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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is a problem that has been increasing immensely among our society today. Drug
addictions can only hinder or restrain us from accomplishing goals or dreams in life. People sometimes feel
they are too bright, too powerful, too much in control to become addictive. Addiction can trap anyone. It can
lead to harming one’s body, causing problems in family structure, and contribute to the delinquency in
society. The sooner people seek help for drug addiction problems, the more chances they have of gaining
control of their life once again. However, abstinence is the safest way to live a longer and healthier life.
We are greatly influenced by the people around us. Today one of the number one reasons of teenage
drug usage is peer pressure. Peer pressure represents social influences that affect us. It can have a positive or
a negative effect, depending on what path one follows. There is direct and indirect pressure that might
influence a person's decision in using drugs. Direct pressure might be when a person is offered to try drugs.
Indirect pressure might be when a person is around people using drugs and sees that there is nothing wrong
with using drugs. Adolescents who use drugs seek out peers who also use and, in turn, are influenced by
those peers (Berndt, 1992). A person might also try drugs just to fit in a social group, even if the person had
no intentions of using drugs. Adolescents can try out different roles and observe the reactions of their friends
to their behavior and their appearance (Berndt, 1992). One might do it just to be considered "cool" by the
group.
There are also other reasons why people might turn to using drugs. Emotional distress, such as
personal or family problems, having low self-esteem, like loosing a close one, loosing a job, or having no
friends, and environmental stress are all possible factors to causing one to use drugs.

Victims of an Addiction
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Drug use is defined as "The use of a natural or chemical agent that alters the state of mind or the
way the brain functions" by Webster's Dictionary. As is blatantly obvious to all humans who have eyes and
ears drug use has spread dramatically to all steps of human life. The overuse of drugs has led the inhabitants
of this planet to a steady decline that will not stop unless steps are taken to intervene in the deliberate rape of
drug users' bodies and minds. The drug users' use harms not only them in using drugs, but also their friends,
family and loved ones, and eventually leads to the addiction of the user's mind and body to the drug.
The drug use in America has climbed sharply since the early 1990's by more than half then what it
was, but it still staggeringly lowers then the mark set in 1979, the highest recorded drug use in America
(Lawrence 19). While that is a good achievement, still an increase in drug use is extremely dire, and only
helps to bring down our society. While the new drug users have leveled off, still the "...rampant use in those
already involved in drugs and those already addicted to our modern day plague..." as Dr. Sheles put it (9).
Some of the scientists predict another leveling off, after the drastic rise from 2002 to 2003 of 7.1%, but they
are not the ones out on the streets or in the schools every day witnessing the use of drugs by their friends
(10). The predicted leveling off might help stem the tide of the onrushing new and old users, but it will not
bring the already high numbers down to an acceptable level. As more and more ordinary teens are getting
addicted to more and more extraordinary drugs, this so-called leveling off will not be effective, because the
rate of use will already be greater than in the periods of greatest use in the seventy's. Actually, more teens
are getting addicted in the 21st century than in the seventy's, because the drugs are being mixed with
extremely addictive substa...
Child Abuse and Sex Addiction
Child abuse consists of any act or failure to act that endangers a child's physical or emotional health
and development. A person caring for a child is abusive if he or she fails to nurture the child, physically
injures the child, or relates sexually to the child. There are four major types of child abuse: physical, sexual,
emotional, and neglect. Physical abuse is any non-accidental physical injury to a child. Even if the parent or
caretaker who inflicts the injury might not have intended to hurt the child, the injury is not considered an
accident if the caretaker's actions were intentional. This injury may be the result of any assault on a child's
body, such as the following: beating, punching, choking, hair-pulling, burning with cigarettes, scalding
water, or severe physical punishment that is inappropriate to child's age. Hundreds of thousands of children
are physically abused each year by someone close to them, and thousands of children die from the injuries.
For those who survive, the emotional scars are deeper than the physical scars.
Sexual abuse of a child is any sexual act between an adult and a child. A few include: fondling,
touching, or kissing a child's or making the child perform these actions, penetration, intercourse, incest, rape,
oral sex, sodomy, or child prostitution. Emotional abuse is any attitude, behavior, or failure to act on the part
of the caregiver that interferes with a child's mental health or social development. Verbal, mental, and
psychological maltreatment or abuse are three other names for emotional abuse. Some forms of the abuse
are as follows: rejection, not saying "I love you," yelling, screaming, threatening, frightening, belittling,
shaming, humiliating, terrorizing, or parental child abduction.
Neglect is a failure to provide for the child's basic needs. There are three types a neglect: physical,
educational, and emotional. Physical neglect is not providing for a child's physical needs, in...

