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    African-American Women in Distressed Households, professionals recognize the unequal treatment of African American women who benefit from the assistance of government funding. The authors Liliane Cambraia Windsor, Eloise Dunlap, and Andrew Golub want to get rid of the horrid images and stigmas associated between black women and the welfare system. These controlling images or stigmas include the Jezebel, the Crack Whore, the Welfare Queen, the Mammy, and the Sapphire. The authors conducted thorough research of

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    key component in the development of our society. It comes with medical benefits, saves government funds, and creates a safer community for our people. Legalizing marijuana creates a new level of medical aid for those who are suffering from extreme pain, cancer patients, and epileptic patients. First, marijuana helps many people who endure a tremendous amount of pain.It has been proven by doctors that this drug helps people who are dealing with chronic nerve pain. It allows patients who are recovering

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    society. Now, the social issue, “can government control the media?” is brought up in our society. Since the society will casually follow the government, which will lead to the greater unity and stability, some people agree with the idea. However, the government should not control over the media. By referring to predications made by George Orwell in ‘1984’ and Aldous Huxley in ‘Brave New World’, changing advertisement to propaganda and media supporting the government are the most rapid methods to become

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    Four major drug control laws that were enacted by the federal government since 1900 are the Harrison Act of 1914, the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, the Anti-Drug Abuse of 1986, and the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (Levinthal, 2012). Harrison Act of 1914: The Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was a U.S. federal law was proposed by Representative Francis Burton Harrison, that regulated and taxed the creation, importation, and distribution of opiates (Meyer, 2012). The events that led to the act was Cocaine

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    societies with versions of totalitarian governments, which is a government that rules by coercion. Not only are the topics similar, but in both novels a rebellious character is the protagonist; Winston Smith from 1984 and John the Savage in Brave New World. Another parallel in the books are the tactics that the government uses to instill fear and power over the citizens. A common theme expressed in Orwell’s novel 1984 and Huxley’s novel Brave New World is that government uses

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    The futuristic dystopian novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is about a government and how they control the citizens using conditioning, class structure, and the use of the drug soma. Conditioning plays a big role because it helps teach children what their role in society is. It constantly teaches the children what is right and wrong whether they are awake or sleeping. Class structure also plays a role in how they control the citizens and how they live their life. Some classes are more oppressed

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    being a good citizen. He believed that there is an “implied contract’ an unspoken, unwritten, yet binding agreement between a citizen and the state, and that a citizen who disobeys the state is wrong. Theres a saying that money rules everything. Drug policy as social control by Noam Chomsky illustrates how wealth plays a prime factor in just. As more wealth is demanded the more inequality starts to grow. A majority is declining in earnings, wealth is expanding and profits are booming.The larger

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    with medical benefits, saves government funds, and creates a safer community for our people. Legalizing marijuana creates a new level of medical aid . First, marijuana helps many people who endure a tremendous amount of pain.It has been proven by doctors that this drug helps people who are dealing with chronic nerve pain. Allowing patients who are recovering from an injury or surgery manage their pain better and get more sleep at night. Therefore legalizing this drug will be of great assistance

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    ones that’s still being used in today’s society. Like controlling how citizens should view the media, controlling the use of propaganda, only telling citizens what they want and not the whole truth. Control tactics in 1984 include monitoring citizens through surveillance, like the telescreens in people’s homes. An example is similar to China monitoring its citizens through social media. These tactics are mostly used to track down terrorists or drug lords. “Once combined and fully operational, the tools

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    condition. I do hope all is well with her now. As you mentioned in your post, a serious drug problem is Cocaine and prescription medication. Yes , I agree that these are very serious issues. Consequently, some people abuse drugs to cope with real life problems such as pain, stress, anxiety or depression, but unfortunately, without realizing it, they are only worsening their already existing problems. Recovery from drug addiction is a trying process that most times involves setbacks. In addition, relapse

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