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- 3201: Legalization of Drugs
- ... role models for the youth of the inner cities? With their designer clothes and Mercedes convertibles, being seen everyday with a smug smile that says crime pays. They snicker at the honest kids going to school or to work at the minimum wage. The day after legalization, the honest kids will have the last laugh. The dealers will be out of a job, unemployed. The shoot-outs between drug dealers will ... prohibition effects us the U.S. citizens. In major cities, at least one-fourth of the killings is connected to the drug trade. The victims of drug warfare are often innocent bystanders, even infants and school children. After legalization goes into affect the streets of America will be safer
- 3202: My Autobiography.
- ... little sister was born because she made a big public statement about it.But I know she loves me even if she leaved me at home all the time by myself. I go to public school and my last name is Reynolds like my grandmother. There is no Fisher found in my name at all. After my dad left my mother changed my last name completely and hid my birth certifacate ... I don't know any Curtis's that are famous. I think that I'll never find out who my real dad is. My twin sister and I are identical we go to the same school and do the same things, she wants to be an actress also so it really neat because we share the same dreams. Well Mrs. Shughart I hope you like my auto-biography. Thank you all ...
- 3203: Treatment of Drug Offenders is Dysfunctional
- ... a five sentence in prison. In an effort to make a few extra dollars for his family, he has now missed out on many things. He had to miss his oldest child graduate from high school. His marriage has stressed to its greatest extreme. And to society he is considered a criminal. Was sending this person to prison the best thing to do? It just does not seem worth it For ... on, you are instantly prejudiced. Even the manager at McDonalds might not want to hire you. This person has to start over from the beginning, just as if he had just got out of high school. The way we go about treating drug offenders in America is dysfunctional. If rehabilitation is the purpose, then we have failed. Why not put these people in drug rehabilitation centers. And at the same time ...
- 3204: Sex Education
- ... the parents, but if the parents are uncomfortable speaking about the subject or not unwilling to take control of this sensitive subject, there needs to be an outside source to help fill this void: the school. Children need to know the basics, such as what diseases are threats, which ones are curable and which are not, just how real these diseases are, pregnancy, and responsibility. Therefore, sex education should be a ... sex is ok. How much can we really control our children when we cannot be with them every minute of the day? Some parents are scared to talk to their children, so the help at school could benefit the child and parents, and possibly stop a major hardship from occurring in the child's life. These topics can be taught in a sensitive manner, but it seems clear that if our ...
- 3205: The Lost Generation
- ... teenager, and able just to kick back and enjoy life at its prime. This is the lost generation. As tensions grew in Europe during the early twentieth century young teenagers throughout were going to grade school and enjoying life to its fullest. Little do these children know that in a matter of years they will be fighting in one of the most gruesome wars in history. While they were in school the leaders of Europe were contemplating the thought of war and forming alliances. Many people thought that if they went to war, it would be over and done with before they knew it. The people ...
- 3206: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... phony himself. Holden Caufield the 16 year old protagonist and main character of The Catcher in the Rye narrates the story and explains all the events throughout three influential days of his life. A prep school student who has just been kicked out of his second school, Holden struggles to find the right path into adulthood. He does not know what road to follow and he uses others as the scapegoat for his puzzlement in life. Harold Bloom explains, His central dilemma ...
- 3207: A Separate Peace - A Journey T
- ... novel A Separate Peace includes many important themes. The author, John Knowles, was able to make the book more realistic because of his personal experiences. Knowles, like the characters in the book attended a boarding school. Many of his dilemmas were similar to those of Gene and Finny. The boys were able to surmount the ins and outs of friendship, conformity, and growing up. Friendship is certainly a major theme throughout ... Devon River. Even though he would have rather not done it, he went along with the crowd to fit in. Another example of Gene trying to fit in and be liked is when he ditches school with Finny. Gene never would have considered breaking the rules, but he feared that he would not be accepted by Finny if he didn't go along. Most teenagers are confronted with peer pressure, and ...
- 3208: Marijuana
- ... yellow resin rich with cannabinoids, the more than sixty compounds unique to marijuana. Several of the chemicals are psychoactive, most prominently delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Lester Grinspoon, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical school, wrote a book called Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine (1993). In his book, Grinspoon provides evidence that smoking marijuana can relieve the nausea associated with chemotherapy, prevent blindness induced by glaucoma, serve as a appetite stimulant ... and insomnia. Police officers in Texas claimed that marijuana incited violent crimes, aroused a "lust for blood," and gave its users "superhuman strength." Rumors spread that Mexicans were distributing this "killer weed" to unsuspecting American school children. Sailors and West Indian immigrants brought the practice of smoking marijuana to port cities along the Gulf of Mexico. In New Orleans newspaper articles associated the drug with African-Americans, Jazz musicians, prostitutes, and ...
- 3209: Juvenile Justice System In America
- ... and child abuse cases that involve intentional injury or sexual abuse of a child.3 Juvenile offender cases usually come to the courts attention through police apprehension of a delinquent. At other times, a school official, parent, or guardian may refer a problem to the court. The court intake officer then evaluates the case and decides whether it should be ended without action, whether the child should be referred to ... to the probation officer regularly. The court may order serious offenders committed to a juvenile institution. In certain instances, alternatives to juvenile court action may be desirable. Alternatives for minor offenses include informal assistance from school counselors, mental health clinics, and a variety of youth-service agencies. Court intake often results in referral to such agencies. At the other extreme, the alternative for serious crimes and dangerous behavior is trial in ...
- 3210: Legalizing Marijuana Legislation
- ... It is also used for patients who suffer from glaucoma. Patients with glaucoma say that smoking marijuana decreases the pressure on their eyes. Doctor Solomon Snyder, who is a professor of pharmacology at John Hopkins School of Medicine, and Doctor Grinspoon, who is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School argue that cannabis has been used extensively, and showed apparent success to treat a variety of illnesses. These illnesses include migraines, excessive menstrual bleeding to ulcers, epilepsy, muscle relaxant, convulsing patients, and even tooth decay ...
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