Cocaine

Have you ever heard of Tim Allen? He is from Denver Colorado who had a childhood that went up and down. He is now a big time comedian who inspires a whole bunch of people. He plays in a whole bunch of movies and tv series. Tim Allen made a rough childhood into a fortune. Tim allen was born on June 13 1953, in Denver Colorado, the third of five boys and one girl. Like many kids, Tim desperatly wanted his own BB gun. When they refused to give him the money, he responded to an add on the back of a…

It was around Christmas last year when my dad first told me he started doing cocaine. I was shocked, however knowing his past history this was nothing out of the ordinary. On Friday February 2, 2018 I found out that my dad was found dead in his apartment from an apparent drug overdose; his body is assumed to have been there since Thursday afternoon. As a teenager/ adult it is easy to get caught up in the wrong things. Peer pressure, self-esteem issues, and the continuous need to fit in can cause…

era, the new Jim Crow Laws, Ronald Reagan “War on drugs”, Bill Clinton’s “three strikes you’re out” which lead to a massive incarnation in the 1990s of minorities for a long period of time. In 1989, Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs. Crack and Cocaine were rising and the usage of the products depended on social class. Crack was an inner city drug and the majority of consumers were from Black and Hispanic communities. Those who were arrested with the drug were sentenced of life, whereas, Coke…

Matt Bear Mr. O’Hara International Relations 4 December 2014 America and Mexico: Where Are They Now? The United States and Mexico have been official neighbors since Mexico gained its independence on September 27th, 1821 after the Mexican War of Independence. Since then, their vast borders have been shared and disputed between the two nations and its people, with different problems arising such as illegal immigration and, more importantly, the mass trafficking of drugs and narcotics. In fact,…

How Dopamine works in Human Body 1. Dopamine 2. Drugs 3. Dopamine Deficiency 4. Dopamine Treatments Introduction Pleasure, happiness, love, excitation, motivation, pain, anxiety, sad, anger, and all emotional feelings related to being human are linked to the…

Congress in 1971 (Teague). The 1980s saw a rise in cocaine use with Americans also. Cocaine had been brought in to the U.S through south Florida from Columbia. During his administration, President Ronald Reagan “established a special force to cut the cocaine pipelines” (Debusmann) in an effort to prevent the flow of cocaine into the United States also. With the “South Florida Task Force” now in place, the only alternative to getting drugs and cocaine into the country was through Mexico…

The book The Divide by Matt Taibbi is an over look at the growing problem of inequality of the justice system. The book explains several examples of diversity in the justice in America. The diversity is between the wealthy and the not so wealthy. This book is a very good example of this course, because it is an over view of the different discussions throughout this courses. The book The Divide fits this course by the outline of views of difference in how the justice system prosecutes persons of…

In the 1980's we had cocaine. It was pure, cheap and plentiful. Now, due to Ronald Reagans infamous "war on drugs" campaign (among many other things), cocaine as we once knew, is long gone. However, addiction is a subtle beast. It's resilient in all its ways and finds new methods to persevere. In the modern age, we have our addictions, although it is not so much to cocaine. Instead, it's technology. Just look around anywhere in the world and you'll come across someone with their phone glued to…

In contrast to “The Middle,” “Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj encourages the use of dangerous drugs as a way to please others. Near the beginning of the song “Anaconda,” the singer, Nicki Minaj talks about a past relationship she had with a man in Detroit. While she describes why she enjoyed being with him, she sings that he was a “[b]ig dope dealer money, he was gettin’ some coins…” Because this man sold drugs and made lots of money through it, Nicki decided to have an affair with him to receive…

However, they do not operate the same way as a regular neurotransmitter and the neurons breeze up sending irregular messages throughout the brain, which can cause issues both for our brains as well as our bodies. Drugs, such as methamphetamine and cocaine, causes nerve cells to bring too much dopamine, which is a regular neurotransmitter,…