last Wednesday a young man‚ who worked as a night manager at a McDonald’s restaurant‚ in New York was arrested due to his selling of cocaine and crack‚ out of the establishment in which we worked. Frank Guerrero‚ sold an undercover police officer almost $11‚000 worth of cocaine and crack‚ over the spread of eight occasions. Guerrero cleverly hid the packages of cocaine in food packaging‚ as to discretely deliver it to his customers. Over $5000 was found in his daughter’s bedroom‚ during the raid of
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increase in drug abuse and widespread illness is due to the condemning ignorance in which the United States is responsible for. If there would have been doctors involved that would have alerted the people of the great dangers of drug abuse and cocaine and crack cocaine addiction as doctors Smith and Wesson tried to warn the country. The 1960s drug use were characterized as “youthful rebellion.”It gained the attention of the President Nixon and therefore he established the D.E.A. through executive order
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2012 WORLD DRUG REPORT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna World Drug Report 2012 UNITED NATIONS New York‚ 2012 © United Nations‚ June 2012. All rights reserved worldwide. ISBN: 978-92-1-148267-6 e-ISBN: 978-92-1-055653-8 United Nations publication‚ Sales No. E.12.XI.1 This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder‚ provided acknowledgement of
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COKE CLASSIC VERSES PEPSI THE CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION 11/15/99 The American Soft drink has become an internationally recognized icon. As a children we choose our preference Coca-Cola or Pepsi-cola. We go to restaurants and ask for it by name‚ and if for some ungodly reason‚ we are forced to submit to one or the other we do it with reluctance and hesitation. Coke-cola and Pepsi-cola have integrated and weave itself‚ into our daily lives‚ through fast food‚ celebrities‚ and controversy
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determine the effects alcohol and substance can cause during certain stages. In order to gain a more efficient understanding of the effects different substances can have on fetal development the following substances were studied: (1) alcohol‚ (2) cocaine‚ (3) opioids‚ (4) nicotine (smoking)‚ and (5) cannabis sativa (marijuana). Each substance (previously listed) examined was provided with supporting evidenced of past research. Developmental (i.e. physical and mental) impairments were found to be
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similar effects as cocaine does‚ however meth acts on the brain for a longer period of time. The result can mean damage to nerve terminals in the brain and an increased risk for
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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana‚ Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon and Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead‚ all participated and abused heroin (54). Kurt Cobain took his own life with a shotgun‚ while battling his heroin addiction. Also‚ Shannon Hoon overdosed on cocaine while he had recently tried to kick his heroin habit. In addition‚ Jerry Garcia who had been a drug junkie for years died in a rehabilitation center while trying
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sodas. By this point in time‚ Coca-Cola’s sodas were becoming a household name‚ and you could find Coke in nearly every home and business. Coke had become a very popular term‚ and was commonly linked to the soda‚ despite its typical representation of cocaine. Coca-Cola argued that Koke was too similar and led to consumer confusion. In the end of the legal dispute‚ the courts agreed. Especially during a time of radio advertisements and word-of-mouth discussions‚ the spelling differences between Coke and
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Crips which are also known as Project Watts Crips. PJ’s were founded on the eastside of Los Angeles better known as Watts. Imperial Courts Housing Projects was and still are considered their homeland. Reese started selling cocaine and heroin in 1965. Being that cocaine and heroin were addicting drugs‚ it didn’t take long before addicts in Los Angeles area to become strung out. Witnessing this damage being made‚ dollar figures were staidly increasing for Reese and his drug selling crew. All
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problem started when he began to abuse cocaine on the weekend‚ which led to significant trouble in his social life. As the substance abuse began to grow more prominent‚ he depended on it more and more and that led to physical and emotional symptoms that included: craving more of the drug just to maintain his desired high‚ going through withdrawal when he didn’t have his drug of choice‚ and spending large amounts of time in drug related activities. Cocaine is considered a central nervous system
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