Harm reduction

After viewing World on Fire, reading chapter 9 and reflecting on my own life I truly comprehend how where we live makes a difference. Where we live shapes the lives we lead in relation to technology and access to education. In the United States, we are one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, and in many low-income countries there is little to no advancement in technology. This is mostly due to the high importance placed on cultural tradition in many of these countries…

On various occasions throughout the play Hamlet uses sarcasm. Through the use of sarcasm Hamlet is able to express his feelings of disdain toward his uncle Claudius. In an aside, Hamlet reveals his true feelings, “A little more than kin and less than kind” (I.ii.22). In this aside Hamlet is stating that even though Claudius is related to Hamlet, as his uncle and stepfather, he is nothing, nor ever will be, like Hamlet. Through this use of sarcasm Hamlet demonstrates his scornful feelings for his…

Hamlet Essay In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, the main character, Hamlet, plans for revenge against the man that murdered his father and married his mother. Hamlet’s insanity, suicidal thoughts, and sarcastic comments are what creates his character and pushes his family and friends to spy on him. As Hamlet attempts to kill Claudius for the murder of his father, his actions indirectly lead to the deaths of his friends and family, including his own. Hamlet does not…

this is something that could happen to them. I would want my friend to see that depression is not too uncommon, and I would want her to know what resources were available. I would not want her to end up like one of the moms who kills themselves or harms their baby. This film does a good job of explaining what can happen during post-partum depression or psychosis, and what the woman and her family can do to help treat…

Have you ever gone through depression? It is most likely that the answer to this question is yes, but can a child go through depression? Yes. When we hear the word depression we usually imagine an adult going through depression but not a child, and yet it is more common than we think. Studies have shown that about 5% to 9% of children meet the criteria for a major depression regardless of their gender (Rathus, 2014). What exactly is childhood depression and what are the signs a child is going…

The rights of American people have society teetering back in forth of what is right and wrong. Our Florida Court System has society wondering how and why some high profile cases have come back with the verdicts of “not guilty”. Depending on circumstances whether society wants a “not guilty” or “guilty” verdict. Problems arise with the breakdown of our Florida Court System. When you put into consideration of a high profile cases there is still only one clear result, facts and the law. Our…

Give a man a fish, he eats for the night, teach a man how to fish and he eats forever. Earth is home to 7.4 billion people -- of those 7.4 billion people more than 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day (UNDP). More than 1.3 billion people live on $1.25 a day; or in other words, extreme poverty (UNDP). Poverty is a worldwide hurdle that nobody has yet to knockdown. Poverty, Inc. is a film that shows the untold impacts of foreign aid; moreover, how America, NGO’s (non-governmental…

Brazil’s industrialisation and development has been constrained by the lack of technology and skilled human capital. Ban considers Brazil 's new development policies to be similar to the 'economically liberal policy goals and instruments associated with the [Washington] consensus and policy goals and instruments that can be traced to the developmentalist tradition ' (Ban, 2013: 299). And that neo-developmentalist follow a tradition 'unlike the protectionism and export pessimism of old…

Did you know that there is over 3 million cases of depression reported each year and 20% of those people develop psychotic symptoms.In the poem “In The Dark” the poet describes putting on a fake smile to please the others around him while he suffers with severe depression.The theme of the poem is that you should not risk your own happiness to please others. The theme of the poem relates to being human because many people can relate to feeling alone and pretending to be happy. I…

Before there was issue how companies are promoting poverty but after the mandatory CSR Act in India thinking towards companies have changes and also Companies are becoming role model in reduction of poverty. Big and small Companies including NGO taking initiative to work towards poverty (Prieto‐Carrón, Lund‐Thomsen, Chan, Muro, & Bhushan, 2006). The study on based of the comparative perspective globalization and the extension of global multinational…