...outcome. These social behavioral changes happen daily and many of them are unseen by most because they are almost expected or considered harmless. A few examples could be lying, stereotyping or even arousal. These different behaviors are all directly affected by social surroundings and situations. The first social influenced behavior is casual drug abuse or Smoking cigarettes. This has a lot to do with Conformity which is “the process of changing attitudes and behaviors to accommodate the standards of a group they are around”. (Kowalski &Westen, 2011, p 684) People are like camellias especially the younger generation; blend in to fit in”. This is really dangerous these days. Like casual drug use. Some Individuals turn down drugs in a group for many different times, but there is that one time that the individual thinks why not there doing it and their all fine. So then conformity or peer pressure takes over and the individual believes he or she is doing the right thing by doing the things their friends are doing. Casual drug abuse is something that lot of people that I hung with in my childhood; in order to fit in I thought I had to do “the in thing”. This...
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...Joseph Cali 10/31/13 CRM ! In the documentary “The House I Lived in” there are numerous accounts of people speaking about the “War on Drugs” The director Eugene Jarecki states what his stance is directly by saying, “I wanted to follow the failure of the drug war and the harm it does” What does he mean by this? Well, in this movie he shows what prevention there is for drugs, how drug use has started, and whether or not the prevention is just or not. In the beginning of the documentary he throws out a figure that makes you wonder, it is that one trillion dollars has been spent on drug prevention and there has been virtually no change in the amount of drug use. This makes you wonder, what is really going on? The film recognizes abuse as a matter of public health, and investigates the tragic errors and shortcomings that have resulted from framing it as an issue for law enforcement. It also shows how political and financial corruption has influenced and become the backbone for the war on drugs, although there are many failures. The drug war in America has been the reason for the largest percentage of people in jail. In this documentary it is shown that what should be done to stop the use of drugs or find out why people are on them, you have to start at the root. The war on drugs makes it so that most members of the urban black community, who might have turned to drugs either as personal escape or as the only means of making money in a community that is run down...
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...and the birth rate would fall. I choose this topic because am not fully against same sex marriage. I believe anyone that wants to spend the rest of their life with someone; it is not society place to say it must be someone from the opposite sex. Gay people have been thought a struggle to receive the same right as all America’s. Discrimination in the workplace, being stereotype in public or in their community. I do not believe people are just become Gay. They were always Gay that why they say “I’m coming out”. However if a person is Gay and want to get married it is there life. But they should not except to get married in a church, where marriage is between men a woman. That is forcing there believe on anyone else. Most religion groups believe is you are Gay, and then you have an evil spirit and you will go to hell unless you repent. I do not share the share point of view; however I do believe that as long as you repent for any sins God will forgive you no matter what. Churches and religion figures through the beginning of time have change things to fix their them and not for the greater good. Gay people are some of the most nice, clean and respectful people. I would rather live in a Gay neighborhood then in my neighborhood. Less gun crime and gang related shooting. I’m naïve I know that is would still be crime but am be extremely less than what I experience. The article state that they would be less children with fathers. I do not believe that would be the case,...
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...information as possible to begin assessment. However, with those suffering from symptoms and withdrawals due to SUDs it could take as long as 2-8 weeks to get an accurate diagnostic picture (Doweiko, 2015). Addictive Cycle The addictive cycle is a vicious cycle that has stages which include experimentation, occasional use, regular use and ultimately dependence ( Scalise, n.d). One of the greatest factors mentioned by Scalise (n.d) that leads to perpetuating this cycle is unmet needs. In the case of those who suffer from a dual diagnosis it is crucial to understand that the underlying needs may be complex. A person may have a case of clinical depression but also abuse alcohol which is a chemical depressant. While the abstinence of alcohol consumption my help the dysthymia left untreated can lead to continued drug seeking behavior. Denial can also perpetuate the vicious cycle of addiction. Doweiko (2015) explains how a dual diagnosed person can use one disorder to minimize or...
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...Drugs in AMerica | From Sea to Shining Sea | Patricia Diaz | 000348122 | GLT 1 111.6.2 | 2/5/2014 | | “Drugs in America from sea to shining sea” Drug use in the United States has been on a steady rise. This is largely due to the increasing popularity of Marijuana. Marijuana was on the decline from the 1990s to mid to late 2000s but has been on a steady increase since then. This is due to the changing perception and attitudes towards marijuana. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2013, 7.0 percent of 8th graders, and 22.7 percent of 12th graders used marijuana in the last month. Why this sharp increase? This is related to state’s passing of legislation for the legalization of marijuana. This cannot help in the war on drugs. The use of marijuana has been shown to be the gateway to other more illicit drugs. Medical Marijuana has been in use for many years in the United States. It has been touted as the new miracle drug. While there are benefits to this drug the long term effects are still being analyzed. It has been said to help prevent blindness from Glaucoma; an appetite stimulant in Aids patients; and helps controls muscle spasms in Multiple Sclerosis patients. It can also have negative side effects such as paranoia, feeling of panic, hallucinations, and anxiety. People also have complained to short term memory loss, mood swings, perceptions and information processing. Why are there two different spectrum of the “miracle...
