Epidemic

criminal acts in an environment is always changing. No two days are the same for the underground criminal world of illegal prostitution and human trafficking. Prostitution is a criminal activity, but possible solutions exists to address this growing epidemic (McElroy, 2015). In many parts of the world prostitution is viewed differently. In some countries prostitution is illegal and the women would be killed. In other countries prostitution, although frowned upon is accepted as the means to…

Obesity has become a major health problem in the United States. The number of people who are obese has continued to rise and is now in epidemic proportions. Along with the number of adults increasing, the number of children who are obese has significantly increased as well. With the increase in obesity, there has been an increase in the number of both adults and children who are developing type 2 diabetes. Obesity has many causes, some are changeable and some are not. The first possible causes…

children with their rapists. Although many people aren’t taking the rape epidemic seriously. They think that it’s a big joke and that it will never happen to them if they take care of themselves. Some don’t even know that much about…

The Drug Epidemic Drugs can be a vital part of life to many people. Drugs can often be used to revive someone’s life, but at the same time the pills can also be harmful and addictive. Many people are once prescribed to a certain drug and then become addicted to the way that it makes them fill or the effect the person receives from it and have a hard time without it, and over time become addictive. Drug abuses are not alone “over 3 percent of the people” (“National Institute”) have abused…

PREGNANCY In the society that we live in today the term “Pregnancy” tends to scare at a lot of people no matter the age, race or sexuality. Pregnancy for some can be a scary experience if you are not mentally and financially prepared for the life long journey of parenting. The statistics of pregnancy will always change from year to year, from www.StaticBrain.com with the main source being the CDC (Center of disease control and Prevention state “Annual number of miscarriages is 600,000. The…

The definition of epidemic is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. I think anyone in the situation of working hard then getting their money taken away, agree that welfare is a huge problem in the United States and could be considered an epidemic. This paper is NOT geared towards the adults supporting a family and struggling every day. There are many people out there who deserve welfare and they should be able to receive government assistance…

Through the years, smoking has become one of the largest epidemics in the world and according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking remains to be one of the single largest preventable causes of death and disease. Smoking has led to different causes such as increased social problems, increased financial restraints, and vulnerability to the smoker. Smoking causes the social life of the smoker to change. Smoking leads to an odorous smell, bad breath and isolation. The…

explosion into a global crisis. One of many observed scenarios for the fatal and rapid switch for the virus is that following decades of relative isolation it reached heavily populated areas, providing more fertile turf for its expansion. As the epidemic continues to spread throughout tropical areas, and…

Ignoring the AIDS Epidemic: An Analysis of the Current Status of the AIDS Epidemic in Angels in America by Thomas Kushner Kushner’s vision of the future for AIDS awareness in American society has not come true in terms of public awareness of the disease. Certainly, the declaration by Prior Walter that “We won’t die secret deaths anymore” is valid in terms of the growth of awareness of the diseases in the 1990 and 2000s (Kushner 282). Yet, the media has increasingly ignored the AIDS epidemic…

against marijuana and cocaine, they may be neglecting an important fight against the most addictive illegal drug in the United States- methamphetamine or meth. Director Mitch Wilson and writer and producer Carl Byker’s 2006 documentary, The Meth Epidemic, highlights the specific issues of the destructiveness of meth on users, their families, and their communities, Oregon’s approach to its meth problem, and the struggle of law enforcement agencies with pharmaceutical companies that resist the…