Ecstasy Abuse For many people the drug of choice would be marijuana‚ but in recent years that trend has been changing. The drug of choice for today ’s young adults is MDMA or ecstasy. Unlike marijuana which has long term affects‚ ecstasy can kill a person with one hit. It is a very dangerous drug‚ and is spreading like wildfire in the United States. Most teenagers take the drug without knowing the side affects such as depression and brain damage (theantidrug.com). With more people trying the drug
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Cause of child abuse labour Child labor alludes to the practice of employing children full-time in industries‚ often under dangerous and unhealthy conditions. The practice still prevails in developing countries‚ glaring examples being countries in Africa‚ south-east Asia‚ and Latin America. Many children across the globe lose their childhood working in hazardous conditions with meager pays. It is a law in all countries that the stipulated age of employment should be such that the child can finish
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Body Ritual among the Nacirema Kim Wilson Ivy Tech Community College This article written by‚ Horace Miner‚ was my first read in where I was shocked to discover such barbaric rituals from other areas of life. I took the time to re-read this article several times. I have learned of many different cultures in where people do things that seem out of the ordinary; however the beliefs and practices of the Nacirema people just seem outlandish. According to‚ Professor Linton‚ who brought the
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To start‚ the Ibo people have many societal rituals in their culture where women have major parts in them. For example‚ the Uri ritual is a ceremony where the suitor brings palm-oil to everyone in the bride’s family; this is primarily a woman’s ritual because the bride’s mother is expected to make food for the entire village with the help of other women. Also‚ during the Feast of the New Yam women have a role in taking the yams from the old harvest‚ and making yam foo-foo‚ which is a soup with mostly
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The first thing I noticed about the article‚ Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner is that Nacirema is American spelled backwards. That caught my attention right away and I thought to myself how interesting. Then as I started reading further into the article‚ I realized that the Nacirema people are us. What I found most interesting about the Nacirema people is how obsessed and focused we are on our health and body. There is always a fad diet that guarantees amazing results or a new cross
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My Service Learning in BIS 201 took place at Sojourner Recovery Services. Sojourner Recovery Services is a drug recovery facility for drug dependents men‚ women and adolescents. Sojourner Recovery Services assisted me with choosing a specific location and demographic to complete my Service Learning. I decided to choose to work with the adolescent. The adolescent population at Sojourner Recovery Service for drug dependent teens and preteens has different sites depending on the issue. Sojourner Recovery
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they weren’t properly trained to be with people with mental disabilities that could get violent because they have no control. In the worker’s defense‚ to them‚ the best idea to hold back the patient’s violent bouts was with restraints and physical abuse. This has not changed from the past due to the use of straitjackets and drugs to subdue patients‚ although‚ that does not excuse these workers for their crimes. In fact‚ it makes it worse because they know that the people admitted are vulnerable and
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video‚ “Rite of Ritual” and the story‚ “The Medicine Bag” have both similarities and differences. One story is based on a girl and her adventure to get the medicine bag and the other is based on a boy who goes through a journey with his native grandfather to get the medicine bag. They both receive a medicine bag that protects the main characters‚ Martin from “The Medicine Bag” and Dachina from “Rite of Ritual” in their long journey of life. “The Medicine Bag” and “Rite of Ritual” are similar because
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pounds‚ private and public zoos and advocates better conditions for all animals. Animal abuse is not just the result of a minor personality flaw in the abuser; it is a symptom of a deep mental disturbance. Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty towards animals rarely stop there‚ many of them move on to their fellow human. Cruelty to animals‚ also called animal abuse or animal neglect‚ is the infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals‚ for purposes
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The poem‚ “Lisa’s Ritual‚ Age 10” written by Grace C Kuhns takes us through the tasks and feelings of the young girl after she has experienced sexual abuse by her father. To what extent might the title refer not only to the physical ritual of cleansing but the psychological ritual of distancing her from the memories? This poem’s title refers slightly to the physical ritual’s she goes through to clean up. The author’s description of what Lisa does after cleaning up helps us imagine her in her safe
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