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…(Clark). If the whole point of the law was to sweep career criminals off the street by mandating sentences of 25 years to life, why are drug abusers and petty criminals going to jail for a disproportional amount of time? The punishment should fit the crime…

…During 1991, alone, adolescents under the age of eighteen made up 17.2 percent of all arrests for violent crimes (Salts, Lindholm, Goddard, & Duncan, 1995). Watts & Ellis (1993) found that antecedents to drug and alcohol use/abuse happens before…

…, sclerdome, severe pain, and dysteria. Marijuana should be treated like morphine, steroids, and valium. An illegal drug can have a legitimate, legal use. There are laws against the abuse of morphine, steroids, and valium, but they are also properly…

…pains over the years at the hands of society and the government. The struggles that are depicted in Mary Lawrence’s book are in regards to physical abuse and drug abuse. In addition the author discusses sexual abuse. The book My people, myself talks about…

…. In the United States of America the number of inmates and prisoners has more than tripled since 1980. Four out of every five got there with the help of drugs and alcohol, says a report released by the National Centre on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia…

…, irresponsible, deceitful, irritable and aggressive. They may experiment with drugs, alcohol, and sex at a very young age. As a spouse they may be abusive, unfaithful, dishonest and manipulative. Histrionic Personality Disorder is present in 2-3% of the population…

…have developed a strong appreciation for the drug and its benefits, there are also those people who have abused the drug. The abusers are similar to the first time “rollers” where they concentrate on all things physical, and taking ecstasy loses its meaning…

…1999 aggravated assault, larceny (theft), drug abuse violations, burglary, and alcohol violations were the crimes in urban areas with the highest arrest rates. Every month police departments around the nation file reports of crime to the FBI. These numbers…

…/advertising portrayal of alcohol a sufficient threat to teen use of alcohol that it should be banned or regulated? “Undoubtedly, alcohol is the principle drug abuse problem in America today” (National Journal, 1998). According to General Barry McCaffery, former…

…'s drugs begin to spread rapidly through inner cities because of the easy accessibility. In 1982 the National Survey on Drug Abuse found 22 million Americans had used cocaine one time in their life. It became the choice of drug for the famous…