Cocaine
- Cocaine is a powder from dry leaf plant called the coca, found in South America
- Become popular in the 1990's
- Extremely addictive
- Symptoms of drug use
- Itching
- faster heart rate
- paranoia
- hallucination
- 1 in 3 people used cocaine once in their lives
- Uses
- Anesthesia
- Oxidation
- Stimulation
- Nutrients
- Used to be used in Coca-Cola from 1885 to 1929
- Coca-Cola still have cocaine in it's ingredients
What is the Government doing?
- In 2011, The Obama administration gave over 88 million dollars for preventing drug use as part of the "Drug free communities support program".
- While drug rate still high, the rate of drugs use now in america has dropped by one third
US Military bases
- What are Military bases
- "Secret" facility owned by military
- Shelters
- Equipment
- Trained personnel
- Training facilities
- Where?
- Mexico
- Africa
- Canada
- South America
- Europe
- Asia
- Australia
- Environmental Issues
- Millions of tons of toxic waste have been dumped
- spreads fatal cancers and disease
- $5.4 billion spent on cleanup efforts
- Local Toll
- Thousands of people have been driven out of their homes
- Labor abuse in Afghanistan
- Unsustainable low pay for migrant workers
- Forced labor and human trafficking
- 14 hour work days
- These bases cost 156 billion dollars a year
- U.S. Taxpayers pay $10,000 to 40,000
- 85 billion dollars in 2014
- Create motivation for radicalism
- Recruiting tool for Al Qaeda
- Strong Anti- Americanism
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