(I)-substance abuse affects on my life Substance abuse is one of the main universal problems that affects individuals daily. Several individuals experience the impact of untreated substance abuse during his or her lifetime. Today a fluctuating percentage of substance abusers admits to feeling depressed due to a variety of warranted concerns. This illness can cause thoughts of suicide, mixed emotional feelings, and negative effects / stressors on life. I have learned that substance abuse has
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job was more like a hobby” (10). Furthermore, Junior’s reservation faces a lack of commerce, because of an absence in industrialization. James J. Davis says that “Like other minorities living in disadvantaged rural or urban areas, reservation economies are hurt by limited industrial diversity and a dearth of job opportunities caused by their geographic remoteness” (7). In addition to the lack of jobs, and industrialization, Junior’s reservation has poor healthcare as seen when Junior needed to
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psychological components of their health. What this means is that society should not only conceptualize health but also pursue health in all of the areas mentioned. There are many influences to our health whether it is our beliefs, the economy, social and cultural way of living, physical environment and the circumstances that we are dealt with. With that being said, health is the basic and dynamic force that affects the way we live our life. An example of factors that impact health positivity
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The Beneficial Uses of Hemp Following my father's death, I felt there was some unfinished business that we had not discussed. I searched to find some of my father's thoughts and feeling that I could justify our relationship through. Ironically, I came across a manila envelope, which had contained some of his prized possessions. As I searched through it, I developed a new opinion of the bio mass plant called "Hemp." There were articles showing a hemp bills being passed and farmers wanting to
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The Mexico-US drug war against cartels needs to be stopped. Billions of dollars have been lost in the underground economy or spent in different approaches to address this problem. The consequences of the cartel drug war are too big, and governments need to keep trying to find new solutions to end it. Drugs corrupt not only the brain but the society, and eventually the economy. Thousands of crimes, injustices, and deaths arise from this unnecessary war. Cartels control towns and even states in
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on Marijuana. Marijuana has been a hot topic lately, and the debates really been heating up. The main question is how much would our country benefit from the legalization of recreational marijuana? Our citizens and political leaders have a chance to cash in on one of the biggest cash crops in existence today. Legalizing marijuana for recreational use has the potential to be very lucrative and beneficial to our country and society. To fully understand the debate on legalizing marijuana, you
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Why Marijuana Should Remain Illegal Published: February 26, 1994 * Sign In to E-Mail * Print To the Editor: I read with concern "Legalizing Marijuana Would Allow Regulation of Its Potency" (letter, Feb. 13). According to the writer, marijuana with high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC (the chemical that causes the psychoactive effects on the abuser), is not a new phenomenon, and this high potency should not be used as a reason to keep marijuana illegal. Marijuana is not the same
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over the world? An important part of our world today, which has a high fascination in cultures all over the world is drugs. Drugs have been around for a while but they have not been regulated in any way by many governments. Amsterdam has made marijuana legal which taxes it which goes to the government. TV shows revolve around the use of drugs in society; reality and fiction. Although drugs are something that multiple people, politicians, and government officials all have an opinion on. Even suburban
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harm. This conclusion is based upon a converging argument of three main premises: 1. Drugs aren’t an issue for most people 2. The war on drugs causes more harm to society than it does good 3. Countries that have legalized drugs, specifically marijuana, have seen a reduction in that drugs popularity In this critical essay I’ll illustrate how Chapman’s inductive reasoning could result in a false conclusion by focusing on his use of statistics within the passage; and his claim that the war on
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maintaining similar quantity demanded. It is clear that the United States is waging its war on the suppliers and distributors of the drugs more so than people who just possess the drugs, as evidenced by the decriminalization of the possession of marijuana in certain states. In short, the war on the supply side of drugs is wasting billions of taxpayer dollars as well as crippling future efforts to curb the effects of drug use in the United States. The United States was hoping to, metaphorically speaking
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