Cause And Effect Essay

epidemic in the world. Substance abuse has a tremendous effect on society. It not only impacts the individual, it affects families, communities and taxpayers. It discriminates against no creed anybody can become a victim to drugs, legal or illegal. I have decided to discuss this topic because I, like many people in the world have had a close family member who was addicted to drugs. No one has been able to completely answer the question of what causes substance abuse because there are so…

adulthood. This is shown by studies that indicate that almost all teens receive their first drink of alcohol from their parents. Since drinking underage is seen as something very cool for young people to do, most do not see the harmful long-term effects of teenage drinking and alcoholism. Some of these consequences include chronic alcoholism in later years, higher risk of mental disability, abuse to future family members, and other substance abuse. Most of the time, teenage alcohol use is…

the Internet, people have more opportunities to cyberbully. This include but not limited to sending awful pictures , posting inappropriate or even threatening messages. Cyberbullying has continued to grow into a new epidemic of bullying. One of the effects of bullying is that it can make someone entire personality…

Overall, the poorest counties have the greatest sedentariness and obesity rates."(Levine 2011) Obesity can be linked with poverty and therefore parents have limited control over their children's weight in this situation. Many people argue that the root cause of child obesity is the parents, passing their own bad habits onto their kids. This is a good point, however most parents with obese children either have a lack of education about food or they have limited control over what their children…

The effect of underage drinking on America. By the time 8th grade is over, most young adults have drank alcohol before. Most have all gone to a party and known what is like to be drunk at such young age. Parents seem not to know what their child is up to once they leave the house. What’s going to happen the day their child never comes home all because their child got in a car wreck for being drunk. Underage drinking is most likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined. Apart…

Causes and Effects of the American Revolution After the French and Indian War, Britain needed money. As a result, the British government placed taxes on the American colonists. The British thought that the colonists should help pay for the war since it had been fought partly to defend the colonies. The first tax was the Stamp Act. It said that colonists had to buy tax stamps for printed materials. Many colonists refused to pay. They said they had not voted on the tax (No taxation without…

The Causes and Effects of the War of 1812 After becoming independent from Britain, America had to fend for itself without any assistance. A primary issue that the Americans would face in their new freedom would be defending themselves from older, bigger countries. These countries had resources, militaries, and navies that were much more vast and impressive in comparison to those of the Americans. Of these countries, the biggest threat to the Americas were Britain. Britain took many steps to…

There are several causes of high blood pressure (Hypertension) some of which we do not have any direct control over, and yet we can still modify the effects of these factors by ensuring that we pay attention to the things that we do have some control, over. I will discuss both kinds on this page so that by the end you know exactly the kind of things you can easily change to reduce the risks associated with high blood pressure, and you know the things that you cannot change so easily and yet can…

fought West of the Mississippi River. The subtle causes of this battle led to drastic effects following the battle at Wilson’s Creek. From this battle, we learn how an unexperienced military commander managed to win a battle that changed the course of the entire war, and therefore, changing American history. Before the Battle of Wilson’s Creek was even fought, the results of the battle were already thought to be determined based on many causes. For example, there were only 5,400 members of…

The Stanford Prison Experiment Does giving one person more power than another really change the way that they will react in a certain situation? Do certain circumstances cause a different reaction in different people? That was the question for the Stanford Prison Experiment performed by Phil Zimbardo in 1971. In an attempt to show what life was like to be in prison, the inmates and guards of Stanford County Jail, were placed in an almost inhumane setting. The tyranny of the men in charge, along…