Essays Tagged: "drug addiction"
Go Ask Alice
nymous so I can not do so. From the very first page I had a hunch that this book was about a drugaddiction problem. 'SUGAR & SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE; ACID &SMACK & NO WAY BACK' ... was a very moving quote forme. I am not sure exactly why but I guess because it shows how dangerousdrugs can be. This book is based on a true diary of a young girl who got mixed up inthe drug ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Drug Legalization
Strong drug enforcement in the United States is correlated with the reduction in crime , drug use, and drug ... ated with the reduction in crime , drug use, and drug addiction growth rates. The impact on tougher drug sanctions has been overshadowed by a myth that U.S. drug enforcement has become too lenient.Thi ... drug enforcement has become too lenient.This myth has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug legalization lobby, civil libertarians, and misguided academic researchers to the public with l ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Effect of Drugs and Alcohol on Teenagers
tal- from the inner city to the suburbs to small towns, the world of the adolescent is permeated by drugs. When 'a little harmless experimentation' becomes addiction, parents, teachers, and clinicians ... r adolescents that our parents never had to face. Pre-marital sex and pregnancy, alcohol abuse, and drug addiction have always been around but they have never been more available to adolescents than t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Medical Miracles on the Horizon, in the future to come?
The world and its inhabitants will face a multitude of problems in the 21st Century, including drug addiction, deadly disease, violent crime, warfare and hostility, hunger, and homelessness to na ... all concerns. For example, methadone is currently being used as a therapeutic intervention for some drug addictions. In addition, various medications are now being given in the treatment of criminals, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
The Music of Generation X
d people mentally, causing problems in society like suicide, depression, hate/racism, violence, and drug addiction. I am about to examine five different song lyrics of my generation to demonstrate th ... ould like to analyze is 'Jane Says' by Jane's Addiction. The main theme in 'Jane Says' is escaping drug use and addiction. This song is basically set in a low class area. Jane is a girl who has had ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Abortion
Everyday there are pregnant mothers who abuse drugs and alcohol totally ignoring the living, growing person inside them. Then, when these children ... iving, growing person inside them. Then, when these children are born, they are usually born with a drug addiction or birth defects which sometimes leads to death. One thing's for sure, these children ... the rights of the child should be extended to the unborn. A mother should not have the right to use drugs or drink alcohol while she is pregnant, it is unfair for the child not to even have a chance f ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Sonny's Blues, by James Baldwin. The effect that music and art had on his life.
wo black men living in Harlem in the 1950's and their struggle to grow up in a society riddled with drugs and violence. The story's narrator is the eldest brother. He is an algebra teacher who discove ... musician. He was a good child while being raised, yet as an adult he was stricken with a problem of drug addiction. Sonny was arrested and sent to drug rehabilitation. His older brother had lost commu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Uses drug war politics to outline the sociological theory of how "private troubles" become "social issues"
How "Private Troubles" Become "Public Issues"Drug use has been a part of most likely every society since the since drugs were first discovered. M ... ever this does not institute a social problem. A social problem arrives when a private trouble like drug addiction (the use or overuse of a drug such that it becomes harmful to the user) becomes recog ... ing that society should find threatening, inappropriate, or despicable. The ever-present problem of drug use in America is no different. Let us discuss how certain drugs became part of a social proble ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Drug Addiction and Abuse An essay promoting better drug education in schools in order to avoid social problems like drug abuse and addiction.
Drug addiction or drug dependence is an increasing epidemic worldwide. It is most common in more dev ... ritical is the fact that it is mostly a problem for our youths. In fact studies have indicated that drug addiction, especially of alcohol and tobacco is occurring at an increasingly younger age, while ... cco is occurring at an increasingly younger age, while the number of deaths resulting directly from drug misuse is rising. Because of the great impact drug addiction plays upon our own age cohort, we ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Special Needs in Adolescents and Maturity.
al of public concern about adolescents identified as "at risk" of a variety of social ills, such as drug addiction, criminal behavior, teen pregnancy, drunk driving, and dropping out of school. While ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
An essay comparing contemporary music concerning their themes and also an analysis of their poetic conventions.
