February 16‚ 2013 The Effects of Growing Up In Urban High-Poverty Areas on Youth With the rising poverty levels in today’s society‚ the amount of youth that has been affected by poverty has increased substantially‚ rising more than fifty percent in the last twenty years. Studies show that there are at least nine million kids living in high-poverty areas of the United States. Children raised in poverty have no choice‚ but are forced to view the American dream in a very grim manner. For children
Premium Illegal drug trade Crime Violence
being able to maintain necessary life skills. If the minimum alcohol age was lowered from twenty-one to eighteen for example‚ younger peers of the new alcohol consumption age (12 to 17 years old) would then have easier access to alcohol. Colleges want to lower the minimum drinking age for the students who are underage to excuse them from illegal charges that may arise if they were illegally drinking. Instead‚ society would see an increase in academic failure starting with high school and middle school-aged
Premium
babies were born‚ though‚ scientists realized there was a hidden side effect. Thalidomide had caused the babies to be born with limb-defects. More than 10‚000 babies had this problem because side effects were not experienced when tested on the mice. (http://www.pcrm.org) This shows how inaccurate animal testing can be. This means that there have been many instances where experiments go perfectly on lab animals‚ but cause side effects on humans. It is fairly common‚ and because of this‚ lab experiments
Premium Animal rights Animal testing Human
unemployment for American citizens‚ immigrants have actually been helping to sustain U.S jobs by purchasing American goods and services such as; food‚ clothing‚ cars‚ and houses‚ as well as starting their own businesses. Immigration also has no effect on the unemployment rate in the U.S because there is no competition between American citizens and immigrants for jobs because immigrants and Americans tend to differ in terms of location‚ job specialization‚ and education causing each group of people
Premium United States Immigration to the United States Immigration
health problems. Most people think pot is safer than tobacco‚ but that is not true. It’s smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer causing substances that tobacco smoke and 1 cannabis joint can cause as much damage as 5 tobacco cigarettes. As far as the effects on your mental state goes‚ the main active ingredient in Marijuana is Tetrahydrocannabinol better known as thc and this disrupts nerve cells in the brain affecting memory. It also releases more dopamine while under the influence of pot‚ dopamine is
Premium Cannabis Tobacco smoking Drug addiction
The Effects of ADHD in Children Having a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder‚ I have witnessed first-hand the effects it has on a child’s life. Though many teachers discount the validity of ADHD‚ this disorder‚ if left untreated‚ affects a child’s daily life‚ causing them to experience forgetfulness‚ short attention spans‚ insecurities‚ and frustration. Fortunately‚ there are many treatments available to help treat the disorder‚ so that children who are diagnosed and experience
Premium Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Hyperactivity Psychology
being too dependent on technology has it negative effects on us as people in this world. When depending on technology it will give you negative effects toward your education‚ behavior‚ and economy. “People have become too dependent on technology. Many people now won’t go anywhere without their cell phone‚ or GPS or even their laptop computer. People today have forgotten how to spell correctly or do simple math” according to ask.com The negative effect on education by being too reliant on. Technology
Premium Mobile phone Laptop Personal computer
Young men and women‚ some just legally adults at the age of 18‚ are placed into battle. These brave men and women fight for our country‚ a job most are afraid to do. A job that requires selflessly risking your life to make our country a free and safer place. Most come back changed. A shell of the person they used to be. Recurring nightmares that jolt them awake and make them relive times they want forgotten. Sounds make them jump and bring them back to battle. These veterans go into war joyful young
Premium Health care United States Department of Veterans Affairs Posttraumatic stress disorder
Negative effects of technology Improvements in the technology have antagonistic effects on the human life along with the positive effects. The growth of the technology leads to very severe problems like pollution‚ unemployment‚ effects social life of the humans etc.. First of all‚ the most serious problem is pollution‚ which is created by the technological inventions like vehicles‚ industries‚ etc.. Now-a-days the vehicles like cars‚ bikes are increasing which is leading to increase in pollution
Premium Mobile phone Automobile Human
increased over the years at an alarming rate and can be fatal to a person’s health. In this paper‚ I haven’t chosen to elaborate on any particular drug; just drugs in general and the effects they have on our society and our youths. A survey was conducted and showed that most people found it to be true that youths between the of 14-22 use recreational drugs. Recreational drugs are not limited to any particular group in society‚ meaning that a very wide variety of people choose to use the drugs;
Premium Drug addiction Adolescence Addiction