Essays Tagged: "taking drugs"

Rape: Is It taken as seriously as it should?

of rape, 91% were female and 9% were male (National Woman's). If the victim was drinking alcohol or taking drugs at the time of the attack, sexual assault is still a crime ("Sexual Assualt").Some peop ...

(5 pages) 66 1 1.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Earl Simmons.

int was served seven years in prison for numerous charges. To add to this, DMX became accustomed to taking drugs and drinking alcohol on a daily basis. With the odds stacked up against his favor, DMX ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Essay on "Absent".

st my opinion. That is also because I never have tried drugs, and when I hear about some young boys taking drugs, I think they loose all common sense and cannot think clear.We also hear about his mom ...

(2 pages) 28 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Should drugs be banned in sport? (persuasive essay)

drugs in sport? Of course not! If I was on the World Anti-Doping Agency looking for people who were taking drugs in sport I'd take every cheating sportsman I find, lock them in a cage and throw away t ... drugs in sport affair comes in the wake of many of our British sportsmen being tested positive for taking various types of drugs, such as Nandrolone and THG. In the past couple of months we have had ...

(4 pages) 234 1 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Why do you think many young people turn to drugs?

estimated that by the age of 13 young people had tried marijuana and cocaine. Most of them started taking drugs for the pleasure of it without considering the long-term effects. By the age of 18 abou ... ressures at school, from parents, friends. They're bored, frustrated or frightened. They think that taking drugs is the best way-out. However, they don't realize how dangerous and deceitful it's. Surp ...

(1 pages) 32 1 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Drugs in Australia; which way is best?

oblem, the main ones including Harm Minimisation, which is trying to reduce the risks involved with taking drugs, Decriminalisation, which is taking the legal association with drugs, and Zero Toleranc ... in schools helps to inform teenagers of the harms of drug use, they also talk about why users like taking drugs. In my opinion, this makes certain, but not all, teens wonder about what it would be li ...

(3 pages) 36 0 4.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Speculating about causes-Drugs

so forth are all flooding the market, and we cannot control this. In this essay, I will explain why taking drugs became trendy and what causes more and more teenagers to do drugs.Statistics shows that ... mentary school, they start observing what is happening around them. They are curious, and they like taking risks, so these traits lead them to want to try as many things as possible. They see parents, ...

(5 pages) 59 2 4.2 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Ad Analysis Essay: About how pharmaceutical companys market their drugs.

ke your crazy. Because most healthy people don't take drugs. In today's society the side effects of taking drugs are ignored, simply because of the short lasting pleasure that they bring to the people ... people are, my grandmother was on multiple prescription drugs. The prescription drugs that she was taking, were suppose to treat her symptoms, and as a result make her a healthier person. But even th ...

(6 pages) 88 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

A Response to Pete Hamill's article entitled "Crack in the Box," relating the symptoms of a tv addict to a drug addict

e brain. Hamill is correct in his assessment that watching television produces the same symptoms as taking drugs. The term couch potato did not develop when the couch was invented; moreover the ...

(2 pages) 24 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Capital Punishment does not serve a purpose in society today. As such, it should be abolished. Do you agree?

to a whole new series of crimes. For example, drug trafficking would lead to an increase in people taking drugs, and the cravings for drugs and yet the inability to afford it would result in people c ... ishment does not go in line with religious practices. With capital punishment in essence is akin to taking the life of another, it clearly goes against the preaching of religious rules in which one is ...

(4 pages) 70 1 4.3 Aug/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Drugs in Our teens.

ts on future careers. The emotional and social cost of drug use can also be high. Most teens before taking drugs have a long term goal with what they want to do but as soon as they start taking drugs ... as soon as they start taking drugs they lose the ability to interact with other people who are not taking drugs.Drugs are generally defined as anything that alters a person's mood, feelings, percepti ...

(1 pages) 37 0 3.8 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Anabolic Steroids & Testosterone Boosting Supplements.

s to gear up for battle (Schwarzenegger, 223).The first competitive athletes believed to be charged taking drugs and other nonfood substances to improve performance were swimmers in Amsterdam in the 1 ... and off for weeks or months, rather than continuously, in patterns called cycling. Cycling involves taking multiple doses of steroids over a specific period of time, stopping for a period, and startin ...

(5 pages) 40 1 4.8 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Drugs

d children. I say "any" because this is the word, defining exactly what happens when a child starts taking drugs. Ignorance. Ignorance from the rest of the world, living in a world with no real friend ... rug addicts? Why does a child become a drug fiend? There are people, who are more probable to start taking drugs, than others. People, who are more responsible, stronger and are always "in charge" of ...

(1 pages) 26 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Drugs

d children. I say "any" because this is the word, defining exactly what happens when a child starts taking drugs. Ignorance. Ignorance from the rest of the world, living in a world with no real friend ... drug addicts? Why does a child become a drug fiend?There are people, who are more probable to start taking drugs, than others. People, who are more responsible, stronger and are always "in charge" of ...

(1 pages) 932 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Teenage Crime

le.One of the major causes of teenage crime have to do with drugs. First of all, drugs are illegal. Taking drugs are illegal, drug dealing is illegal. Second, when you take drugs, it takes over your b ...

(2 pages) 29 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Why drugs are bad

housands of people are affected by the abuse of drugs each day. Very few people know the dangers of taking drugs. Many of the abusers are in their teens. They are addicted and can not stop.Why would p ... problem with them. If they look dizzy, lazy, depressed, or tired, it could be a sign that they are taking drugs.If someone admits that they are addicted to a drug, they should check into a rehab cent ...

(2 pages) 48 3 2.6 May/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

CRACK AND THE BOX

or even just feel better about them, one would take drugs or watch television for a short instant. Taking drugs or watching television is basically the easy way out of a bad day in one's life. If som ...

(1 pages) 6 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

"Cunnamulla": What lies beneath? Another story?

ding light on the poor, uneducated and downbeat townsfolk who are often shown smoking, drinking and taking drugs. This partial and prejudiced representation of Cunnamulla creates a transformed, bias a ... the people of Cunnamulla are insincere enough to fill the grave whilst the burial ceremony is still taking place. Clearly this is not the case, however this filming convention, in addition to the one ...

(3 pages) 17 0 5.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Issues of Addiction

hese victims can do about it.The addict is by definition the person who takes drugs for the sake of taking drugs, rather than for the sake of some other desired end. A casual user uses drugs or alcoho ...

(11 pages) 96 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Drugs In Sports

-1999) Now, with drugs spreading through middle, and high schools a student may see another student taking drugs to enhance his athletic performance, with the influence that they are friends, it is mo ... rformance, with the influence that they are friends, it is most likely that both of them will start taking drugs now. That is how drugs are spread so easily. Here is a chart of some drugs and t ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol