Unit 2 Project: Prescription Drug Abuse in Dayton‚ Ohio Michele Gue Kaplan University CM220-19 Professor Mcdonald January 21‚ 2013 The “Big Idea” I have decided to try and educate people on is the severity of prescription drug abuse in Dayton‚ Ohio. My working thesis statement is “Prescription drug abuse leads to further drug addictions‚ serious health issues‚ and complications with loved ones. Severe policies
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her drug problem she has. In It i talk about ways to misuse prescription drugs. Also I talked about her getting better and they ways it helped her. I choose to do this item because talk shows show emotion and emotions motivate people. I felt that i could show the best side of what I can do. I also pick this one because I want to be a doctor one day‚ and it would be cool to have my own show. It’s relevant to my thesis because it’s about a girl misusing drugs and my statement is about the abuse of over
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It seems logical that good education can only be acquired if one have enough money to spend because all supporting factors require funds and other resources to be realized‚ so much so in a developing country as the Philippines. One of the most evident problems is the poor having less access to good education. Good education require both the hardware (school buildings‚ books‚ supplies‚ equipment) and software (trained and dedicated teachers‚ healthy citizens) components that require funds from both
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Everybody knows that the real problem with illegal drugs is that they cost too much‚ and they are so difficult to get that drug addicts need to commit crimes in order to feed their habits. If only people could go down to the nearest Seven-Eleven and buy a cocaine-powdered donut‚ or drive up to the window at McDonald’s and order a dank 10-piece marijuana nugget meal. Then people wouldn’t need to knock down an old lady and grab her purse‚ or commit a home invasion robbery for some extra cheese. People
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successful mission. ” Bill Maher”. Thesis Statement: Legalizing marijuana would greatly help bring the U.S out of the recession. Credible Statement: On November 2‚ 2010 an act known as Proposition 19 lost in a vote of 54% to 46%. This act would have allowed for the legalization of marijuana in California.
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What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities? Drugs are essentially poisons (The truth about drugs). The amount taken determines the effect; A small amount acts as a stimulant (speeds you up)‚ A greater amount acts as a sedative (slows you down); an even larger amount poisons and can kill (The truth about drugs). This is true of any drug‚ only the amount needed to achieve the effect differs (The truth about drugs). But many drugs have another liability: they directly affect
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mostly the true meaning of the word drugs. It does not matter who I am or what my name is‚ what really did matters is my experience about this topic and of course the message that I am going to pass you at the end of this speech. Marijuana‚ LSD‚ Cocaine‚ Heroin... all these fancy words‚ what are they all? they are drugs‚ all different types of drugs. All of which have a different affect on our body‚ some more than others but they all do the same. Lets be honest. Drugs is not as cool as you think they
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A Modest Proposal General questions Ezra Barrett This piece is about Swifts suggestion that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials. Swift formats his piece with heavy satire requiring the reader to dig for the complete idea of the piece. Yet the thesis statements in the opening ‚with it being the “modest proposal”. The parallelism in this
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rejection of illegal drug use. According to a 2012 Pew Research study showed that 87% of Americans view the current drug culture in America either as a serious problem or a crisis (Motel‚ 2014). There are many illegal drugs viewed as taboo in American society; including‚ but not limited to‚ ecstasy‚ heroin‚ inhalants‚ bath salts‚ spice‚ cocaine‚ meth‚ and crack. In addition‚ there are legal drugs that can often lead to abuse‚ such as‚ alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and prescription drugs. Crack cocaine is
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Cannabis is one of the most abused street drugs in the 21st century; a psychoactive substance which acts to alter the brain function of one. Cannabis‚ also known as “marijuana”‚ “hemp”‚ “weed”‚ “pot” and “grass” is one of the most illicit drugs used in today’s society (Jung‚ 2010‚ p.18). It is voluntarily consumed for social and recreational purposes to alter ones mood and conscious state opposed to being used medical purposes. Routes of administration include smoking‚ where absorption is much higher
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