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- 421: Skateboarders Nationwide Restless; A Problem That Needs Attention?
- ... losers. You skate until you are exhausted, and go to bed early only to wake up and repeat the process the next morning. Skateboarders are mostly straight-edge, which means that they do not use drugs, or alcohol. This is because skateboarding, and improving requires almost constant practice. This determination in only clouded by the effects of drugs. Anyway when one performs an intricate maneuver flawlessly, the rush is greater than any pot or coke. Unfortunately, this cannot happen when a skater is denied access to their sanctuaries, there favorite spot. A good ... AKids get discouraged when they get kicked out of a good spot. When kids get bored, they usually start to find other things to do, such as go tagging(vandalizing with spraypaint) or start using drugs.@ (interview Taylor). A skater in Leesburg, Va named Phillip Beam provided a similar response, AIf you keep getting kicked out, it becomes pointless to continue trying.@ AAnd most people just get idle. That's ...
- 422: Do We Need Protection in Our Schools?
- ... wait for something terrible to happen. We should be ready for it and put in protection in our schools. We need to get drug testing in our schools. Kids these days first are confronted with drugs at an astonishing age of 10 to 12 years old. Their habits, if they even start in the first place, will expand. When they finally hit the teenager stage of their lives, they would be going to high school now and their problems with drugs will most likely be a lot worse. They are using and dealing drugs in school. We would have a computer pick out certain kids for drug testing every couple of weeks. Special drug dogs would be brought in to sniff out the drugs as well. Drug testing ...
- 423: Teenage Violence
- ... abused at home, or witness other family members being abused, they are being taught that violent behavior is acceptable and a way of survival. Substance abuse is also a cause of teenage violence. Alcohol and drugs can easily be obtained by teenagers. Ask any teenagers where you can get drugs, even if they don't use them, they know where and how to obtain them. The substances alter the way they see themselves and the world. Even a non-violent teen can become violent if they abuse drugs and alcohol. A lot of teenagers are afraid to say no to their peers when offered drugs and alcohol. There seems to be an increase in anger in teenagers, which causes more violence. Teenagers ...
- 424: Making The Corps
- ... are hardest because it’s a war out there everyday. Unlike the other new Marines he still understands, and does not feel bad about what his friends have to do in order to live (sell drugs, violence). He feels this way because he believes that “a crime is only a crime if you get caught”.(pg235) But there is a part of him that was changed, and that is he is not tempted at doing what he used to do, like selling drugs and resorting to violence. Marine Winston also says that Sergeant Carey appears in his conscious. -These new Marines are recognized officially as Marines when they complete the MCT-Marine Corps Training. While there many officers ... are hardest because it’s a war out there everyday. Unlike the other new Marines he still understands, and does not feel bad about what his friends have to do in order to live (sell drugs, violence). He feels this way because he believes that “a crime is only a crime if you get caught”.(pg235) But there is a part of him that was changed, and that is he ...
- 425: Mark Schaller's Study About Fame
- ... The third person was the fiction writer, John Cheever. Cheever obtained the Pulitzer Prize in 1978. The reason Schaller chose these three people is that they all had self- destructive tendencies in the forms of drugs and alcohol and also had psychological problems sometime during their period of fame. Each of the three were also writers which was a vital part of Schaller's study. Schaller wanted to show that fame ... he was twenty seven years old. Cobain's attitude changed. He started to suffer from depression even though he was rising in fame. His social behavior was not the same. Cobain was also addicted to drugs. In effect, both the physical and mental aspects of his self were deteriorating. According to Schaller(1997), Cole Porter achieved his fame around the year 1930. Porter, like Cobain, seemed to suffer from depression. Schaller ... who have become self- destructive. Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin all died of drug overdose. The lead singer for Pink Floyd went mentally insane and had to retreat to solitude. Larry Flint used drugs excessively and became mentally insane as he gained fame through the magazine he created, Hustler, and ffb the controversy it created in the United States. Taking a look at the results of the self- ...
