Methamphetamine

Disappearance of Identity A person’s identity is made up of their portrayal to others, but also looks into who the person truly is. A true identity is one’s outside skin in addition to their ideals and personality that make them who they are underneath. Drugs can alter one’s identity, and this alteration is almost always for worse. While many people assume the identity of the addict is the one that is most affected, people often disregard the addict’s effect on others. In the documentary,…

Drugs. Everyone have probably heard of them- on the news, social media, school, or amongst a group friends. Drugs are bad; everyone has heard that, but why? Drugs cannot be bad just because parents and schools say they are, right? A complete overview and insight into the world of drugs and the dangers of illegal, addictive substances will be provided. Drugs are an evident hazard and epidemic in today’s society, so it is definitely necessary that a full point of view is apparent. From the very…

Drugs such as methamphetamine (also known as ‘meth’ or ‘ice’) provide users with a false reality; a false escape from their stress and problems but in the end only makes things worse (Wilkinson & Marmot, p. 24). Emotional and physical (biological) dependence on the drug is…

In the United States, 1 of every 2,000 residents is serving a life sentence due to the crime they had done in their lifetime. Inside the walls of the prison, One in every nine prisoner is serving a life sentence in due to chargers they have. United states hold the world largest population of offenders serving a life sentence. California holds a quarter of the 49,000 thousand offenders serving a life sentence followed by Florida (12,549) and New York (10,245), Texas (9,031), Georgia (7,938), Ohio…

Bernadine Healy’s argument in the essay Legalize Marijuana? Obama Has the Right to Say No is based on the government having the right to regulate usage of marijuana. Healy claims individuals want marijuana legalized because they see marijuana as a recreational purpose which blinds them from seeing that they are deviating from social situations. Healy’s criticism of individuals who are for the legalization of marijuana only see a reason for legalization because of recreational use. In fact…

Jeffery Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy. All very different men with very different lives, but they have one thing in common: they are all sociopathic serial killers. Each of these men came from different backgrounds and had different personality traits, but all had a need to kill. Countless number of scientists and doctors alike, have been trying to figure out the why. One theory has withstood the test of time: Nature vs. Nurture is an age old argument, and many theories have been put…

In the United States something as simple as a drug possession charge can get you into serious trouble, with some offenses even marked as felonies. (Controlled Substances Act, 2014) This is a ludicrous idea, drug crimes are usually victimless, restricting drug usage violates basic human rights, and even tobacco and alcohol are legal. In addition to these things, putting drug charges on a person’s criminal record, or sending someone to jail on drug charges pushes more people to a life of crime.…

The war on drugs was first recognized on June 18th, 1971 in a press conference given by President Richard Nixon (Booth, K.). It was declared that the war on drugs was a public enemy because of the potential harm it had on society. The following years led to the establishment of new drug enforcement groups in order to fight against drug trades (Frontline). Since then, the distribution of drugs has gone underground and on the black market and become a global industry that generates violence that…

Did you know that drug-related overdoses have risen fifty six percent in the past ten years in America? Also, drug addiction has reached epidemic levels across the world with 230 million drug abusers (Sederer). Most people don’t realize how big drug addiction really is, it ruins families, relationships, and most importantly it destroys your body. The song, The A Team, written and performed by Ed Sheeran addresses the issue of drug abuse when analyzed using cultural criticism. Drug addiction is…

Law enforcement officials are systematically blocked from publicly disagreeing with current drug policies. In fact, some law enforcement officers have even been fired for simply questioning the merits of drug laws privately, in passing, among their peers. That makes a non-profit organization such as Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) all the more credible. LEAP is comprised of current and retired police officers who openly want to end the drug war. For example, Tony Ryan, a board member…