drug use ruined his career‚ as he developed health problems and the drugs affected his play. After playing overseas‚ he was arrested again for heroin possession and use in a Dunkin Donuts in Portsmouth Rhode Island‚ and eventually turned to crystal meth. After finishing his career‚ he decided to truly turn his life around. His promising basketball career which should have ended with him as a respected star of the sport‚ instead was marred by seven felonies all drug related. Instead of winning NBA
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CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS Chapter One 1. Explain the purposes or rationales for punishment and the arguments in favor of each rationale. Include a discussion about current trends in punishment. Two main purposes: Retribution & Prevention. Retribution looks back to past crimes and punishes individuals for committing them‚ because it’s right to hurt them. Prevention looks forward and inflicts pain‚ not for its own sake‚ but to prevent future crimes. There are four kinds: General deterrence‚ Special
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TEEN CHOICES LITERATURE REVIEW- ADDICTION INDEX Section 1: Introduction................................................................................................................pg 3 Section 2: Descent into addiction...............................................................................................pg 4 Section 3: Turning Point.............................................................................................................pg 5 Section 4: Rehabilitation...........
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to abusers or manufacturers of drugs such as methamphetamine. As such‚ methamphetamine abuse rates rose‚ nullifying the decrements in cocaine abuse rates. Crystal meth‚ or methamphetamine‚ is relatively easy to produce and at the time‚ became drug of choice for the poor who were turned off of cocaine8. The effects of crystal meth‚ however‚ are far detrimental than that of cocaine. Therefore‚ while Reagan’s targeted drug did diminish in popularity‚ he had‚ unwittingly‚ worsened the drug situation
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“Attetion-deficitit / Hyperactive Diorder.” CdC.gov. Cdc.gov‚ Nov. 10‚ 2010. Web. Blue‚ Laura. “Secondhand Smoke linked to Learning Disabilities‚ ADHD in Kids.” Time.com. Time Magazine‚ 11 Jul. 2011. Web. 11 Jul. 2011. Cloud‚ John. “ADHD: A Global Epidemic or Just a Bunch of Fidgety Kids?” Time.com. Time Magazine‚ 22 Sept. 2010. Web. 22 Sept. 2010. Gibbs‚ Nancy. “The Age of Ritalin.” Time.com. Time Magazine‚ 30 Nov. 1998. Web. 30 Nov. 1998. Handelman‚ Kenny Jacobson‚ Michael F‚ and David Schardt
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eventually resulted in him being addicted to “Meth”‚ a debilitating drug that is known to deteriorate a person from inside out. Nic began smoking Marijuana and drinking with friends when about 11 years old. When Sheff first found out about Nic drinking and using drugs he thought it was just an experimentation phase as he himself had done when he was Nic ’s age. However‚ later it was known that Nic started using other drugs and eventually became addicted to Meth‚ which led to Nic’s life spiraling out
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An underlying assumption of the literature on terminal illness is the belief that “facing a life threatening illness is a life crisis that intensifies the individual’s search for meaning” (Mcgrath‚ 2003). When making the overarching statement that all individuals search for meaning in their lives‚ it is important to acknowledge that this meaning and significance may be found in different ways. One’s reaction to having a terminal illness also differs based on the stage of development. This paper will
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Methamphetamine (meth‚ crank‚ speed‚ crystal) Methamphetamine is a very powerful and addicting narcotic. Though it is a Scheduled 2 narcotic; it is readily availability on the streets for a considerably cheap price. An addiction to methamphetamine can totally disassociate a person from his or her everyday life. Methamphetamine was first synthesized in 1919 by Japanese scientist A. Ogata. During World War 2 methamphetamine is given to troops to increase performance. In the 1960’s methamphetamine
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Like a 6 pack of Heineken would get you drunk quicker than a 6 pack of coronas. Studies show that young adults choose alcohol over drugs‚ when they first start experimenting. When it comes to drugs you have a lot of choices as well such as marijuana‚ meth‚ cocaine‚ and much more. The most common used drug is weed also known as marijuana. Now‚ I’m going to talk about the side effect of drugs and alcohol. Addiction is the one you guys mostly hear of. An average American may consume over 35 gallons of
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government could save a lot of money if they would just stop the “War” on drugs. Alcohol and tobacco are more dangerous than some illegal drugs. According to Professor David Nutt of Britain’s Bristol University and colleagues‚ heroin‚ crack and crystal meth are deadliest to individual user‚ but when their wider social effects are taken into account‚ alcohol is the most damaging‚ followed by heroin and crack (Hunter‚ 2010). This means that more people are using alcohol than heroin or crack because of that
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