- 426: Partner Abuse
- ... females to take responsibility for violence. Also, males were found to be more likely to place the blame on their partner. It was also found that males were found more likely to use alcohol or drugs during violent episodes. (LeJeune, Chad Journal of interpersonal violence p181-94) Also, in another edition of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence had posted an article on the psychological abuse in college students. 1,625 college ... to an abusive situation. Figure 4 shows that the majority of the students surveyed strongly either agree or agree that alcohol does contributes to an abusive situation. Question five asks the student if they feel drugs contribute to abusive situations. Show in figure 5 the students stated that the majority of the students surveyed strongly either agree or agree that drugs contribute to abusive situations. Question six states that abusive people probably come from abusive families. Figure six shows that the students had a split decision. Forty percent of the students surveyed agree that abusive ...
- 427: Encephalitis
- ... prevention and treatment of the major diseases causing Encephalitis, but the normal treatment for Encephalitis are: if a patient does need specific treatment for the inflammation of the brain then only bed rest and prescription drugs can be used to temporarily to control the pain. In controlling pain and suffering many drugs are used "Anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed to reduce the swelling on the inner lining of the brain tissue and meninges" . Other methods of controlling pain are used such as: sleeping pills,anticonvulsant drugs and Tylenol 3. Control of ...
- 428: Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol
- ... that there are multitudes of problems inherent within the South Bronx. One of the only ways of determining where these problems stem from is by looking at the possible reasons as to why they exist. Drugs, violence, AIDS infections, are not new, however this community differs from others in the United States. One of the main differences is that the City has grouped all of these people together and created a ... not work thus forcing its inhabitants to utilize the stairs which is very time consuming and energy draining; especially for the elderly. Once these people go outside, they are met with an extraordinary amount of drugs and violence and find it much safer to just stay inside their homes. Cultural differences between these people and those of higher income communities add to the list of reasons as well. Racism is blatantly ... alcohol abuse in making out a patient’s record. On the fourth floor, in contrast, ‘nurses…note for the records a mother’s drug or alcohol abuse’ and notify welfare officials if a mother uses drugs.” (p. 177) Education is also in a severe predicament in this area. With major overcrowding, students find themselves trying to learn while jammed into spaces not intended as classrooms, such as stair landings, gymnasiums, ...
- 429: The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- ... a higher rate of inflation; its use in COLA calculations would protect older persons from rising medical costs. Finally, social issues that dominate the AARP include transit for the elderly, fighting age discrimination, pro generic drugs, general health care and home care reform, anti-mandatory retirement, and the elderly and driving issues. To begin with, the AARP advocates that federal, state and local governments should consider the mobility needs of all ... illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis of age. Litigation comes in the form numerous "friend- of-the-court" briefs in significant cases involving the interpretation of the ADEA. The AARP is pro generic drugs mainly because Medicare does not cover outpatient prescription drugs, which are the second largest out-of-pocket health expense for older persons, after long-term care. They don't feel consumers should pay more money for the same product. On the issue of ...
- 430: Is There Hope For The Psychopa
- ... steal, torment animals and/or run away from home.The child is likely to develop Attention Deficit \Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. At an earlier age than their peer group, the child may smoke, drink, do drugs, and become sexually active. The diagnoses of Anti-Social Personality Disorder is not used for people under the age of 18. A sociopath gets great gratification in the act of hurting someone for absolutely no ... A sociopath is a person that acts against society, and their sole purpose it seems is to act against the laws of the given society. The sociopath will in most cases become violent and abuse drugs and alcohol to facilitate the violent behavior. The violence in many cases is the result of sub-concious decisions that might lead to murdering or assaulting someone for no reason. When a sociopath is attacking ... channeling the sensation of seeking actions on people into more positive socially responsible behaviors, and to teach practical ways in dealing with every day frustration. Medications are not recommended in the treatment of sociopaths, but drugs can diminish the violent episodes. People with Anti-Social Personality Disorder may also have Attention Deficit\ Hyperactivity Disorder for which stimulants are used to treat, such as Ritalin. There are no long term studies ...
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