hardworking. Students are also used to being surrounded by people of different races and cultures‚ so equality and tolerance is a value students generally hold. Many in this demographic popularly are fans of soft drugs‚ such as marijuana. It is assumed that this demographic looks down on the drug war. Generally students are well informed as to what is going on in the news. They’d have some working knowledge of the topic. Overall‚ this demographic recognizes (myself included) that they are the future of
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Drug Courts Sutoya Marlowe Fayetteville State University Criminal Justice 450 Dr. Robert Brown April 1‚ 2014 Abstract In order to understand the importance of drug court programs‚ it is important to learn what prompted the program. Before the first drug court was established in 1989‚ the United States has endured three drug epidemics that had profound consequences on the criminal justice system. Drug court programs intends to reduce substance abuse among offenders with addiction by
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Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Drug tests are a meaningful deterrent against drug use and a solid prevention strategy. The fourth amendment says "unreasonable search and seizure‚" It is NOT unreasonable to search a person if someone is giving them something. If a bank was giving out a loan‚ it would be quite reasonable for them search the applicant’s credit history. Applicants must to submit private and personal data to show they are eligible to receive government benefits. It is important that
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recreational use‚ across America in states such as Alaska‚ Colorado‚ and Oregon‚ the negative stigmas surrounding marijuana are beginning to become much more positive and liberal. We are entering an era where considerably more reserved states are decriminalizing the use of the once unanimously illegal cannabis drug. This new mentality however‚ which can be seen in many parts of the United States and Europe‚ is not uniform across the globe. In countries across across Latin America‚ the drug industry is
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overflowed with people that suffer from substance abuse. For example drug and/or alcohol related crimes have been implicated in violent crimes‚ instances of domestic violence‚ child abuse and neglect cases. Therefore‚ drug court has come in to offer people arrested for substances abuse related crimes and opportunity to receive community-based treatment with judicial supervision to avoid potential incarceration. For this reason drug court has changed people’s lives in a variety of ways‚ which are often
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Drugs and alcohol have always been a problem in the United States but alcohol has also always been a part of the culture. The government needs to know how to regulate alcohol but as for drugs I believe they are in no way positive. Alcohol should be legal and it is but it needs to be regulated because the people who are drunk don’t think correctly and can do very dangerous things putting others in harm. If alcohol is used correctly it is just a source of pleasure and overall can be every safe. But
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I have a dream that one day America will be drug free. We lose so many people each year because of drugs. I’m not even fifteen and I have seen many people die and have their kids taken away from them because of drugs. When people hear drugs they think of heroin and cocaine‚ but it can also come from a simple blood pressure pill‚ I know this by seeing it happen.Today two years ago my grandpa died from a simple prescription drug‚ he was depressed therfore he overdosed on blood pressure medicine. The
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child is behaving different with no motivation‚ sleeping excessively‚ sadness‚ etc.? They may have teenage depression. Teens often go into teenage depression without it being known‚ but with very noticeable habits. Memory loss‚ sadness‚ anxiety‚ staying awake at night and sleeping all day‚ difficulty with concentrating‚ or withdrawl can all be symptoms showing depression with a teen. Teenagers usually become depressed because of their poor performance in school‚ social status with peers‚ sexual orientation
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The Effects of Drugs used for athletic performance. Many of the drugs athletes take are illegal and are designed to increase their performance in sports. For example‚ steroids and related hormones‚ are used to increase muscle mass and strength by promoting testosterone production. They are mostly used by people in major league football‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ and ect. Most of the sports have made strict rules about it and of course there’s laws about using them to. Hormones or steroids can strengthen
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Depression is a leading cause of teenage suicide. Suicidal teenagers may become depressed and contemplate suicide after the death of a loved one‚ parental divorce‚ inability to make friends or do well in school‚ or witnessing violence in the home. These teens may feel extreme despair that they do not understand‚ and may feel helpless and hopeless because they cannot see a solution for the anguish they feel. To these teenagers‚ suicide may seem like the only way to make the pain stop. In addition‚ rejection
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