... it can be purchased at the corner store. The immediate effects on the user are relaxation and a slight anesthetic effect. Alcohol is a very addictive drug. There are more than 5 million alcoholics in Australia which is and indication of how widespread its harmful effects are. Alcoholics normally drink a lot on ... abuse, physically and mentally, their friends and family. Drinking makes the drinker feel he or she is more confident. The drinker thinks they are in control, even if a little high, and they might get behind the wheel of their car and go for a drive. Drunk driving is deadly. H...

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... the sale and use of "illicit" substances" (Callahan 1). Anderson concedes that the root of racial profiling streams from the swar on drug and its use in the neighborhood. In Bob Herbert's article, "hounding the innocent" (1999), he asserts that the authority (justice system) ... an important role over the years in identifying the communities that became the targets of the drug war, consequently exposing their cultural practices and institutions to military-style attack and police control. Although the drug wars have certainly sought to abolish controlled substances and destroy the net est...

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... while giving a tour of the hatchery of London, "The lower the caste the shorter the oxygen" (Huxley 9). This means that people have no control whatsoever over their own intelligence. You can try your best, however, only to the extent the workers at the laboratory allow you. There is no ... Technology is also evident in hypnopedia. While one is sleeping, a recording is played over and over again. Anyone can use this technology to control their population to create people with whatever belief their controllers want them to believe . This type of technology allows one to be conditioned wi...

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... massive financial incentive for TV networks, the government's role in rearranging scripts to promote anti-drug awareness in prime time television, has society questioning their joint decision to air such programs. Having the government control one of society's forms of freedom of choice and speech, individuals and corporations rights would ... which script has been revised this form of propaganda if the appropriate word for their efforts, could be seen as a form of mind control and brainwashing. The method of slithering in a formal message in particular episodes could lead to just an ad...

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... problem but compared to Columbia it is fairly small. To help Columbia solve their problem the U.S. senate has decided to send troops over there and take control. This new involvement will have many consequences in and what can you make for instance the cost of a war, the loss and gain of jobs, ... series is going to be called "Putting the war into the war on drugs." This label is pretty precise because Americans are actually paying to fight these drug lords and eliminate drugs all together and what better place to start than Columbia. Since it is the origin or starting place of most drug...

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... alcoholic and abusive parents, inadequate schools, drugs and high unemployment create frustration in juveniles that turns to anger and eventually juvenile delinquency (Pancratz, p.7). The temptation of making easy money through drug trafficking is too hard to resist. In addition, boys have to deal with elevated levels of testosterone, machismo and a lack of boundaries. Girls have trouble dealing with poor social and ... about desired consequences. Teachers, parents and students are all active participants. At the end of this two-year program, students showed higher grades and better att...

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... ". Many of those in prisons come from the most socially excluded groups in society. Many had grown up in backgrounds where serious violence, drug and alcohol abuse are common experience. Few of them have a chance to get educated in school or have secure homes. Crime is the way ... to embrace the criminal culture, its distorted values and beliefs; they have little choice – prison is their life." Prisons become places that control bodies, which are usually black, brown and young bodies, in order to "address" social problems and provide public safety. Some people believe ... that the pris...

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... Brave New World, the author, Alduous Huxley, demonstrates the theme of technology being used to replace humanity. This is evident through his usage of symbols such as Somas, the ultimate drug from which to escape reality. It is also seen in the vast, intricate fertilization and cloning process that is the base of their society. Another thing that shows the theme ... alcohol; none of the defects. Take a holiday from reality whenever you like, and come back without so much as a headache or a mythology.""(Pg 36) The state sponsored usage of this drug is saying that the state encourages tha...

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... -day totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda...." Thus, through hypnopaedic teaching (brainwashing), mandatory attendance to community gatherings, and the use of drugs to control emotions, Huxley bitterly satirized the society in which we live. The way the fascist and totalitarian regimes of the past used mass propaganda techniques to ... of rulers in the past. This is revealed when the Director said, "History is bunk." In our society, the dictators attempted to gain control of the world, but they usually failed because they weren't able to persuade the entire world to think li...

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... of women as beautiful can be seen in his poem 'Head of Hair', in which he writes of his dear lover Jeanne Duval. Here he writes "I'll gladly drug myself on mingled scents/ essence of cocoa oil, pitch and musk". In this line we see Baudelaire express his addiction to Duval's beauty by describing himself metaphorically as a gladly ... out-of-control drug addict when he writes "I'll gladly drug myself". We see him continue to use metaphors when he lists the sweets scents of "essence of cocoa oil, pitch and musk" to describe ... ...

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... within the culture of the USA there are numerous sub-cultures that lie among it. Each sub-culture defines what is normal and abnormal to the people within it. The drug dealers on the streets of New York could care less about the norms of greater society in the rest of the world. To them doing what is necessary to collect ... money or get the drugs is normal. Walter Stace put forth the idea that without some universal rules people like the drug dealers in New York could do what they see fit and no one could to anything, creating a state of no moral progress. Imagine if the ... drug deal...

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... ", it can be shown that a connection does exist between popular culture and schooling, resulting in school becoming more like society. This connection can be seen through the exploitation of television, drug use in the classroom, and the constant struggle to be "popular". Television has created and shaped our culture both in and outside of school. T.V is what portrays the image of ... , and not scholarly inquiry, which is fostered by the popular culture's current obsession with techno-fixes that combine drug and computer-mediated learning for profit." (Nelsen 2002, pg 101) It can also be ...

