Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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get your dream education. You found your solution; the study drug. Sadly – a problem is still to be found; the study drug. Because what you and many young students from USA don’t know is these pills actually are made for treating ADD and ADHD diagnosed patients‚ and by that fact can cause side effects to people like you without these diseases. The phenomenon “Study drugs” are greatly criticized by David Sack in his article; “Do Study Drugs Breed a Nation Of Winners – or Cheaters?”. David Sack points
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I. Benefits of Legalization Currently most everywhere in the United States‚ our legal system penalizes prostitutes and their customers for what they do as consenting adults. Money is still spent on law enforcement efforts to catch prostitutes and their customers. Once caught‚ justice departments have to process these people through very expensive systems. What are the end results? Police personnel and courtrooms are overburdened with these cases‚ having little or no impact on prostitution. The
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Government Funding for the Space Program Over the past 20 years the United States space program have seen many changes. The first of them being a large interest from private sectors. Companies such as space X‚ Google‚ Virgin Galactic‚ and Xcor aerospace had come into the mix‚ due to the crash of the United States economy making every taxpaying dollars required to go further in assisting citizens the United States and the death of the space shuttle program. Privatized companies have now been able
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time for drug related chargers made up almost 50% of sentenced prisoners under federal jurisdiction. With the highest amount of drug related incarnations‚ The United States has a staggering 6.8 million Americans struggling with drug abuse. It is without doubt that the prison population is driven largely by incarceration for drug offenses. It is often argued whether the punishment fits the crime‚ and often questioned if the government is wasting money on prisoners incarcerated for drug related offenses
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The Plug-in Drug Part 1 Bibliographical Information Winn. “Televising: The Plug-in Drug.” The Mercury Reader. John Callahan. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing‚ 2009. 207-217. Print. Part 2 Brief Summary Marie Winn the author of “Televising: The Plug-in Drug”‚ is expressing the affects that television has on children. Television today is part of a family’s everyday life. The affects that television has on families are the change of family life and family rituals. The harms that television
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Drug use is widely regarded as one of the most serious health problems in our country today. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (2002) “an estimated 13.6 million Americans were current users of illicit drugs in 1998‚ meaning they used an illicit drug at least once during the 30 days prior to the interview. This represents 6.2% of the population 12 years old and older. An estimated 1.8 million (0.8%) Americans aged 12 and older were current users of
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The Pros of Illegal Drugs Many countries along with the United States have laws forbidding the possession‚ sale‚ and use of certain drugs ranging everywhere from marijuana to heroin. Though many countries classify these drugs as illegal‚ I believe certain ones are not as bad as people portray them as. In my mind‚ the illegal drug cannabis‚ also known as marijuana should be legalized since it can not only improve the economy but its side effects are not that foreign to other legal drugs.I believe
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marijuana now treats‚ its most common application is in pain management. Modern scientific data to support the pain reliving benefits of cannabis has been slow‚ particularly in the U. S‚ because of the current categorization of cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug‚ which places it in the same group as cocaine and heroin. However‚ medical marijuana and medical marijuana laws are bringing awareness to the many health benefits to be had from cannabis compounds such as THC and CBD. In fact‚ medical marijuana appears
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Maysa Dandis Professor Roffel English 200 September 28‚ 2013 The Old City of Jerusalem King Abdullah II once said”I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions”. The old city of Jerusalem represents many of fascinated religious and archeological landmarks. I went there when I was 13 years old. Anyone visited this city certainly he would visit the holy places for Muslims‚ Christians and Jews‚ met people divided in a different uneven quarters‚ taste the most delicious
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