Cocaine

The strong presence of cocaine in Colombia dates back to the 1970s when participants in the industry started seeing the potentially enormous profits to be made with the drug. Within the next couple of years, the trafficking of the drug became highly profitable and was predominantly controlled by the Cartels. These cartel leaders, and other groups that profited from the cocaine industry like the Revolution Armed Forces of Colombia – Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionnarias de Colombia (FARC), were able…

Crystal Meth (or ice) is a strong, highly addictive illicit drug that stimulates the central nervous system, speeding up the messages that travel between the brain and the body. The substance comes in clear crystals and is generally smoked or injected, but can be snorted or even consumed. When taken, the drug increases the production of dopamine therefore a false flash of energy and happiness preoccupies the person.This tends to make the individual’s body endure unfamiliar activities and levels…

Introduction: _Have you ever done something in your life that gave you a thrill like you have never had before? For example, you played the best game of your entire life and you 're on cloud nine or you ride a roller coaster for the very first time. This is the same experience that methamphetamine users experience. It 's a thrill, a rush, but its the beginning of an addiction that is very hard to get rid of. Methamphetamine isn 't usually drug that many people pick up for the first time. It…

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas delivers a complete experience with depth in detail and an entertaining experience in gaming. This game became a paragon of achievement in sandbox gaming, and you have a story about a rags-to-riches character who starts his story in the 1990s. His name is Carl Johnson or CJ, and he has returned to Los Santos to help his old gang. The primary story takes between 20 to 30 hours, and it starts you on a mission that has you face off with some of San Andreas's most…

Intoxication is part of our culture and how many people deal with life and become more social. People like to get messed up and party. Users on the street are all too familiar with methamphetamines. Street users will know the medically prescribed name’s methamphetamines are referred to and they know the street slang names referred to by dealers and addicts looking to find “Tina”. When these slang names are spoken of on the street it will peak the users interest every time another high is…

Cocaine: A Free Trade Commodity According to Rachman, over the last thirty years the world has embraced globalization. Merriam Webster dictionary defines globalization as “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets”. However, globalization has many benefits unassociated with trade and economics, such as advancing the use of the Internet and promoting of education and…

According to,(), the U.S. government saw crack cocaine being used mainly by lower class African Americans and they used their power to punish them although crack cocaine is the same as powder cocaine just in rock form. The punishment for crack cocaine became 100-1 in regards to the sentence for powder. They government also made a mandatory sentence for crack users which caused the incarceration rates…

friends. I also took my kids over to go swimming that night. As it started getting late, I went home and put my kids to sleep. At this time, I was also having my own fun that night too. I had been doing drugs, cocaine, that night. Along with several beers that were in my system. I was a 9 year cocaine addict. I would wake up in the morning and go to sleep doing it. It was an everyday thing that I had to have, either at home, work or where ever I would be at. It took over my life and my family’s…

In chapter 3 of Freakonomics, “Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?,” Levitt and Dubner discuss the idea of conventional wisdom. Galbraith, an economist, believes that “conventional wisdom must be simple, convenient, comfortable, and comforting--though not necessarily true” (Levitt & Dubner, 2009, p. 86). For example, an advocate for the homeless was quoted saying that over 3 million Americans were homeless, which would be 1 of every 100 people. This advocate later admitted that this…

him as a great politician. Besides all of Rob Ford’s political ideals and racial comments, how Rob Ford really made a name for himself in the world as a canadian, was his drug scandal. Rob Ford had the extremely unhealthy habit of smoking crack cocaine and was an alcoholic. He was frequently viewed intoxicated in public settings. Such as at Ball games and a st. Patrick 's day parade. Rob Ford was constantly humiliating himself in his “drunken stupors”. Often saying racial and political…