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This source is vital to my research topic considering it discusses the race differences in the prisons of the United States. “Blacks in 1991 made up 12 percent of America’s population but 48 percent of both prison and jail inmates.” This quote represents that although Blacks made up 12 percent of America’s population, there were 48 percent of Blacks which means more than half the population was incarcerated. There is a clear disproportion of race in the United States prisons. Races are…

Heroin: A new epidemic with an old drug The first ever opioid, opium, comes from the sap of opium poppies. Cultivation and growth date back to ancient civilizations around 3400 B.C. In the early 18th century physicians used opium for a therapeutic agent that had multiple purposes, but mostly for relieving pain. It was only towards the late 18th century that some physicians began to recognize that the drug had extremely addictive qualities. Codeine and morphine are isolated forms of opium.…

there has been a large increase in heroin use, especially in the Northeast/New England region of the United States. Heroin overdoses are a daily occurrence and have become the norm recently. Obviously heroin use and possession should not be legal, but there should be much more support for addicts. One reason that heroin use has increased is because prescription painkillers have become more popularly used and are easier to obtain without a prescription. Opioids and heroin have a very similar…

Portugal is the country that decriminalized drugs in their country. We all want to know what led Portugal to start the decriminalization of drugs, according to the article Portugal’s Experiment “ it all started during the mid-twentieth century, when Portugal experienced fifty years of military dictatorship, and when leftist democratic was reestablished in 1974”. Portugal is and still is the only European Union state explicitly to decriminalize drug usage. Portugal’s decriminalization came about…

Drug use and abuse has been a rising issue in America for decades and has a major impact on the criminal justice system. Although it is unclear as to when drugs were first discovered, we can date back to at least 12,000 years ago when cannabis (inherited the name marijuana from Mexico) was cultivated. Cannabis Sativa is considered humanity’s oldest cultivated crop with a long history. These plants are believed to have emerged in Central Asia in the regions of Mongolia and southern Siberia.…

Drug use in American culture has a profound presence. It can be found in TV shows, music, and some drugs even have advertisements. Alcabes’ article Medication Nation even acknowledges advertisements as being a part of the problem of over medication. I believe that excessive drug usage is a now a popular thing and has been caused by the American culture. Watching television shows is a popular thing to do in American culture but some of the shows that we are watching in our down time are…

Methadone is a potent opioid agonist used for the treatment of pain, heroin and opiate withdrawal symptoms. Initially, methadone was primarily used for the treatment of drug withdrawal. Presently, it is also used for the treatment of pain related to chronic, or terminal illness. Due to the low price, availability, and effectiveness, methadone is appealing to health care providers for the treatment of chronic pain. Although methadone has its Pros, I believe the Cons outweigh them. Risk of…

There different ways that heroin can be used, such as smoking it, injecting the drug into body, and snorting it through the nose. Harry enjoyed injecting heroin into his arm. In the beginning of the film he is trying to sell his mother’s television in order to get heroin. My first thought of this behavior was that an addiction can make a person violent and ruthless. People who are addicted to a substance…

The topic I decided to extended my knowledge about is the idea of teenage rebellion. Why must teens want to resist and stray as far away from their parents word as possible? A question with a vague explanation. In the piece of literature, Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare, two teenage lovers completely ignore their parent’s rule to not intermingle with the opposing family. The research I have completed has gone to show that teenage rebellion is the intentional defiance of parental guidance…

When people think of the word “addicting”, they usually think of drugs or video games. The word “addicting” has a negative connotation, usually representing an unhealthy inability to stop. So naturally, no one would think of an app that’s limited to 10 seconds of entertainment at a time. At least, I thought I would not. But Snapchat has firmly ingrained its way into my life. Advertised as “The Fastest Way to Share a Moment!” (Snapchat), Snapchat quickly changed me into someone that can’t put…