Drug uses
Drug abuse is the one of the common problem in teenagers today. Drugs are being used the most
between the years of preteen and adolescent. During these years, teens feel a need to experiment with drugs
because they think it's the cool thing to do. Also, movies and T.V showed a lot of drugs being abused like
marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. "Every cool person smokes", their friend may say, "If you want to hang out
with cool people, you must smoke too". With the pressure of peers, it is hard to say no. Drug addiction can
begin when a person who feels that he or she does not "fit in". This is a problem they may have. They feel it
can't be solved by any other way. They will see that the only solution to their problem is taking drugs. When
a person is addicted to a drug, it is really hard for them to quit. Drugs will pollute children's mind in three
ways. It will affect their behaviors, self-concept, and attitude towards others.
The first way drug use will affect a person is that their behavior will be different than before. When
a person becomes addicted to a drug, they may feel a need to hide it from their family. Sooner or later, they
may feel a discomfort about such dishonesty and guilt they may have towards their family members. They
may feel that they should be separated and secluded from everyone. The deeper the person is addicted to the
drugs; they will act more strangely and become more depressed. They will be willing to sacrifice everything.
They will steal from everyone including their family, work, and friends in an attempt to get more drugs.
Drugs become the most dominant things in their life. When the drug begins to take over their life, everything
will begin to go downhill for them.
The second way drug uses will affect a person is that they will have a different self-concept about
themselves. They will think everything they do is the best for them. They may feel that

Drug Use Facts

A Since the early 1960's there has been an alarming increase in drug use in the U.S.
- In 1962 four million americans had tried an illegal drug, by 1999 the number had risen to a
staggering 87.7 million (according to the 1999 national household survey on drug abuse)
- The study aslo found that the number of illicit drug users who were above the age of 12 had used
drugs in the past month reached a high of 25.4 million in 1979 decreased through the late 1980's to a low of
12 million in 1992, and has since increased to 14.8 million in 1999
 B Some drugs currently being used are considerably more potent than they were in the past
- The amount of THC ( which is a content of marijana) in the year 1970 was 1.5% and now it
the drug averages 7.6%
- The purity of heroin has increased from 1% – 10 % in 1970 to 35% - 80%
C Drug use among teens, and even younger children, has been steadily increasing for the past
several years.
- (According to the 1998 national center on addiction and substance abuse survey) teen marijuana
use is up 300% since 1992.
- In 1999 55% of high school seniors reported that they have used drugs before while just seven
years ago 41% said they had (according to the monitoring the future study)
- The study also showed that between 1991 and 1999 illicit drug use among younger children 13-14
year old increased by 51%
D Many people are not aware of the profound impact that this drug epidemic has on the country as a
whole.
- Widespread drug use results in a less efficient, less productive workforce.
- (according to the sustance abuse and mental health services asministration survey ) employees who
test positive for drug use make more than twice as many workers compensation claims, use almost twice the
medical benefits, and take one-third more leave time as non-users.
- They are also 60% more likely to be responsible for

