Topic 1 In drug-related prosecutions‚ the State bears the burden not only of proving the elements of the offenses of sale and possession of shabu under Republic Act No. 9165‚ but also of proving the corpus delicti‚ the body of the crime. “Corpus delicti has been defined as the body or substance of the crime and‚ in its primary sense‚ refers to the fact that a crime has been actually committed. As applied to a particular offense‚ it means the actual commission by someone of the particular crime
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The Effect of Music on Our Youth When you listen to music‚ if you listen to music at all‚ do you really pay attention to the lyrics of the song? Do you understand the words of the artists? Do you notice the context in which the words are used? Most people don’t. Music is one of the most common forms of self-expression today. However‚ the downside to this form of communication is that most people don’t even know what they are listening to or the effect that it has on them. Many individuals put
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The Good and Bad: The War on Drugs The current War on Drugs has had horrible effects on society economically and socially. The drug prohibition efforts have had little impact on the supply of illicit drugs and have had no success in lowering the demand. Rather than spending trillions and incarcerating millions for a failed drug war we should be regulating the supply of drugs and providing treatment for those who want it. Legalizing drugs would lower abuse and deaths from illicit substances and
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Short Thought Essay on Drugs Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug used by teenagers. Adults‚ teens‚ and even children abuse drugs. The war on drugs does not do much to solve the problems of people abusing drugs. The war on drugs has been inefficient to the world. History has proven that the war on drugs has been a defeat. In the last four decades‚ the government has spent over 2.5 trillion dollars to fight the war on drugs. In those years‚ the number of drug abusers has risen to
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There is a lot of indiscipline in the youth of today resulting in violence‚ drug culture and crimes. If you were asked to give three suggestions for improving this situation‚ what would these be? The youth of today are out of control; they follow the wrong crowd just for popularity. The youth that are the most out of control are the individuals living in poverty. The majority of these individual rob and kill people. Because they feel they don’t have anything and when you don’t have anything there
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The youth being influenced by the evolution of the society. As we can see‚ the youth today are way too different from the youth in early years. Most are being influence by the technology we have nowadays. Their minds are being poisoned by the technology. And most of the youth consider having sex before marriage is just a normal.thing for the youth. This paper reports on a national survey‚ done in 1996 by Social Weather Stations for the Philippine National Youth Commission‚ in order to evaluate in
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Negative Effects of Advertising on American Youth From the past decades‚ technology has advanced at a rapid pace‚ and today‚ the technology cannot be compared to that of the past decades‚ it terms of efficiency and complexity. Technology is useful in various spheres in the world‚ including the business sphere. One of the ways through which companies use technology is through advertising and marketing. Through this‚ companies communicate with consumers‚ mainly creating awareness about their new
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portrays a negative message to those who listen to it. Recent studies from the University of South Carolina have shown that children‚ teens and young adults are the most affected by the negative messages given off by today’s music industry. Songs such as “Smack-That” by Akon or “Hoes and Ladies” by T-Pain portray messages that women should be treated as personal belongings and/or are only needed for a man’s sexual satisfaction. Women are a huge target in the music industry today. Artists say
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Today’s society has taught our youth to question everything‚ from authority to nature. Yet according to Barna research‚ all they want is to be held accountable and to have someone actually listen to what they say. Yet as a society we are willing to back down‚ give up‚ or even ignore them as they are trying to tell us because we want to “save face.” Jack‚ from St. Louis said‚ Parents are the number one influence in his life but they are too willing to back down on what they say if someone questions
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Media is everywhere. It is an inseparable part of every teenager’s life. Historically‚ newspapers were the most common of media‚ but today cell phones and other electronic devices have taken over all forms of communication. Teenagers today depend on the media for information on everything the latest gadgets‚ fashion trends‚ the newest cars on the market‚ the best places to eat out in the country or to find out what their favourite celebrity is up to. Media controls the minds of teenagers’ like a
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