In 1988 they legally wagered $210 billion and in 1992 it increased to $330 billion resulting in a 19 fold increase within the 20 years (Lee). ... During the winning phase, gamblers experience a big win that leaves them with the impression that winning will continue and the amount of money will increase. ... During this phase, there is an increase in the time spent on gambling. ... According to Lee, excessive gambling is associated with increased stress, a pattern of lies, and deception on the part of the gambling spouse, increased divorce, and other forms of family dysfunction. ... Then th...

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In addition, it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. ... Based on this information it is not hard to realize that prohibition costs money, and lives. ... Legalizing Drugs would increase our economy's revenue. ... The 21st amendment repealed prohibition and alcohol taxes were increased. ... Drugs can be taxed heavily to increase our revenue. ...

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Rex Roger's, writer of the America's "New Love Affair with Gambling," explains that gambling has gone up about $1.5 billion per day or an increase of roughly 3,000% in the past 20 years. ... The "winning phase" in which the gambler experiences a big win or a series of wins that leaves them with unreasonable optimism that their winning will continue, and they begin increasing there bets. ... Finally, there is the "desperation phase" during this phase there is a marked increase in the time spent gambling. ... The government is constantly looking for easy money. ... Yes, people will...

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Legalizing drugs might increase the number of addicts, but prohibition is not going to stop it from happening, therefore I think they might as well quit wasting there time and money looking for drug criminals and traffickers and start spending it on other things such as health benefits and education, things like that. ... With the large sum of money saved from selling drugs could go towards promoting several different programs on the effects of addictive and mind-altering drugs. ... When drugs become (fully) legalized those with a desire of need for them will hardly increase their purchases. ...

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Taxes on tobacco and alcohol attain money for the country. ... This would lower the demand of money from income and property taxes. ... This money could be spent on other important government programs. ... With regards to drug use and young people, I believe that the number of young people addicted to drugs will not increase. ... It would reduce government spending while increasing government income. ...

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A great amount of money is involved also. ... This is a large amount of money, but using this money in order to crack down on drug use is only to protect society. ... But some, perhaps a great deal, of that gain would be offset by the great increase in the number of addicts- (Wilson, 339). ... One of the main arguments for the legalization of drugs is that more money could be spent on treatments for the addicts, but according to James Q. ... Legalizing drugs would only increase this problem causing addicts to use a greater amount of drugs and also recruiting new addicts. ...

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Some short term effects include increased hunger, sleepiness, and delayed reaction time; these effects vary from person to person. ... Politically wise, some people believe marijuana should be legalized in order to free up government money that is currently going towards the fight against marijuana. ... If marijuana were made legal, it would free up a large amount of government money, approximately $700 million annually. This money may be used for more significant reasons such as defense for America. ...

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The use of opiates to manage pain has increased. Unfortunately, along with the rise in opiate prescriptions is the increase in abuse (Woods, 2014). ... During the 1960s, heroin use increased so dramatically that the media began talking about the "heroin epidemic" (Bazell, 1973). ... Drug addiction is then likely to become a way of life, with most of the time spent getting the money to feed the addiction. The addict often turns to illegal ways of obtaining money, but reports of addicts turning to violence are greatly exaggerated. ...

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Today, the drug industry especially crack cocaine dealers are making huge amounts of money by selling the most dangerous and addictive drug in the business. ... (www.cocaine.org) Users who consume cocaine and alcohol at the same time increase the percentage of death, because it causes coca ethylene, which is the worst you can do to your own body. ... Scientists have discovered that when cocaine effects appear for a short term, it will increase the energy, decrease your appetite, mental alertness will occur, it increases heart rate and blood pressure, body temperature also increases and you wil...

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Opponents state that with legalization would come an increase not only in availability, but also with everything associated with that availability. This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ... (Duke 119-120) Controversially, legalization adversaries such as Robert DuPont argue that the inevitable result of legalization would be increased drug use, along with increased addiction and death rate. ... Followin...

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Opponents state that with legalization would come an increase not only in availability, but also with everything associated with that availability. This includes suffering of users and their loved ones, death of users and innocent alike, increases in health-care costs, cost to employers, drug-related crimes, and increases in various other social, economic, and emotional costs. ... (Duke 119-120) Controversially, legalization adversaries such as Robert DuPont argue that the inevitable result of legalization would be increased drug use, along with increased addiction and death rate. ... Followin...

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Problem gambling is not just about losing money, it's the feeling of delight that they experience from this activity (David Capuzzi, 2008, p. 37). ... In many cases, youths develop this addiction for the simple fact that they need money. ... Low-risk gambling is when people set limits on the time and money spent gambling. ... They feel depressed or angry after they gamble, borrow money to gamble, or ignore work and their family because of gambling (Staff, 2004, p. 12). ... Similar to substance addiction, the warning signs for process addiction can include greater sense of isolation, less ...

