unexpected death was Wanda, the mother of Terrell. Wanda had been using drugs and living on the streets of Chicago since the age of 12. Through many attempts to get sober, she continued to find herself relapsing and the addiction had taken over her life. Wanda had her first child at the young age of 15 and over the years, she had 5 more children. Wanda’s mother, Dorothy, cared for her 6 children which allowed her to continue using drugs without putting her children in serious…
(in most cases most drug users would tend to think that they are alone in their own world.) Which means that its harder for cocaine users to socialize with regular people, they’d rather to hangout with people that has/is using cocaine or any type of drugs. It is experienced that cocaine, cause long term damages to the brain, specifically in restriction of recollection impairment and an inability to intensify or concentrate. The drug furthermore leads to an increased risk of…
This was one of my first classes as a criminal justice minor, and if I weren’t already half way done with my sociology degree, I would totally switch to criminal justice. Every single class I have taken relating to the CJ system has been interesting and I actually want to attend class and read the material, which I’m not sure if I can say the same about sociology. One thing I think I did well in class was time management. There were a lot of weekly assignments and it could’ve been very easy to…
athletes should be drug tested In today’s day in age, drug use is rising and becoming an increasing problem. The use of drugs by athletes has been a controversial topic for many years and continues to grow. Does the old theory stating that student athletes tend to stay away from drugs and alcohol hold true today? With the many records of student athletes being arrested for alcohol and drug abuse, substance abuse has truly become a problem. The use of performance enhancing drugs is not only…
of Harlem, New York, get young people and children to take drugs as a way to relieve themselves from the inevitable darkness of their lives and futures. The narrator's brother, Sonny, a pianist struggles to show his emotions and instead releases them by playing music, he needed his brother to listen and understand. Music is his way of structuring his life and a way to keep him away from drugs. Sonny wants to be apart of a life without drugs. Light and darkness can be viewed by the connection of…
are sexual based offenses, drug abuse, and property crimes. Although violent crimes for women is…
While reading the article "Marijuana the deceptive drug" Dr. Robert Heath of Tulane Medical School claims after extensive studies that marijuana is the cause of strong structural Damage to millions of brains across the nation. Marijuana is also known to cause damage throughout the body in places such as the chromosomes, the immune system, the hormones, the reproductive system, the sex organs, the sex drive, the lungs, and, as Dr. Robert Heath explained, the brain. Yes while studies show…
Keeping so many people in prison for most likely stupid drug offenses is sad because a large number of these prisoners are marijuana users. Keeping prisoners for drug offenses (marijuana) is a huge waste of taxpayer money, because the government is spending a large amount of money to put away people who did something legal in multiple states. To keep a person…
Reading Area Community College Summary of: Sex Trading and Psychological Distress Among Women on Methadone In person interviews conducted on 280 preselected women (mean age of 40) discovered that 32% had been involved in the trade of sex for money or drugs in the prior year (El-Bassel, Simoni, Cooper, & Gilbert, 2001). This particular study, looks into the connection concerning sex trading and psychological distress between the sample of women that were recruited from 3 methadone maintenance…