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"Remember when we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. ... Discipline is helping children develop self-control. ... Raising children is a tough job, but as children learn to control their own behavior, discipline gets easier and easier. ...

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This is good when the person feels in control and motivated. ... "Stress is negative when a person feels threatened and not in control of the situation. ... It can lead to a myriad of health issues and problems such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, chronic stress, drug abuse, suicide, and more. ... The right prefrontal lobe is activated by negative feelings while the left prefrontal lobe controls positive feelings. ...

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Books about racism, sex, drugs, and violence are not meant to provoke the reader; they are meant to enlighten them. ... "This concept refers to any type of choice we make which is directly under our control. ...

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Throughout my life I have been faced with many obstacles in which, luckily, I have overcome. Unfortunately though, many of those obstacles I created myself. When kids enter high school, they make decisions as freshman that foreshadow the rest of their high school career. Sadly, I picked the wrong pa...

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One of the goals of the National Education Goals states that by the year 2000, "all schools in America will be free of drugs and violence and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol, and offer a disciplined environment that is conducive to learning." ... Someone will always find a way to get around even the most strategize effort to control the violence. ...

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Be more involved and help your child with the homework and control the courses he/she is attending. ... Peers can also push the student to do drugs or other delenquencies, that's why parents should be very carefull of their kid's peer group. ...

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