The attraction of "mind- altering- substances are frequently tempting as an escape from the painful and discordant processes of adolescence. ... Intensified degrees of loneliness and isolation, along with pronounced feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, perpetuate the need for further drug-induced refuge and escape. ... Models have also begun to include a balance of risk and protective or coping factors that tend to account for individual differences among adolescents with similar risk factors who in fact escape adverse outcomes. ...

• Word Count: 1301
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Planet Theory, an organization focused on problems in society, have done case studies; one in which stated: " Statistics show a strong link between poverty and substance misuse Substances offer an escape from this economic, spiritual, and psychological impoverishment- ( Planet Therapy). ... La Guma depicts the harsh reality of drug and alcohol abuse that people in South Africa went through to "escape-. ... What started out as a step toward seeking pleasure or escaping pain for Michael left him with one of the biggest problem he faced during the novella. ...

• Word Count: 2482
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Just Say No! Tobacco use and alcohol abuse are extremely widespread in today's society. Unfortunately our society faces a greater problem. This problem goes deeper than alcohol abuse, tobacco use by minors, or even the increase in cocaine use over the last decade. It is natural for members of...

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Are these experiences hallucinatory, a subconscious escape from dissatisfaction with his own marital life? ... If he has indeed travelled back in time then these experiences match his subconscious and it is a true escape from the life he lives. ...

• Word Count: 1276
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• Grade Level: High School

In Traffic, Steven Soderbergh illustrates the inefficiency of the war on drugs. Two female characters, Helena Ayala and Caroline Wakefield, are challenged and affected by the complexity of drug trafficking. At six months pregnant, Helena Ayala, chooses to involve herself in the illicit drug tradi...

• Word Count: 1296
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Rosa Lee`s parents were black rural share croppers from the South who moved to Washington D.C. in order to escape racial oppression, economic exploitation and segregation and to find a better life and work there. ...

• Word Count: 2335
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... It allows them to withdraw and escape from things; it relieves tension??...

• Word Count: 1867
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

There are no Children Here Alex Kotlowitz's book, There are no Children Here, deals with the subject of race, values, and community responsibility of the urban underclass. The American inner city deals with the issues such as violent crime and drug wars. With these two explosive issues, the neigh...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are no Children Here Alex Kotlowitz's book, There are no Children Here, deals with the subject of race, values, and community responsibility of the urban underclass. The American inner city deals with the issues such as violent crime and drug wars. With these two explosive issues, the neigh...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The War on Terror or The War on Crime? Question #5 In the wake of the events of September 11th, 2001 the United States government has made its main goal to defend the United States from terrorist threats. Meanwhile, almost every state, and the federal government, are faced with massive budge...

• Word Count: 1534
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The concept of stealing a horse and learning its secret name which in this case is Flight offers an image from the tribal past and the idea of the horse, which obviously runs faster than a man, offers the concept of freedom or escape. ...

• Word Count: 1919
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Drugs have been a serious problem in the United States. Since everybody has their own personal reasons why they do such a thing as use and abuse drugs, it makes even more difficult to prevent such a crime. Preventing the drug use has been a major issue in the area of politics, schools, or within the...

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Why Do Youth Use Drugs Abstract: People who use drugs usually say they feel great at first and that drugs are the best thing that ever happened to them but that doesn't last long. Over time, they'll need more and more to get the same high and this really increases the risk of addiction, an...

• Word Count: 1678
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the character Dr. Jekyll becomes addicted and dependent upon a drug. This drug was not a "street drug", but just an experimental chemical drug that a chemist had made up-a sort of potion. Although the potion was made purely of compounded elements that had bee...

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• Grade Level: High School

I just bought cocaine yesterday so my friends, Joey Roberts, and Taylor Kring, want to hang out with me because they know I will share some cocaine with them. It is a fall day of the year 2013. I am just waiting to do something in the town of Liverpool, New York. So my friends invited me to go swing...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while ...

• Word Count: 2001
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I want to examine the increase in teen drug use. I also want to investigate the reasons why so many teens in America are using drugs. Drugs have negatively impacted the lives of nearly 40 percent of all teenagers in this country. Health problems, DWI's, accidents, arrests, and impaired school as well as job performance are a few of the factors caused by drug use. Most teenagers that are involved in drug abuse usually come from either broken families, parents that are drug abusers, an unstable environment where they are constantly on the move, or from parents which are poor and are nev...

• Word Count: 2016
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract Adolescence is a trying time for everyone. Despite all the comforts of modern society and technology, there is still the possibility of ups and downs. No one can tell when life will throw them a curve, and because of this, development of any kind varies for the individual. On the topi...

• Word Count: 2199
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• Grade Level: High School