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- 1471: “To legalize or Not to Legalize”
- ... people are using them as drugs for pleasure. Most users are not addicts say experts, and that they are for pure enjoyment rather than harmful. There is a “users rights policy” which aims to eliminate abuse which harms society, while preserving the benefits of responsible users. This is to maximize the benefit of trade off drugs. (Toward a Users’ Drug Rights Policy - pages 382-383 There have been many assumptions throughout ... not. Do we want our counrty looked down upon like those or do we want to set a good example to the rest of the world by showing ways of controlling these substances that people abuse? Another question that comes to mind if drugs were legal would be who and what would sell them? Would the local convient store down the street form the elementary school sell them so anyone could ... now, alcohol and tobacco, would be distinguished form all the others since they are the ones which cause more problems. The only question which comes up when this approach is brouht up is “would drug abuse increase so much that we would be paying to high a price in personal and social misery and would it influence the amount of drugs consumed? (The Harmfulness tax: A Proposal for Regulation and ...
- 1472: To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice
- ... Scout as a first person narrator in this story. This narrative technique has many strengths and some weaknesses. Scout is a bright, sensitive and intelligent little girl. For all her intelligence, she is still a child and does not always fully understand the implications of the events she reports. This is sometimes amusing, as the time she thinks Miss Maudie's loud voice scares Miss Stephanie. Scout does her best to ... case. As well as being the story of childhood, it is also the story of the struggle for equality of the American Negro. To Kill A Mockingbird can be read as the story of a child's growth and maturation. Almost every incident in the novel contributes something to Scout's perception of the world. Through her experiences she grows more tolerant of others, learning how to " climb into another person ... understand what the other person is feeling. The theme of childhood is also another important one. The story takes place over a period of years, and the reader takes part in the adventure of the child growing up in a small Southern town. To Kill A Mockingbird is a fascinating story about a trial of a Negro man in a small Southern town. This novel is a must for every ...
- 1473: U.S. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border
- ... and who's getting some kick- backs. My recent visit to Tijuana indicates that Rohypnol is still readily available. It has become a revolving door doctor atmosphere. The U.S. police first began to spot abuse of Rohypnol, the brand for drug flunitrazepam, in 1993. Although it has never been approved for use in the United States, the sleeping medication is sold legally in 64 countries. But it wasn't insomniacs ... in California, legislators are trying to establish prison terms for people possessing or selling the pills, nicknamed “roofies.” Last month, Florida put Rohypnol into the same legal category as heroin and cocaine. Worried about the abuse, Hoffman-La Roche has slashed its Rohypnol distributors in Mexico from 200 to 16 and said it hired a former DEA agent, who established that there was no diversion from its Mexico City factory. The ... prosecutors to seek sentences such as those imposed for selling heroin or cocaine. Currently, the drug flunitrazepam is classified in the United States as a schedule four drug, defined as substances with low potential for abuse and acceptable for medical use in the United States. When the drug is legally administered, it is used for the short-term treatment of insomnia and as a mild sedative. Rohypnol is marketed in ...
- 1474: Social Reform In Charles Dicke
- ... Oliver are ostracized for their non-conformist ideals. Thus change in an oppressing and conformist society can only be achieved through change in moral, social, and political instincts. In both novels the main character faces abuse and neglect which result in rebellion and distancing of them from the society which chooses to hold them down. In Oliver Twist, Oliver receives a great amount of abuse through the orphanage. While suffering from starvation and malnutrition for a long period of time, Oliver is chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to request more gruel at dinner. After making this simple ... neglect caused a change in Oliver. He realized that he must rebel against the society that wishes to oppress him, in order to truly start living. In Great Expectations, Pip receives a great deal of abuse at the hands of his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery. On one occasion I soon found myself getting heavily bumped from behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and ...
