...Drug Analysis Kaplan University Danielle DeCook CJ 411 Drugs and Alcohol in the Criminal Justice System Professor Deborah Robinson February 28, 2012 Depressants, Stimulants, and Hallucinogens have many similarities and differences but the main commonality is they are all highly addictive. Depressants are considered downers; they are sedating drugs that depress the Central Nervous System. An example of depressant would be heroin. Heroin is an opioid - a very powerful painkiller. The body and the brain are packed with opioid receptors meant for endorphins, the body's own natural pain-killing substances produced in emergency moments of shock or injury. The body also produces this substance when an individual is engaging in physical activity. Endorphins are also produced when a person is under stress. Heroin mimics endorphins and binds rapidly with endorphin receptors, extending and magnifying their natural painkilling effect (NIDA 1986). The result is a surge of pleasurable sensation, or "rush." This rush is usually accompanied by a warm feeling and a sense of well-being. Humans are pleasure-seeking entities, and are naturally attracted to things that make them feel good. The effects are rapid but will depend on the method of ingestion. Intravenous injection provides the greatest intensity and the most rapid onset of euphoria (7 to 8 seconds). Intra-muscular injection produces a relatively slow onset (between 5 to 8 minutes). Sniffing or smoking usually provides peak effects...
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...effecting the brain made it easier for patients to deal with their problems. Ecstasy is usually taken orally or in a tablet form. A normal dose of ecstasy is 100-125 mg. MDMA can affect the brain by affecting the chemical messengers we have which make never cells in the brain able to communicate with one another. Tests on animals prove that it can cause very high damage to your nervous system, it also raises the bodies temperature. Many MDMA users experience what the drug does in just an hour or so. These symptoms include: mental stimulation, emotional warmth, empathy towards other people, a general state of well being, and a decreased feeling of anxiety. It cost a little as .25 or .50 cents to manufacture it in Europe, but it is selling on the streets for $40.00. One tablet can cost as much as $30.00. Some long term and short term effects of “Adam”, which is a street name for MDMA. Some effects can be anxiety and paranoia, chills or sweating, teeth chattering, muscle craps or nausea, blurred vision. After effects can be anxiety and very deep depression. The worst affect ecstasy can cause, is death. No dose is really appropriate of this drug considering its affects and the illegality of it. The fully name of MDMA is methylendeioxyamphetamine. Some of the popular street names for this drug are: E, Happy Pill, Hug Drug, Love Pill, Party Pill,...
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...Distinctive voices distinguish individuals’ unique backgrounds and circumstances and further humanity’s understanding of the world. The interplay of distinctive voices in texts allow the composers to explore the complexity of human experience. Joanna Burns criticises modern society in particular its lack of compassion and empathy for the community and society in her poems “Kindling”, “Australia” and “Public Places”. Similarly, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Nelson Mandela’s address when he was released from prison in 1990 also observe the idiosyncrasies of human experience and the psychological and emotional worlds of the characters through the interplay of imagery and language techniques. Distinctive voices has the ability to explore and criticise modern society’s behaviours and actions. This idea is explored in the poems “Australia” and “Kindling” in which Joanna Burns criticises the media’s lack of emotion and empathy. Australia explores the media’s clinical and desensitized response to a woman’s tragic and accidental death. In the first stanzagraph, the woman is described as snorkelling for “soft fleshy scallops” and “warm dreamy Sunday nights” and this use of soft sounds and vivid imagery establishes the poem with a tranquil and calm tone. However, this is juxtaposed with the sudden change of tone in the second stanzagraph which suddenly reports that “there had been a splash, she had been bitten in half” and the repetition of “had been” in passive voice highlights...
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...In our society, psychopaths are depicted as insane serial killers such Ghostface from Scream or creepy old people like George Harvery from The Lovely Bones. However, psychopaths are a lot more common than you think. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, it is twice as common as schizophrenia, anorexia, bipolar disorder, and paranoia, and roughly as common as bulimia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, and narcissism. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4059069/ However, being a psychopath does not necessarily mean you are going to be a bloodthirsty killer or not be able to feel anything. It is more of manipulation to get what you want, pathological or white lies, or lack of...
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...Management of Human Resources MAN6307 UNIT 1 Case 4-1 Case 4-1 on pgs. 145-147 of your text. 1. Why do many companies find increasing and managing diversity to be difficult challenges? 2. What were the key elements in Blahna's successful diversity strategy? 3. Under what circumstances might the consulting pairs approach be most useful? 4. What steps should management take to ensure that the consulting pairs approach is working? Businesses have come a long way since the days of 1950s when white males made up more than 60% of the American workforce. The man was the sole breadwinner in the household while females were expected to take care of children and the home. At age 65, the male retired and they spend their retirement years doing all those little things they never had the time or money to do. Diversity used to be a black/white, male/female, old/young issue. Now it is much more complex than just racial or ethnic diversity. It consists of a combination of genders, race, religion, age and other background factors with different values, styles, personalities, customs and beliefs that can affect the way they conduct business. We also consider socio-economic, geographic, international, intellectual, artistic, athletic, political, religious, and sexual orientation. Cultural diversity should be managed to recognize, respect and capitalize on the different backgrounds in our society in terms of race, ethnicity, and gender. Today’s workplace...
