to prominence during the crack epidemic. Scotty Appleton is the detective who is tasked with stopping Nino Brown by going undercover to work in Nino’s drug cartel. During the movie Nino Brown starts off as a small time drug dealer and eventually becomes the kingpin of the city. Scotty Appleton eventually brings the entire drug operation down and Nino Brown is killed during his trial. The film showed the reality of life in urban New York City during the crack epidemic. Most of what was seen
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Sterk reports about women who work as prostitute. Most of these women worked in streets‚ crack houses‚ and other pubic places. Sterk came up with six themes in the ethnography of prostitution: 1) A woman’s explanation for why she joined the field 2) The four types of prostitutes are streetwalkers‚ hooked prostitutes‚ addicts‚ crack prostitutes 3) The role of the pimp in their life 4) The impact of the AIDS epidemic 5) The violence and abuse that the women had to undergo 6) The depart from prostitution
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Is Mandatory the New Black? As you sow‚ so shall you reap. Despite its Biblical lineage‚ this common saying within American pop culture is held true by citizens across all religions‚ sectors‚ and political parties. Essentially‚ every negative action should be met with negative consequences‚ every severe crime should be met with severe punishment‚ and so forth. This karma-like notion is sprinkled across legislation within all areas of modern society. However‚ the American people’s innate drive for
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issue in the United States. Each year‚ approximately 757‚000 pregnant women use alcohol and 820‚000 smoke cigarettes. It is estimated that 221‚000 pregnant women use illegal drugs at least once during their pregnancy and 1 in 5 of these women smoke crack cocaine. Additionally‚ 32 percent of women who use at least one illegal drug while pregnant also use both alcohol and cigarettes. Overall‚ 1 million children each year are estimated to have exposure to either illegal or legal drugs during gestation
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move the drugs up and down the eastern seaboard. The worst drug threat in the United States continues to be cocaine‚ crack‚ and marijuana. These drugs are heavily traffic to the United States and end up on our streets. In the 1980’’s crack and cocaine brought an epidemic to smaller cities‚ and suburban areas in the country. The trafficking‚ distribution‚ and abuse of cocaine and crack had increased the violence and criminal activity that threatens the health of American citizens. The center of these
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Cocaine World of Scientific Discovery. Kimberley A. McGrath and Bridget Travers. Online. Detroit: Thomson Gale‚ 2007. From Student Resource Center - Gold. HIDE DETAILS SHOW DETAILS Document Type: | Topic Overview | Bookmark: | Bookmark this Document | Updated11/20/2006 For centuries‚ Peruvian natives have chewed the leaves of the coca plant because of their stimulating and exhilarating effect. In 1855 the German Gaedicke isolated the active alkaloid in coca leaves. Albert Niemann
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Xanax popularized o Since dominating the market in the early 2000’s‚ Prescription anti-depressant pills have become popular in the mainstream and have caught on as a trend for our youth. Xanax in particular‚ an anti-anxiety pill is a drug that’s become so widespread‚ it’s becoming more normalized as a recreational substance. The negative effects of the long term use outweigh the pros‚ don’t be fooled. The pill has slowly become relevant in the party scene. Xanbars‚ bars‚ handlebars all slang names
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Ronald Reagan lead us into a more retributive era of drug law enforcement. Changes in laws were rooted in the belief that drugs and drug related crimes were at an all-time high and considered an epidemic taking over our US communities. These ideals were magnified through the sensationalized media portrayal of crack cocaine described as the most addictive drug known to man. The US government embraced a zero tolerance policy which resulted in the extreme increase of incarcerations related to drug charges
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American political activist Mary Fischer denounced in her speech “A Whisper of AIDS” (1992) at the Republican National Convention in Houston‚ Texas‚ the belief that HIV/AIDS was an epidemic affecting strictly an isolated group rather than the total demographic‚ asserting that self-centeredness hindered HIV/AIDS awareness due to the stigma and ignorance cultivated by it. Fischer authenticated her argument by first building credibility of being a straight white Republican woman with her audience‚ she
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In your opinion‚ what have been among the main outcomes of the War on Drugs? It is significant that the war on drug is damaging to African American family in society. Within African American homes‚ it has become an epidemic of single parenting within urban environment because of drugs. To a large extent‚ African American male endure the negative circumstances due to the issue within their community. Therefore; if the living condition within that person home is not of the so call “American Dream”
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