This is where drugs and alcohol come into play. ... There's going to be trouble.  ... This never works, because alcohol and drugs come with many problems of their own, and can often make people even angrier- (PBS Kids). ... He went back to his apartment and ran into the elderly Uncle Doughty, a harmless old man.  ... La Guma shows us that once you have put yourself in a position like Michael has, because he was intoxicated, there is no turning back, one must just go forward. ...

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When some one is under the influence of weed, it temporarily puts their problems on the back burner so to say. ... Once they come down though they came right back, making it a not very pleasant ending to a high. ... If your going to go about it yourself you need to quit everything at once .not just a couple things, because all that's going to happen is something called the substitution effect. ... If I could take it all back and start over I certainly would, and I never would have taken that first hit of the peace pipe. ... If it's going to be, it's up to me....

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So we all started walking home because there was no one to come get us. ... We went back to the school after we were done so we could finish up the work. ... Steve and my mother went into the back room where they talked (yelled) for about half an hour. ... Steve would come home late almost every night. ... That's when we kids started to come up with ways to make money to help out. ...

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With a smile on my face I left the phone booth, maybe wishes were about to come true. ... I lay back down falling into what seemed to be an eternal slumber. Today was the day of the meeting, my heat pounded as I changed into the clothes I took from the charity bin near Collins street, for some reason something was telling me not to go, that it was wrong for me to go. ... A couple days before our trip back to Australia we were approached and asked whether we wanted to take drugs back to Australia for a large amount of money. ... The next thing we knew, we were on a plane smuggling 500 grams o...

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Hyde comes out, and does awful doings, Dr. ... Jekyll comes back into reality, and the potion wares off, he realizes what he has done, and is in a hysterical. ... Jekyll began to go through withdrawal. ... Jekyll experienced a relapse and started back up on his potion. ... (Stevenson 118) Once Jekyll returned to using, he goes into a frenzy and does not know what to do because his second dose of drugs are back in the cabinet in the Lab. ...

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She has no concept of how sick and close to death she has come to. ... While she's being fed through tubes and given electroshock treatment, she still thinks that she is going to be on television. ... He spends his days stealing and scheming for drug money, even taking his mother's television and making her buy it back from the pawnshop. ... She ends up going through misery to get money for what supposedly makes her happy. ... Everyday Marion would await Harry's return home with drugs, and if he didn't come back with them, Marion practically threw a fit. ...

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The book Driving While Black also talks about the incident where a black family who was driving from Illinois back to their home in Washington D.C. ... As they approached on foot, the van backed toward them, knocking one trooper down, hitting the patrol car, and then getting sideswiped as it entered the traffic lane still in reverse. ... Nevertheless, on talk show after talk show, in every newspaper story denouncing racial profiling, the turnpike shooting has come to symbolize the lethal dangers of "driving while black." (City journal vol.11 no.2) This case was also talked about in the book...

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Today we can just go back a few years ago to 1998 when it was announced that our very own St. ... Just think back to the day when athletes used to eat wheaties for enhancement and energy. ... What has this ignorant world come to? ... I guess the only way to get the real answer would be to go inside an athlete's head. ... Signs of cocaine use are not the only bad thing that comes with it. ...

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They will find and make up reasons to go to work. ... When thinking about exercise, usually positive healthy thoughts come to mind. ... It is believed that the reason people come addicted to exercise is endorphins. ... To defeat this addiction, one must first come to terms and admit that they are addicted. As the old saying goes "admitting the problem is half the battle." ...

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Also, someone who just had a "special brownie" probably isn't going to go home and do the same thing as someone who just had a few too many beers after work. ... There have been some studies done that have come to the conclusion that marijuana is a gateway drug, but a majority of those studies only focus on adolescents whose brains and bodies are still developing which can alter the results. ... That was far before modern medicine and technological advances but many doctors say that medicine should go back to basics. ... Meaning that "person A" would go to a store to...

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The Legalization of Marijuana For years the debate over whether or not to legalize marijuana has gone back and forth. ... Another clear advantage of legalizing marijuana comes in the form of taxation. ... Yet another financial advantage comes in the form of savings. ... It's been said that you can't put the genie back in the bottle or the toothpaste back in the tube. I think those are apt metaphors for what will happen if America goes down the path of legalization. ...

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Most times we assume an addict is out on the streets, or a severe junky not realizing that drug abuse is going on in homes all over America. ... She died before I let her go.... An on going issue is pregnant women using drugs not realizing the effects it will have on the babies. ... Although domestic violence and substance abuse are two very different problems most times they go hand in hand, making it difficult for a women to effectively fix the issue. ...

