Drugs: Deal Or No Deal

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they matter and what it would mean to you if he or she went to rehab and got the help that they so desperately need to save themselves from continuing down the spiral they are headed down almost works every time. Sometimes all it takes to help someone out is to actually put in the effort to show him or her what they mean to the world. Interventions directly connect with something Rebekah Nathan says in her essay "Community and Diversity";
"And the primary determinate of who showed up was `critical friends'" the friends that show up to some ones intervention tend to be those "critical friends" the ones that feel so passionate about a subject that they are willing to show up and make a difference in whatever matter it is.
Other forms of face-to-face interactions that have been put into place would be rehab centers, centers like these are much like the Y-Centers that Epstein talks about in her essay "AIDS inc.". These rehab centers are there to help a person who really wants to ...

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is a "strong-tie" phenomenon." (Gladwell 233)
This quote from Gladwell ties directly with both Epstein and Nathan, it shows that without the effort from individuals plus volunteers, change cannot be accomplished. Without the help of individuals families, the user would not care if he or she stopped using, leading to death. Other ways that drug using leads to death is that some people share needles with other people and contract deadly diseases including HIV/AIDS. Another reason why it is so important that we fix this problem of drug using is that young teenage girls that get into using most of the time get into prostitution as well. If they cannot afford the drugs they are willing to ...

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