The Needle Exchange Program The needle exchange program is very vital‚ and throughout this paper I will discuss the pros and cons about the program and I will discuss the reasons surrounding why the program was started. AIDS has been a growing epidemic through the 1990’s and it was estimated by the World Health Organization that the number of people infected with HIV or AIDS would reach thirty to forty million individuals by the year 2000 if nothing was done (Health and Disease). In Africa and
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Gabor Maté‚ in his article “Embraced by the Needle‚” encourages people to understand the addiction to drugs is a result of deep unhappiness that occurs in an individual early in life (273-75). Maté shows in a Portland non-profit harm-reduction facility that he works at‚ the methadone prescribed does not help the emotional suffering that the addicts endure. Although methadone may halt the effects of withdrawal‚ there is no “high” created‚ according to Maté. He also asserts that drugs alone are not
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Stick Parenting When I was in high school‚ I learned a theory: Chinese students always good at mathematic. My Chinese friend and I always got the highest grades on science classes. This was a very weird truth‚ but I am going to let you know the reason of the mystery. Chinese people were not smarter than any others‚ we just received unusual education when we were just kids‚ this education is known as Stick Parenting. Every time Chinese children make mistakes‚ their parents will hit them with sticks
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Fidela Diosa S. Romana University of the Philippines‚ Diliman Abstract This paper discusses the Hypodermic Needle Theory – its history‚ key concepts and criticism. As the theory suggests direct and immediate effect of mass media to its audience‚ a social phenomenon called ‘copycat crimes’ is analyzed through its lens. The criticisms and ambiguities of the hypodermic needle theory are used to formulate a new theory believed to be more applicable and accurate to social issues and media awareness
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companies with the trade secrets and know-how‚ and helps them to implement the innovation to the production. The opposite model to carrot licencing is the “stick licensing”‚ in which a company used either the threat of or actual litigation to extract license from target companies. Tessera used to use carrot licensing but they were forced to use the stick a bit more. Tessera had been successful in the semiconductor packaging area as it could managed to persuade the global semiconductor supply chain to
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ENGLISH DRAFT- OLIVER TWIST Introduction Charles Dickens’ well-known novel ‘Oliver Twist’ has long intrigued readers for centuries‚ motivating the contemporary film adaptations including many motion pictures and a TV series. The protagonist in this book is none other than Oliver Twist who is an orphan stuck in the harsh times of the Victorian era. Fans of the authentic ‘Oliver Twist’ were genuinely disappointed at the film remakes that big franchises had created and argued that they lacked in
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”Sticks and Stones” by Trezza Azzopardi (2006) In the short story‚ we follow a man named Lewis. Lewis is the main character‚ who keeps dreaming about the same thing over and over. He dreams about him at the strand. He used to have a terrible experience there. He moved to the core of England‚ to escape from the terrible trauma. But now he has returned to his mother’s house‚ where he gets clear images in his mind. Lewis is a teacher‚ in the text it says‚ “The second envelope contains a note
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actions undone may possibly remain so‚ but what is done cannot be undone‚ and if you cause a situation to go from bad to worse‚ the consequences of your deed will come to haunt you. This is what the main character of Trezza Azzopardi’s short story “Sticks and Stones”‚ Lewis‚ has experienced. Lewis accepts things as they are‚ even though he wants to change them: “[…]he imagines he’s the kind of person that challenges teachers like Stott and Walker‚ the kind that the Headmaster takes seriously
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Summary of “Embraced by the Needle” In his essay “Embraced by the Needle”‚ Gabor Maté sets out the stages of drug addiction and its consequences. At first he explains the physiological effects of using drugs. Then he suggests that emotionally fragile youth‚ who have experienced different degrees of stress‚ are more likely to become substance abusers. Maté is a physician who practices in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside‚ often referred to as the drug capital of Canada. He estimates that the
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Nursing as a profession requires critical thinking and sometimes spur-of-the-moment decision-making as the lives of people depend on such decisions. (Reflective Model Used) This paper aims to apply my reflection on an incident that I encountered while doing my Supervised Practice at a nursing home. The model used is Gibbs Model of Reflection. (Gibbs definition) (Learning Outcomes) Discuss and reflect on the ethical and legal implications of nursing in the UK in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
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