ASM 4 – Identify and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance misusers 1.1 – Describe the range of different substances subject to misuse and their effects There is a whole range of different substances and they all create different effects. Substances fit into three different categories‚ with more than one category fitting some substances. The three categories are: Stimulants‚ Depressants and Hallucinogens. I will proceed to list the main substances‚ their effects‚ how they are taken
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the inner city areas where unemployment and poverty are a way of life. Gangsters could possibly make anywhere from five hundred to five thousand dollars each day dealing crack cocaine. Therefore‚ the cash reward was a primary part which attracted gangsters to this specific profession. Bloods and Crips manage crack cocaine distribution in several cities around the
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Cheney’s daughter was openly gay and having a child with her partner. I can only imagine what the first lady has to say You’ve come a long way from whiskey and cocaine. -This refers to allegations that Bush had an affinity for alcohol in his youth. Pink refers to cocaine here because of Bush’s supposed arrest and ensuing discovery of cocaine possession in 1972. Bush neither confirms nor denies these allegations‚ saying only "when I was young and irresponsible‚ I was young and irresponsible." Regardless
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Magazine‚ Volume 128) A CNN article in 1996 sited U.S. government figures that show more than 90 percent of all federal prosecutions for crack cocaine in 1995 were of African American defendants. In additions‚ unlike convictions for powered cocaine and other drugs (which wealthy‚ Caucasian defendants are more likely to use)‚ a conviction for selling crack cocaine can carry a lengthy prison term without benefit of parole. A 1990 study by The U.S. General
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heroin and cocaine (Byrne‚ 1988). Nicotine is a stimulant contained in tobacco products that causes changes to the brain and behavior. It interacts with nicotinic receptors in the visual‚ limbic‚ and motor systems to increase brain metabolism‚ as it goes straight to the brain. Studies show‚ nicotine causes skeletal muscle relaxation‚ increases heart rate and blood pressure‚ and regulates the levels of a wide range of chemicals in the blood and brain. Which are the same effects as cocaine and heroin
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The disproportionate number of African-American males incarcerated within the United States is a difficult social dilemma that needs to be more fully understood and addressed. This paper will explore the mass incarceration of African-American men. The paper will look into the prevalence‚ causes‚ consequences‚ and offer solutions to this crisis. Specifically‚ seeking to find what factors have created such high levels of criminal justice control for African-American males‚ and explore the impact on
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English Composition II Research Paper A mandatory minimum sentence occurs when judicial discretions are limited by law (Famm). Those who are convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least the minimum number of years depending on the offense. Amanda Dollak who received her criminal justice degree at CTU‚ states “Mandatory sentences require every individual to receive the same punishment for similar offenses‚ regardless of how much a judge may object to the sentence”
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Raven was negative on her drug screening. Va’deljima was positive for cocaine: 2449pg/mg and Benzoylecgonine: 252 pg/mg. Monasia was positive for; Cocaine: 4449pg/mg and Benzoylecgonine: 472pg/mg and Suncheska was positive for Cocaine 1281pg/mg and Benzoylecgonine: 123pg/mg. Ms. Brown did not go for a drug screening. Ms. Black states she does not use any illegal drugs but admits that she does sell
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Lynn Streeter English 102 Prof. Paola Brown 4 February 2008 Legalize It In 2000‚ George Bierson’s "Marijuana‚ the Deceptive Drug"‚ was published by the Massachusetts News. Bierson concludes that marijuana is harmful in many ways‚ including brain damage‚ damage to the reproductive system‚ and weakening of the immune system. He also attempts to convince the reader that marijuana is a "gateway drug" that leads the users to venture into much harder drugs. I believe that research to support anything
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the dark world of power‚ greed and corruption and the impact that has on the central protagonist. Court in the Middle is an autobiographical story about a high profile middle-aged lawyer who is fed up with the struggles of his life and resorts to cocaine. The Wolf of Wall Street was released in 2013 and directed by Martin Scorsese‚ the movie is based on the true story of a man called Jordan Belfort who has good intentions to become a successful broker‚ however he is soon possessed by the power he
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