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A Social Problem That Cannot be Solved, Drugs

This paper argues that the US War on Drugs is a total failure and that this social problem will not be solved using this approach....

Trends and Statistics on Drug Use

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

Motivation To Refrain From Drug Use

though the normal machinery of motivation is no longer functioning; they want the drug even when it no longer gives pleasure (Anon...

Steroid Use in Major League Baseball

steroids enhance performance; or rather, there is sufficient doubt about it to suggest that it might not be true in all cases. In ...

Conducting Drug-Use Research/Texas Prisoners

first institution listed in regards to male offenders, which is the James V. Allred prison unit, located just outside of Wichita F...

Personal Application of Criminology: The Son’s Friend

as possible, or simply explaining what hes done. Maybe hes bragging and inviting the son to join him in his next robbery. Or perha...

Gibbs Cycle Analysis of Constipation in the Elderly

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

Independence Day/Film Review

in low Earth orbit would cause tidal waves, which is never mentioned, and one of the criticisms leveled at the film. There are oth...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Strangers in Good Company/Women and Old Age

in their lives when they are accustoming themselves to their impeding morality and the problems that come with old age. Catherine ...

Presentations of the Media in Film

indicates that a well-written interview with Williams could show that the murder was not premeditated, but due to his psychologica...

Reiman's "The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get Prison" - Drugs

also appear to be constantly fueling the social problem of illegal drug use and drug-based criminal behaviors. In essence, the s...

Australian Society and Drugs' Legal Status

legal status have no supportive precedents to cite (Moffitt et al, 1998). In the United States, Alaska briefly legalized the use ...

Ecstasy Use As A Party Drug: Cause And Effect

dosage will make them increase this aphrodisiac sensation will only experience acute nausea, seizures and eventual unconsciousness...

Ionized Drugs' Absorption

matrix, which contains mostly cholesterol and phospholipids (Merck, 2005). The composition of lipids not only determine the permea...

Prescription Drugs' Rising Costs

high price of drugs is not justifiable on the basis of creating such things. Also, when using Nexium for example, one can argue t...

Major Drugs' Decriminalization

to legalizing drugs. But these days it isnt mob criminals that are the problem, but international terrorists that are benefiting f...

'War on Drugs' and its Political Benefits

the creation of organizations. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is perhaps the best known group that...

Peaceful Warrior, A Film Review

and shown how Dan could overcome his greatest fear-"how to live life when unable to one thing he does well: gymnastics" (Petruska)...

U.S. Policing, Racial Prejudice and 'the War on Drugs'

the economic and political struggles of inner-city existence in the United States. "Racial discrimination exists in the criminal ...

The Case for and Against the Decriminalization of Drugs

view is not anti drugs, it is a matter of where the line is drawn and which drugs are and are not acceptable by todays values. Loo...

War on Drugs' Legalization

In five pages this issue is examined from both sides. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Ritalin, Pro & Con

vision problems or learning disabilities or "whether a childs behavior is simply immature or exuberant" ("Attention" 77). Accurate...

Hunter Thompson/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...

Thin Blue Line

sixteen at the time, had stolen a neighbors car and his fathers guns. Harris gave Adams a lift when his vehicle ran out of gas. H...

Robert Duvall’s Apostle

who is also a preacher, and conspires to have him evicted from his congregation (Alleva, 1998). Enraged, Sonny takes his sons base...