These diary entires are Katy Brenner’s documentation of her experience in the drug scene during the 60’s in the early stages of the Hippie movement. Diary entry #1 Febuary 3rd 1961 Dear Diary‚ due to the huge new "Hippie" movement going on here in portland and apprently around the U.S‚ drugs seem to have become very popular latley. This sparks my interest as everyday while at school my friends seem to talk about diffrent things they have tried and experienced and it’s starting to make me a little
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Mary Jane Smells Bad In today’s urban culture we see‚ hear‚ or talk about drugs almost every day. To most‚ America’s war on drugs is a joke‚ something to laugh at‚ and something to poke fun at. However‚ the war on drugs is a serious business that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Perhaps one of the biggest threats on the streets is the commonly abused gateway drug‚ Marijuana. Marijuana‚ weed‚ pot‚ Mary Jane‚ whichever you want to call it‚ is a disgusting drug that should never be legalized like alcohol
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Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide used as a defoliant by the United Stated military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate the forest. A defoliant is a chemical that removes the leaves from trees and plants. The Vietnamese soldiers were using the forest as cover to attack the enemies. The military also sprayed a chemical mixture on the crops that were used to feed the Vietnamese army and population. The original problem that the U.S. military was trying to solve with the “Rainbow Chemicals”
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HSC 4150 Project #1 – 60 points The History of Substance Abuse The goal of Project #1 is to gain a deeper understanding of the history of substance abuse prevention. For instance‚ what tactics were employed in earlier decades to reduce substance abuse? When was it first recognized as a societal problem? What groups lobbied for change and why? Which substances were first “demonized” and for what reasons? In addition‚ students will review current alcohol and tobacco use trends and associated
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Katerine Arzapalo Economics Lindquist 02/23/14 Not Legalizing Marijuana How would you like if you saw marijuana being sold in stores or on the streets and the police can’t do anything about it? I believe that marijuana shouldn’t be legalized. Others say that marijuana will help the economy‚ create more jobs and will be used in medical use. Yes‚ I agree that it will raise money but that isn’t going to fix everything. Supporters of this issue do a good job of making points but they down play
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In “The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition‚” W. J. Rorabaugh effectively argues that the Antebellum Temperance Reform was motivated primarily by religious moralism. Rorabaugh claims that the temperance societies developed by evangelical Christian ministers served as socializing institutions which significantly helped ease social tensions and anxieties that contributed to alcohol consumption. Rorabaugh is a professor of history at the University of Washington and has published various research
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Drug addiction is on the rise and never stopping‚ with new drugs being discovered‚ the addictions will keep climbing. The amount of drug addicts there are in america is rising everyday‚ now it is about 23.4 million people across the our country alone. That is approximately one in ten Americans. In the novel The Other Wes Moore not only drug addiction is a problem but even becoming a drug dealer isn’t a far stretch. The novel follows two men with the same name not far apart‚ but two different fates
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Kevin Ramirez Prof: Romero Eng 67 2 December 2014 Causes of Smoking Marijuana Marijuana is used for multiple purposes some of which include medical reasons‚ temptation and stress‚ and peer pressure. More than 1 in 3 people in America have tried marijuana at one point in their lives. Though occasional use isn’t usually harmful‚ pot can affect your body and mind any time it gets into your system. Marijuana brings millions of people relief from the pain they feel from a day to day basis. Medical marijuana
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Co Rentmeester uses this photo to describe the war on drugs during the 1960’s and the US population trying to cut drugs out. Early alterations to law were enacted when “The U.S. Congress first introduced mandatory prison terms for drug use and sale with the 1956 Narcotics Control Act” (Muscoreil). The Photograph is at about eye-Level and is close up.The person seems to be the main subject‚ but the black board behind takes the attention away. The photographer is maybe trying to convey the idea and
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Essay 1 A Potent Policy Debate The two articles being discussed are on the topic of drug legalization‚ having my own opinion‚ what I’ve done is become completely open minded on the subject and only will judge the argumentative skills of the authors. Organizing it by article‚ I will review at the end of each analysis if the reader would have swayed my opinion. Judging on the use of ethos‚ pathos and logos to determine if the two authors give valid argument on Drug Legalization and the effects it
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