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He wasn't after the money in the cash register, though, but something far more important to him, OxyContin. ... Adverse experiences of increasing the concentration and frequency will include nausea, vomiting and respiratory depression ("OxyContin,"" 2537). ... "Once they get a hold on you, you will do anything it takes to get more,"" said Franklin McIntosh, an addict who robbed a bank to get money for his OxyContin addiction ("Concerns-). ... Tolerance is the need for increasing doses of opiods to maintain the defined effect, such as analgesia and physical dependence is the occurrence...

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The Office of national Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) summarizes the drug to crime relationship in three ways: [d]rug defined offenses, [which are] violations of laws prohibiting or regulating the possession, use, distribution or manufacture of illegal drugs, [d]rug related offenses, to which a drug's pharmacologic effects contribute; offenses motivated by the user's need for money to support continued use; and offenses connected to drug distribution itself [and the] [d]rug using lifestyle, a lifestyle in which the likelihood and frequency of involvement in illegal activity are increas...

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The physical effects of heroin is seen in the abuser who is standing on the street corner to try to get a fix or to try to get money to use to purchase heroin. ... Cocaine constricts blood vessels, dilates pupils, and increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. ... The abuser can experience itching, an increased heart rate, hallucinations and delusions. ... They are not able to have money because they usually will spend it on crack cocaine until there is no more left to spend. ...

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The use of informers as well as the vast amount of money at stake will lead to corruption. The prison rate has been greatly increased due to drug prohibition. ... It's also true that there has been increasing pressure on those who prescribe medications. ...

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Most users also report an increase in their appetite also known as the munchies. ... It also cost a lot of money to run rehab centers and make sure there is enough law enforcement to control the amount of drug activity that is going on. ...

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There was really only one area that had a slight increase and that was crack use by 10th graders from 1.8 percent in 2001 to 2.3 percent in 2002. ... The drug czar's office, officially known as the Office of National Drug Control Policy, coordinates the spending of this money. State and local governments also contribute money, which in part goes to pay for police and prisons. A gradual increase in the amount of spending towards this goal with a minimal gain in effect caused the public to become skeptical towards if the current policies and programs were truly effective. ... Governor Bus...

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He has a mother who, at the beginning, has no maternal feeling for him and a house that whispers to him of its money problems. ... After Paul's mother tells him that luck is what makes money, Paul decides that he 2 wants luck and sets off on his rocking horse to find it. ... Also, instead of quieting the voices, it simply drives them mad, and they scream, "There must be more money! Oh-h-h, there must be more money-. ... He spends most of him time discussing it, bets increasing amounts of money, seems to enjoy it immensely, and becomes almost like a different child when his winning streak ...

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He would come around my house and ask me for money, so he could buy drugs. The first two weeks I gave him money. ... I was shocked because I did not know that he was buying drugs with the money. ... I went there to talk to him about the money and why did he lied to me. ... Drug related deaths are increasing each year. ...

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Rather than spend his money on his family and give them the care and amenities they deserve, he spends all that he has on worthless property, which is all mortgaged and helps the family very little. Being cheap carries over to medical care, where rather than spend his money on a qualified physician for five dollars or so, he chooses those that are somewhere near one dollar and no very little about what they are talking about. ... If you"d spent money for a decent doctor when she was so sick after I was born, she"d never have known morphine existed!" ... Although James did try to find a cure ...

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Although an illegal substance marijuana is used for making money in America and other parts has been successful and existent for years. ... The fact that there are so many smokers along with the fact that the money is fast and easy are the main reasons that the selling of weed has become as popular as it is. ... The grower makes the most money because he deals with the largest amount of the drug. ... The majorities of street hustlers do not want to move up the ladder they want to make enough money to live, eat and have fun on. The money that is made by selling drugs is plentiful and it doe...

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Sometimes men in China to support their addictions would sell their wives and children, and ultimately become bums, begging for money to attain more opium. ... 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 whatever it is, there is something about the drug that made the addiction rate in China increase exponentially. ...

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Drug users are parasites, feeding off society's money and wealthy lifestyles. ... Addicts need money to support their habits, and will do just about anything to get it. ... It is hurting our country by causing increased crime, soaring insurance rates, stealing tax dollars, hurting families, and hurting children. ...

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Between the elderly, adults, and teens nowadays, the usage is increasing day by day. ... Teens and adults spend a lot of money on alcohol every year and in most cases they don't have the extra money to spend on different kinds of alcohol. ... Due to addiction, a lot of drug abusers use all their money and families' money to continue their addiction. ...

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