Smoke Signals

Jeremiah Gorham Mrs. Kemmer Language Arts 3B Period 1 4 February 2015 Black smoke rises high into the sky. The wailing of sirens can be heard throughout the neighborhood. Dozens rushed down the street to the site of the fire. Men and women are pulled from the blaze while many watch in shock. The powerful hoses soon douse the flames. The surrounding crowd applauses and cheers for the heroic few. It was at this moment when I had decided that was what I wanted: to become a firefighter. To help…

Losing someone that you know is ever easy, but losing a lover can tear you apart. The grief that Rat Kiley felt after his best friend, Curt Lemon, died drove him crazy. Everything from writing a “heartfelt” letter to Curt’s sister to abusing a baby buffalo. Grief is different for everyone, but what if Rat’s grief was so strong because he just lost his war lover? Although the secret war lover may be present in Tim O’Brien’s How to Tell a True War Story, masculinity and violence are also on almost…

Those who regularly smoke pot have low functioning immune systems which prohibits their body from being able to fight off certain illnesses. Abnormality in certain cells can also be acquired from weed, as well as many lung complications. As claimed by the National Institute of Drug Abuse “Marijuana smoke irritates the lungs, and frequent marijuana smokers can have the same breathing problems that tobacco smokers…

How to make Cannibutter "The tradition of consuming cannabis orally is an ancient, perhaps tens of thousands of years old, while cannabis smoking is much more recent. (Jardin, 2014) In order to consume your own edibles though you are going to have to produce your own Cannabutter. You will gather all the ingredients and utensils required to make your concoction. Then, you will grind the flowers and leaves of the female plants for easier cannabinoids, the compounds responsible for the “high”…

After we finished our exercise we then began working on our role plays. My mediation centered on a trucker who was wrongly fired because he had a slight amount of marijuana in his system. As the trucker I had to tell the mediators that I did not smoke any sort of marijuana. The reason that my test came back positive was due to the fact the people in the next apartment smoked a lot and therefore gave me a contact high. The director who originally administered the test was very reasonable with his…

Marijuana refers to the dried flowers of the cannabis plant and hs many different street names including, Mary Jane, Weed, Reefer, Devil’s Lettuce, Sticky Icky, Chronic, Ganja, and many more . It contains the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It is the most common drug in the United States and more and more young people are starting to use it. Middle and high school students are believing that this drug is becoming less risky to use, but the risk is still there. Marijuana could…

can recall instances where I needed to read or study for a test or quiz and instead I would smoke then not be able to study because I could not concentrate. Even though it made me lazy I still continued to smoke it because it seem…

shredded leaves and flower of Cannabis Sativa” (NIDA), Many users smoke marijuana “ in hand-rolled cigarettes called joints; many use pipes called bongs” (NIDA). Marijuana is a drug frequently used by teenagers. It is used to relax and it is used as a drug to get away from the user 's problems. Marijuana causes a lot of problems in teenagers brains. Marijuana causes learning problems for those who use it. In comparison to those who don 't smoke, those who use the drug show memory, concentration,…

When envisioning an oversized teddy bear, an old fashioned alphabet building block set, and a jack-in-the-box that is emanating a soothing tune, one might think they are in a child’s playroom. Unexpectedly, however, these things were found during a concert; a Melanie Martinez concert. Melanie’s style and general theme of her concerts can more than often be described as possessing a whimsical, carnival, feel due to her usage of circus props, such as a carousel, and distinct carnival pop tunes.…

The moment you swear in as a firefighter on a new department you join a unique brotherhood. In this brotherhood, you will develop new skills, experience good things and bad things, and you will be adopted into a close knit second family. As we all know, or the majority of us know, firefighters are a pretty unique bunch on individuals. Throughout your time in the fire service you will experience many different things, and because of these experiences you will develop a whole new set of senses,…