Drugs and Alcohol Essay Underage drinking has been a growing problem for as long as alcohol has been in existence. Now with rising prices of alcohol‚ drugs are becoming the cheaper option for a night out. Therefore the use of drugs by teens is becoming a rapidly growing problem and this combined with underage drinking is having major effects on the young adolescents of Australia. Money urgently needs to be spent on finding a way to improve these growing problems‚ then more money needs to be spent
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million people with at least twenty percent being twelve or older‚ have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons at least once in their lifetimes. Some of the more commonly known drugs include Adderall‚ prescription painkillers and Xanax. These are the medications I will be researching and informing about‚ but there are definitely a lot more than three. Many people are prescribed and use these drugs as directed by a professional‚ but many also don’t. Adolescents often share or sell their medications
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Benjamin Lifto’s Informative and Surprising Essay Most people believe that we originated on Earth millions of years ago‚ but I believe this is our second home. I know it may sound a little crazy‚ but I have put together a few points that some find interesting. First‚ recently NASA has been conducting several missions to get a better look at Mars. On these missions they have found evidence suggesting that the planet was once rich in water‚ but no longer. This shows one fact that it had the
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Drug Education Writing Assignment Currently being used in about eighty percent of schools in America is the DARE program. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and has taught over thirty-six million children. One of the recent debates in education is whether or not this program is actually effective in preventing the use of drugs and alcohol. On the official DARE website it gives success statistics based on if parents and teachers were satisfied with the program and if a child talked
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Messenger Informative Essay Selflessness is a word to describe Spider-Man‚ a superhero. He is selfless because he helps people despite how big the situation is‚ or how massive his opponent is. In the book Messenger‚ by Lois Lowry‚ talks about how Matty‚ the main character in Messenger is selfless to his village and his friend. Matty showed his selflessness by sacrificing his life to save others in the village. He also asked to heal Kira’s leg‚ although she said no‚ he would have sacrificed
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Child Abuse Child Abuse is harm done to a child; this person causing the abuse can be either a child or an adult. Sadly‚ child abuse has been practiced in all cultures‚ and in all ethics throughout the world. In certain places child abuse started to be noticed and considered as one of the major problems in society. It is normally caused by stress or an economic problem‚ the average of child abuse is frightfully high‚ which is unacceptable we should unite as a society to make this end throughout
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Child Abuse Child abuse has been happening all over the world to children of all ages‚ although many children don’t speak up because they feel they might get hurt more. Child abuse is when a parent‚ or caregiver caused an injury‚ death‚ emotional harm‚ or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child abuse‚ including neglect‚ witnessing domestic violence‚ emotional abuse‚ sexual‚ physical‚ and substance abuse. Child neglect is a very common type of abuse. Child neglect
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left that is working. If homelessness keeps on increasing throughout the time‚ the problem will become more intense. What is the cost of homelessness. The main reason why homelessness is happening today is because of poverty‚ health‚ substance abuse‚ and lots other similar reasons. Poverty‚ poverty means a state of being poor. Poverty can happen when people don’t have a good job which usually leads to educational
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making poor decisions. One of my closest friends had died in a car accident two weeks prior to this moment. I had never lost anyone due to death‚ and I had no idea how to cope with it. Growing up in the “Bellside” or other wise known as‚ Montebello‚ drug abuse was the only answer. In order for me to escape the pain of losing my friend‚ I had smoked that morning before school began‚ and I didn’t have a clear mindset. The result of an unclear mindset was unfortunate at the time. I had forgotten to close
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Informative Essay “We are not going in circles‚ we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.” from Herman Hesse’s “Siddhartha” I believe the reason Hesse is so successful because his abilities to: Write about what he truly believes in‚ Write about content that he knows his customers/readers will be able to relate to and the ways he is able to transform his thoughts to words in a book perfectly. The way Hesse is able to write from his heart is so admirable and
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