million Americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs‚ but only 11 percent of those with an addiction are receiving treatment. The United States sends more people to prison for drug charges than any other country in the world. Out-of-prison rehabilitation and treatment for drug offenders provides better results than imprisonment. Providing treatment outside jail is more cost-effective.It costs about $2‚000 to $7‚000 per person.The average cost of putting someone in the program is $32‚974‚ compared to
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Invisible consumption driver The business market is like the battlefield. But‚ in this battlefield‚ there is no gunpowder smoke. Businesses compete with each other. They use many measures to stimulate consumption and outcompete competitors. There is a typical phenomenon from our daily life‚ rationalization smoke. What is rationalization? Rationalization related to the reasonableness of a price for a given product and the price depends on the comparative value of the product. Then a business
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Getting a pet is a controversial topic in spite of the plethora of evidence that show how dogs are superior to cats in every way. Some might say that it is subjective‚ some people simply cannot fit a dog into their small-sized household‚ so they pick a cat. That however‚ is a bad excuse‚ some dog breeds are smaller than cats. The main reason why people pick the cat instead of the supreme dog is advertisements‚ more specifically internet advertisements. According to Gogool[1] dogs are more searched
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world. Many historians debate whether it would be better to live in Athens or Sparta. It is know that it would be better to live in Athens because of their government‚ culture and geographical size and location. Athens’ government is immensely greater than Sparta’s form of government. This is because Athens was a democracy and Sparta was a monarchy. Sparta’s government was very interesting. It was
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down on both Capitalism and Socialism‚ but no one can say which is better? It’s all just opinions so let’s throw in some facts. “When I see someone on campus preaching how great socialism is even though they own an iPhone 6. In a socialist system‚ that person would not own the latest iPhone 6‚ instead it would probably look more like a basic flip phone. ("Socialism Sucks And Here’s Why." Odyssey. N.p.‚ 10
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to music. Scientist have concluded that it’s because how their brains are “wired.” “Scientists have discovered how parrots talk‚ as they believe it’s down to the wiring in their brains. And the same brain region controls movement which may explain why some parrots "dance" to music.” (Agency‚ The Telegraph) Scientist think that finding this out about birds brains‚ they might have opened up more research to the human brain. “Scientists found key structural differences in the brains of parrots that may
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Explain why some teenagers skip school and class. In 1970s‚ Hong Kong was a poor city where most citizens struggled for their living. Teenagers were needed to work in order to earn as much money as they could to relief the family difficulties. Education was also not compulsorily given to them. Fortunately‚ within these past few decades‚ Hong Kong has become a city with strong economic base and the life of most citizens has improved a lot. More and more schools have been built‚ and teenagers nowadays
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Why female is better than male? Some researchers stated that female may be more effective leaders since they are likely to practice a transformational leadership style than male. A meta-analysis of 45 studies proved that women are more transformational leaders than men (Eagly‚ Johannesen-Schmidt‚ and Van Engen‚ 2003). Women are suitable with transformational leadership which emphasis on empowerment and collaboration. Women are mostly emotional‚ supportive and cooperative and yet‚ women’s profession
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The Hobbit: Movies Are Better Than The Book Over time‚ it has become more and more desirable for movie makers to create movies from globally popular novels. JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is no exception. In 2012‚ the world had the opportunity to watch the story of Bilbo Baggins unfold on the big screen with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. In 2013‚ the story continued with the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug. Since the release of these two additions to the Lord Of The
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Win Some Lose Some Casinos are more and more common in small communities. With this being said small communities are changing into a gambling economy. There are both negative as well as positive impacts of casino gambling on the economy. In some cases the positive aspects outweigh the negative. Casinos are good sources of economic development‚ creating jobs and providing resources needed to build a better economy. A casino is a good choice as to help with economic development. This is a great
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