It isn't easy for kids these days growing up without because they start to deal with thing at school and with peers. When kids see other kids with nice clothes and money they start to think of ways of getting it for themselves. ... Kids may result to selling drugs robbing people for money. ... Growing up children faces a lot of influences and sometimes they get influenced by the wrong things. But for the Whites their children probably won't have to worry about felling if they belong or not because with their income their kids will be well dressed and well groomed when they go ou...

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When these athletes talk to the kids in the classrooms it helps inspire the kids to strive towards their goals and dreams. ... Allen Iverson, the Philadelphia guard, has had some bad influences around him. ... It not only helps keep the kids away from drugs, but it also helps the kids to learn to lead a productive life. ... This program is giving kids a place to go instead of hanging around the streets where most of the kids are faced with drugs. ... Athletes Against Drugs helps to mold these kids behaviors at a young age. ...

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Adults, teenagers, and even little kids are all being exposed to drugs every day. ... Diller uses a patient of his as an example a kid named Bobby. ... As Gordon begins to talk about the influences from family she makes a point to talk about how children will be more easily influenced to act in the same ways of there frequent environments, such as families, peers and friends. ... "(Gordon) The part of Gordon's essay that talks about peer influences hits on the subject of how easily influenced adolescents are by their friends. ... I asserted from Fumentos article that kids need to be ...

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During these instances there have been many people in Bodega that have been murdered, beaten, or left homeless because of the influence of alcohol and drugs taking an affect on their work ethics. ... One of the kids whom has been through all of the nastiness of Bodega is a boy named Chino. ... With the help of Sapo, "the meanest and ugliest kid on the block," Chino manages to make it as far as college before his life is endangered. ... With all of these components, Chino was influenced and supported greatly, but there were some times when he needed to listen to himself, and decide what he want...

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In many way, peer pressure represents social influences effect the people in all ages, because we are greatly influenced by the people around us. ... American is known as the bad ass drinker, and this will influences teenagers. ... Nevertheless, alcoholism is a social issue that could lead kids to fail school, acting without any logic reason, or even committing a crime. ... Now and day, kids join gang to get attention, so-call protection, peer pressure; or they make some moneys. ...

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Introduction Teenage years are much like a midpoint in ones life.When a person is neither a kid or an adult. At this period, teens have passed the age when they were called kids but are not yet qualified to be adults. ... The answer is that teenagers are under pressure by their peers, mass media and also the influence of parents. ...

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As regards the drug abuse among teenagers it`s partly their parents` fault that their kids are addicted because they don`t care about them enough and young people search for some other models which they could imitate but often it`s a wrong choice. ... Drugs have a strong influence on nervous system. ... First of all, parent`s should be aware of it and take care of their kids. ...

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Corruption of Our Children How does censorship influence the children of our society today? ... Some children may not believe that using obscene language is wrong when they are constantly seeing their role models and kids their age using it in the movies. ... At the same time, drug use is another major issue that easily influences children. ... This points out the many effects that movies have on young children, who are often influenced easily. ... This is where censorship takes the responsibility to ensure that these children are not influenced negatively. ...

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Even when my mother took us kids out to eat we had to be careful. ... Steve did not believe her so he started to ask us kids and got the same answer. ... We kids then turned to my grandmother for help. ... That's when we kids started to come up with ways to make money to help out. ... Steve was driving into town one day when he was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence. ...

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I choose to discuss the relationship between adolescent substance abuse, and parental influence. ... So in the long run misguided adolescents are just digging their hole deeper into the ground, and without proper influence or guidance, an adolescent can continue down this road. ... The skinny kid never gets picked for the football team and the fat kid can't find a date to the dance. ... When looking for guidance at this time, it might not matter to a kid if there parents were abusing substances, because they would have just seen what there parents were doing and thought it was cool, an...

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While under the influence of these drugs we are more likely to endanger our life as well as somebody else's. ... Each day more than 3,000 kids begin smoking and one-third of them will probably have their lives shortened because of tobacco use. Children who smoke cigarettes are almost six times more likely to use other illegal drugs than kids who don't smoke. ...

