Department of Education. Straight Up: Episode 3: Self-Image and Life Skills. Academy award winning actor Lou Gossett, Jr. and young TV star Chad Allen (NBC’s Our House) appear in this story about a boy named Ben who faces peer pressure to use alcohol and drugs. During Ben’s struggle to resist drugs, he meets Cosmo, played by Lou. Producer: Department of Education. Creative Commons license: Public Domain Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person’s body works. You’ve probably heard that drugs are bad for you, but what does that mean and why are they bad? Medicines Are Legal Drugs If you’ve ever been sick and had to take medicine, you already know about one kind of drugs. Medicines are legal drugs, meaning doctors are allowed to prescribe them for patients, stores can sell them, and people are allowed to buy them. But it’s not legal, or safe, for people to use these medicines any way they want or to buy them from people who are selling them illegally. Cigarettes and Alcohol Cigarettes and alcohol are two other kinds of legal drugs. (In the United States, adults 18 and over can buy cigarettes and those 21 and over can buy alcohol.) But smoking and excessive drinking are not healthy for adults and off limits for kids. Illegal Drugs When people talk about the “drug problem,” they usually mean abusing legal drugs or using illegal drugs, such as marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, LSD, crystal meth and heroin. (Marijuana is generally an illegal drug, but some states allow doctors …

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cartels spread fear and intimidation south of it. What will it take for Mexico to beat the drug lords? Sources: Once Noticias, Mexico; TeleSur, Venezuela; TVE, Spain; Galavision, Mexico; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; NBC, US; CNN, US; Fox News, US; BBC News Online, UK; Stratfor Global Intelligence, US — Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps you navigate the news of the world by comparing and contrasting TV news reports. See all the episodes of …

Download the mp3 here: amiestreet.com shirts: www.districtlines.com we’re on twitter: www.twitter.com For the second time, pundits and news anchors urgently break into song to deliver the news. The players in the news opera include: Andrew Gregory (my big bro). You can also find him here: andrewgregorymusic.com Ruth Marcus on gay marriage Kiran Chetry on marijuana Sean Hannity and Hillary Clinton on pirates Katie Couric on melting ice Lyrics: RM: This was a pretty remarkable week on the gay …

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from all walks of life, all over the world. 25% of those who use Heroin for a period of time become addicted to the drug. #4 Cocaine. Another drug that costs families, and our society as a whole, cocaine is a heavily habit forming drug. While it does enter the list as slightly less addictive that Nicotine and Caffeine, the effects of Cocaine’s (and heroin’s) use are far more serious. Drug rehab programs list cocaine as one of the top addictions they face daily. #5 Alcohol. The legalized …

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Day of Hot-Topics Monday February 2, 2009 The Ladies on “The View” talk about recent allegations that Gold Medalist, Michael Phelps was caught with a Bong. The conversation quickly leads to a debate over the use of Marijuana and whether or not Phelps should be continued to be seen as a roll model for young kids. **THIS VIDEO COURTESY OF ABCNEWS.COM AND IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN BOTH STANDARD AND HIGH QUALITY VERSIONS. FOR AN OPTIMAL VIEWING EXPERIENCE HIGH QUALITY FORMAT IS RECOMMENDED WHEN …