A lawyer (Lewis's sister) comes back to New York to try to convince Sheriff and Tony to come back with out telling them that she is Lewis's sister, which she knows will only make her efforts look like she only cares about Lewis and will say anything to convince them to come back. She convinces Tony to come back and he will be giving up his marriage to his fiancé and be leaving his stable job. ... This puts him into a different perspective and he decides to go back, Tony does not. ... Beth makes Tony& Sheriff feel that it is their duty to go back to Malaysia. .....

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Marijuana is 100% natural and comes from the earth. Marijuana, which comes from hemp plants was very popular even back around the 1620's in the country. ... For example, someone with anorexia could use marijuana to make their appetite come back and almost force them to eat. ... With all these people smoking marijuana, how can the government allow more and more people to get fined or go to jail for using a harmless drug. After being convicted, the citation goes on the persons permanent record making it hard to get jobs and also lowers their credit and raises insurance. ...

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Patrick is one that encompasses a pretty "laid back" personality, so to hear him say this so bluntly was shocking. ... He goes to school full time, works a consistent job, and occasionally hangs out with friends. ... He later decided to go to rehab. ... " He feels as though NA has helped him come a long way and most importantly allowed him to gain back relationships of both friends and family. ... He has come such a long way and is now on the path to success. ...

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Patrick is one that encompasses a pretty "laid back" personality, so to hear him say this so bluntly was shocking. ... He goes to school full time, works a consistent job, and occasionally hangs out with friends. ... He later decided to go to rehab. ... " He feels as though NA has helped him come a long way and most importantly allowed him to gain back relationships of both friends and family. ... He has come such a long way and is now on the path to success. ...

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If you just abruptly stop, there is a very good chance you will go back to do the drug, and your intake will increase. ... It will keep you busy so you don"t go back to marijuana. ... One good thing to do is to avoid places where you use to get stoned, so the urges don"t come back. ... It is best to stay calm when the urges for marijuana come, and not to lose control. ... Just stick to your plan and life will be back to normal ...

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Bruce, being a skilled iron worker, ran out of $ and had to go to work. ... When he got back he decided to bring Brenna to meet her family. ... Seeing this Bruce decided not to go back. ... But Britney had come prepared with a court order granting her custody to her child. ... Bruce is trying everything to get Brenna back. ...

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She wants him to come back home and live a normal life. ... They come to those places just when there are fights otherwise their inspections are not very good and these young people feel like no one controls them. ... I think the mother was prepared of this she does not cry she knew something will go wrong one day. ...

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Charlie describes, in the beginning of the movie, his want appearance wise, and then goes into greater detail of his social and sexual needs. ... With envy comes jealousy; Charlie seems to have a problem with his brother, Donald, but in reality he is just jealous. ... Towards the end of the movie Susan and LaRouche future becomes more uncertain and unknown because Charlie finds out what is really going on with the orchids. ... In Susan's case it was disappointment because her life had come to an abrupt halt. ... It was once said that "you could never step in the same stream twice" because...

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When faced with a decision by a judge to go to a rehabilitation center for 28 days, or jail, Gwen chooses rehab. ... Gwen's boyfriend (Jasper) says he is going to support her through her times at rehab, however he doesn't take it serious, only caring about himself, and he even goes as far as smuggling drugs and alcohol into the rehab center on their visiting days. ... Gwen comes particularly close with her 17 year old roommate Andrea, a heroin addict. ... Gwen also has to come to terms with her resentment of her mother's death from alcohol which is shown in multiple flashbacks...

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Primary contact to the machine might come as subtle as just simply picking up a controller in a local wholesale store, or at a friends house, but if such an event is to happen, one thing is for sure; Once you have picked up the paddle, it has now become part of you. No matter where you are the paddle is nudged between your palms, or lodged in the back of your mind. ... Each game brings you back for more, and once a game has lost its hold on you, there is always a newer better drug to take it's place. ... When you are not partaking in the mind controlling adventure, you are thinking ab...

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This excerpt demonstrates that the more a person smokes the more addicted he is going to get. Also in the text, the author says how when a guest would come over to their house it would be a sign of hospitality to offer someone to smoke with them. ... This quote proves that while many would like to refrain from the use of opium, the addiction keeps them coming back for more. ... It comes down to the harsh realization that there was a lot of money to be made in the trafficking of opium. ... Maybe it's the idea of kicking back, smoking some opium, and then relaxing with your friends, but wha...

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There are many effects that come along with the use of heroin varying from Sort to long to irreversable effects. ... Following this initial euphoria, the user goes on what may be called " the nod," an alternately wakeful and drowsy state. ... One who uses heroin is known to go through a period of withdraw from the people who were once close to them and tend to stay away as much as possible. ... For the fact that it gives the user a "high" it impares their timing and response to what is going on around them. ... The high that heroin brings to users is what makes it so addictive and bringing t...

