It was another party on another Saturday night, there were many in the house and you can usually tell who was high or who was drunk by the look of their faces. ... One guy who had the weed began the night by asking everyone in the house if they wanted to get high with him. ... One of the girls started talking an excessive amounts, her friend whom too was high kept on giggling through out the night, another observation I made was of a man who just sat down on the couch and remained there for the rest of the night. ... Another observation I made was of these three guys who were together for th...

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It was finally exposed one night when Steve was supposed to pick my mother and the kids up from school. ... R, who was working there for the day, and asked her how dinner was last night. ... Steve would come home late almost every night. ...

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When I woke up the next day and was trying to figure out what happened last night, I couldn't remember even getting home last night. ... Right after I came home from school, I checked my wallet to make sure that my cocaine wasn't stolen or lost last night when I was black out. ...

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In the novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the character Dr. Jekyll becomes addicted and dependent upon a drug. This drug was not a "street drug", but just an experimental chemical drug that a chemist had made up-a sort of potion. Although the potion was made purely of compounded elements that had bee...

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For some people, there's nothing better than reading something that's been banned from major retailers. Most people will agree that when being told not to do something, they feel more inclined to rebel. In this case, FHM Magazine had been banned from Kmart and Wal-Mart because of it's "distasteful...

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In his novella "A Walk in the Night-, La Guma has a re-occurring theme of alcohol and drug abuse. This theme left the reader with many questions regarding the actions of many of his characters. La Guma has developed many characters living in the slums of South Africa, whom seem ...

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The so-called war on drugs has long been an issue in the national press. As long as I can remember, campaigns like "just say no" have been encouraging children to stay away from illegal drugs. In the last few years, however, simple slogans have mutated into aggressively and often erroneously exagger...

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Realistically the globe should make a world-wide movement unilaterally towards free trade, this can't be done over night however over a period of say five through 10 years it is very plausible. ...

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It is feared that if there was a free trade of narcotics there would be "vast masses of our population spending their days and night smoking opium or mainlining heroin, rather than working and taking care of their responsibilities." ...

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A big problem in today's world is the habitual drug use by teens and young adults. A 2010 survey shows that by the time kids are in eighth grade about thirty-six percent of them have used alcohol at least once in their life. This number increased to seventy-one percent by the time the teens reached ...

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The meetings that I have decided to attend was on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 7:00pm. It was located in Dover, PA at the Calvary Lutheran Parish House. It was Alcoholics Anonymous but there were individuals with other addictions there as well. Going into this meeting for the very first time in my ...

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Today is the day you have been waiting for. You have promised your daughter that as soon as it stops raining you will take her to the park, push her on the swings and spin her as fast as you can on the merry-go-round. You know five year olds don't forget, so as soon as the sun broke through the blinds she was jumping on your bed to wake you up and go. The day was as planned, warm sunny day, park open and ready for play and you are with your best girl who thinks you're the greatest. As your perfect day comes to a close your princess asks for one more push on the swing. ...

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The long-term effects of these drugs include slowed and slurred speech, constricted pupils, droopy eyelids, impaired night vision, sedation, coma, addiction, convulsions, heart failure, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, loss of interest in sex, marijuana even contains some of the same, and sometimes even more of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco. ...

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Athletes As Role Models "An athlete with undying will, tremendous courage, awesome defense, and unbelievable scoring. Michael Jordan, a man who seems to be without a weakness, makes a great role model for youths and adults ("Role Models on"). Michael Jordan shows he is also a great person off the co...

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