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Chicago is home to two major things: big pizza and big traffic. When Capone was active in it though, it was known for a third thing, big amounts of gang crime! Capone is one of the recognized figures of gangland history. Throughout the early 1900s, he managed to run an entire crime syndicate and never got caught doing it. This was because Capone knew how to operate without getting his hands dirty, which can be found in how he operated himself, how he operated using the legal system, how he…

It was a Thursday night, the wind was cold and the air was brisk. Just like the great maple-crisped Canadian Molson I was drinking that night. I was walking along the dark gray pavement, my knees buckled as my head began to spin and I collapsed upon the ground. I knew I had a few too many to drink that night. I realized I was already in my cerebral palsy stage of the night (Wolf on Wall Street), stumbling from left to right, barely able to maintain my balance. I managed to some-how get back to…

Psychology principles are found in life all around us, but usually, we tend to be blind to what is truly happening in a situation. All throughout our life we are faced with challenges and decisions. This includes the way we react to these stimulants, how we think about them and how we function consciously and unconsciously. Taking a closer look could open your eyes into the world of psychology. Consequently, in psychology, consciousness is defined as our awareness of ourselves and our…

alcohol at least once before, by the time they are eighteen years old sixty-five percent had said they had a drink of alcohol at least once. In 2014 it was reported on a survey from the same administration that 8.7 million young people had an alcoholic beverage within the last month (SAMSHA).…

Alcoholism Alcoholism is defined as an individual’s consumption of alcoholic beverages that results in problems affecting his or her well-being and health. Alcohol abuse is one of the major social problems in the United States that needs to be addressed as a public policy. Many people do not know they have an addiction or have abused alcohol. This often means they failed to get needed treatment or help and often do not realize how the problem is affecting their lifestyle. According to the…

Alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs. It also causes many of teen car accidents. As I go through this paper I shall tell you of many accidents of teens or what alcohol can do to people under age or above age. I will tell you short term effects of alcohol, long term effects, what is alcohol, etc. Also what is alcoholism. The first thing I will talk about is short and long term effects of alcohol. Short term effects of alcohol involves nausea, vomiting, dehydration, loss of judgement and…

The roaring twenties was an era that consisted of gangs, speakeasies, and bootlegging. During Prohibition sometimes referred to as the "Noble Experiment" the United States announced that the sale and manufacturing of beverages that contained intoxicating liquor were illegal from 1920 to 1933. This action was known to many as the temperance movement, which had tons of supporters across the nation. The temperance movement of the 1920s failed because the demand for alcohol was not eliminated among…

Currently in New South Wales strict lockout laws apply only to major metropolitan areas, including Newcastle’s CDB, Sydney’s CBD and Sydney’s Entertainment precinct (Kings Cross to Cockle Bay and the Rocks to Haymarket and Darlinghurst) (NSW Gov, 2014; Kypri, Jones, McElduff & Barker, 2010). The NSW Government (2014) outlined the laws which were introduced in Sydney, in January 2014. These included lock out at 1.30am, last drinks at 3am and no shots of spirits after 12am (excluding small bars…

There is one topic that has been discussed and argued for over a hundred years. The topic that has caused so much controversy is the U.S. drinking age. The drinking age in the U.S. has been changed numerous times since it was put into action. The U.S. use to not have any drinking age and it was just up to the parent’s discretion if their child was allowed to drink or not, but after a while people started getting concerned with the effects alcohol had on people and then the era of…

From the Article “Return the Drinking Age to 18, and Enforce It” by Gabrielle Glaser, the author argues that the drinking age should be returned to eighteen, and enforced heavily. In the article, she argues that the current system which only allows people who are twenty-one and older to purchase and drink alcohol is forcing high school and college kids to partake in risky binge drinking behavior. Also, she compares today’s drinking attitude of underage kids to the attitude of people in the…