- 1475: Bill Bradley
- ... America. He has proven to the United States that he is a leader. Bradley has put forth bold plans to provide access to quality, affordable health care for all; to help working families; to end child poverty as we know it; to accomplish fundamental campaign finance reform; and to reduce gun violence through commonsense gun control. There are 44 million Americans who do not have health insurance. Bill Bradley has offered ... all Americans have the skills they need to build a better future in this time of technological change. Bill will enroll an additional 400,000 children in the Head Start program, helping nearly every eligible child to enter school prepared to succeed. He will create Teach to Reach partnerships to place 60,000 new, well-trained teachers each year into low-income urban and rural school districts. Bill will invest in ... families and provide hope for a better future. Bill wants to increasing the minimum wage over two years and indexing it to the growth of the median wage. Permitting mothers on welfare to keep their child support payments so the child is provided with the care needed. Bill will push for creating a national program of after-school care and community development centers that offer a range of academic and ...
- 1476: Criminology, John Widemans Bro
- One child grows up to be somebody who just loves to learn. And the other child grows up to be somebody who just loves to burn An excerpt of this poem paints a picture of two brothers, John and Robert Wideman, leading different lives. Robert Wideman, embraced a path common for ... Homewood is a community that scared Robert s Mother. Her prediction of trouble and Robert s wild side connecting turned into reality [a]nd she was right. Me and trouble hooked up (85). As a child Robert constantly needed the attention of his family members especially his mother. From a different point of view, we can say that Robert was a neglected child, emotionally. During a time when Robert needed ...
- 1477: The Controversy Surrounding the Gulf War Syndrome
- ... him to the extent of asking his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. She immediately said yes. Within a year and a half upon the year's end, Mark and his wife had their first child. Their child was not born as healthy as they had hoped. Mark was devastated at his child's problems. Why did these things have to happen to his child? In the weeks to come, rumors were spreading that many babies of veterans were also born with problems. Veterans themselves were getting ...
- 1478: Homlessness And Education
- ... homeless children in Los Angeles, California. The second of my studies was called, Cognitive and academic functioning of homeless children compared to housed children. The analyzation focused on the effects of being homeless to a child's cognitive and academic functioning. Both of the above studies brought about the same basic issue of homeless children having the right to a better education. In both studies it was determined that homeless children ... the area of academics. In the first study (Sheltered Homeless Children: Their Eligibility and Unmet Need for Special Education evaluations) homeless shelters were selected randomly and from these families were selected that consisted of one child aged 6 to 12 years. Testing was performed in a quiet place. There were 118 parents and 169 children involved in the study. The parents were asked questions pertaining to the how and why of ... in the study before. The children were all tested with numerous tests pertaining to their academic and cognitive functioning skills. The Raven's Test, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, the Wide-range Achievement Test, a Child Depression Inventory test, and A maternal Anxiety test were issued to the children. Both of the studies focused on the same issue, that homeless children were not being assessed for their need of assistance ...
- 1479: Helen Keller
- ... she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark - she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak. So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker? Helen Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Alabama, the daughter of a newspaper editor. Before her illness she was a lively and healthy child with a friendly personality. She could walk and even say a few simple words. The fever cut her off from the outside world, depriving her of sight and sound. It was as if she had ... Helen Keller. Anne soon realised the cause of Helen's tantrums. She knew that if she could teach her to communicate she would become a different person. Even so, before she could teach this wild child, she had to control her. When she tried to get Helen to do something she didn't like Helen would scream and kick and bite. Anne eventually won these battles by sheer will-power ...
- 1480: Careful, He Might Hear You
- ... their present lives and their probable futures. The first significant relationship presented in the novel is that between PS and his Aunt Lila and Uncle George. PS sees himself solely as Lila and George s child and this perception that he has on himself directly influences the nature of his relationship with them. Being a six year old child yet to develop his own personal sense of identity, PS trusts implicitly in Lila and George and believes, in his innocent naive way, that they will always do what is best for him. This is ... wanted them to be- and expecting them to satisfy her own needs without really knowing what they actually were. Perhaps with PS, Vanessa thought she would succeed where she had failed with Logan- perhaps his child would fill the gap inside her that she always thought to be Logan s fault- and Vanessa embarks on her quest to possess PS without realising that she hasn t changed. Vanessa still has ...
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