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... relationship between material and non-material culture in this film. The material culture was very negative. They lived in a world of guns, trashy houses, dead bodies, drug addicts, and murderers. This material culture is a direct effect of this movies non-material culture, which is very corrupt. Morals aren't even apparent in this culture ... . Most kids are expected to amount to nothing, but drug dealers or crack heads. Few will succeed, but it's a very small percent. B. Customary ways of living were very poor. There were no positives. ... . C. There were very few if any rules in this ...

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... shaped like a T (307)." This shows you that society recognized the problem, but instead of trying to do anything to stop it, they supplied the girls with birth control and then just looked the other way. "The headmaster told me he didn't care what I did but Casey Academy had a reputation to uphold There are twenty acres ... are doing is wrong, but by this time it may be too late to get out of the routine they had going. It's almost like lust is a drug, and after you become addicted to it, you can't quit. You understand that what you are doing isn't going to find you love, but you've beco...

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... between the two novels. Firstly, sex and hypocrisy is perceived differently in both societies. In Brave New World, sex is used as a form of recreation and it is accepted. The drug soma is used to prevent any great emotions and people are encouraged to be promiscuous. However, in 1984, sex is considered to be disgusting, and the party tried to kill ... way of life, and cant form their own opinos because of the fear of beeing caught. The role of drugs is a great difference. Soma, the drug used in Brave New World, is basically used to control everyone, although the people do not know that ...

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... saying. Many aspects of society support the above statement. The Prostitution industry is driven by the chance for people to control others trapped by chains of debt, drug dependence, and an overall low esteem of themselves. A ready supply of people wanting to express control and sexual dominance over others has helped this industry last this long. The population as a whole is apprehensive about ... view on prostitution: that it is an immoral practice that hollows out the emotions of those involved and leads to even worse activities. Prostitution is breeding ground for STD's and drug us...

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... damage, liver damage, and dilated pupils. An alcoholic has problems admitting that alcoholism is a disease, and that they are addicted to this substance. Alcoholism has been called the most serious drug problem in terms of the number of victims and costs to society. Alcohol is a depressant that will release feelings of guilt, anxiety and remorse if taken in heavy quantities. It ... one by the American Medical Association in 1956. According to the Encyclopedia of Health-Substance Abuse, an addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to use a drug or other substance. If the people in societ...

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... their particular position in society, and has no thought of being anything different. Everyone is happy all of the time, thanks to the mood-altering drug, Somma. Reading this novel, it is quite disturbing to see how many of the innovations Huxley first wrote about in 1932 are now reality. ... and actions of its people in order to preserve its own stability and power. But a major difference between the two is that, whereas in 1984 control is maintained by constant government surveillance, secret police, and torture, power in Brave New World is maintained through technological intervention...

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... . Hypnotism is not widely promoted in our society as formal education; yet, it lingers on the horizon. In Huxley's Brave New World, hypnopaedia is used to promote economic stability and control emotions of the inhabitants living in England. The economy-oriented society relies on hypnopaedia to keep consumers eager to spend by them with catchy, consume-driven phrases. For example, one ... to all. Hypnopaedic slogans focus also on encouraging emotionless bliss. For example, Lenina often says "a gramme is better than a damn" (37). Society teaches one to take a gram of soma, the drug with no...

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... , Kant, and Mill would make against this also. There are many characteristics that make up the Brave New World, some of those include: control, conditioning, basic pleasures (mostly physical), drugs, and lack of strong emotions (love, friendships, etc...). Control is the main aspect in this new world, everything you do is controlled in some way by the Director or government. No one ... value. This world even offers these sittings called "feelies" in which one can watch pornographic material and feel what is going on, simply just for pleasure. Soma, the wide-spread drug of the society is ...

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... involved with the gang mentality. This increase in drugs and gang involvement brings a harder and more violent life for the youths in certain areas. This growth of gangs and their drug usage has been implicated in the increasing violence of school students. People who are close to one another need to trust each other. We should trust our parents and adults ... . Some abusers are jealous, mentally ill, or feel overwhelmed by problems. Some are just mean. One thing all forms of family violence share is how they start. A desire to have control leads to the violence. Every year, husbands or ...

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... level. Our society is taking a more natural path towards the same goal of having a stable, controlled society. In our society we allow people to believe that they are still in control of their own lives, and their own futures; and to a certain extent they are. With this approach to the common goal of our two societies, we eliminate the need for ... social conditioning, and the soma drug for our individuals to remain happy. Giving individuals in our society the thought that they have power to make changes if need be, and the power to run their own ... ...

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... James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black." Marriage is a right of every American, it is a civil right. So why should the government or society control who you marry. Everyone wants to be happy with who they love. I know that some of the reason behind gay marriage not being in the constitution was political gain. George ... . A lot of kids after foster care get put out at the age of 18 and have nowhere to go. Instead of us making the statistics true about teenage pregnancy and drug use and time behind bars lets help get the kids to a better environment....

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... with the conclusion of WWII, suburbia lifestyle, nuclear energy, the cold war, limited Human Rights, and McCarthyism. This value system denied sexual exploration and rigidly defined sexual orientation with governmental control. This McCarthyism value system was threatened with the first publicized sex change. "The big news in February of that year was the return to the States of first publicized sex ... drugs. As the women pursue their pop-star fantasy they are introduced to one of the richest men in Hollywood, affectionately called Z-Man. The film eventually concludes with Z-Man experi...

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... , because they are just to caught up in themselves or in drugs, alcohol or they simply don't care. So in then end the kids are just loose and out of control, go there separate ways and look for support and security elsewhere. In this sort of situation there is not much to look upon an older one or role model that ... and busing. Another institution that surrounds and controls society is the government. The government may or may not be the number one cause that people turn towards the streets and drug sales. Taxing out people could be the common cause that they turn elsewhere, leaving the...

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