December 13th - 18th

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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