Stricter laws on Illegal Drugs Stacey Melton ENG 102 November 7th‚ 2010 Timothy Gleason Stricter laws on Illegal Drugs While illegal drug use affects families‚ the outcome can be changed with stricter laws. The war on drugs continues although law prohibits the use‚ manufacturing‚ and distribution of illegal drugs. The United States has approximately 30 illegal drug laws currently being enforced. The enforcement of these laws costs money and time‚ so without the proper funding‚ fighting
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Teen Drug Abuse in America In today’s society drugs are taking away our children’s lives and it is making headlines every day. “In Vancouver‚ Washington‚ a 13-year old boy was found dead after allegedly swallowing twenty-four cold-medicine pills to get high” (Taylor 45). “Nine Florida middle-school students were taken to the hospital after their strange behavior and illness at school led school officials to discover that they had overdosed on an over-the-counter cold medication” (Taylor 45). “A
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In the next five paragraph essay I’m going to be talking about a very important topic called the “Unwanted Pregnancy”. I’m going to mention some examples of why teenage girls get pregnant at a very young age‚ mentioning the cause and effect of unwanted pregnancy and some problems that these young girls go through. This topic it’s a little bit sad for me because I’m a young girl and seen me in that position is hard and stressful. First of all this topic has a lot of reasons
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Adrian Brown Donald Comp 1I 5 November 2014 Cause and effect Everyone makes choices in their lives that can affect them until the day that they die‚ not all choices affect people in positive ways though. More than 3‚200 kids younger than the age of 18 use cigarettes for the first time‚ which means 3‚200 minors‚ decide to make that choice and take the risk of becoming addicted to nicotine before the age of 18. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and with knowing
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old age. Cigarette smoke is the leading cause of emphysema. When inhaling tobacco smoke‚ it temporarily paralyzes the microscopic hairs that line bronchial air ways. These hairs sweep irritants and germs out of a person’s airways‚ but when smoke interferes with this sweeping movement‚ from the paralysis‚ irritants remain in a person’s bronchial tubes Emphysema is a progressive disease of the lungs that can cause shortness of breath. The physical shapes of the lungs are
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outside of baseball. During the beginning the NBA playoffs are going on and towards the end the NFL season starts‚ two better viewing options than the MLB. Baseball starts too early because the leftover effects of winter are still felt in April with snowed out games and in October fall nights cause very low temperatures. Fans also are upset when they’re teams are already out of the playoff chase half way through the season. A sign that points to the non competitiveness of the MLB; the season always
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Legal or Illegal Drugs? Drugs are a common part of everyday life. In fact‚ it is highly likely that there are drugs of some sort in your cupboard. They are classified into two categories: legal and illegal. Legal drugs include alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and pharmaceutical drugs‚ while illegal drugs include marijuana‚ amphetamines and heroin. The media often portrays a biased‚ negative view on illegal drugs‚ however legal drugs often have the same effects as illegal drugs‚ if not worse. Illegal drugs can
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Cause and Effect Essay: Bullying in the School Setting “In an international survey of adolescent health-related behaviors‚ the percentage of students who reported being bullied at least once during the current term ranged from a low of 15% to 20% in some countries to a high of 70% in others” (Nansel et al 2001). Bullying is a serious epidemic that has caused many people emotional distress. In today’s generation school children experience an intense amount of fear due to the increase in violent
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Cause-Effect Essay It’s never too late to change your mind! Have you ever though in your neurons?‚ What happen if they are getting oxidate? It’s time to grease it. The only thing that you need is to speed your mind! Below they are three ways to do it. For example drinking water‚ speaking another lenguage‚ writing and Reading helps to exercise the muscles of your brain. The dehydration doesn’t only affects the brain‚ it affects his operation too. The brain backs quickly to it’s normal
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Cause and Effect essay 1. Cause and effect writing explains why an event happened or what the consequences of such an event. 2. A cause and effect essay can focus on causes‚ effect or both. Cause = reason‚ decision‚ because‚ Effect = is the result of those cause Practice: A shopping addiction has some serious effects. When you write a cause and effect essay‚ focus on two main tasks. 1. Indicate whether you are focusing on causes‚ effects‚ or both. If you do decide to focus on both causes
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