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- 431: Violent Crimes By Juveniles
- ... problems. Television teaches children how to get rid of their problems, but not in the correct manner. Children should go back to communicating their problems to their parents and have their parents teach the resolution. Drugs also play a big part in the criminal activity of juveniles. Drugs seem to be so easy for juveniles to get, yet we forget that money is needed to buy drugs. When a shortage of money occurs it seems that more criminal activity occurs. Juveniles decide to steal things so that the can sell them and make money. These crime differ from car jacking, mugging ...
- 432: The 1960's
- ... a new U.S. institution: the political university. However, another element among youths was also emerging. They were called hippies. This movement marked another response to the decade as the young experimented with music, clothes, drugs, and a "counter-culture" lifestyle.(Ascher 55) In 1967, hippies preached altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy and nonviolence. They had a child-like fascination for beads, blossoms, and bells, strobe lights, ear-shattering music, exotic ... world was the "rural community," where nature-loving hippie "tribesmen" escaped the commercialism of the cities in an attempt to build a society outside of society(Frank 89). Another development was the illicit use of drugs, creating the slogan, "tune in, turn on, drop out." "Better living through chemistry" was another advertising slogan that was a sly joke to the young, but a real worry to their parents. Marijuana (pot, grass ... weed) became widely used. However, some were smoking hash, taking mescaline, peyote, LSD, barbiturates and sedatives. The list goes on and on. And it was only the beginning. Drug use was everywhere. Rock musicians used drugs frequently and openly. Their compositions were riddled with references to drugs, from the Beatles' "I get high with a little help from my friends" to the Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." The 1960s ...
- 433: The 1960's
- ... a new u.s. institution: the political university. However, another element among youths was also emerging. They were called hippies. this movement marked another response to the decade as the young experimented with music, clothes, drugs, and a "counter-culture" lifestyle. in 1967, hippies preached altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy and nonviolence. they had a child-like fascination for beads, blossoms, and bells, strobe lights, ear-shattering music, exotic clothing and ... the hippie world was the "rural community," where nature-loving hippie "tribesmen" escaped the commercialism of the cities in an attempt to build a society outside of society. another development was the illicit use of drugs, creating the slogan, "tune in, turn on, drop out." "better living through chemistry" was another advertising slogan that was a sly joke to the young, but a real worry to their parents. Marijuana (pot, grass ... was their favorite preparation. however, some were smoking hash, taking mescaline, peyote, lsd, barbiturates and sedatives. The list goes on and on. and it was only the beginning. Drug use was everywhere. rock musicians used drugs frequently and openly. their compositions were riddled with references to drugs, from the beatles' "i get high with a little help from my friends" to the jefferson airplane's "white rabbit." Space Exploration At ...
- 434: Employee Drug Testing
- Employee Drug Testing As companies nationwide have felt the impact of drugs in the workplace, an increasing number are battling the problem through drug-free workplace policies, employee education, drug testing, employee assistance programs and even undercover drug busts. If your company has joined the war against drugs, make sure you understand the legal issues involved-especially if you're deciding whether to hire and fire based on drug tests. Make a wrong move and you can land in court, defending your company ... concomitant risk of a test if the applicant is not otherwise qualified." Segal advises employers to conduct the test immediately after making the conditional offer, so the applicant doesn't have enough time to eliminate drugs from his system. Then wait to begin employment until you receive the negative report. "It's easier to keep an applicant out of the workplace than it is to remove an employee from it." ...
- 435: The 1960s: Happenings, Causes, and Effects
- ... a new u.s. institution: the political university. However, another element among youths was also emerging. They were called hippies. this movement marked another response to the decade as the young experimented with music, clothes, drugs, and a "counter-culture" lifestyle. in 1967, hippies preached altruism and mysticism, honesty, joy and nonviolence. they had a child-like fascination for beads, blossoms, and bells, strobe lights, ear-shattering music, exotic clothing and ... the hippie world was the "rural community," where nature-loving hippie "tribesmen" escaped the commercialism of the cities in an attempt to build a society outside of society. another development was the illicit use of drugs, creating the slogan, "tune in, turn on, drop out." "better living through chemistry" was another advertising slogan that was a sly joke to the young, but a real worry to their parents. Marijuana (pot, grass ... was their favorite preparation. however, some were smoking hash, taking mescaline, peyote, lsd, barbiturates and sedatives. The list goes on and on. and it was only the beginning. Drug use was everywhere. rock musicians used drugs frequently and openly. their compositions were riddled with references to drugs, from the beatles' "i get high with a little help from my friends" to the jefferson airplane's "white rabbit." Space Exploration At ...
