Abstract Throughout the late 1980 ’s and still today‚ "crack moms" and "crack babies" are the subject of vigorous public debate. Much of this public discussion has been governed by speculation and medical misinformation reported as fact in both medical journals and in the popular press and has been extremely judgmental and punitive in many instances. The harshest response has been the call for the arrest and prosecution of women who use cocaine during pregnancy. In a country that had come to
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September‚ 5th‚ 2014 Texting: Is it A Linguistic Evil? According to the Nielsen survey‚ which was conducted in December‚ 2011‚ a teen sends teens send an average of 3‚417 texts a month. Nowadays‚ texting has become the most preferred form of communication among people‚ especially the young generation‚ because of its convenience. Meanwhile‚ as texting is becoming more and more popular‚ it touches off a worrying issue that our society is really concerning about: Does texting harm our traditional writing
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“Custody Rights of Substance Abusing Parents” South College Isaiah McGill Should parents who are at high risk of abusing their children‚ particularly those addicted to drugs‚ be allowed to retain custody of their children? Is this an issue that pertains to health‚ and if so should these ethical issues‚ as well as support of the family‚ be under the responsibility of healthcare professionals? According to the Tennessee Department of Health all healthcare professionals in the state of Tennessee
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Obed Orellana Ms. Daphne Young English 111` Section #4369 3 June 2013 Final Texting and Driving Needs to Come To a Stop Texting while driving is not a good habit‚ with just moving our eyes from the road to answer a simple message can cause someone life. According to Ian Mulgrew‚ a journalist author from Canada‚ many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage. There are many laws being established to try to prevent distracted
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Should Drug Addicted Mothers be Sterilized? Sterilization is the surgical process after which a person can no longer reproduce. The process in permanent and irreversible. It is a choice for people but laws are considering to enforce it on the unfortunate group of drug-addicted mothers. The drug-addicted mothers are wholly held responsible for the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)‚ a group of problems that a new born has to face because the mother was dependant on illegal or prescribed drugs
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doing drugs automatically make you a “bad” person? Of course there are those out there who become bad people as a result of being addicted to certain drugs. Drugs are pretty easy to come by‚ and even easier to become addicted to. Especially in today’s economy‚ many people have a variety of problems‚ from peer pressure to past traumas to mental illness. Many people addicted to drugs are just trying to deal with their personal issues and problems. Peer pressure is a big issue for all teenagers in our
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computer games‚ perhaps parents should be more worried about teenagers addicted to computer games than the effects of violent video games. An examination of the literature reveals that those who study video game addiction sometimes disagree on the proportion of children and teenagers addicted to computer games. However‚ the majority of studies suggest that approximately 5 to 10% of youth who play computer games become addicted. Compared to other psychological difficulties (such as depression
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Texting While Driving Even More Dangerous The popularity of texting has caused an unforeseen danger- texting while driving. It has been proven scientifically that texting while driving reduces your awareness by almost half‚ and that texting while driving is over four times more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol. These are very disturbing results for anyone on the road‚ especially since it has been proven that an estimated 65% of drivers are texting and driving every single day
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Texting and driving is a hot topic in the United States and is debated often by many people. Some people think texting while driving should be a felony‚ while others do not. Texting while driving has many horrifying consequences‚ tips on how to avoid the problem‚ and scary facts and statistics. First‚ texting and driving can have horrific consequences. Hundreds to even thousands of innocent and guilty lives are taken yearly (Texting While Driving). Eleven teens die every day from texting related
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