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- 691: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... Shortly after Poe had married Virginia she contracted the deadly disease tuberculosis. Virginia then died ten years later. With the death of Poe's wife Poe became very depressed. Poe then became addicted to many drugs, mainly opium and laudanum. It is also reported that he used morphine (Mankowitz 259,729). It is said that Poe used these drugs and drank so much because his nervous system was becoming extremely sensitive and it would rid him of the pain (Black). Poe did try to quit drinking many times but he was never successful. In ...
- 692: Assisted Suicide
- ... is only one way to achieve that goal. At the time that efforts are no longer doing any good, the main concern is to make the patient comfortable and alleviate symptoms such as pain.6 Drugs do not always get rid of all the pain, especially when it is excruciating. Sometimes a patient will be drugged into unconciousness with severe pain that cannot be controlled.9 This does not seem like ... longer a crime, giving assistance in it is, everywhere except for Switzerland, Germany, Norway, and Uraguay. In Australia, a law was passed that allows terminally ill patients to ask for assistance by injection or taking drugs themselves.7 There is a debate about it because Parliament wants to overturn the statute, which is the world's only voluntary euthanasia statute.3 In the Netherlands, it is actually a crime, but it ...
- 693: Great Teachers, Bad Students
- ... illegal substances show the characteristics of a poor learner. The abuser may consistently forget homework assignments and do poorly on exams. Recovered drug user Bob* explains, "The pressure from your friends and society to use drugs is sometimes overwhelming. Once I started, everything went downhill, especially my grades." Drugs soon consume the student's life, leaving no time for studying or homework. Truancy is obviously going to produce a poor learner. By not showing up at school there is no possible way he or ...
- 694: Teaching Respect To Children
- ... going to steal or vandalize someone's property if they respect them. One other problem is drug use, this would not be a problem is people respected themselves enough to not harm their bodies with drugs. They also would not sell drugs because selling something to someone that will harm them is not showing respect to that person. It is extremely easy to sit back and say that parents should teach respect, but it is not as ...
- 695: Agatha Christie
- ... was Archibald Christie, who was a World War I fighter pilot. The newlywed Mrs. Christie worked as a nurse while her husband was off at war. Through her nursing experiences, she learned of many new drugs on the market. These drugs fascinated her, thus prompting her to use them as factors in several of her Graham 2 works. Her marriage to Christie lasted only twelve years, and they were divorced in 1926. Not long after her ...
- 696: A Postmodern Look at Poverty and Homelessness
- ... the children are once again burdened in school, therefore not being able to compete with the more fortunate children. A break in the cycle may be possible if consistent housing is available to these families. Drugs, disabilities, and chronic health problems may attribute to the misfortunes of poverty and homelessness. The failure to address the treatment and the rehabilitation needs of people with disabilities, chronic health problems, and mental health problems ... housing, and the increasingly concentrated nature of poverty. The plan will also have to include changes in family and household structures, the decline in traditional kin-based sources of support, and the proliferation of new drugs (crack cocaine) and socially stigmatized infections, i.e., HIV and tuberculosis. For virtually every homeless person, this will mean dealing with the affordability and availability of housing. For some, restoration of family ties and attention ...
- 697: What Are Values?
- ... and that no one would try to mess with them. Many crimes committed involves guns. Teenagers commit crimes towards each other and well as adults. Teenagers commit crimes for reasons ranging from needing money for drugs to needing money to buy a new pair of shoes. Teenagers wearing expensive jewelry or shoes are targets of other young offenders . What could cause teenagers to commit more crimes and acts of violence? More ... alone to take care of themselves while they are at work. With a lack of parental guidance, children often look to the streets as their home away from home. The streets can be filled with drugs and pushers trying to sell their poison to others. Gangs and the possibility of violence lurks on the corners of the streets. The streets can be a dangerous place for a young person to learn ...
- 698: Stereotyping of Teenagers
- ... is what the stereotypical teenage "freak" is. Constantly people assume, just by looking at me, a lot of different things. I was surprised to find the number of people who just figured I was into drugs. I couldn't believe it. Apparently, because I choose to dress differently, I must be trashed all the time. However, such is not the case. Police assume we are trouble makers. I have been stopped ... simply standing on a street corner or holding a skateboard. Meanwhile, a handful of preppy teens stand by, doing the same thing, yet not getting a word towards them. We are assumed to be on drugs and trouble makers, as well as Satanists, witches, and that we're depressed. I speak from experience. Judging based merely on an assumption wasn't just back in the days of the Salem witch hunts ...
- 699: Employee Assistance Programs
- ... Practices which says: "Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit an employer from taking action necessary, up to and including termination, in the case of an applicant or employee who tests positive for drugs or who refuses to take a drug test authorized under this title." This act has not yet passed but it will provide the perfect motivation and release the employer from any lawsuits that might come about from employees who think they have the right to do drugs. The purpose of orientation is to educate employees about EAP policies, procedures and services. Although it's not financially practical to spend an enormous amount of time on this topic, it is important that an ...
- 700: Kurt Cobain
- ... 3). Where by later he turned down two art scholarships to art school, and never did finish high-school. Then when he was 15 he started playing the guitar, also he found the underworld of drugs(Wilson 3-4). He played the guitar and did drugs by himself until the age of 18, when he joined his first band(Wilson 15). I intend to show how the events of his early life influenced the course his life took, and how it ...
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