- 436: Woodstock
- Woodstock In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair drew more than 450,000 people to a pasture in Sullivan county. For four days, this site became a "countercultural mini-nation" in which drugs were all but legal, music was plenty, and love was free. The music began Friday afternoon at 5:07 p.m. August 15, and continued until mid-morning Monday August 18. The festival closed the ... from this city as well, but a permit had already been purchased to have a concert, so not much could be done about it. Although the conditions were terrible, (Lack of food, sparse sanitation facilities, drugs and alcohol, mud, to name a few) there were no violent acts at the festival. DRUGS Drugs were a problem at the festival, nearly ninety percent of the people there were smoking marijuana. There were no violence problems though. Approximately one hundred percent of the 33 people arrested were charged ...
- 437: Facts About Marijuana
- ... lowered it's popularity as a medicine as did the introduction of a variety of new and better medicines like aspirin, morpheine (habit forming), chloral, barbituates tranquilizers, and when it got on the list of drugs thought by the world community to require legal restrictions. Our first President, George Washington, grew cannabis on his plantation. The cannabis he grew was more fibrous and is better known as hemp. Hemp was used ... listed as a useful medicine from the year 1870 to 1941. A Pharmacopeia is "a book of directions and requirements for the preparations of medicines, generally published by an authority; a collection or stock of drugs." This tells us the U.S. Pharmacopeia was an authority on the use of drugs for medical purposes, and said that the use of marijuana for said purposes was helpful. The U.S. Pharmacopeia last listed cannabis ("the dried flower tops of the pistillate plants of cannabis sativa") in ...
- 438: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... marijuana, the chemical tetrahydrocannabinol goes into your brain and makes you feel high. That is why it is classified as a minor psychedelic. It does not produce a trip, or full psychedelic experience, like other drugs such as mushrooms, acid or other such hallucinogens. Marijuana was first used by the ancient Chinese in the year 2000, BC They used it as a medicine. Through trade, the people of India began smoking ... the government could cash in on with taxes, but they simply burn it all up. And, this figure does not include the marijuana that is successfully grown, cured and sold. Ever since the War on Drugs' efforts to stop marijuana from being smuggled into the country, domestic marijuana production has increased dramatically. There is no doubt that in today's society, drugs equal money. That is why you see kids that don't even have jobs driving twenty thousand dollar cars and listening to five thousand dollar stereos. But, instead of cashing in on this, the ...
- 439: Comparitive Essay Between Gene
- ... both mom and dad working, or a single parent home where the remaining parent is having to work to survive. One of the basic foundations of the Hippie movement was the flagrant use of illegal drugs. There were many drugs that the Hippies used but none was more used then marijuana. From 1960 to 1970 the number of Americans who had tried marijuana had increased from a few hundred thousand to 8,000,000. "Is that marijuana?" 104 Michener To some Hippies, drugs and music were the most important aspects of their lives. Another drug that was prevalent in the Hippie population was LSD. The aim is basically to get high; that is to expand your consciousness ...
- 440: Methods Of Therapy
- ... medical world, doctors diagnose the illness and usually prescribe a drug or a treatment to remedy it. In the world of psychology, the therapist also diagnoses the problem and if treatment is not enough then drugs or medication can be used also. When all other avenues have been explored, medication is as appropriate as anything a medical doctor might prescribe. When drugs and therapy sessions are not enough there are other possibilities, such as ECT or Psychosurgery. ECT or Electroconvulsive therapy is the "treatment of disorders...like major depression by passing an electric current, (that causes a ... of these treatments have many side-effects and so are not immediately desirable. The lobotomy has been for the most part discontinued in the United States, because its side-effects are too serious and new drugs have better success rates and are therefore more preferable. The ECT has been very effective in reducing depression and decreasing the suicide rate and so it can be a last resort when other drugs ...
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