Drugs are a problem clearly evident in our society with millions of people world wide addicted to va ... clearly evident in our society with millions of people world wide addicted to various fatal drugs. Drug addiction can affect people of all ages and eventually lead to crime, poverty and even death. T ... ll ages and eventually lead to crime, poverty and even death. Two songs that deal with the issue of drug addiction are 'Carousel' by Linkin Park and 'Just' by Radiohead. Both these songs take a differ ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Drug abuse and addiction.
Drug addiction has become a very destructive element in our society. So when does the social use of ... ctive element in our society. So when does the social use of a drug become an abuse? The effects of drugs depend on whether they are used moderately or abused. Almost no one ever starts using with the ... intentions of becoming 'hooked'. Addiction may be defined as the continuing, compulsive nature of a drug despite physical and/or psychological harm to the user and those around them. Addictive drugs a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Pro-legalization of Medical Marijuana.
nt studies. However, opponents of this measure now state that marijuana leads to criminal behavior, drug abuse, and drug addiction. Although these erroneous claims have been proven to be incorrect, ri ... and other hallucinogens, and was said to have "no accepted medical utility." Cocaine and morphine, drugs commonly abused, were placed in the less disreputable Schedule II, classified as drugs with me ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
The Vision of Mary HEaton Vorse, brief biography and my opinion
she considered she failed as a mother to. Mary Heaton cured her self from severe alcoholism, and a drug addiction to morphine. Yet, she was able to stay very active in the labor movement and a strong ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The spread of narcotics and drug abuse in border provinces of southern Thailand
IntroductionThis research is intended to investigate the spread of narcotics and drug abuse among the youth in southern border provinces, and the relationship between the youth's ba ... youth in southern border provinces, and the relationship between the youth's backgrounds and their drug experiences; to compare factors related to drug use between youths from formal and non-formal e ... mal edu-cation systems, between Buddhist and Muslim youths, and between the youths with and without drug experiences; to determine factors leading to drug addiction among such youths; to investigate t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Natural Capitalism Is it possible to create new jobs, restore our environment, and promote social stability. Are the solutions creative, practical, and profitable?
e waste, vagrant chemicals; and the social waste we don't want to think about: homelessness, crime, drug addiction, our forgotten infirm and elderly.Nationally and globally, we perceive social and ... to tell us, but we don't listen. So they engage in increasingly risky behavior -- unprotected sex, drugs, violence -- until we notice. By that time, their conduct has usually reached criminal proport ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Finding A Way Out. A cause and effect paper on the disease of addiction...
es do they have?What does it take to get off the tracks on aone-way ride to no where?The disease of drug addiction reflects so many aspects of ones life in negative ways. Unless addressed in a rigorou ... e reality of life on life's terms and hide in a world of self-destruction with the use and abuse of drugs. From the causes of, to the effects brought forth, there is a way out of active addiction.The ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Chapter 3 questions in Law 12 textbook
ourage potential offenders.For retribution.3)What are some of the possible causes of crime?Poverty, drug addiction,4)Why does Parliament decide to make certain actions criminal?Parliament declares cer ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Alcohol Verses Marijuana The Differences on the roles they play in social issues.
Foreword:There is no culture in the history of mankind that did not ever use some kind (kinds) of drugs. Despite the well-known consequences of drug addiction, millions of people constantly consume ... n consequences of drug addiction, millions of people constantly consume different legal and illegal drugs. Affecting people's mind and changing their behavior, drugs become one of the most threatening ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
A case scenario: Using social work theories: A Family In Crisis
d and while his wife is dying of cancer, he is waiting for trial because of stealing to support his drug habit. The house that he is living in with his five years old daughter is in appalling sanitary ... paper will focus on is the socio-economic situation of the family, particularly Joe's unemployment, drug addiction and weak parental skills which are influenced by a number of factors:· Living ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community