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    Because of the negative effects of casinos‚ the government should ban them from populated areas in the United States. Gambling is a growing addiction in America‚ and casinos will only provide residing citizens with a larger opportunity to progress in their gambling addictions and allow room for others to gain the ensnaring addiction. Gambling addiction is also called compulsive gambling or pathological gambling. It also is said to be a disease‚ like its neighboring addiction/sickness‚ alcoholism

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    Culture can have a positive or negative influence on people depending on how it is presented. Culture is presented as a negative influence on the characters’ behavior in each of these stories by their amounts of freedom. In "Museum Indians‚" "Hello Kitty Packs Heat‚" and Things Fall Apart a certain group of people are singled out by having little freedom. In "Museum Indians" by Susan Power‚ the modern Indians have the least amount of freedom. In "Hello Kitty Packs Heat‚" Tina Lee‚ the author‚ has

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    Media: A Negative Influence on Children Danielle James ENG 122 English Composition II Instructor: Hope Umansky December 2‚ 2012 Media: A Negative Influence on Children Popular media has begun a spiraling downfall. Television shows‚ movies‚ and music videos are becoming more provocative and inappropriate. Most importantly‚ they are inappropriate for children. Children mimic what they see or hear‚ whether it is from a family member‚ a television show‚ or a music video. They do not understand

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    The numerous effects of marijuana on our environment shape our society and their response to it. With the expansion of its use and education of its effects‚ marijuana is becoming more socially accepted around the United States‚ and the negative stigma surrounding it is dissipating. Marijuana can be produced by “squatters in national forests‚ hydroponic operators in homes and warehouses‚ industrial-scale operations on private land‚ or conscientious mom-and-pop farmers” (Zuckerman). The most common

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    Being held in the incarceration system has been seen to negatively impact how the prisoners succeed when they leave prison and reenter society. Some of these barriers include education‚ employment‚ finances‚ housing‚ and family reunification. Forty three per cent of sentenced prisoners said they had lost touch with their families since coming to prison; and over one in five who were married when they came to prison had since divorced or separated (SEU‚ 112). Social isolation makes it hard for the

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    main point throughout the article is that Multitasking prevents teens form learning and retaining information. In the article‚ it is made evident of where she stands. Clay makes it blatantly obvious that she feels as though multitasking has a negative effect on the brain as well as the learning development. Clay uses statistics such as “…According to a 2006 Kaiser Family Foundation

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    Negative Effects of Globalization Today‚ the world seems to be smaller than before as interactions among different countries have increased. The effects of globalization can be felt in practically every aspect of our lives today. According to Professor Litz‚ "Drinking cappuccino and Perrier water‚ eating sushi‚ or listening to American or British rock on an iPod while driving the Toyota over to McDonald’s dressed in our known-brand jeans are becoming increasingly common worldwide activities" (Litz)

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    Running Head: THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF COHABITATION The Negative Effects of Cohabitation University of Phoenix The Negative Effects of Cohabitation In today modern society with such high rate of divorce‚ many people are turning to cohabitation. With the 2000 census reporting 5.5 million cohabiting couples ‚ up 3.2 million from 1990 ( Simmons & O’Connell‚ 2003)‚ it is clear that cohabitation is a trend that needs to be further examined. Cohabitation is viewed as an attractive alternative or

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    as a GPS. But with the advantages comes the disadvantages. The increased use of cell phones has had a negative influence on society. For example‚ the use of cellphones has limited socializing‚ the demand and costs have affected consumers negatively and they have also been a common factor in many car accidents‚ including fatalities. The dependency of cellphones has had a negative social effect. The cell phone is probably one of the most commonly owned devices in America. “75% of all American teens

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    Technology can not only negatively effect ones physical health‚ privacy but there are also emotional and psychological effects which can be disastrous.’ Internet addiction is a psychological dependency on using the internet regardless of the type of activity once logged on’ .caplan 02. ‘a cycle of five successive and interdependent stages’.young01. Discovery‚ experimentation‚ escalation‚ compulsion‚ and hope lessness lead the person through a series of cause and effect emotions..yong.08 describes a person

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