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…of First Nations people. A rough indication of this is mirrored in their suicide and substance abuse rates. Canada's overall suicide rate is typically about 14 per 100,000 people -- a little higher than the U.S. Suicide rates among Natives are two or three…

…story. Baldwin focuses "Sonny's Blues" on the character of Sonny who is continuously struggling to find what makes him happy. Ultimately, Sonny finds two escapes, one of them being fatal: drug abuse and music. Baldwin opens the story at the school where…

…In Sherman Alexie’s novel, Reservation Blues he uses many of the same characters from other books and poems he’s written. They seem to all face the same problem of trying to live in a white mans society facing alcoholism, abuse, and, or drugs. He…

…, R.A., Intervention Handbook: The Legal Aspects of Serving Alcohol (1988); Royal College of Psychiatrists, Alcohol: Our Favorite Drug (1986); Solomon, Joel, and Keeley, Kim, Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Similarities and Differences (1982); West, James R., Alcohol…

…be taken one of two ways: Oral ingestion, or intramuscular injection. The most popular steroid costs up to 5000 dollars and is hard to detect with standard drug tests. (Lovitch 2-6) The National Institute of Drug Abuse reported 175,000 teenage girls…

…that such as Ritalin. The use of these drugs can be easily abused and should be closely monitored. Those that are convicted of crimes are usually incarcerated despite their disorder. Some sociopaths may be able to instead of jail term choose a residential facility that has…

…, R.A., Intervention Handbook: The Legal Aspects of Serving Alcohol (1988); Royal College of Psychiatrists, Alcohol: Our Favorite Drug (1986); Solomon, Joel, and Keeley, Kim, Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Similarities and Differences (1982); West, James R., Alcohol…

…, on the grounds that such weapons are by now ineffective in dealing with abuse of power by government, but the Swiss system, as so much of what I have read, is the best way that government could go about resolving this ongoing conflict between liberals…

…drug use or abuse). Some examples are vagrants and alcoholics. It is someone who retreats from traditional lifestyle into the world of alcoholism, drug addiction, or other forms of escape. One example may be a detective that works homicide and just can't…

…at that time he was involved in illegal activities, like drugs, smuggling, money laundering, and selling US military secrets to Cuba. There were also reports about his connections to the M-19 guerillas in Columbia. About this time Noriega started openly…