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Vidal blames the government for being responsible for drug dealers selling to younger kids. ... There would be no driving under the influence. ... Parents may think that if kids new more about drugs they would be more open in trying the different types of drugs. ...

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(www.drugfreeamerica.org) With all this in mind, and all the education programs such as dare, and all the research and information available, everyday a new kid begins using drugs for the first time. ... Peer networks may be the most significant influence on long-term substance abuse. ... So, what are parents, communities, schools, children, etc. doing right to keep kids from ever beginning to use drugs? ... Despite the fact that drugs, alcohol and tobacco are available everywhere, some kids dont get involved. ...

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Adolescents are influenced by these factors and by adult role models and environmental messages related to substances. ... Substance use for most teenagers is not an issue of psychopathology but of the influence on normal functioning. ...

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For instance a kid with blue collar parents who go to church every weekend could hate his/her parents views so much that it drives them to get in trouble or do drugs. ... Now the opposite of kid's like these are the ones that turn out just like their parents. ... When some one is under the influence of weed, it temporarily puts their problems on the back burner so to say. ... Almost all kids cant stand school, and are thinking about things they actually care about .this isn't anything new. ...

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Surely a person that has been under the influence of drugs will not perform to his best capability. ... Another consequence is, if a drug abuser gets arrested for being under the influence he will have to serve time in jail. ... How are you going to support the kids and pay the bills with out a job? ...

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These numbers don't even include the kids who aren't telling the truth because they haven't gotten caught smoking yet. ... Under law, they are both known as "driving under the influence (DUI)". ...

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DARE teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressure that influence them to experiment with alcohol and drugs. ... DARE was founded in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department, it was influenced by the "just say no" approach, supported by Nancy Regan, then the First Lady. ... Kids wore T-shirts with DARE logos. ... During these weekly classes, DARE officers taught the following: Personal safety practices; Drug use and misuse; Consequences of using and not using drugs; Resisting pressures to use drugs; Resistance techniques-ways to say no; Building self-esteem; Ass...

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What really influences teens to do drugs? ... Now what influences them to do it? ... He got the influence from his father, and the neighbors. ... He was called "Tubby" and "Crisco Kid," he just had to take a chance. ... Drinking can influence what you decide on. 40% of guys say that alcohol influences their decision to do something sexual, and 32% goes for the girls. ...

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Pertinent Issues of Adolescence During adolescent years, most people experience many stressful situations under the influence of peer pressure. ... Due to some negative influence and an impaired value system, some teenagers get involved in delinquent behavior. ... However, less serious crimes are shop lifting, drinking under the influence of alcohol, drinking underage, possession of drugs, etc. ... Some runaway "kids" end up on streets as prostitutes or drug dealers. ...

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Kids start smoking before they even enter high school. ... Yes, there are some kids who are able to balance getting good grades in school and smoking but there are always those others who will rearrange their priorities. ... Will it make people desire it more or will they not be as influenced now because it is legal and they could get it? ...

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Victimless crimes are simply defined as a crime having no victim. I believe the laws against victimless crimes are not direct threats to the privacy of individuals. On the contrary the laws help protect the existing right we have as individual and help assure a civilized society. In criminalizing ce...

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It reminds me of the story about the kid and the candy bowl. ... Make it illegal to drive under the influence of cannabis and make sure the consequences severe. ... Stoners are peaceful people and are absolutely not a menace to society, while someone under the influence of alcohol is prone to unjustified aggression and over estimation. ...

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Society has a huge part in influencing teens. ... My secondary source said that ways to prevent your kids from becoming drug users is to enrol them in extra-curricular activities and sports, since these types of teens are less likely to experiment with drugs (Riera 168). ... My secondary source found that one problem with violence is the influence form music lyrics. ...

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" Sponsors are great because they are able to have a better social influence on the new members because they have more than likely once been where those members are right now. ... Bill, like all kids experiment with alcohol with his friends when he was a teenager. ... He knew he didn't want to live like this anymore and he wanted to do right by his kids. He didn't want his kids to grow up the way that he grew up. ...

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