Methamphetamine

My Guitar Early one Christmas morning in 1976 towards the end of Elvis’s life, career, I was gifted my very first acoustic guitar. Maybe it was because I was born in Tupelo, Mississippi some thirty-six years after Elvis Presley, that made me suited to play and sing with a guitar. Or perhaps because I was born on the same day as the legendary Johnny Cash, exactly thirty- nine years later, to the day, that I would inherit the intense desire to play, write, and sing with a guitar. After an…

firearms, motor vehicle theft, extortion, arson for profit, robbery, bombings, and prostitution. Each member is loyal to one another, they believe whatever I have my brother have. Motorcycle gangs control forty percent of the entire United States methamphetamine supply. People who rides motorcycles and like to live on the wild side join these gangs. They ride all over the country and visit their “Brothers” in all different states. Some people like to travel and venture…

Victimization theories applies to the methods of why a crime occurs to specific individuals or victims. Three particular victimization theories are mentioned in this paper, the victim precipitation theory, the spatial relation theory, and the routine activity theory, in which all apply to the case of Carla. Carla (found strangulated to death and sexually assaulted) was a young adult female who was noted to be involved with illegal substances and “clients” of some sort. She also engaged in…

to make a movie and on the run on October 2015 while on the run he meets with the movie star Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo. Penn’s interview with El Chapo subsequently runs into rolling stone magazine “I supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana than anybody else in the world.”El Chapo is quoted in the interview “ I have a fleet of submarines, airplanes, trucks, and boats.” the marines and military were looking for El Chapo but the authorities went to the…

In the last two decades, sentencing for people with any other skin color or different ethnic backgrounds other than being white or Caucasian has shown a dramatic increase. In the judicial system of the United States, there is evidence that people who are Caucasian receives better treatment or lighter punitive measures than those who are Latino or African American. In recent years, the gap widened drastically post 9/11, affecting the lives of millions of Americans, especially those of whom have…

Illicit Use A fleeting rush of adrenaline is worth cold sweats in the middle of the night. We inhale them and feel relief, so we kill and maim for them. Despite all the awful things drugs make us do, people keep coming back for more. Addicts rob gas stations, gang bangers push coke across the border and force children to deal. Anti-drug messages are pushed through the education system while parents beg their children to just say no. Drugs are bad. Prominent in human history they are; entire…

El Chapo. Drug lord. Mafioso. Sinaloa cartel. Worldwide drug-trafficking operation. El Chapo is the head of arguably the most notorious drug-trafficking operation. Joaquin Guzman Loera, dubbed as El Chapo for his shortness, was born in Mexico to Emilio Guzman Bustillos and Maria Consuelo Loera Pérez. He is known for founding and operating Sinaloa cartel. Eventually, he had built it into a huge global drug-trafficking operation. The exact date of Joaquin's birth is unknown, but it is speculated…

Unfortunately, even break-through, massively successful shows perpetuate this narrative, as shown with the television show Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad centers around a high school chemistry teacher, Walter White, as he “breaks bad” and becomes a methamphetamine dealer/ producer in attempts to help alleviate some of the financial burden put upon his family by his grim lung cancer diagnosis. While the show has been repeatedly herald as being among the greatest modern drama television series for its…

Ohio now ranks second in drug overdose deaths driven by a significant rise in heroin, which has tripled, and fentanyl usage, which has increased 80% since 2014 (The Ohio Council, 2016). Marijuana usage (64.7%), heroin (4.3%), methamphetamine (15.5%), cocaine (22.6%), and other hard drugs (24.5%) by Franklin residents is alarming and surpasses the state rates (City-data, n.d.). Prescription opioids such as methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone have contributed to the rise in unintentional…

or other drugs. More than two-thirds of people with addictions abuse alcohol. The top three drugs causing addiction are marijuana, opioid (narcotic) pain relievers, and cocaine (Understanding Addiction). Other common drugs used and abused are methamphetamines (Meth), prescription medications, and heroin. Certain drugs, many of which are addictive, are known to produce a euphoric or joyful state. Euphoria is used to define emotion and an intense state of supreme happiness combined with an…