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    highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. This organic product is also known as meth‚ chalk‚ ice‚ and crystal‚ among many other terms‚ it takes the form of a white‚ odorless‚ bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol. This drug originated in the 20th century and is classified as a schedule II drug in the United States. Though crystal meth has a reputation as an American street drug‚ the origins of this drug were based in the Japanese military

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    Bad use the introductions to new characters‚ plot twists‚ and foreshadowing to critically analyze what it means to “break bad”‚ or to take matters into ones on hands‚ as they watch Walter White transform from high school chemistry teacher to mass meth producer.

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    modern day drug users from two different genre perspectives. In “Breaking Bad”‚ the show uses a dramatic up-front approach to show the horrors of meth use. It portrays the meth addicted parents as horrible degenerates of society. All they are focused on are drugs and how to acquire their next fix. The main female character in the episode is a meth addicted mother that experiences a role conflict when she has to decide to either take care of her son or cater to her addiction. The episode shows

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    A’s.She lives with her her mother‚ dad‚ and brother. Kristina lives a normal‚ happy‚ and carefree life until she is introduced to the drug Meth or commonly referred to as “Crank”. Kristina soon becomes addicted and can’t let go of the grip that methamphetamine has on her. The story goes through the ups and downs of Kristina’s addiction‚ often referencing to Meth as “the monster” and

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    "In Australia‚ Methamphetamines is the fastest growing concern of all illicit drugs. Discuss” Methamphetamine is a powerful and highly addictive stimulant drug. It can also be known as meth‚ chalk‚ ice and crystal and takes the form of a white‚ odourless‚ bitter-tasting crystalline powder that easily dissolves in water or alcohol. Methamphetamine can be taken orally‚ smoked‚ snorted‚ dissolved in water or alcohol and injected. In Australia‚ Methamphetamines is the fastest growing concern of all

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    Breaking Bad Analysis

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    Ascending to the highest echelon of prominence on Netflix in 2009‚ Breaking Bad‚ produced by Vince Gilligan‚ engages its viewers with spine-chilling excitement throughout the dark metamorphosis of Dr. Walter H. White. Living in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico‚ Walter White holds a PhD in chemistry; however‚ he works as an overqualified and underappreciated high school chemistry teacher. In the first episode of Breaking Bad‚ “Pilot”‚ White defines chemistry as a change in “growth‚ decay‚ [and] transformation”

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    The Effects from Drug Use‚ Drinking‚ and Smoking While Pregnant Women who are pregnant or wanting to become pregnant should not drink‚ smoke‚ or abuse drugs. Abusing these substances could cause substantial harm and have serious side effects on the child from the time it is in the womb to post birth. Each of these harmful substances could entail damaging consequences if a child has exposure to them in utero. This can lead to physical‚ emotional‚ learning‚ and social impairments for a child.

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    only makes them sick and harms their emotions and relationships. One major habit that students experiment with is drugs. There are many drugs or harmful substances that only harm college students. These harmful substances include alcohol‚ ecstasy‚ meth‚ and caffeine. Students use these drugs to obtain a “high” but are unaware of the fact that many times students become addicted. A substance that once gave a student energy‚ may turn into a substance that drastically changes their life. Alcohol

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    of the “Good vs. Evil” line that a character treads on. The main character Walter White treads that line like no other character on television ever has. In the show‚ Walter begins as a high school chemistry teacher and winds up a multi-millionaire‚ meth producer‚ and murderer‚ while still remaining a family man for a great majority of the series. A key component in analyzing which side of the line Walter is on is the authority he possesses a different points in the series. By analyzing the following

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    Mixed Methods Critique

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    capabilities of researchers. I raise some cautionary issues in this paper by critiquing the methodology in the journal article titled “Researching men: the politics and possibilities of a qualitative mixed-methods approach” published by Meth and McClymont (2011). Meth and McClymont (2011) explores the possibility and politics of using qualitative mixed methods approach in researching men. The methods employed in the study include focus group discussion‚ one-on-one interview‚ archival method (diary)

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