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- 2101: Adolescent Drug Abuse
- ... should be used with this group. The remaining 17% had been deemed drug users and it was found that they all shared a similar lifestyle. All had multiple substance abuse problems, were engaged in frequent sexual activity, and received poor grades. it was also found that the amount of parental attention and supervision was significantly different for both groups. C) Source 3: This article said that the rise in drug use ...
- 2102: Teen Violence and Its Causes
- ... love as possible, but when he/she is raised in a divorced atmosphere, they lose that love that only two parents together can give them. "Love, the idea goes, is nature's way of getting sexual partners to stay together long enough to produce and care for a child (Flanigan H05)." You can't properly raise a child separated. When couples make the commitment and have children, divorce is immoral and ...
- 2103: New Gun Control Policy is Needed
- ... are a form of power. Many individuals, including criminals' feel powerful when carrying a gun. Half of the households in the United States possess a gun. Criminals use guns for satisfaction. For example, to obtain sexual gratifaction in a rape or money in a robbery, or more frequently, to frighten and dominate victims in some other assault. All of these things can be gained without an attack, and indeed the possession ...
- 2104: Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, and Different Punishments
- ... crimes such as: Property crimes, Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all other minor offenses. Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual serial killer" ( Sugden, pg.2) Jack's trademark was the killing of female prostitutes. But not only did he kill them, he would surgically remove organs and intrails and place them near the dead body ...
- 2105: The Drinking Age: An 18-Year-Olds Right
- ... out functioning in a world much older than that of their days in school. They are expected to be more mature, and to act as adults in all other ways. They can smoke, marry, have sexual relationships, have children, buy lottery tickets, make contracts, and die, but in most states are still not old enough to have a drink, and many people feel this is wrong.(Drinking 1) By making young ...
- 2106: The Communication Decency Act: The Fight For Freedom of Speech on the Internet
- ... for public viewing,: "Whoever uses an Internet service to send to a person or persons under 18 years of age......any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image,........or anything offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs.....shall be fined $250,000 if the person(s) is/are under 18....... imprisoned not more than two years.......or both." The wording of that section seems sensible. However, if ...
- 2107: Drugs in Sports
- ... muscle strength quickly but tissues and tendons are not strengthened at the same rate. That creates a weakened, imbalanced body, putting the athlete at greater risk of injury. Longer use of this drug snuffs out sexual interest. It can cause hurt attacks, myocardial infarction, and stroke, which can also mean sharing death from AIDS. Causes also hair loss. Steroids raise blood pressure and blood cholesterol to dangerous levels.
- 2108: Marijuana
- ... but so does tobacco. The smoke can be reduced by up to 80% with special paraphenalia. We used to have limited knowledge on the subject, now our knowledge is increasing. Marijuana doesn't lead to sexual promiscuity all the time, but a
- 2109: Q/A: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... This health risk can be avoided by eating the plann instead of smoking it13 or can be reduced by smoking smaller amounts of stronger marijuana. There is no proof that marijuana causes serious health or sexual problems14 but, like alcohol, its use by children or adolescents is discouraged. Cannabis is a medicinal herb that has hundreds of proven, valuable therapeutic uses - from stress reduction to glaucoma to asthma to cancer therapy ...
- 2110: History of the American Drug War
- ... opium was a common medical drug. This law was specifically targeted at the Chinese, for the smoking of opium was a Chinese custom. Cocaine was outlawed for fears that black men would go on a sexual rampage and rape white women. In the early 1900's, newspapers referred to them as "Negro Cocaine Fiends" or "Cocainized Niggers". There is little evidence that this actually happened. The Harrison Act had started as ...
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