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The passage of Meredith's first venture into drugs and alcohol shows how Mary's eyes are opened for the first time to the true emptiness that comes from drugs, which was assumed up until now as being fulfilling. ... However, looking back on the situation as an older and wiser woman, Karr understands that what she did was not the best thing for Meredith and actually feels guilty for not seeing that as a teenager. Mary's naivety at the time is apparent in her thoughts as a woman while telling the story of when Meredith called Mary immediately after her brother was arrested on ...

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During this time period, we have vaccinations and drugs for almost anything patients come to hospitals with. ... If anyone complains about how hard their jobs are in today's society, they should all build a time machine and go back to the 1800's. ... Since the wages were so low, women who had children had to go back the day after they gave birth so they can afford to care for the family. ...

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By growing up in Spanish Harlem, Chino knew he needed three things to survive: a solid friend (his pana), a decent nickname, not some lame thing his parents had called him, like Tito or Googie, and a reputation that he would rather lose a tooth or get his ribs broken than back out of a fight. ... This way, the kids would have a place to go after school, and not come home to an empty house where they could be harmed. ... The youth to come will see that there is more to life than just getting high and causing havoc with the police, because if the children are distracting the police from fighting...

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He would come around my house and ask me for money, so he could buy drugs. ... He said, "I will pay me back." ... One day I was going to school and I saw my friend rolling up a joint. ... Many young children think that school it's boring that's why they don't go to school. ... Parents say that kids don't listen, but when it comes to drugs kids do listen. ...

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Many times, users will have to go through detoxification either at a facility or a hospital, depending on the severity of the addiction. There are classes available at different locations that help past abusers overcome their experience and get back on the right path. ... Understanding addiction is a crucial aspect when it comes to prevention, treatment, and recovery. ...

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She basically sits in a rocking chair facing her apartment window waiting for her dead husband to come home. ... Not talking about them would just make them go away or act as if they never happened. ... Bill's behaviors come from what he has observed at home and the family norms. ... As discussed earlier, things were not talked about in hopes of the problem going away. ... Bill tried to talk to her about his dad shortly after his death but his mom would yell at him and tell him, "Stop talking, he is coming back....

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Of course, television can be a problem for some people but for the majority, the time we spend watching television is just a chance to sit back, relax, and not think. ... If you divide the seven hours of television viewing per person, then the hours a day watched per person comes out to roughly 1.55 hours. ... They didn't go to seven hours worth of movies because that many movies would be expensive. ... As long as we go out occasionally and mingle with real human beings, then I see no problem. ...

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It is a moment I can only dream of, and a dream that will never come true. ... At the ripe age of four he would abandon my one year-old brother (Malachi) and I at home while he would go make drug deals or snort, or whatever it was that he did during the hours he left us. ... I remember a day he told us he was going to the movie store--which was exactly three minutes from our house -- and would be back shortly. ...

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He states that his "lifelong struggle with mental disease has consistently brought him back to write about drug policy, pharmacology, and mental illness" (266). ... The campaign brings drugs to our attention and the problems the come with taking them. ... In the mean time the doctor does not mention other ways upon going about this disorder. He does not mention the healthier way of going about the problem. ... Though when I look back at my high school social events they all revolve around drugs, parties on the weekends would have alcohol and other substances. ...

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People back then started thinking outside of the normal, fundamentalist state of mind. ... This name comes from the large boots worn to hide the alcohol in. ... This money could go to much better resources. ... Think about that the next time you read about a man going to jail for 15-25 years for being caught with a joint. ... They differ because back then people were smart enough to realize that what they had done wasn't working and changed it. ...

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The uncanny similarities between my cousin's death and the death of Al Sicherman's son in "A Father's Plea: Be Scared for Your Kids" brought back the horrifying pain I hoped never to experience again. ... As I stepped in the back door to the garage I heard my aunt scream: "Adam no!" ... Looking back at the indescribable feelings I was facing after learning that my own cousin had committed suicide, I can't begin to comprehend what my uncle was experiencing. ... The only thing he said was; "I know what the author is going through." I have now come to accept the death ...

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No matter how you look at gambling, it's not going away. ... If people have the right to go out and buy a lottery ticket and possibly win over $180 million, they should have the right to go to a casino, relax and play a game of cards. ... The gamblers begin to believe they must return as soon as possible to win back their losses. ... So many good things can come out of gambling. ... If someone lost a few million at a casino, people think he/she is going to become an alcoholic, do drugs, and commit suicide. ...

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While it's not the only chemical involved in drug abuse, experts have come to believe that dopamine is the crucial one. ... "You get a sense of power, a sense of being able to do things, an immediate feeling of pleasure associated with moving and getting going and being unusually capable. ... The world is such a scary place these days with all the wars taking place such as the war in Afghanistan and such terrorist acts as September 11 and the Bali bombing, it is a very scary world for the adolescents to grow up in and they take every opportunity they get given for it may be the la...

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