... the newest popular drug on the streets today. Ecstasy is classified as a stimulant, and is known medically as Methyline Dioximethamphetamine or MDMA. Ecstacy is known on the streets as Swallows, White Doves, Strawberries, Yellow Callies, Cloud A, Ultimate Xphoria, X, XTC, Disco Biscuits, Scoobie Snacks, Love Doves, New Yorkers, Disco Burgers, Dennis the Menace, Mad Bastards, and Hamburgers. Ecstacy was originally ... Ecstacy are classified by the appearance and ingredients of the pill itself. Red and black capsules are called "Dennis the Menace," white pills with dove imprints on them a...

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... my research paper I chose the topic of racial profiling and law enforcement. In my research I found that racial profiling has its down sides but is not as bad as some people make it out to be. Racial profiling can be a used as a basis for racist police offers to arrest more minorities and this is documented very often. Racist police use racial ... percent of monthly cocaine users are white. (Also, 77 percent of regular marijuana users are white, while one in six is African-American.) Youth drug use followed similar patterns. The author mention that if the numbers where the same Racial P...

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... export of heroin and six years later stipulated that manufacturers could produce just enough for legitimate medical and scientific needs. Cultivation and Manufacture Smack, china white, horse, black tar . . . all slang names for heroin. We are often told what happens to our bodies and our minds if we ... will discuss. Opium poppyfields in the northern Shan State of Burma. Flowering Opium Poppy Mexican Black Tar Heroin Heroin #4, also known as Smack, China White, and Horse. Heroin is derived from raw opium gum, which is produced only by the opium poppy plant, although other varieties of p...

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... of CRACK, it is clearly defined who is and who is not perceived as inherently adequate parents. Binaries are clearly established between white and black, the middle-class and the poor. Within these standards placed on society, wealthy and middle-class white people are viewed as the superior race, naturally good parents, and worthy to have their gene pool multiplied. The poor and ... people of color, especially African Americans, are denoted as the inferiors whose defective gene pool needs to be limited from reproducing more defective children ... are poor women and overwhelming poor wo...

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... indicates in her book Living Religions. Her text labels the position of storyteller as a spiritual specialty among indigenous religions and states, "Because the traditions are oral rather than written, these people must memorize long and complex stories and songs so that the group's sacred traditions can be remembered and taught, generation after generation" (Fisher, 59-60). Thomas-Builds-The-Fire is ... tradition through Thomas-Builds-The-Fire then the metaphor becomes less wishful and much more a reality as Alexie makes use of the white man's pen to preserve the Indian's inheritance t...

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... known as a Canadian woman's rights activist, to the Magistrate she described the Chinese as drug peddlers whose "habit forming drugs are destroying and enslaving a steadily increasing number of our people." In her letter, Murphy explicitly associates the Chinese with opium claiming, "they waste up their good money for smoking opiums and so let their families, such as their father ... using it, and by telling him how the yellow race would rule the world". There was no doubt in her mind that the Chinese were the downfall of the white race by means of social corruption. She says in referri...

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... , And Still I Rise. Maya has taken her struggles and transformed them into inspirational poems and stories that reflect her ability to overcome adversity and make it in a world where the white male supremacy reigned. Maya's first autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, chronicles her tumultuous life from adolescence to the tender age of seventeen, by which time she is pregnant ... first real struggle, which is accepting her appearance which in her opinion is awkward and shameful. She longed to possess the light hair and light eyes that are characteristics of a white girl. However...

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... A recent study of 1,023 trauma patients admitted to a shock trauma unit found that one-third had marijuana in their blood. What It Is: Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the dried leaves of the coca plant that is found in South America. Crack cocaine is a form of the drug that gives a very ... then breaking it into small pieces called rocks. It got its name because it crackles when it is heated and smoked. Crack cocaine looks like white or tan pellets (sort of like gerbil or dry cat food). Both cocaine and crack are very addictive - and very, very dangerous. Sometimes Called: Co...

