He took whatever money he could find whether or not it was his and spend it on his addiction. ... When my mother walked into the room he started going off on her. ... R in on what was going on. ... All of our paychecks and money would go to my mother which in turn would go straight into an envelope and into the mail box. ... He would go bother my brother at work for money, and my brother would sometimes give it to him so he would go away. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Police feared going into the ghetto for their own safety. ... They will use whatever force necessary to keep their activities afloat. ... These poor living conditions do not go unnoticed, however little is done to improve their conditions. ...

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Police feared going into the ghetto for their own safety. ... They will use whatever force necessary to keep their activities afloat. ... These poor living conditions do not go unnoticed, however little is done to improve their conditions. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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This threat motivates her to do whatever she can to save her family. ... Because of one abrupt change in her life, she feels the need to go to extreme efforts to save her image. ... Because of her unique addiction to living an upper-class lifestyle, Helena goes to extravagant lengths to resume the life she had before her husband's arrest. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Defining the term deviance branches off into different directions, one may coin a person's behavior morally, socially, medically or whatever them seem to consider as a deviant action. ... There are hundreds of different terms and names for this drug such as, weed, bud, pot, Mary Jane, reefer and the list go on. ... I could not go into depth with the people I was observing and ask them what were there motivations in acting upon this deviant behavior. ...

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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. ... Chance stated, "Whatever plans mom has this time, grand or small, starry eyed or dull, my plans will be under her plans holding them up" [Jackson]. ... 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 ...

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(Godfrey 37) Whatever part of the body marijuana affects, it is, without a doubt, very harmful to the body. ... "Marijuana is often the first drug young people experiment with, and once its high begins to wear off, they often go to try to even more dangerous drugs. ...

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Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for whom it alleviates the severe nausea that is often accompanies chemotherapy and sometimes makes lifesaving treatment impossible. ... The bottom line is, whatever the money is used for, it will be coming from the marijuana market which currently provides 0 dollars to the communities it is found in. ... I think those are apt metaphors for what will happen if Ameri...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After going through such a day, sadly some adolescents find their relief in drugs and alcohol otherwise known as substance abuse. ... Peele agrees and goes on to suggest that parents set these boundaries through their own action and example (Peele Jan. 2001). ... Why go through the hassle of trying to make friends when you can have a dependency. ... If you have no one to look down on you, or any one to answer to, including parents, then in theory, you can do whatever you want. ...

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• Grade Level: High School