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...How would you feel if you were locked in a cage, with people coming and going, experimenting on you? Would you feel good? This is what actually happens to animals. I believe that animal testing is horrible and should not be continued. Why this is important is because of my reasons, that are: first it is expensive; second that it is inaccurate; and my third and most important reason is because animal testing abuses an animal rights. My first reason why I think animal testing is bad is because it is really expensive. According to Vittana “... the total cost of caring for a dog could be over $9000 per year.”. That is only a possibility, and only that, but the cost could still be well over $500, which is the least amount required, and even though...
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... Week One Discussion Questions • What do you think is the difference between thinking and critical thinking? Why? • According to the text, good thinking is a habit. Which bad habits to you think hinder your ability to be a good thinker? Why? • What is active listening? How do you think active listening is related to critical thinking? • There are predictable stages through which every critical thinker must pass. Under what circumstances might one regress from one stage to a previous one? In your current stage of development as a critical thinker, have you progressed or regressed to this stage? • Review the following Elder and Paul articles in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings: o “Critical Thinking: Nine Strategies for Everyday Life, Part I” o “Critical Thinking: Nine Strategies for Everyday Life, Part II” Choose one of the nine strategies. How might you apply it in your life to be a better student? Week Two Discussion Questions • Select three habits that hinder thinking from those discussed in Ch. 3 of The Art of Thinking. How have you struggled with these habits in the past? What can you do to overcome these habits and improve your thinking? • Even though life is dynamic and people go through major and minor changes almost daily, many people are resistant to change. This is especially true in the workplace. How can critical and creative thinking help overcome perceptual blocks that hinder thinking and productivity? If you were a manager...
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...every School Whenever I remember prayer, what come to my mind is how merciful our God is to everyone in this world, no matter the kind of sin we commit the Lord forgives, and also bless us. It is so painful that the children of God have been denied the opportunity to pray, worships, and serve their God in the public schools. Nobody remember again that something make us to be in existence as human beings today. Prayer in school is to shape good citizens by leaving a moral life, despite the kind of religion you are into there should be a way you serve your master, the creator of our existence. The reason we need prayer in school, immorality of the youths, and prayer can abolish the immoral life of our youths today. The reason we need pray in school is serve our God, to make him our Lord and personal savoir. Despite the kind region we find ourselves, it shouldn’t be hinders for us to pray. Prayers in school bring success to students, teachers, and the institution itself because people will them as serious students, school where a person goes for success. The reputation of the school will be prayer is the key. It prevents us from getting into troubles. Been a successful student involves having God as the leader of everything one do, for instance, in my first year in college my parents advised me that in everything I do in life, and in all my education let God be my first, serve him before anything I put hand in; that he never fail those that trust in him, and I have been seeing his...
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...Skills I need to improve! I need to work on being persistent, that's something that will help out in every aspect of my life as well as my journey through higher education. I plan to practice relaxations more, be more assertive, be out spoken, ask and keep discussion any problem I may have until I'm clear on the subject matter. At times I feel a sense of aloneness that I need to overcome, I feel as though I need to become more interactive with my fellow online peers. Spend more time researching the classroom material as that I may be more verbal in helping my peers as well as myself. The people that's a part of my support system! I feel as if I have a strong support system that consist of GOD the man that gave me the strength to be where I am today without him there would not be no me! My mother is the lady that plays a big part in my life that helped me to be the woman that I am. My mother the lady that had me and help me to know what life is can bring to me. My soon to be husband the man that helps me more than anything the man that let me know every day you can do it just stay focus and I got your back no just follow your dream. I my biggest supporters are my wonderful children the ones that tell me every day you are the best and let me know how much. Synthetic Drugs of Abuse It seems that primitive man at times wished to escape his reality. He or she probably found some natural...
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...around rape came into effect in December 2007. This law is called the Sexual Offences and Related Matters Amendment Act, No. 32 of 2007 and considers that males too can be victims of rape. Rape is an act of Sexual Penetration of a victim, without their consent. Rape occurs when * Someone inserts their genital organs into the mouth, anus or genital organs of a victim * Any part of someone’s body, such as a finger, goes into the anus or genital organs of the victim * Any object, like a stick or a bottle is put into the anus or genital organs of the victim * The genital organs of an animal are put into the mouth of the victims Personally I believe that one can never be entirely safe from rape because anyone has the capacity to rape which means we all are possible victims, but why one might ask . In this assignment I will be looking at the myths that create a sense of reluctance in the reporting of rape, the negativity that these myths bring about such as victim blaming, the types...