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...Erika Ayala Germ/Hisp Lit&Film 225 Professor Rudolf January 21, 2016 Death is the center topic in the article. Much is expressed as to how he experienced the cold and vicious demise of the troops. Many things tormented him and forever stayed in his memory. How could he erase such drastic experience? Explain the things that made life worth living and how sometimes death was not even the worst irritable. Courage is a preservation for jungar and courage was manifested in several ways. For him, it seemed to be an otrocious and mind boggling trauma. To be in paranoia mode 24 without any rest let alone sleep because sleep was a treat and was very precious to all the troops. Feelings of anger towards keeping themselves alive was an everyday case scenario. Expressionism was shown by the way he interpreted his emotions towards all these experiences. The way in which he describes how the troops died inevitably makes all the events come alive almost as if one is living them just as he did. There was no reason to tell if he'd be alive the next day and that the slightest mistake could demolish his existence. The most irrelevant of everyday things were the happiest to him and he cherished them. Although, crucial resources such as food changed his attitude of misery towards optimism. Storm of steel does not have a plot, story line, or dialog. Also, he lacks the ability to show his emotions during all these experiences. Having been raised in the late 90’s hence being...
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...He called this trait the “God-complex.” Such describes those who are inaccessible, self-admiring, and overconfident, with a preoccupation with success. Early psychologists such as Sigmund Freud associated narcissistic behaviour with schizophrenia, paranoia and other disorders (Ronningstam, 2005). In 1911, Freud formulated the theory of narcissistic and autoerotic regression in which he described schizophrenic symptoms as a regression to a narcissistic stage (Ronningstam, 2005). In 1914, Freud published a paper titled “On Narcissism: An Introduction” in which he described the phenomenon as a normal part of human development. An interesting aspect of Freud's theory is the idea that love of one's self could be transferred onto other people or objects. Freud describes that it is by giving away love that people diminish primary narcissism, lowering their own feelings of self-importance (Freud,...
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...trust, privacy and personal space issues increase. The effects of these issues become increasingly negative. However, there are factors within personal environments that increase positive impacts upon individuals, for instance in every city, county and state there are parks, nature trails, zoos, and other wonderful environments within bigger environments that people can utilize to counter balance the negative impacts. Concepts of territoriality, privacy, and personal space are all cognitive processes that portray ownership including; places, possessions, and even people. Therefore, with the growth of population and noise factors it is no wonder that a person would feel that they are being intruded upon. In turn these issues can lead to paranoia, distrust, and feelings of being invaded or over run. As humans it is within our nature to sanction personal areas because essentially it is an extension of one’s self, a fiber in the cloth that makes up a whole identity. As population...
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...brilliance and true display of perseverance that they could perform such a tortious task. Knowing this fact, makes me so proud to have been able to serve with them as a US SOLIDER as such. The average Vietnam solider saw about 220-240 days of combat, thanks to the Holy Grail, also known as the helicopter. This truly should have killed most spirit, but they kept enduring and always knew what they were fighting for, never giving up. I think regardless of origin, these people deserve the up most respect, for not only doing the time they committed, but for them risking their lives, in something that was terribly full of unhuman conditions, paranoia and basic fear of losing your own life, is something we can relate too, in being scared of. Every man and his dog know to show gratitude for the people and the groups. I can’t even describe the amount of empathy I have for all these...
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...Within Miller’s “The Crucible”, escalations of hysteria and paranoia drive the revision of judgement that diverges from the initial determination. As an allegory of 1950s McCarthyism, Miller captures individuals who grew conscious towards the unjust persecution and blacklisting of citizens accused of communism, inconsistent amongst the fear and paranoia during “The Red Scare”. As the play commences, Reverend Hale reflects this inconsistency by initially advocating for the persecution of witchcraft, his judgement in alignment with his Puritan values, in establishing his goal of “light, goodness and its preservation”, as Millier utilises characterisation within his authorial intrusion to reveal to the audience Hale’s motivations that constructed his initial judgement. However, Hale proves inconsistent amid collective hysteria, as he shifts his response towards the trials, announcing, “I denounce these proceedings; I quit this court!”. Miller’s use of anaphora of “I” emphasises Hale’s found agency and determination whilst transforming to a state of empathy, driven by his guilt, hence incompatible with his previous standing, questioning the validity of the court. In comparison, Reverend Parris renounces the existence of witchcraft in...
