A Reason to Stay Drug Free

“The drug world organization is fundamentally gendered” (Anderson 2005). Anderson has continuously insisted that the illicit drug world, based on a patriarchally organized hierarchy where men continue to dominate, is also one that cannot exist without women's empowerment and agency. It is then critical to concentrate on the complex interplay between men and women. There are numerous ways in which women on the border between the United States and Mexico become involved in crime and the illicit drug economy. These roles are complex and contradictory. While drug smuggling and other forms of female involvement in crime on the U.S.-Mexico border often lead to victimization, neglect, and abuse, manipulation of these roles can serve as a vehicle for female empowerment and liberation from male control.

The definition of a Drug according to dictionary.com is "A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction" and "A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication." Being a controlled substance we automatically classify drugs as an illegal act that is not often accepted. In our society today you can go to jail for "possession" and "possession with intent to supply." Our generation is receiving years in jail or the misuse and overdose of drugs. Drugs are abused everyday by teens and adults and often looked down upon. Numerous accidents have occurred do to the abuse of some drugs. Drugs in our society today are initially thought of as bad, and then we come to the understanding that there are other types of drugs that may in fact not be bad but used for good.

Growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania in a lower-class neighborhood being raised by my maternal grandmother, I did not realize how different my life was from those outside my community. It was normal for me to see empty drug baggies on the ground, people coping drugs on the corner, abandoned buildings, and crime. As I got older, and my network of people grew, I started to notice some differences. However, it wasn’t until I left home at age 18 to attend college did I fully realize that my “normal” was not the “normal”. Most people I grew up with came from low income households and had one or both parents addicted to drugs or alcohol and mines were no different. The 80s-crack cocaine epidemic hit my family hard and by the end of that era my mother and her 6 siblings were all addicted. My mother’s disease progressed over the years and by 1999 she was an IV drug user, who attended 17 different treatment centers, been to jail 3 times, and overdosed countless times.

3. In reflecting on the Residential School System in Canada, discuss why Elders teachings and courses in Indigenous studies are important today.

Many currently illegal drugs, such as marijuana, opium, coca, and psychedelics have been used for thousands of years for both medical and spiritual purposes.

One of the largest domestic problems around the world is drug usage. My family wasn 't perfect; we lacked affection growing up and you never really got it until you were born or dying. We didn 't care though we didn 't let it affect us we were grateful that we were raised with that tough exterior, we were grateful they built us ready for reality and that life was not going to be a walk in the park, they taught us to expect the worst but to always hope for the best. We were never loving but always there for each other through the tough and good times but there was also a lot of negatives that came with growing up like that, we had always had problems with violence, divorce, alcohol and illnesses in my family. We were brought up to be tough, physically and mentally, but out of all the things my family has seen, out of all the things my family has been through, we were not prepared for the challenge that was about to be brought upon us for a couple of years. In fact most of us didn 't even know there was a problem no one expected it or saw it coming.

Many of the issues we experience in society in one way or another are related to drugs. Drugs can harm us in very negative ways from causing illnesses to the innumerable drug wars that are seen in the street corners in the United States and other countries. Although it exists in several other places in the

Drugs some use them to escape pain, others use them for pleasure, and some use them to just fit in. Either way drugs are a harmful substance that may seriously affect the body. Drugs mess with the brain in ways that we couldn’t even imagine. From destroying brain cells that help with critical thinking to destroying cells that give us the ability to feel pleasure. Drugs take the place of our natural body functions of the body. They fool receptors of the body and make it to where our bodies produce less of what we need. Over a period of time this may produce very severe consequences on the body. With all the risks involved with drugs it’s a wonder why some people use them.

Drugs are all around, in your pharmacy or out on the street. There are people who actually use it correctly, the prescribed drug. There are people who use it in a way to get high, the illegal drug or prescribed drug used illegally. There are people who have a tendency to get high and not remember what they were doing. They tend to have triggers and they resort to the drug and abuse it. Each time their tolerance going up and having to use more than the last amount. They keep going until they basically die or get caught and thrown in jail.

Drugs are used for variety of reasons such as to relieve pain, reduce stress, cope with personal problems, or even to give in to peer pressure. Whatever the case may be, the issue of drug abuse continues thought the nation. Marijuana and Cocaine are two of the most commonly abused illegal drugs in most parts of the Untied States. Both have been proven to be addictive substances that distort normal body functions.

Indescribably, technology has entered every aspect of our life and to no surprise has become almost futuristic as it helps define our crime solving abilities. Forensics actually is the fastest growing criminal justice field in America. Seemingly always in the background, forensics is a major part of our criminal justice systems as a whole. Forensic Science has contributed to our world a great deal in multiple ways, and very significant ways. By the close of the 20th century, forensic scientists had a wealth of high-tech tools at their disposal for analyzing evidence from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for DNA analysis, to digital fingerprinting techniques with computer search capabilities (Stephanie). To start off, Criminal Investigation is the largest and most known form of Forensic Science. Some of the more known areas include Fingerprinting, Ballistics, DNA Identification, Fiber Samples, Computer Animation, and Documentation analysis.

There are many drugs in our world today. There is marijuana, crack cocaine, cocaine, acid, X, alcoholism, and prescription drugs just to name a few.

The world today has grown more in the drug industry, especially America. Many people are finding ways to obtain the substances and use them for either good or bad. America has drugs to make you feel better or to forget how sad you are. Alcohol, being the most popular of the drug list, is the most abused drug in the world. I have chosen alcohol because alcohol addiction has been dealt in my family and I know a little about this substance. It has been said that it is three to four times higher to know someone with an alcohol addiction to be one of your close relatives.

Drug abuse is generally defined as the use of a drug with such frequency that the user has physical or mental harm or it impairs social abilities. Drugs are used as pain killers to avert physical and/or emotional pain by providing the user with a temporary escape from life’s realities. Even though, they cause different, more serious problems with only a short escape from life’s agonies.

If they don’t receive the help they need then not only will it affect them for the rest of their lives, it’ll affect the people around them. There are a lot of children that have parents who happen to be heroin addicts. They have to suffer through months and even years of physical and emotional abuse. Some don’t even getting the loving attention they all need and deserve. Why? Because mom and dad are too busy being high because of financial struggles, personal issues, or simply because they need a break. Now let’s look at the drug addicts themselves. Most of them are living on the streets, begging for money to get their daily ounce or their quick fix. Some are living in terrible conditions in a run down house or crappy apartment room. Their health has most likely gone down the drain due to their body’s constant need for the opiates. Sure, for most it may have started as a choice, but once they begin to fall deeper into the opiate filled hell it’s harder to climb back out. It’s not easy to stop and that’s why they need help.