parties, not thinking of its future consequences. Drugs soon replaced the alcohol and began using marijuana. She thought it of no harm to her because she did not consider it a “hard” drug like cocaine or morphine. Although she swore to herself to never use such drugs, Sharon soon started using crack cocaine to deal with her personal and family problems. To fund her drug addiction, she worked as a prostitute and a hustler for drug dealers but soon started selling drugs herself to make more of a…
A typical American family has a mother, a father, and a couple of children. The father provides for the family, as does the mother either domestically and or by working; however my family does not fit the ideal image of an American family. My mother was the one who raised me, but I would not quite call her a mother. Ever since I can remember she was always sick, never healthy and was addicted to drugs. When she was pregnant with me she would use illegal substances and she was also a diabetic.…
Cocaine is a psychoactive drug affects the limbic system of the body, which controls pleasure and motivation. In 1859 Albert Niemann, German Chemist, isolated cocaine from the leaves of the Coca plant which is located in the Andes Mountains of South America. It is the second oldest psychoactive drug and in the Medical field it is classified as a Schedule II Drug; meaning it can be used in a controlled medical setting but it is highly addictive. When cocaine is used as a recreational drug it…
They will either take really powerful drugs or just a lot of them or they will drink so much they pass out. So I am talking about drugs like PCP or Angel Dust, meth, crack cocaine, roofies, and GHB or club drugs in other words, drugs that have not only give a powerful high but also have a really toxic effect on your brain especially the part that controls memory. They will also have sex, most of the time unprotected, and…
Proposed Solution to Reducing the Rate of Prostitution in America Street Prostitution is a type of prostitution where women solicit customers from public places, such as streets, street corners, parks, etc… Society should be concerned about street prostitution for several reasons including but not limited to public health, personal safety, and spillover effects as statistics show a connection between street prostitution and street drug markets. As of now, the police responses toward…
Fighting Marijuana One the most controversial issues of 2016, the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana also known as weed. Current president Barrack Obama himself in an interview with the Rolling Stones expressed his views on Marijuana. He believes that marijuana should be legalized and taxed the way alcohol and tobacco are. Is this really a good idea? Yes, this would create more jobs and lower the unemployment rate, but not for long if America becomes a country full of potheads.…
controls pleasure. Methamphetamine is typically used because the consumers love the way it affects their brain. The chemical is released in excessive amounts that are extremely different compared to other drugs, or sexual activities. For example, cocaine releases 350 units, however with crystal meth, you get a release of about 1250 units of dopamine. What users don’t typically know is that using this stimulant causes changes in your brain chemistry and destroys your wiring which can lead to the…
When asked about Flakka don’t know the details. Most people just know the basic details,like Flakka is a crystal-like substance and it is one of the strongest drugs on the market today. By market I do mean black market. In my experiences most people even have even joked about it by describe people who act crazy and unreasonably as being on flakka. Obviously they do not know the gravity and seriousness of the subject.The more prominent flakka becomes in the world the more dangerous it will become…
The highest prevalence of injecting drug use in North America occurs in British Columbia, with the majority of those living in Vancouver and Victoria (Kerr and Wood, 2007). The most used injectable drugs are crack, cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and prescription opioids (University of Victoria, 2014a). In 2011, three hundred and seventy-one people died of drug overdoses in British Columbia, Twenty-nine of those deaths occurred in the Greater Victoria area (BC Vital Statistics)…
History of Coca-Cola Coca Cola was first found back in 1886 by a person name John Pemberton (pharmacist). During the American Civil War, Many have addicted to morphine. So John decided to start a quest to find a substitute for the problematic drug. Ever since, *Coke = Coca-Cola was born there is no name for it. The word “Coca-Cola” was invented by Frank Mason Robinson ( John.P Accountant ).John Pemberton claimed that Coke could cured many diseases such as : morphine addiction, indigestion, nerve…