The Meth Epidemic Methamphetamine is the most addictive drug used today. It appeals to people of all ages‚ and is not a respecter of person. It is creating a society with no future. Unless we as a society can contain and stop this issue‚ there will be no hope. What is the federal government doing to stop this problem? How are Pharmaceutical companies reacting to this issue? What are the effects on the general public? This is just some of the issues that were discussed in Frontline’s ‘The
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Cohabitation – Blessing or Destroy the relationship? One of the most dramatic trends of recent years has been the tremendous increase in male-female couples who choose to live together without marrying‚ a practice called cohabitation. According to the 2000 Census‚ there are eleven million unmarried people living with an unmarried partner in the United States today‚ and this number has grown 72% in the last decade alone. While many people like David Popenoe‚ a Professor of Sociology‚ on his essay
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Obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible but yet most neglected health issues in America causing an escalating global epidemic of overweight. Also known as “globesity” that is taking over the United States (Controlling the Global Obesity Epidemic). Although‚ obesity may not be the Black Death‚ it is still a severe health crisis that needs to be treated immediately (Griffin). Statistics show that two-thirds of adults and nearly one-third of children struggle with either being overweight
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Arguments are an integral part of human society‚ and structuring these arguments properly is important to emphasize a point. In the documentary I Can Change Your Mind About Climate‚ many legitimate and illegitimate arguments are put forward to the viewer. Some of these arguments are structurally wrong‚ and in some of them the premises are not relevant to the conclusion. The purpose of the documentary was for the two main protagonists‚ Anna Rose and Nick Minchin to try and change each others minds
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The Effects of Cohabitation on Todays Society Erin Bedard Cohabitation is replacing marriage as the first living together experience for young men and women. When blushing brides walk down the aisle at the beginning of the new millennium‚ well over half have already lived together with a boyfriend. For today’s young adults‚ the first generation to come of age during the divorce revolution‚ living together seems like a good way to achieve some of the benefits of marriage and avoid the risk of
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Vanessa Busse English Composition 101 Instructor Delano November 16‚ 2014 The Obesity Epidemic Two-thirds of people in the United States are overweight or obese; about a third of adults – more than 72 million – are obese‚ which is roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight (Hellmich 60). Obesity can be defined as‚ “A condition in which an individual has a high percentage of body fat. A person is considered obese if he or she has a BMI [body mass index] of 30 or higher. A BMI of 40 or more‚ or 100 pounds
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Melissa Chan debriefs the clown epidemic in the article‚ “Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Clown Attack’ Craze”. She goes on explaining many different perspectives‚ such as the terrified citizens of America‚ the real professional clowns‚ and the police force. With the continuation of the situation of people dressing up as clowns‚ people’s fears have not decreased. Instead people have taken their emotions to justify their violent and ill behavior. Now all clowns are found guilty of wanting
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Cohabitation among young people: for or against? In recent years‚ there are great changes in family structure. In some countries‚ there is a new trend of family structure called cohabitation. It means two people fall in love with each other and live together without getting married. According to the latest Census report‚ the number of cohabiting couples escalated from 6.7 million in 2009 to 7.5 million just one year later in 2010‚ with nearly 50 percent of young adults in twenties cohabiting
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Presentation Co-Habition 15’ I. Intro (Hưng): 1. Introduce the group 2. What is Cohabittion? Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married live together in an intimate relationship‚ particularly an emotionally and/or sexually intimate one‚ on a long-term or permanent basis. II. Body (Nhàn‚ Hạc‚ Cúc‚ Trí): 1. Advantages (Nhàn‚ Trí) i. Protesting the Institution of Marriage * Despite religious‚ cultural and legal biases against non-traditional unions
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outside through sprinklers on a hot June day‚ sipping hot chocolate inside on the blizzardy evenings of December with siblings‚ or cherishing those hilarious family dinner conversations. Now‚ it seems like children of this decade are diseased with this epidemic of technology. Instead of playing outside‚ children are inside in a shadowy cold room with their eyes glued to a television with scenes of gory video games of people shooting each other’s heads off. Family dinner talks turn into family members scattered
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