... 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 discovered in 1912 as an appetite suppressant, and later patented in 1917 by a German company called "Merck Chemical Company." The natural ... month, and about 170 varieties of Ecstacy worldwide. The street names for Ecstacy are classified by the appearance and ingredients of the pill itself. Re...

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... " from anti drug ads have proven to be ineffective to adolescents. D.A.R.E, the largest US drug resistance education programs, was also proven to be hopeless in the war on drugs. Dr. Dennis Rosenbaum, a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, completed a six-year study of D.A.R.E in 1998. The study found that "DARE had no long-term effects on a wide range of ... use illegal drugs, and after watching the ads, a 13 years old girl started smoking pot. There is evidence of a boomerang effects from all the prevention efforts. The study from Dr. Dennis also stated, "Suburban studen...

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... she got money for drugs, "I stole a lot, I"d steal cars, steal stuff from stores, break into houses, whatever I had to do to get money for drugs" (Cheney, 60). According to Richard Dennis, the chairperson of the advisory board of the Drug Policy Foundation in Washington, DC, legalizing marijuana would have a very positive effect on the public. He reports: "Once the drug war ... ...

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... "Bring drugs within the law." The Economist 15 May 1995: 13. Buckley, William F., Jr. "Crime is the Big Issue, But it Doesn't Separate Parties." Dallas Morning News 9 December 1994. Cauchon, Dennis. "Marijuana: Medical Enigma." USA Today 1 Oct. 1996, national ed. 4A. Courtwright David T. "NO!" American Heritage Feb. - March 1995: 43, 50-56. Goldman, Albert. Grass Roots. New YorkHarper & Row 1979. Hager ... ...

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... 12 or older has used an illicit drug at least once in their lifetimes, one of those drugs being Ecstasy. Ecstasy (a.k.a. E's, New Yorkers, White Doves, Disco Burgers, Love Doves and Dennis the Menace) was invented in 1914 as a prescription drug, used to reduce appetite and introduced in 1981 to teens in America, who started using it as a recreational drug. It is ... ...

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... , breaking into homes, and stealing from others to pay outrageous prices for marijuana from dealers they could support their habit by simply holding an honest, decent paying job. (Unanswered) Richard Dennis, the chairperson of the advisory board of the Drug Policy Foundation in Washington, DC, states,Once the drug war is considered in rational terms, the solution becomes obvious: Declare peace ... ...

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... is a difference between being bad and making a mistake. Works Consulted Page Ayer, William. Bernardine Dohrn. Nov. 1999 " Have we gone Over board with the Zero tolerance?" Chicago Tribune 21 Cauchon, Dennis. "Zero-tolerance policies lack Flexibility." USA Today Education News 13 Mar. 1999 Foldvary, Fred E. "The Zero tolerance Lemon Policy" The Progress Report (2001): 12 pars. 18 Oct. 2001 < http://www ... ...

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... what is right by drawing out a losing battle against drugs? If you believe strongly on this issue I ask you to go home tonight and encourage your family to vote for Dennis Kucinich, he will work hard to bring America its much needed Marijuana legalization law. Therefore I ask you to do the right thing and end a losing struggle against Marijuana, and help ... ...

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... crowded courts. This would allow for more time in prosecuting large criminals. Court costs would lower. Police would have more time to spend on the enforcement of serious laws. As Dennis Richards puts it in his book Chemical Dependency, "The appropriate standard in deciding if a drug should be made legal for adults ought to be whether it is more likely than ... ...

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... with the rights of no other individual. The war on drugs has led to what people often refer to as the "war on drugs exception to the bill of rights." Dennis Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation was quoted as saying: "You can get away with abusing anyone's civil rights in a courtroom just by saying the magic words 'drug-related ... ...

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... an opium-like effect on the brain have propelled Cincinnati to the #1 city in the nation for their abuse,"" said Dr. Don Nelson (Gottbrath, 1A). Tazwell County, Virginia commonwealth's attorney Dennis Lee says that the painkiller is responsible for a skyrocketing crime rate (Angleberger), and Montgomery and Pulaski counties also report a growing popularity of OxyContin (Angleberger). In the past one and a half ... ...

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