Crime and Drug Use

Throughout my time as a criminal justice student, I have been interested about the relationship
between drugs and crime. I have also been amazed by the statistics having to do with the amount of
prisoners returning to a correctional facility after their time served. The link between drug use and crime is
not a new one. For more than twenty years, both the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National
Institute of Justice have funded many studies to try to better understand the connection. One such study was
done in Baltimore on heroin users. This study found high rates of criminality among users during periods of
active drug use, and much lower rates during periods of nonuse (Ball 119-142). A large number of people
who abuse drugs come into contact with the criminal justice system when they are sent to jail or to other
correctional facilities. The criminal justice system is flooded with substance abusers. The need for
expanding drug abuse treatment for this grou!
p of people was recognized in the Crime Act of 1994, which for the first time provided substantial
resources for federal and state jurisdictions. In this paper, I will argue that using therapeutic communities in
prisons will reduce the return rates among people who have been released from prison. I like to look at the
general theory of crime, which is based on self-control, to help rationalize using federal tax dollars to fund
these therapeutic communities in prisons. I feel that if prisoners are taught some self-control and alternative
lifestyles that we can keep them from reentering the prisons once they get out. I am also going to describe
some of today’s programs that have proven to be very effective. According to the theory of crime, the
criminal act and the criminal offender are separate concepts. The criminal act is perceived as opportunity;
illegal activities that people engage in when they think they want to be advantageous. Crimes are co...

Drugs Crime and Prohibition

Do drugs really cause crime, or is it our governments way of controlling the communities? Many
people blame drugs for every problem in our society, but is it the true evil in our society? No one person can
answer that question. There are only opinions and supposed theories on this issue. We have been taught over
the years that drugs were bad and that they only affected the poor and less fortunate, and turned them into
crazy criminals, but this isn't true to any extent. The laws controlling and prohibiting drugs are the true
culprit. Would our crime levels decline if drugs were legalized to some extent, or would we just increase the
destruction of our country? Over the past fifty years, prohibition has been proven to actually increase crime
and drug use instead of its intended purpose, which was to extinguish the use of illicit drugs in the United
States. We constantly here of prison over crowding, and why is that? Most of our prisons are filled with drug
offenders, ranging from use to distribution of supposed illicit drugs. What is our country coming to? The
purpose of this research paper is to view the advantages and disadvantages of the legalization of illicit drugs
in the United States. I will examine each side of this major problem plaguing our fine country from past to
present.
People wake everyday to their normal and monotonous life without even thinking about what they
are doing. They do not realize that they have been conditioned by the government and its laws to obey and
follow the supposed norm of society. What is the norms of society, and who set the guidelines for them? No
one can explain how these norms came about, they only know that they must follow them, or they could get
in trouble with the law. We are going into the twenty first century, and we still follow laws that were passed
hundreds of years ago. Why is this? We are a highly advanced country, but we spend time, lives and money
on abiding by laws that we...

Legalize drugs
Illegal drugs influence people every day of their lives. Illegal drugs affect people whether they are
users themselves, drug dealers, victims of drug-related crime, or dealing with a friend or family member's
addiction Illegal drugs influence people every day of their lives. Illegal drugs affect people whether they are
users themselves, drug dealers, victims of drug-related crime, or dealing with a friend or family member's
addiction. Drugs are unhealthy and unsafe; however, prohibition is not the answer to the country's drug
problem. The United States should consider legalizing drugs and ending drug prohibition. There are several
reasons to legalize drugs in the United States. Drugs should be legalized to save money, to make them safer,
and to reduce drug-related crime.
. Drugs are unhealthy and unsafe; however, prohibition is not the answer to the country's drug
problem. The United States should consider legalizing drugs and ending drug prohibition. There are several
reasons to legalize drugs in the United States. Drugs should be legalized to save money, to make them safer,
and to reduce drug-related crime.
First of all, drugs should be legalized to save money. The United States spends billions of dollars
every year fighting an unsuccessful drug war. The United States should legalize drugs, tax them, and save
billions of dollars as an alternative. Taxes collected from legalized drug sales could be used to fund many
government programs. The money could be used for treatment programs to get users off drugs and education
programs to prevent children and others from using drugs in the first place. As a replacement for building
and funding prisons for inmates convicted of drug-related crimes, the money could be used to build schools
and fund the educational needs of children. This is how the country would save money if drugs were
legalized.
Second, drugs should be legalized to make them safer. Legalized drugs...