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... from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylon coca), which is indigenous to the Andean highlands of South America. Illicit cocaine is usually distributed as a white crystalline powder or as an off-white chunky material. Cocaine base is converted into the powder form, which is usually cocaine hydrochloride, by diluting it with other substances. The substances most commonly used ... overdoses and other health problems. GHB can produce drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, unconsciousness, seizures, severe respiratory depression, and coma. GHB can be found in liquid form or as a white powdered ...

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... is the most powerful central nerve system stimulant in nature. Cocaine is white powder made from the coca plant in the Andean mountains in South Africa. Thousands of years ago cocaine was used for religious ceremonies. As time went by people who lived in the Andean mountains either made tea from them or ... chewed on the coca leaves. They did this to relive mountain sickness, hunger and sometimes for refreshment. Crack is smokable. It usually appears as off-white chunks, chips or rocks. It is ... last for an hour or two. Compared with other drugs, inhalants are available and cheap. Many...

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... the degenerative races." Like in all cases of drug fear, the media and newspapers proposed horror stories of all kinds targeting specific minority groups and their danger to the white people while on these substances in order to mold public opinion in favor of these laws. These prohibitionist policies coincided with extreme racial and class conflicts, perhaps because these ... in inner cities are being taught in decrepit buildings by unqualified or underpaid teachers, reading from textbooks over a decade old with thirty other students in a single class. Twenty million people are starving...

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... profit with the increased flow of patients, and possibly develop treatments or vaccines for other diseases. Every American suffers from the war on drugs. Black, white, elderly, middle-aged, rich or poor, we all suffer. Every dollar that we earn is taxed. Some of that money is deducted for this, ... in the US. Five times as many whites use drugs. According to the government's own reports, 80 percent of the country's cocaine users are white and middle class. Regardless, law enforcement tactics are concentrated in the poor minority neighborhoods. 2. There are a number of myths associated wi...

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... two. It was very hard figuring out a budget sheet for the Blue Family because cuts had to be made in important parts of the budget sheet that people need, like personal things. On the other hand the Whites budget sheet was very easy to fill out. They had plenty of income and you could make ... family that has no worries by the end of the month because the have plenty of money saved away for emergencies. You can make an assumption that the white's house hold is very laid back and happy. For the most part when families don't have to deal with the stress of not having enough money they ......

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... change what had been well-established constitutional law. Specifically, they got the courts to accept the notion that it really was a tax violation when people got arrested for drugs, and that the fact that the government would not issue any licenses was not a defense. (Whitebread, Speech, pg. ... country carried lurid stories of the awful things that these drugs did to racial minorities, and of the horrors that the people of racial minorities inflicted on innocent white people while they were under the influence of these drugs. Later research has shown that not a single one of the ... i...

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... final screen contains the text "Where do terrorists get their money? If you buy drugs, some of it might come from you." This message is in bold white on a black screen. The color and font of this text could stand for several ideas: (1) the commercial's message is pure and untainted by politics, ... that the message is absolute truth --that it is unnecessary to fully examine the matter. This white message, however, might end up being a very big white lie. The major point of the commercial is to frighten people into supporting and even voting for anti-drug policies they never would have co...

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... should not be any different. Crack and powder cocaine come from the same plant, and do not necessarily differ in effect. Many people see the differences in sentences as a racial issue, due to the racial differences in the use of crack cocaine and powder ... 30 percent, and whites 18 percent. This results in African American men and women serving much longer prison sentences than white men and women. These numbers are due to the drastic difference in price between powder and crack cocaine. Crack cocaine is sold ... cheaply in small amounts to thousands of people in cities. People should...

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... ), a valuable piece of advice: "You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." Many of the people in Maycomb County have never taken the time to put Atticus" guidance into practise, and this is why some townspeople in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill ... are misunderstood and unfairly judged. Tom Robinson and Mrs Dubose are both examples of misunderstood or unjustly condemned people in Maycomb. Tom Robinson is an unfairly judged Negro citizen of Maycomb. A jury of white men find him guilty of a crime he did not commit, and he is consequently taken to jail ...

