Illegal Drugs Essay

And what a great story it tells.” My book is Always Running and it is an autobiography by Luis Rodriguez. The book explains Luis’s past as a gang member in Los Angeles in the 1960’s. He was involved in crazy gang violence, such as rape, shootings, drugs, and got arrested multiple times. The school board needs to ban fiction from the curriculum because as readers read more fiction books which has made believe things, it has the new generation of kids thinking of things outside the box like how…

Bogotá, Colombia Many people debate whether they should visit Colombia or not because its reputation for producing large amounts of narcotics and giving birth to infamous dealers like Pablo Escobar, Griselda Blanco, and members of the notorious Cali Cartel. However, the truth is that those hardcore criminal empires were powerful in the past but now the country has revamped itself and is a lot safer because of the police and military presence in throughout the country. Colombia is a wonderful…

Prescription drugs are widely prescribed by care providers for various conditions that cause pain, anxiety and other mental health conditions. As these drugs become more common place in our society, the potential for misuse and abuse increases along with it. Through this essay I will attempt to determine if the misuse of such prescription medications causes social and economic damage to the same extent as that caused by the misuse of illicit drugs. Prescription drugs can only be obtained with…

ground in his neighborhood, he began to sell drugs and making a lot of money. To make his mother unsuspicious, he told her that he became a successful DJ in the neighborhood. She believed him but Tony didn’t so they fought. To make his brother from following the people in the streets he “had tried to keep Wes in school and away from drugs for as long as Wes could remember” (pg.71). Wes didn’t listen to his brother because his brother was also into selling drugs and it brought easy cash. Wes…

Growing up in the early 1960’s to 1970’s was a tough time for my parents but not just them everybody. This was because of all the negative that was around them. There were many things for kids their age to do, and they took the better route in life. Compared to now, the gang banging is not something that you see a lot of today. Both my parents grew up in this time period and my dad has a different outlook on life. The things that are going in today’s society are from when my father was child. It…

movie about not taking drugs like most movies are. I just thought it was just a comical title that the producer gave it. Needless to say I was wrong. Surprisingly it actually did teach you how to sell drugs during most of the movie. Granted there were messages to stay away from drugs every now and then, but not really that often. It went through describing the different levels of selling drugs from the bottom sellers to the drug lords. It described the job of each level of drug selling and how…

“Oswaldo was flummoxed by the fact that his friend could be so quiet, almost embarrassed, about his academic acumen, yet so damn loud and proud of his status as a premier campus drug dealer.” (Hobbs 167). Within this quote from the unforgettable story “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace,” written by Jeff Hobbs, lies an illustration of the influence of the Hip Hop Culture subgenres that has been located throughout many life stories in the past half century told by famous singers such as…

1.) There are many reasons why youths may seek out gang involvement. Many gangs offer youth a sense of belonging, via acceptance and gang loyalty which was crucial in the videos. Gangs can provide an identity for their members and a way to acquire a status. This is an attribute to the Social Disorganization/ Sociocultural View according to the text. Using chapter 8 to help guide this point is, children with weak to no ties toward their families, community and or religion may channel their energy…

reportedly gone down in the past years, it is still something individuals across Canada fear. As stated by Jennifer E. Butters, James Sheptycki, Serge Brochu, and Patricia G. Erickson in Guns and Seblethal Violence(2011), gangs are a direct link to drugs, violence, and weapons. It is explained that there has been many studies of regional gangs in Canada, though there is no conclusive answer as to what the progresses them. Martin Bouchard explained in Groups, gangs and Deliquency: Does…

The focus on drugs in America has been a topic that several social scientists have dedicated their time in researching. More importantly, the topic of drug use amongst teenagers seems to remain a hot subject. According to Robbins, Stagman, & Smith (2012), at risks for youth consists of living in a household without English speakers, living in a large family, having parents who both lack a high school degree, families who have changed residences on or more times in the last 12 months, coming from…