Sometimes by hearing and seeing something it can influence people to act a certain way. Specially when some people and popular media refer to alcohol and drugs. Today’s motion media portrays people getting out of control by showing them drunk, and drugged. Some well known movies with alike situations are
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The mausoleums of the Mexican drug cartel leaders are a work of art. This article depicts the beautiful tombs throughout Mexico. Each mausoleum is about $350,000 or more and they are designed to be visited in a pleasant manner. For example, one of the tombs has air conditioning and even
This is a photo of a lethal dose of Fentanyl from the DEA website. Back when I was growing up, heroin was the opiate that was guaranteed to send you straight to hell. Junkies weren’t even considered a human life form; they were beneath the rest of us; an addiction
There has been a long history of society thinking that Rap music is hurting society and corrupting the youth with the messages in the lyrics. Seeing the media attack and criticize rap music has been happening since before N.W.A over two decades ago. However, recently in the Hip Hop community
In two years a local artist collected over 8,000 dime bags from the local park. He used those drug crimes to create art work to help illustrate the “War on Drugs” is far from being over. While trying to spread awareness he is also trying to clean up the neighborhood
It has been 2 months since recreational use of marijuana has been legal and weed growers have not made much efforts to acquire a weed license. Some people may be thinking its because they are high and lazy but, little do they know, it is very expensive to obtain a
In Kensington, Australia, there is a house in a neighborhood that is popular for artists to paint murals on. Since 1982, various artists have expressed views on politics, social issues, or just created interesting works on the side of the house. This past month, a bright and colorful mural of
The exploratory act of taking drugs to create art could be classified as a criminal engagement whether for attainment, use, or possession of certain illicit drugs. The relationship between drugs and crime has a long history. Drugs can be connected to crime in multiple ways. For example, the immediate effect
Drugs and art are no strangers to one another but what about art that is actually a drug? For the last decade, a new way of getting high has been gaining popularity amongst teenagers across the country; this new drug isn’t anything you snort, shoot, or even swallow, it is