Unfortunately, at the same time, the FBI was reporting dramatic increases in the national crime rate. In the 1960s, crime rates rose for about 10 years; reported street crime quadrupled, and homicide rates doubled. ... " The surge of young men was occurring precisely at the same time that the unemployment rates for black men was. ... Rising crime rates were used as an excuse for a crackdown on impoverished black communities. ... In ten years, rates of drug abuse, addiction and drug-related crime had plummeted. ...

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Survival of the fittest has always been the dictating law in nature. This has meant that those animals that were sick or maimed would eventually die out as they were less prepared to face those challenges that were presented to them in the wild. Following this principle, animals have evolved to become, on the whole, more specialized and better able to fill their specific niche. However, we as humans, have violated this intrinsic rule of nature. By utilizing and ingesting different substances, we have found a way to prolong and the save the lives of those weak and dying members of our speci...

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Regardless of "choice" there is no set system in place to guarantee the recovery and 100% success rate. ... With all the funds that are invested into treatment for addicts there is not a 100% success rate for any one particular program or method of treatment. ...

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Cocaine increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and it curbs the appetite. ... He ran into a business screaming, "Someone is trying to kill me!" ... He screamed, "Don't kill me!" ...

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Cocaine increases body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and it curbs the appetite. ... He ran into a business screaming, "Someone is trying to kill me!" ... He screamed, "Don't kill me!" ...

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"Hey let me bum a cigarette. ... "My sister got me doing it, and it's addictive. ... The doctors at the VA hospital have cussed me, pleaded with me -- and my family also -- and I just could not throw those cigarettes away. ... The Doctors tell me there is a VERY great chance of blindness, loss of limbs, and I don't want to hear about it. ... Not for me but FOR YOURSELF AND LOVED ONES." ...

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Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure i...

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The same survey reports, "The rate of past month illicit drug use among youths was higher among those that were currently using cigarettes or alcohol, compared with youths not using cigarettes or alcohol. In 1999, 5.6 percent of youth nonsmokers used illicit drugs, while among youths who used cigarettes, the rate of past month illicit drug use was 41.1 percent. The rate of illicit drug use was also associated with the level of alcohol use. ...

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The same survey reports, "The rate of past month illicit drug use among youths was higher among those that were currently using cigarettes or alcohol, compared with youths not using cigarettes or alcohol. In 1999, 5.6 percent of youth nonsmokers used illicit drugs, while among youths who used cigarettes, the rate of past month illicit drug use was 41.1 percent. The rate of illicit drug use was also associated with the level of alcohol use. ...

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The underground society of weed smokers Outline Although weed is an illegal drug an underground society still exists that utilizes sellers of the product to satisfy the consumers in the society whose unique techniques for achieving effects that they want from the drug. I. There are personal use...

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A Research of the Media Coverage of the War on Drugs: Marijuana: The Facts and the Media Coverage The "war on drugs" was announced by President Nixon in 1971. The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. Some feel that this media frenzy was caused, in large part, by the government of the United States of America. Others feel- that this heightened media coverage is a direct result of the consequences of drugs and drug abuse. For whatever reasons that the media was there, the participants in this pro and con ...

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