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that "almost all prescription drugs involved in overdoses come from prescriptions originally; very, few come from pharmacy theft. ... These issues have to be addressed, or this epidemic is going to increase, and we are going to continue to see a rise in our community. When there is an increase of abuse in any type of substance, especially in use from adolescents, we are going to see a rise in other areas such as violence and crime. ... The biggest area that we as Americans can impact when it comes to prescription drug abuse is through ...

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There are several physical problems than can come from use of performance enhancing drugs. ... There are some athletes that along with the physical element that steroids bring comes a boost of self confidence. ... My personal experience with performance enhancing drugs started back when I was 15 years old and a sophomore in high school. ... The time I did spend with my family, never seamed to go over very smoothly, I mainly just wanted to be by myself.  ... Please make the right decision, and go legal. ...

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Jekyll believed that no matter what acts he committed as Edward Hyde, he could always just change back into Jekyll and everything would be fine. ... Throughout the day, many triggers unconsciously remind them of the excitement and emotions that come from the use of the drug. As time goes on, the number of triggers grows and grows. ... For some addictions, it is already too late to turn back without serious help. ... Everything goes wrong in this stage. ...

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Some may go on vacations, spend money or go on dates, but the most common getaway for people is drinking or drugs. ... Corn is currently being researched as a source of ethanol, but it doesn't come close to producing the eighty percent cellulose of hemp. ... Because of the highly positive results received from cannabis research, the government should come up with a legalization plan that benefits all, and the rest will fall into place practically on its own. ...

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Drug Addiction is an awful subject that is sweeping through America like an air-born disease. There are many different forms of addiction and a plethora of drugs to become addicted to. Drug addiction is responsible for one in four deaths in preventable health conditions today. Not only can Drug addi...

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This problem goes deeper than alcohol abuse, tobacco use by minors, or even the increase in cocaine use over the last decade. ... The drug saw a decline in use during the depression, but has come back very strong, especially in urban areas within the last several decades. ... As time goes on it would be beneficial to look more closely at the war on drugs, and to focus more on the rehabilitation of drug users than the punishment of them. ...

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I am also going to describe some of today's programs that have proven to be very effective. ... This ties back in with crimes that are committed that provide easy, short-term gratification. ... After they do their time and are released, it is much easier to be sent back to prison. ... They break parole and are sent back to prison. ... This is where therapeutic communities come into play. ...

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Now, due to the effect that the drug has on the body, it seems as if Ecstasy and dance clubs go hand in hand. ... No matter what is in Ecstasy, it generally comes in the form of a small white pill (it kind of resembles aspirin) with different types of pictures printed on the front and back of them. ... Ecstasy testing kits cost around thirty dollars and consist of enough solution for 150 tests (which comes in a child-safe bottle), comes with a scraper, a color reaction chart and lots of information. ...

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Due to the budget crisis, many states are cutting back programs to help the jobless, homeless, mentally ill, and drug abusers. ... These decreases in spending come in a time when the unemployment rate for young adults has surged 12 percent in the past three years. ... Lastly, the most important effect is going to come from the fact that the removal of these support systems will surely increase the crime rate in San Francisco and across the country. ...

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Addictive substances enhance the action of dopamine, which fools the brain into thinking that drugs are as beneficial as nectar to the bee, thus hijacking the reward system that dates back millions of years. ... But don't expect a nurse to come forward and ask for help. ... Those who abuse alcohol or drugs appear to go against the basis of our profession, and this may influence their failure to admit their own problem. ...

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Though many people disagree with them, their whole motive is to keep the country moving forward instead of stepping back. ... Then there are the people that are going to school. ... They are smart students, but they do not pull their end when it comes to homework. ... Using drugs is going to put a damper on that. ... In many cases, there is no one pushing you to get up and go to class. ...

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Younger users who drink too much alcohol, often move on to other forms of substance abuse to go along with drinking. ... The abuser is sometimes not able to handle all that comes with the withdrawal, such as sweating, trembling, hallucinations and constipation. ... Feelings of sexuality and competence go along with cocaine. ... They do not have a stable work history because they either are fired or stop going to work as soon as they get paid and are able to buy more cocaine. ... Some addicts keep going back to buy more because they are not satisfied with the high they received the first time....

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These ludicrous statements have no common thread behind them that show that drug use and buying supports terrorism and the fact that these statements came out after the terrorist attacks on September 11th just simply go to show that the government is exploiting the terrorist attacks in order to make a lead in their pointless efforts to win the un-winnable War on Drugs. ... These efforts through advertisements on billboards and televisions and by the government to stop drug and gang violence along with trying to make a significant decrease in HIV/ AIDS, hepatitis, and other diseases is never ...

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