America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately‚ it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected‚ abused‚ and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in
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War on Drugs Jude Ocampo San Joaquin Delta College Sociology 1a Professor Medina Introduction The War on Drugs is a term that is used to refer to the federal government’s attempts to end the import‚ manufacture‚ sale‚ and use of illegal drugs. It is not a specific term only relating to a secret policy or objective‚ but to a series of antidrug initiatives that are directed towards the common goal of ending drug abuse. These initiatives include different
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work for them. You would probably even feel pressured to take the enhancements yourself‚ considering it’s working so well for your team mates and they’re not working as hard. Any enhancement is unethical and unfair. Using such drugs would be an advantage that no one should have. There are multiple reasons brain enhancement is wrong. One reason is that it is unnatural. Taking a pill or some other form of medication to make you more cognitively enhanced is very unnatural. Keim makes an argument against
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Economics of Legalized Marijuana in Amsterdam 1. What resources are involved in legalized soft drugs in Amsterdam? There are many resources involved in the market of soft drugs. Whether it be human resources or the plants itself. The use of cannabis products has been legalized ; every town has at least one "hash and coffee shop"‚ and the possession of less than 30 grams is not prosecuted by the police. In spite of the liberalization of the use of soft drugs‚ trafficking in cannabis products
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people" do you think of a people who are despoiled‚ alienated‚ or lost? William Carlos Williams characterizes the American people in this way in his poem To Elsie‚ which provides commentary on the American people’s lost perspective. Through tone and imagery Williams tells of a self-alienating America that has lost perspective of its most treasured ideology‚ the American Dream‚ due to its violent and unstable tradition. Williams’ tone is a key component to understanding the message that he wishes
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4: The Firetruck and the Wheelbarrow” William Carlos Williams has a tendency to hyperbolize and glorify objects in order to demonstrate their importance to the functioning of human society. This is done to the effect of creating “unsung heroes” out of everyday objects and encourages the reader to understand the value of little things in all situations. Interestingly‚ he does all of this without personifying his subjects. In “The Great Figure”‚ Williams describes a fire truck rushing down an urban
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understanding. By beginning with that line it only opens the readers mind to the narrator’s thoughts of uncertainty making it easier for us as readers to understand. As a reader I enjoyed the story because it was simple and to the point‚ unlike William Carlos Williams “The Red Wheelbarrow” or Edger Allan Poe’s stories. There isn’t particularly a metaphorical meaning to it‚ and it can be read over and over again and I can still feel the same simplistic beauty I did the first time. I believe the rhyming and
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Legalization of “soft” drugs such as marijuana has long been a fight in the United States. Some states have approved the use of Marijuana for medicinal purposes but it still does not seem to be enough. “Marijuana is the most widely abused and readily available illicit drug in the United States‚ with an estimated 11.5 million current users. At least one-third of the U.S. population has used marijuana sometimes in their lives.”(justice.gov) So with all of this marijuana coming into the U.S. some people
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we were able to legalize a drug that works more efficiently on some diseases than any legal drug on the market today? This drug can help to aid such notorious diseases as AIDS and glaucoma. The name of this drug is cannabis sativa‚ or its more well-known name‚ marijuana. Cannabis sativa should be legalized for its medicinal uses. This paper will state the different types of diseases that marijuana may be used for‚ the current steps towards the legalization of this drug for medicinal purposes‚
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William Simmons Stevenson Dr. Camille Passalaqua English 1110 11/11/12 Lives Lost Because of Drugs Drugs are everywhere in today’s societies‚ especially in hip hop and rap. Drug abuse is one of the most leading causes of death of music artists who get addicted early in their music careers. Ray Charles was once a big music artist until he got addicted to heroin‚ which affected his music and social life. Drugs should be prevented from music artists so that they can produce music that would not
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