Drug Legalization
Should Drugs Be Legalized In America?
As the nation's drug problem persists, issues continue to haunt communities. The question is will
legalizing drugs really help or will legalization make problems increase in our society? If drugs remain
illegal, a number of complications that could appear as a result of legalization will never occur. Keeping
drugs illegal poses a lesser problem than legalization. Drugs should not be legalized not only because
legalization is bad for the country but also because it is morally wrong.
Several problems would result if drugs were legalized. First, if drugs were to be legalized, they
would be cheaper than they cost now. If they were cheaper, then the drug dealers would be pushed out of
business. Apparently this looks like a good thing, but once drugs are cheaper, then more people will
experiment and as a result of this become addicted. William Von Raub, a drug analyst, states "People start
using drugs because they want to experiment"...[therefore]..."legalization could result in four to five million
new drug addicts" (qtd. in Kronenwetter 60). A high increase of experimentation will occur as a result of a
decrease in prices, and therefore there will be more drug addiction. Making drugs both legal and affordable
will produce higher levels of use. Such was the case in the seventies: a high level of heroin was being used
due to its abundance. As supplies diminished between 1973 and 1975, the prices increased, and heroin usage
decreased. This proves that once drugs are cheaper more people will use them. Therefore, drugs should not
be legalized. The Phoenix House, a cocaine treatment center, reported that there were fewer addicts as the
price of cocaine increased. Also, if drugs were legalized and prices were cheaper, then it would be very
difficult for users to control the amount of their intake each day. As McCuen says, "Legalizing is no
solution".
Pro-legalizers say that beca...

Legalizing drugs or not

The question to legalize drugs is not a hard one. Drugs are one of the most
common used illicit items in the United States today. Legalizing drugs or not
has been questioned and discussed so often on television, books, and
newspapers. Gore Vidal noted in "Drugs" "Simply make all drugs available and
sell them at cost." However, simply because of the lack of researching and the
misunderstanding of the usage and effect of drugs, the writer misdirected his
readers on the issue of drug legalization.
First of all, writer pointed out that marijuana is actually not dangerous.
However, earlier research has found that smoking marijuana increases the chance
of developing cancer of the head or neck. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50
to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke does. People
who smoke marijuana inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than
tobacco smokers do, which increases the lung's exposure to carcinogenic smoke.
These facts suggest that, unquestionably, smoking marijuana may increase the
risk of cancer more than smoking tobacco and cause great damage to the body
which rejects the writer's idea of "marijuana is not dangerous".
The writer also stated that marijuana is not addictive. Experts who worked on
the Center for substance Abuse Treatment project consider however consider
marijuana both psychologically and physiologically addictive. Over 52 percent
of the youthful marijuana users who were involved in this project were shown to
have dependence problem after using marijuana which rejects writer's idea of
marijuana as non-addictive substances and proves that the writer is misleading
his reader on the drug legalization issue.
As many would probably point out that the United State was the creation of men
who believed that each man has the right to do what he wants with his own life
...

