interview of Bill Whitaker with victims of heroin‚ families‚ friends and teenagers who were indirectly and directly affected by this drug epidemic. They explained that heroin has penetrated all over the country affecting everyone and anyone who comes across this opioid all starting in the heartland; there is not any form of prevention from people especially teenagers from obtaining it. Specifically they claimed that there need to be barriers to the availability of heroin to prevent consumers from taking it
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firearm related deaths in America soared to over 30‚000‚ but in Australia in the same year‚ we have only had 236 deaths resulted from firearms. This is a huge difference and the major reason why is because of the introduction of the gun laws which banned certain guns in Australia in 1996 where the deaths every year where cut in half in the years that followed. Putting forth a gun law will not make any criminals follow the rules. For example‚ the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting occurred because
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Cell Phones Should Be Banned in the School Ninety-two percent of students use cell phones in the classroom and only ten percent admit about it. It is a sensational number that these many students use cell phone during class to text‚ browse internet‚ exchange emails‚ send pictures or check social networking sites (Tindell & Bohlander‚ 2012). The use of mobile cause copious concerns including disruption in the classrooms‚ providing opportunity to cheat and is an instrument for crimes. The very common
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Cigarette Marketing Tobacco companies have done whatever it takes to get their product out and known to consumers. Through their advertisements in magazines and newspapers‚ on billboards and through promotion‚ the cigarette companies are trying hard to sell their products. The purpose of cigarette ads and promotions is to make sure smokers keep smoking‚ get people who quit to start smoking again and increase the number of cigarettes people smoke each day. Most importantly‚ cigarette ads and promotions
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they live in. Although this seems to be the case‚ more than 11‚300 books have been challenged for controversial material since 1982; 311 books were challenged recently in 2014 (American Library Association). The fact that books are constantly being banned illustrates how in many schools‚ knowledge is being withheld from students. Although some students may be sensitive to controversial material‚ banning books from their school libraries is damaging because it takes away their rights‚ limits their academic
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A young basketball player sees one of his star professional role models all buff and big. When asked how he got in such shape the professional athlete only had one word to say “STEROIDS”. Should steroids be banned from sports? My answer to this question without doubt is yes. Why? I have three good reasons why. 1) Athletes are encouraging teenagers to use them; 2) it is unfair to the players of the past who have records and statistics to be overshadowed by players who have cheated their way by
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placement tests can potentially be a standardized test. These tests have grown in popularity in recent decades‚ and thus are becoming a greater debate. Standardized tests‚ common tests administered within a school district‚ state‚ or country‚ should be banned in the United States. Standardized tests consist of either a single examination or multiple examinations grouped together to be taken at a single time. These tests are used to measure how well a school district or region is performing. There
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curious person. Something that many people seem to notice generally about modern music is that much of it is either explicit‚ vulgar‚ or touchy topics. Parents and kids alike are concerned with their friends and family. Vulgar and explicit music should be banned because it promotes substance‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse‚ can cause a person to develop depression or suicidal thoughts‚ and influences children to repeat and hold on to vulgar and explicit actions. Firstly‚ vulgar lyrics in songs can promote
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What is heroin? Heroin is the most addictive drug there is. This is true because it only takes one time to get addicted to heroin. Heroin is normally a brownish powder. It is mixed with many things‚but if it is straight heroin‚it will be white and have a very bitter taste. Heroin is an opioid painkiller. It can also be used as a cough suppressant. How it is made Heroin is processed from morphine‚ which is a natural substance removed from the seed pod of specific varieties of poppy plants
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indulging more and more into inappropriate novels. Students are going to school where they are commanded to read books with mindful tactics‚ sexual content‚ and vulgar language. We need to help restore youths moral values‚ and to achieve this we should prohibit certain books from being read and reintroduce the classics alongside new books presenting strong values. Banning books is valid because we may be using books to enhance our children’s knowledge‚ however‚ books often contain content
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