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...impact the mental health status of African American individuals. This includes instigating psychological symptoms relating to anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive behaviors or cognitions, somatization, and feelings of helplessness or hopelessness, which only further increases one’s sensitivity to discrimination. The emotional response to perceived discrimination can also be exhibited in the form of anger, frustration, resentment, interpersonal hypersensitivity, fear, or paranoia as well (Hall, 2010). Unfortunately, each one of these behaviors can easily turn into acts of violence and aggressive behavior as a form of expression. Still, there are some potential protective factors that may limit the damage caused by any of the above three factors that place African Americans communities at a higher risk for violence. For example, the development of a strong African American self-identity may serve as a protective factor against both psychopathology and violence, and communal values (e.g., cooperation, empathy, family focus)...
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...1. Acceptance, Empathy, and Genuineness are three great terms for counseling. Acceptance is the ability to see another person as exactly who they are and not try to make them into someone else. Empathy is the ability to understand the other person’s point of view both the content and emotions. Genuineness is the willingness to be you. When you are counseling I feel the need to let the person feel comfortable with who they are and try to understand how they are feeling and how they think. It also means accepting that the way they look at the world is real for them. The ability to take a break from your unique point of view and for a bit, step into another person’s vantage point, take a look around, see what that looks like, is very powerful and useful. 2. Multicultural counseling competencies are seeking programs specifically to improve ethnic and racial understanding. Multicultural counseling allows you to be aware of the key roles of the clients’ culture, identity, race, gender, and...
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...Frankenstein/Bladerunner In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) humanity’s manipulation of nature paradoxically erodes the human spirit and compromises integrity. Although contextually disparate, both texts explore a creator’s need to take responsibility for his creation, cautioning responders of the dangers of unrestrained scientific progress and conveying humanity’s severed relationship with nature. Where Shelley communicates with a certain ambiguity characteristic of the contradictory Age of Reason and sets her tale against a backdrop of a sublime natural world, Scott portrays a society fuelled by ecological destruction and 1980s corporate abuse. This reflects each composer’s anchoring of their visions in the socio-cultural realities of their time; a fundamental transgression of human values over time. Both texts explore the dangers of uninhibited scientific progress. In Frankenstein, Shelley fashions a gothic world where nature is tampered with and a ‘hurricane of enthusiasm’ drives the protagonist towards abandoning his conscience, prompting Shelley’s valuing of moderation. Underpinned by the Industrial Revolution and an era of scientific change, Victor embodies the obsessive passions and Romantic ego-identities of 19th century scientists. The epistolatory narrative framework adds a disquieting sense of truth to Victor’s retrospective dialogue, “how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge,” reflecting his Promethean disobedience...
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...when news spread that American Airlines flight number 11 had been hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Minutes later, another American Airlines plane flew into the South Tower, killing everyone onboard and hundreds inside the building. As the rest of the day progressed, countries around the world stood in solidarity with the United States, shocked that a tragic event such as this could happen to such an influential world superpower. The terroristic attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001, profoundly impacted almost every American’s daily life by irreversibly shifting the American psyche through the increased paranoia among citizens, distrust in the federal government, and the creation of a truly global village. Al-Qaeda’s targeting of the World Trade Center instilled deep paranoia amongst the United States’ citizens, who feared another attack, resulting in increased hate crimes against Muslims during the following years. The diverse population of Americans from all different cultural backgrounds were then united against one common enemy: Muslims. Although only a small group of radical Muslims orchestrated the attacks, the fear and hatred of Muslims, or the rise of Islamophobia, quickly spread across America. According to the Council of American-Islamic Relations, the word “Islamophobia” describes the “close-minded prejudice against or hatred of Islam and Muslims” (“Same”). Political campaigns contributed in part to this increase in...
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...Signs and symptoms of BPD presented in the film will be identified and categorized into the four applicable criteria segments of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) IV. Under the affective criteria, persons diagnosed with BPD show symptoms of lack of anger management, long-term “feelings of emptiness,” and emotional instability. The affective criteria are visible in Susanna through her outbursts at nurses and Lisa, her nervous breakdown, depression, her lack of motivation at the beginning of the film, her refusal to follow directions, and her rebellion. The cognitive criteria describe the paranoia and dissociative symptoms patients experience. Susanna claims to experience seeing things others cannot see and not having bones in her hands at times. In terms of the behavioral criteria, all suicidal actions and impulsive behavior are considered; Susanna had attempted suicide by combining Aspirin and Vodka and had dark bruises on her wrists. In the film, Susanna finds a record of her therapy that stated the psychiatrist has diagnosed her with having psychoneurotic depressive reactions, being highly intelligent but in denial of conditions, and having a personality pattern disturbance, being resistant, and schizophrenic. Susanna’s mother also admitted that as an infant, Susana rolled off the nursery...
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