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...Kimberly Artis-Pearce An Effort in Futility The creation of the “War on Drugs” has had many negative impacts on the American people, with an annual cost of $40 billion, little or no impact on illegal drug use by the youth of this country, and by adding to the fear amongst doctors for prescribing the necessary drugs to combat pain for fear of sanctions by the federal government. As C. S. Lewis once wrote, “Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” This quote by C. S. Lewis provides us with a perfect example of why the so called “war on drugs” has had horrible consequences for the public of the United States. With members of the Federal government continually trying to expand the role that the government plays in our daily lives, the drug war has provided numerous reasons for the government to intrude into the American peoples private affairs. In addition to the overwhelming amount of money that this “war” is costing the people of the United States, the government has funded its own studies and found that the number of people who do drugs on a consistent basis has not changed since the “war” began. Since the...
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...Steroids are one of the most controversial drugs known to the human race. These drugs are seemingly notorious for their ability to produce large amounts of muscle mass in an attempt to exploit ultimate power, performance, and dominance in a person. However, the negative effects of steroids tend to have a severe impact on the justification of the drug’s use in today’s society. When I say society, I am rather referring to a more predominant superior subculture, the professional athlete that can easily be held accountable for the cultivation and spread of steroids. This “high-class” group can denote the contrary of ethics; that is, revealing actions which tend to expose a sense of narcissistic personal qualities that hinder our beliefs of what is right and what is wrong. At one point or another, performance enhancing substances outspokenly seem to enter every professional athlete’s mind. The issue of steroids or any performance enhancing drugs in this matter has significantly heightened recently and seems to be a legitimate issue within professional sports. In an attempt to meet expectations and standards, reduce the pressures to perform, and alleviate public scrutiny, many professional athletes are left quivering in fear whether or not to take the two-faced drug that’s so readily adhered to by many. In my attempt to explore the mainstream issue of steroids in professional sports, I wish to focus on three imperative aspects that will help assist in the configuration...
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...crimes… such as sex slayings” (Manderson 1). I myself have chosen to experiment with this allegedly vicious substance and have never had any deliberation of committing anything resembling a “sex slaying”. Possibly a slaying of a 1-pound bag of Doritos and a 12 pack of grape soda, hardly something I would categorize as “sadistic”. Nonetheless our government still refuses to acknowledge the undeniable benefits of marijuana. James Masin, the head of the United States Public Health Service, said that we should not give AIDS patients marijuana to help with their debilitating symptoms because, crazed by the high, they would be much more likely to engage in unsafe sex (Manderson 2). This quote is not only frivolous; it also holds no medical evidence to support such an outlandish claim. There has been no reputable scientific study that suggests marijuana causes it’s users to become sex-crazed maniacs that will do anything to pleasure their id personality. I was under the assumption that our government was in a position of power to create laws and regulations for the benefit of the country based on non-biased facts. I was obviously mistaken. Marijuana can be used in many functional and valuable ways. Thirteen states have legalized the use of medicinal marijuana. A vast majority of the scientific community has come to the consensus that marijuana does in fact hold medicinal benefits for certain ailments. Also, marijuana is not a lethal drug and is safer than alcohol. It is an established...
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...counselor’s personal qualities (Jevne, 1082). What this means is that therapeutic techniques will help people who are looking for counseling when the counselor’s personality is genuinely helpful (Truax & Mitchell, 1971). In this paper I will try to explain my own personal model of helping. I will use my real life experiences, suggest some useable applications, and cover some of the problems my model may cover. I will also try to address and overcome multicultural issues. Hopefully I will be able to address any limitations as well as the strengths my model may have. I will also identify some types of people my model will be able to help. Not until lately did I even dream my interest in helping others would make me want to be a counselor. I want to help people the way I was helped when I went into rehab for drug addiction. The counselors there were some of the most understanding people I had ever met and they did not judge me. They made sure I realized they were there to help me. I am also a 5 year chip toter of NA (Narcotics Anonymous). My sponsor said I had so much empathy for other members and was such a good listener I should choose counseling as a profession. Back then I did not think I was cut out for it but now I think I would be a great counselor if given the chance in an arena other than NA. A lot of people once they have been a part of NA become sponsors. As a rule of thumb it is suggested to be and feel secure in your own recovery before trying to help...
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...Why do we have to help the poor? Where the poverty rate in the world and in America is growing continuously and dangerous? Helping the poor is the duty of every member of society and governments. Several reasons for poverty are education, health, racism and others. Helping the poor should not just by providing them with money, food, clothes and housing. We should look for and solve the main causes of poverty. I am with helping the poor for several reasons, but not the usual ways, because helping the poor by just providing for their needs keep the problem of poverty continuous and increase the percentage of the poor. Also the problem of poverty causes other problems, such as an increased percentage of crimes, decreased percentage of safety, and decreased the economy, and failures to address the problem of poverty exacerbate the problem and create other problems. Those who are opposed to helping the poor or solve the problem of poverty may not realize that this problem may be reflected on them in the future for other problems. If we do not help the poor, crime rates will go up, and this affects the economy, which means an increase in the poverty rate. Education is closely related to the problem of poverty. For the illiterate person or someone who has a little education it is difficult for them to find any kind of job to fulfill the needs of themselves and their family. I do not mean education as just learning in the school, but also education and training for professions and trades...
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