The sound effects used during the process of heroin consumption and in the drug dealing scenes were particularly effective. ... This speeds up the eating process, so the audience can understand how insufficient the meal is. ... Every one of Sara's actions is enlarged so that the audience becomes completely engrossed in the pill-popping' process. ... As Harry steps out of the car, a telephoto' lens is used to show how sharp Sara's vision has become. As he steps out of the taxi the camera zooms in on Harry's face in fast motion, showing us how Sara is seriously overexe...

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The sound effects used during the process of heroin consumption and in the drug dealing scenes were particularly effective. ... This speeds up the eating process, so the audience can understand how insufficient the meal is. ... Every one of Sara's actions is enlarged so that the audience becomes completely engrossed in the pill-popping' process. ... As Harry steps out of the car, a telephoto' lens is used to show how sharp Sara's vision has become. As he steps out of the taxi the camera zooms in on Harry's face in fast motion, showing us how Sara is seriously overexe...

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The abuse of heroin-whether by inhalation, ingestion, or injection-is the last step in a process of many, and it is those preceding steps that we will discuss. ... Refining raw opium into heroin is a tedious, multistep process. ... This conversion is achieved primarily by chemical processes and requires several basic elements and implements. ... When dried, the morphine resulting from this initial process is pressed into bricks. The conversion of morphine bricks into heroin is also primarily a chemical process. ...

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This type of behavior is said by many to be based upon "choice" that are bad and out of control but made voluntarily by the addict. ... There is a compulsive quality to it that seems at least partly beyond the individual's conscious control; and 3.) ... According to Chandler (1987) "the ability to experience fun and pleasure and feel capable and in control are often lacking in an individual who uses drugs and alcohol". ... The rest of the steps that the intern interacted with were built upon this main step. ... The addict does not want to interact in group sessions, in...

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The Bill of Rights was a revolutionary measure in that it guaranteed that our federal government could never lawfully advance outside it's authorized bounds and encroach upon the natural born rights of man to act as he chooses as long as the rights of others are not violated in the process. ... Under the New Deal forty two new agencies now controlled everything from airlines and broadcasting to oil and agricultural production. ...

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There will always be some sort of drug war going on, but it will be substantially easier for the different law enforcement agencies to control. ... It is just that much easier to maneuver around the process of performing drug busts and inching closer to the end of the drug war altogether. ... In a way it is like a big circle with the dealers selling, the users buying, and the D.E.A. always chasing, sometimes a couple of steps behind. ...

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The DEA suspected that the cocaine labs were very large, but the Colombians kept eluding them.Finally the DEA was able to track down the chemicals used in the processing of cocaine to one of the labs, and the DEA scored their first major bust. ... Upon examining the relationship between marijuana use and violent crime, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "Rather than inducing violent or aggressive behavior through its purported effects of lowering inhibitions, weakening impulse control and heightening aggressive tendencies, marihuana was usually found to inhibit the...

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Finally the DEA was able to track down the chemicals used in the processing of cocaine to one of the labs, and the DEA scored their first major bust. ... Upon examining the relationship between marijuana use and violent crime, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded, "Rather than inducing violent or aggressive behavior through its purported effects of lowering inhibitions, weakening impulse control and heightening aggressive tendencies, marihuana was usually found to inhibit the expression of aggressive impulses by pacifying the user, interfering with muscular coordinati...

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These drugs affect moods, emotions, feelings and thinking processes, or they can alter the workings of the mind. ... After testing it under a controlled substance, he later noted that it brought forth fear and disorganization. ... In a study of four artists that were given LSD, they concluded that the lines and colors were less controlled and more free, and the drawings seemed to be more imaginative and to have greater esthetic value (Barber, 53). ... Lysergic acid deviates were found to relieve migraines and control hemorrhages because it causes veins to contract, but also caused gangrene ...

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Introduction The American Dream is for many people much more than just a dream. For them the American Dream means getting a new shot at life, or the possibility of become rich. This is what the movie Scarface is all about. Tony Montana builds his entire drug empire from scratch and we follow him thr...

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