Sadly‚ many people have served time for crimes they did not commit. Unfortunately‚ this is an ongoing epidemic that has terrible consequences for the innocent people who are wrongfully accused and incarcerated. In class‚ we watched a video about a man who was convicted of burglary and rape in the first degree and sentenced to life plus fifty years. According to a reporter by the name of Lesley Stahl‚ who did a 60-minute Broadcast on this case‚ the individual who was wrongfully accused and convicted
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Oakland‚ and Miami. In the end it caused devastating effects for black and Latino Americans. As crack cocaine was becoming a grim and rising epidemic‚ hip hop was evolving alongside it. It was in the 1980s that crack cocaine and hip hop became the two leading fundamentals of urban street culture. It is not suggested that hip hop caused the crack epidemic‚ or vice versa. But‚ it can be argued that both fed off each other‚ particularly hip hop off the crack culture itself. Crack cocaine quickly
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where obesity of the American adult was 13.4 percent. The AHA association‚ attributes this to multiple factors‚ including the average size of a meal at a restaurant is nearly four times larger than a meal in the 1960s. I would attribute the obesity epidemic to the level of inactivity among youth and adults. Chalip states that “more Americans watch sport than play sport.” This would be my entering argument to a marketing company. How do we get people to want to get outside and “do”? In the
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In the article “Texting‚ the Next Epidemic” by William B. Bradford‚ he addresses the issue of texting in our society. He states that texting is starting to tear apart the social fabric of our country. In the article‚ Bradford states that the United States has fallen behind in educational standards due to the lack of reading and writing involved with texting. He portrays to his readers that texting is making our social events not so social. He says that people go to restaurants and parties for social
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Meth is very powerful drug even when taken in small doses‚ it can cause severe problems to your body and can be very harmful. This is a highly addictive drug that can kill you or cause severe damage to your body‚ whether you inject it‚ smoke it‚ snort it‚ or if you eat it‚ you still get the same effects no matter the way you abuse the drug. The short term effects of using meth even in small doses‚ can increase wakefulness‚ physical activity‚ and decrease appetite. Methamphetamine can
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The harrowing accounts of people that suffered through the yellow fever epidemic of 1885 presented the devastation caused by communicable diseases to an uninformed society. It is disheartening to read about the chain of events that lead to the death of thousands of people who were victims of both the disease and their time period. They were fighting a disease with an unknown etiology‚ unknown mode of transmission‚ and no clear treatment. They fought a losing battle with winter as their only saving
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The opioid epidemic. It is deadly and has risen over the past decade or so to become one of the leading causes of death in America. It is an issue that we as nurses are uniquely situated to make a defining impact on. As nurses‚ it is our duty to educate patients‚ families‚ and anybody else we can. It is a nurse’s responsibility to teach the people who we meet about all the ways they can recognize an improperly proscribed pain medication or potential opioid addiction‚ an overdose‚ and what to do if
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College Binge Drinking Epidemic Throughout the years‚ drinking alcohol in excessive amounts has become somewhat synonymous with the college experience. It has become an expected occurrence for college-aged students to drink and party regularly‚ and overtime has transformed into an accepted social norm of college life. Extreme drinking has been a consistent social problem that has substantially grown on college campuses all around the United States for the past few decades. In fact‚ binge drinking
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PPER REPORTER: Mom is using meth‚ marijuana‚ pills and sometimes drinks in front of the child. Mom is out all hours of the night and has Jaxen with her. He is taken around gang bangers and it’s unfit; it’s not a lifestyle to live. The boyfriend sleeps all nights and works during the day at Fair Propane. He doesn’t know what’s going on. He is a good guy. Mom sells meth and pills; it’s unknown if it’s manufactured. Reporter believes mom was busted for meth in Lee Park. The drugs are accessible to the
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Name Surname: Mehmet Tamer Özdil Instructor’s Name: Nilgün Eker ING 102 CRN 30052 Date: July 19‚ 2011 Living With Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is an epidemic in societies with dramatic‚ negative effects on individual‚ families and communities. It has many different names such as family violence‚ battering‚ wife beating‚ and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to same thing ‚ abuse by marital‚ common law or dating partner
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