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    Miss   RH 101 8 November 2014 Drug Abuse in Inner Cities Inner-city areas have become the primary location for minorities‚ and the easiest place to find illegal drugs. Evidence shows that there is a link between the increase of illegal drug use‚ and the increase of minorities living in inner-city communities that are unemployed or collect welfare. Bruce D. Johnson states “Drug Abuse in the Inner City: Impact on Hard-Drug Users and the Community” and “Illicit drug use in the inner city expanded

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    Jasmine Cortez Manifest destiny was the desire to expand the U.S. from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Little by little manifest destiny was close to completion. Wars were fought; land was bought‚ until finally it was complete. After completion a couple of issues broke out. The issue of slavery along with Manifest Destiny together contributed to the Civil War and secession. Slavery was a really big issue due to the fact that a lot of people were for and against it. Just like a disagreement

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    American Studies How did Manifest Destiny Affect Native Americans? “We are the nation of Human Progress.” (John L. O’Sullivan‚ “The Great Nation of Futurity‚” The United States Democratic Review 6‚ no. 23 [1845]: 426-30) Manifest Destiny was a term created in 1845 by John L. O’Sullivan in a magazine article. It states that America was destined by God to move west and spread the Country from coast to coast. However‚ Manifest Destiny affected Native Americans lives in many ways; it moved

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    Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny was the only justification for the Americans expansion West towards California. For a quarter century after the war of 1812‚ only a few Americans explored the West. Then in the 1840’s‚ expansion fewer gripped the country. Many Americans began to believe that their movement westward was predestined by God. Manifest Destiny expressed the belief that the U.S was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. Traveling

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    fueled this optimism. Now‚ with territory up to the Mississippi River claimed and settled and the Louisiana Purchase explored‚ Americans headed west in droves. Newspaper editor JOHN O’SULLIVAN coined the term "MANIFEST DESTINY" in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset. A symbol of Manifest Destiny‚ the figure "Columbia" moves across the land in advance of settlers‚ replacing darkness with light and ignorance with civilization. The religious fervor spawned by the Second Great Awakening created

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    Drug Use and Abuse in Professional Cycling: What’s the History? Over the years‚ cycling has become more prominent and professional cyclists started to receive higher and higher pay. Professional cycling mixed with competition and high pay led to the use of drugs and steroids to increase winning chances and performance on the track. Because of this‚ professional cycling began its history of drug use and abuse which essentially amounts to cheating to win a title or money. It all started out when the

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    Household drugs are one of the many stimuli that can affect an individual physiological function. Such functions are the circulatory system. It is known that caffeine and Nicotine can cause a change physiological. It is known that caffeine can affect an individual ability to sleep‚ focus; it also can cause other symptoms such as rapid heart rate and trembles. Nicotine if ingestion can cause severe problems from dizziness‚ headaches to even death. The amount of intake can vary in the effect on an

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    Deangelo Whitfield TR 11 Drug Abuse Drug abuse is a big problem in the United States which causes short term‚ long term and financial problems for many. I. Introduction A. The title of my speech is drug abuse and I’m here to inform the problems of drugs. B. It is important to know the problems of drugs so you know not to try them or let anyone you know tries any.

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    The argument states that people are more worried about drug abuse and therefore the police have increased its efforts on preventing drugs from entering the country. Due to this increase‚ drug trafickers prefer to illegaly transport cocaine which does not have the disadvantages of other drugs. Therefore increased law enforcement lead to an increase in cocaine abuse. At first glance‚ the argument may seem somewhat convincing‚ though further examination reveals examples of lack of evidence‚ ill-founded

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    Harmful Effects of Drug Abuse during Pregnancy When a woman becomes pregnant‚ it is vital to her baby ’s health that she leads a healthy life. For a pregnant woman‚ substance abuse is twice as dangerous. Any drug use while pregnant has dangerous effects. First‚ drugs may harm her own health‚ which interferes with her ability to support the pregnancy. Second‚ some drugs can directly impair prenatal development. During pregnancy‚ virtually all drugs pose a danger. Even legal substances‚ such as alcohol

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