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In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee creates the town of Maycomb, Alabama, where many people fight endless battles. This novel is known for the amount of bravery many of the characters posses. In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Mrs. Dubose's fight to die her ... to you. You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women-black or white," (Lee 204). Atticus is trying to show that Tom is being persecuted only because he is black. He also tries to explain that Mayella Ewell is trying to hide evidence...

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... older son to look out for his younger brother. It seems that their mother knew that no matter what family is still family. The reader finds out that some drunk white male killed Sonny's father's brother. This haunts the narrator's father for the rest of his life, because he felt that he could have saved his brother from his death. His ... the music that is Sonny's lifeline (240). Sonny cannot simply accept that he has to do the best he can within the environment that he is provided. He feels that "people ought to do what they want to do, what else are they alive for?" (242). Sonny tells...

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... this film were very dark and foul, therefore behaviors and attitudes were no better F. Boys in the Hood basically had nothing but black people in their society. There were a few white people. One was Rickys recruiter, the others were all cops. Their society looked at cops as evil because they come in the way of ... were items such as guns, 40's and drugs. Everyone in this film had something to do with at least one of these items. Non-material culture consisted of people with basically no values, and a mind set that you must kill to stay alive. B. A customary way of behaving was to find a...

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... the level of popularity that it has and now the teenage population is suffering. Inhalants are classified as solvents, gases or nitrites. Examples of some solvents are paint thinners, gasoline, white out, glue, sharpies and nail polish remover. A few examples of gases include propane tanks, whipping cream from aerosol cans (whippets), spray paint, nos (nitrous oxide, A.K.A. laughing gas) and ... expect to feel very faint, very weak, often seizures are involved and passing out is a major sign. If overdose occurs, emergency care should be sought out immediately. When on inhalants, people ...

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ADOLECENSE 1. Introduction Adolescence, broadly defined as the second decade of life, is the period of time during which many people begin to use alcohol and other drugs, and often do so heavily. According to the 2002 Monitoring the Future survey, roughly 30% of 12th graders reported drinking five or more ... drinks in a row in the two weeks before being surveyed (Johnston et al, 2003). This pattern of heavy, intermittent drinking is also prevalent among college students (White et al, 2002a) and young military personnel (Bray, 1996). While levels of alcohol use among adolescents remain high, ...

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... women aren't completely naked, but are usually wearing see-thru tops, minimal bikinis, or holding their breasts in their hands while exposing their bottom. People fear that these images are degrading to women, even though a female celebrity usually is photographed on several pages and that the message of the magazine ... the only components of the magazine aimed to be racy, but the advertisements are created in a way not found in other typical entertainment magazines, like People or Cosmopolitan. Of course this magazine is targeted to men, ages 18 to 40, and the readers are supposed to ...

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... . (Ecstasy: The Truth About the Enemy Behind the Mask, www.google.com) Ecstasy user may think that this is a bad thing and disagree, but those who say good things to people about drugs are usually the ones who are trying to sell them to you. Ecstasy is a damaging drug based on at least three good reasons. The reasons are as follows ... ecstasy is only about 40% pure and the rest could be another dangerous and worse drug such as heroine or cocaine, which are addictive. In its purest form, ecstasy is a white crystalline powder with a musty odor. It may also have a reddish or brownish color...

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... is that it would spread venereal diseases more easily. These diseases are spread by sleeping with multiple partners and they are some of the most feared and fatal diseases. Some people may be receiving HIV or AIDS without any awareness that the prostitute had it. I also feel that by legalizing prostitution, the crime rate involved with it would rise. Some think ... abused, robbed or even killed. In addition to these reasons I believe that prostitution would intensify racial segregation. This is because most prostitutes are part of minority groups and work for white customers. There is a...

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