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    Prenatal Drug Abuse

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    Prenatal drug abuse is a very tragic‚ yet preventable issue in our society. For a pregnant woman‚ drug abuse is doubly dangerous. Drugs may harm her own health‚ interfering with her ability to support the pregnancy. Also‚ some drugs can directly impair prenatal development. All illegal drugs‚ such as heroin and cocaine‚ pose dangers to a pregnant woman. Legal substances‚ such as alcohol and tobacco‚ are also dangerous‚ and even medical drugs‚ both prescription and over-the-counter‚ can be harmful

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    Drug trafficking

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    1. Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation‚ manufacture‚ distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. death row ˌdeTH ˈrō/ noun 1. a prison block or section for prisoners sentenced to death. MANILA‚ Philippines – The militant Anakpawis Partylist blamed the fate of Mary Jane Veloso and other

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    Arturo benitez Period: 3 Date: 2/4/14 Why We Should Not Do Drugs? Thousands of young men have wasted their lives because of illegal drugs in the world. They were mostly victims of a bad influence‚ a broken-home family‚ of ignorance‚ or curiosity. The key reasons why people shouldn’t do drugs are that drugs are bad for your body‚ they ruin your life‚ and they cause addiction. First‚ drugs affect your body in many permanent ways like brain damage‚ heart problems‚ and hallucinations. Brain damage

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    Women have always been great influencers in the society‚ as they are half the society‚ and by eliminating them will consider as a waste of great energies in society‚ so women should be treated equally with men in every aspect‚ especially in the armed forces and in the police. In this essay‚ I will talk about gender equality and the similarity of the psychical powers that men and women have‚ and the mental abilities that women have. Also‚ the fact that in any crises that the society face‚ it will

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    2 Drugs are generally defined as a substance which alters our normal bodily functions when it is induced into our body. Having a drug free society is to have a community of people living in a particular region‚ restricted from the usage and influence of drugs. Certain drugs have side effects‚ in which it can cause addiction to its user. This is why many had considered drugs to be dangerous‚ they thought that the usage of drugs should be banned completely from the society. On the contrary

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    Should Females be Allowed to Play on Male’s Football Teams? “Katie Hnida --the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A (a Football Championship Subdivision) game -- was on the roster as a kicker at Colorado in 1999 and later played in games at New Mexico.” (ESPN) Katie Hnida was a female football player in Colorado and New Mexico. She was discriminated against because of her gender‚ and it eventually led to her being sexually assaulted by her teammates. Women have struggled drastically to break

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    Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking every year. It is an exercise undertaken by the world community to sensitize the people in general and the youth in particular‚ to the menace of drugs. The picture is grim if the world statistics on the drugs scenario is taken into account. With a turnover of around $500 billions‚ it is the third largest business in the world‚ next to petroleum and arms trade. About 190 million people all over the world consume one drug or the other. Drug addiction causes

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    Should performance enhancing drugs be legal in sports? Background Anti-doping advocates assert that drugs undermine the spirit of sport‚ which is about pushing natural human limitations and playing within the rules. However‚ as sport becomes increasingly high-tech‚ what is ’natural’ becomes harder to define. Defenders of doping also dispute the efficacy of drug enforcement‚ suggesting that anti-doping rules foster the opposite of fair play. Agree Experts In Philosophy : Bennet Foddy

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    Treatments of Drug Addiction Addiction is a dependence on a substance or activity. It is a big problem around the world. It is represented by the desires and behaviors of individuals. Addiction has serious consequences in real life that adversely destroy relationships‚ affect physical and mental health‚ and damages on the ability to think effectively; therefore‚ it is also known as an illness due to the bad things that it does. It could be in many more different ways such as gambling‚ drugs‚ sex‚ and

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    Older Women‚ Younger Men Should They Pursue Relationships? Older men‚ dating younger women has always been socially accepted by American society standards‚ but when it came to an older woman dating a younger man‚ the relationship was a subject with great potential for controversy‚ of which society mainly disapproved but loved to talk about. But now‚ times have changed and society it getting used to the idea of younger men dating and even marrying older women. This trend of age differences

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