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    I. Title: Drug Abuse Introduction: Man has always saught pleasure‚ abatement of anxiety‚ and other alterations in states of consciousness through the ingestion of various natural and chemical substances. In the last few years drug abuse has become serious problem resulting into considerable harm both to the individual and to the society. Drug abuse adversely affects the well being‚ the progress and the health of the user and also cause tragedy to the family life of these persons. Drugs are handled

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    Hezeng Wang Social Problems Discussion 1 Oct 3rd 2013 Drug Abuse In nowadays‚ drugs become more and more familiar to people. In fact‚ drugs actually are good to human beings.  They can be used to help and lessen pain.  However‚ drugs abuse has become an important social problem. According to the textbook‚ there are so many drugs in the United States‚ such as marijuana‚ cocaine‚ nicotine‚ heroin‚ alcohol‚ and so forth.  According to a survey‚ more than 12.8 million Americans‚ about six

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    Child Abuse Even though child abuse is not fully recognized as a criminal act it does effect children both physically and mentally; to prevent child abuse talk with the authorities. “Child abuse is any recent act or failure to act‚ on the part of an parent or caretaker” (Peterson 8). Child abuse is broken down into four types of abuse. The four types of child abuse are physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect. There are a lot of causes of child abuse. Sometimes the effect it

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    English 201/Problem Solving Essay Topic: Drug Abuse Drug abuse is becoming more and more common in the United States. Drugs today are being abused mostly by teens and young adults. The reason for such high usage of drug abuse people may say is may be stress and peer pressure. Today’s society is often stressed out from work‚ friends‚ family‚ bills‚ and school. Our U.S government are forced to send billions of dollars every year on treating addicts with the proper care needed‚ drug related crimes

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    anderson English 1301/ 10:50 04/24/2014 Drug Abuse Drug abuse shades problems on millions of American families in the United States‚ commonly attracting teenagers to get involved. Seventy eight percent of all drug users start as teenagers‚ which often don’t see the link between their actions today and the consequences tomorrow. Some of the most regularly used illegal drugs in the United States are Amphetamine‚ Cocaine‚ LSD‚ Heroin‚ and Marijuana. Drug abuse doesn’t only include illegal drugs‚ many prescriptions

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    Lexi Combs February 19‚ 2014 Christian TriolaProtecting those can’t Protect Themselves In the United States‚ a report of child abuse is made every second. Even worse than that‚ more than four children die per day as a result of child abuse. So why were these children not saved? Not all acts of child abuse are reported‚ even when someone notices it. Maybe it is because they do not want to jump to conclusion or they are scared. But imagine being that child‚ and how scared they are. Wouldn’t you

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    Ludy Anne Castrence Substance Abuse Education Drug is an element that could possibly change the physical‚ psychological‚ emotional and behaviour of a human being. It is only used when it is prescribed by the doctor‚ because if drugs are misuse by the user‚ their individual’s physical‚ emotional or behavioural condition might distorted. The reasons behind are peer pressure‚ curiosity‚ adventure‚ feel good‚ escape from reality and easy access of drugs. Several people who are using drug are stress

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    Corrosion of the Soul Sexual child abuse kills the spirt of any child and distorts their thinking. I know first hand; I’m the daughter of a molested victim. Even though I was never molested myself‚ I know the impact it has had on my mother‚ and that effected me. How can one be a parent when their own parents did such a heinous things to them? How can one try to get over the fact that they lost their innocence when they were just under ten years old? How does an adult act when they were molested

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    Drug Abuse Many people in the world have abused drugs at least once in their lifetime and some of those people abuse it every day. Lots of drug abuse often turns into a drug addiction which is much more serious and can even be deadly.Many people do not understand that people who have drug addictions choose to continue their behaviors or that they lack the will to quit. Many people just assume that a person with a drug addiction could just quit anytime they wanted to but that is not the case. Because

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    Running head: CHILD ABUSE Title- Child Abuse SENTENCE OUTLINE TOPIC: Child Abuse TOPIC SENTENCE: Child abuse is any act or inaction on the part of a parent or caregiver on a child 18 years and under. THESIS STATEMENT: The UK Guidance working together to safeguard children 2010‚ says that‚ child abuse constitutes of neglect‚ emotional‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse. SUB TOPIC |

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