Drug Legalization
Should Drugs Be Legalized In America?
As the nation's drug problem persists, issues continue to haunt communities. The question is will
legalizing drugs really help or will legalization make problems increase in our society? If drugs remain
illegal, a number of complications that could appear as a result of legalization will never occur. Keeping
drugs illegal poses a lesser problem than legalization. Drugs should not be legalized not only because
legalization is bad for the country but also because it is morally wrong.
Several problems would result if drugs were legalized. First, if drugs were to be legalized, they
would be cheaper than they cost now. If they were cheaper, then the drug dealers would be pushed out of
business. Apparently this looks like a good thing, but once drugs are cheaper, then more people will
experiment and as a result of this become addicted. William Von Raub, a drug analyst, states "People start
using drugs because they want to experiment"...[therefore]..."legalization could result in four to five million
new drug addicts" (qtd. in Kronenwetter 60). A high increase of experimentation will occur as a result of a
decrease in prices, and therefore there will be more drug addiction. Making drugs both legal and affordable
will produce higher levels of use. Such was the case in the seventies: a high level of heroin was being used
due to its abundance. As supplies diminished between 1973 and 1975, the prices increased, and heroin usage
decreased. This proves that once drugs are cheaper more people will use them. Therefore, drugs should not
be legalized. The Phoenix House, a cocaine treatment center, reported that there were fewer addicts as the
price of cocaine increased. Also, if drugs were legalized and prices were cheaper, then it would be very
difficult for users to control the amount of their intake each day. As McCuen says, "Legalizing is no
solution".
Pro-legalizers say that beca...

Legalize drugs
Illegal drugs influence people every day of their lives. Illegal drugs affect people whether they are
users themselves, drug dealers, victims of drug-related crime, or dealing with a friend or family member's
addiction Illegal drugs influence people every day of their lives. Illegal drugs affect people whether they are
users themselves, drug dealers, victims of drug-related crime, or dealing with a friend or family member's
addiction. Drugs are unhealthy and unsafe; however, prohibition is not the answer to the country's drug
problem. The United States should consider legalizing drugs and ending drug prohibition. There are several
reasons to legalize drugs in the United States. Drugs should be legalized to save money, to make them safer,
and to reduce drug-related crime.
. Drugs are unhealthy and unsafe; however, prohibition is not the answer to the country's drug
problem. The United States should consider legalizing drugs and ending drug prohibition. There are several
reasons to legalize drugs in the United States. Drugs should be legalized to save money, to make them safer,
and to reduce drug-related crime.
First of all, drugs should be legalized to save money. The United States spends billions of dollars
every year fighting an unsuccessful drug war. The United States should legalize drugs, tax them, and save
billions of dollars as an alternative. Taxes collected from legalized drug sales could be used to fund many
government programs. The money could be used for treatment programs to get users off drugs and education
programs to prevent children and others from using drugs in the first place. As a replacement for building
and funding prisons for inmates convicted of drug-related crimes, the money could be used to build schools
and fund the educational needs of children. This is how the country would save money if drugs were
legalized.
Second, drugs should be legalized to make them safer. Legalized drugs...

pros and cons of legalizing drugs

The legalizing of drugs have been an issue in the forefront since the 20's and the 30' with the
probation of alcohol. Many have argued weather narcotics should be legalized or not. There are arguments
supporting each side. People who are in favor of the legalization of drugs claim that drugs would increase
our economy, making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on law enforcement, and
legalization of drugs would benefit the federal budget. Those who don not favor the legalization of narcotics
claim; drugs would become cheaper and more accessible, drugs would cause a rapid increase of diseases,
and drugs contribute to the crime rate.
Legalizing drugs would increase our economy's revenue. The 21st amendment repealed prohibition
and alcohol taxes were increased. The same thing should happen with drugs. Marijuana should be taxed
heavily to increase our revenue. The same people who make would make drugs would also make
pharmaceutics such as aspirin. So the quality would be assured, containing no poisons or adulterants.
Making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement every year. Drug
dealers and users are one step ahead on the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will
show up somewhere else. We cannot win. "In 1996, 10 billion dollars were spent alone just on enforcing
drug laws. Drugs accounted for about 40 percent of all felony indictments in the New York City courts in
1998. This figure is quadruple what it was in 1995. Forty percent of the people in federal prison are drug law
violators. One can only imagine what this figure would be like today. Too much money is wasted on a cause
that seems to be no end to. "In 1997,a Republican county executive of Mercer County N.J. estimated that it
would cost him as much as 1.7 billion dollars to build the jail space needed to house all the hard-core drug
users in Trenton alone. All...