Members in the upper class, who do not have to deal with their situation, often use popular comments such as get a job. ... As many functionalists would agree, more often than not, homelessness derives from a number of factors, rather than a single reason. ... The information being learned in this sociology class has taught me not only that homeless people do not choose to be poor, but that they are going through challenges in their life most of us will never understand. ...

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Under the drug policies of the Reagan Administration, the Justice Department gave the government the right to seize assets (such as cars, boats, bank accounts, stock portfolios, anything suspected to be derived for drug profits) then present notice; the authority to seize substitute assets; and end the law which prevented evidence obtained illegally by the police from being used in court. ... According to the government's own reports, 80 percent of the country's cocaine users are white and middle class. ...

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On March 1, 1969, Jim Morrison exposed himself to 13,000 people during a concert in Miami. The band left the country the next day on a planned vacation, but Morrison turned himself in to the FBI in Los Angeles upon his return. The press had a field day prior to his arrest while he was out of the cou...

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