INFORMATIVE SPEECH (David Hurt‚ COM 108) Low Pay for Women Compared to Men in America How much did you pay for your car? Did you know that the difference between an average man and women’s salary is enough to purchases a new automobile in America. Below I’m going to discuss the pay gaps‚ Educational aspects with men and women‚ and why this issue is world wide. In order to better understand this issue of pay between men and women look at your wife’s or husband’s pay and you’ll see the
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million Americans‚ about 6 percent of the household population aged twelve and older‚ use illegal drugs on a current basis (www.ncjrs.gov). Over the years the abuse of psychoactive drugs has become a persistent issue effecting individuals worldwide. Psychoactive Drugs are substances that change a person’s mood‚ perception‚ mental functioning and behavior (Understanding Psychology pg 142). These drugs are often ingested to alter an individuals feelings or to help them cope with their problems. However
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Prescription drug abuse and dependence In the United States‚ easy access to prescription drugs such as sedatives and pain medications is posing a major threat‚ especially drug abuse and dependence. The nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs (NMUPD)‚ which is the same as using drugs without a prescription‚ and it is very common among young adults. For instance‚ drugs such as sedatives‚ opioids‚ and stimulants are commonly misused by adolescents simply for the experience or the feeling. The nonmedical
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Youth Drug Abuse Profile Drug addiction is a complex but treatable disease. It is characterized by compulsive drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of severe adverse consequences. For many people‚ drug abuse becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. In fact‚ relapse to drug abuse occurs at rates similar to those for other well-characterized‚ chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes‚ hypertension‚ and asthma. As a chronic‚ recurring
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and the misuse of prescription drugs: evidence-based recommendations to curb a growing societal problem This article looks at the growing problem of misuse of prescription drug abuse among teens in the United States. This trend is studied and analyzed to see what are the most effective ways at preventing this problem. Prescription drug abuse has been on a frighteningly dramatic incline since the early 2000’s and is growing every year. The drugs most frequently abuse include pain relievers‚ sedatives
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Jones English 3A 6 December 2013 Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse is common in all societies. Families and communities are becoming less happy‚ suffering from serious injuries due to drug abuse‚ or torn apart by death. Around the world and throughout time‚ drug abuse has shown to be common among families. Abuse of any kind takes over everything in the abusers life. Drugs and alcohol abuse can affect a person’s capability to keep a job. Drugs and alcohol not only affects the person itself but
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Informative Speech So who here loves to travel? I personally love to travel and see new places‚ I have yet to travel overseas into Europe‚ but it’s definitely on my list of new adventures. I have been to parts of Mexico countless times‚(like Cancun and Cabo San Lucas) and to the Virgin Islands a couple of times‚( St. Croix was the island I visited)‚ and then I went to Costa Rica for about a month a couple of summers ago‚ and stayed in Ocotal‚ which is the very western side of Costa Rica‚
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Addiction and Drug Abuse There are many people that try drugs out for different reason. Some of the reasons many people experiment with drugs is because they want to have fun‚ improvement in athletic abilities‚ ease of depression‚ anxiety‚ and stress‚ because others are doing it or just out of curiosity. Drug use does not necessarily lead to drug abuse and there is not a particular level that using drugs will change from insouciant to challenging. Drug abuse and addiction varies by individual.
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Informative presentation: Hello‚ everyone: today my speech is about the famous animations in America‚ Japan and China. Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision‚ and can be created and demonstrated in several ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program‚ although
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Nigerian universities‚ the activities of drug addicts are known to have been source of threat to lives and property. (Aluede 2000). The impact of substance abuse among Nigerian youths has been a hallmark of a morally bankrupt‚ decadent and wasted generation and loss of our societal values and ideals. The situation now appears to be such that no one can claim ignorance of what is happening. We cannot sit on the fence and criminally pretend on the menace of drug abuse among our young people. Little wonder
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