Monday- My group presented our issue presentations today. This Friday 25 forum posts will be due from 11-16 to 12-18. Next week is our semester group test! (U.S. states and capitals will be included)
Polls
Cruz and Trump are basically going head to head. Cruz is up by 10 points in Iowa.
Cocaine
- Used as a recreational and medical drug
- Extremely addictive and bad for health
- Symptoms- fast heart beat, hallucinations, hypothermia, death...
- Mexico and Columbia were big contributors to the trade of cocaine in the U.S. It was very high in supply and demand. It's no longer as big ass it was but is still used
- Uses- Anesthesia, Oxidation, Stimulation, Nutrients
- Coca-Cola : was used in the original recipe in the soft drink was coca leaves which is the cocaine base; used since 1885; completely eliminated around the year 1929; still uses the leaves today
- US and other nations prohibit the sale of coca leaves
- dried leaves go to Maywood, New Jersey
- strip the cocaine off them and ship them to Coke
- What is Government doing?
- In 2011- Obama administration gave over 88 million dollars for preventing drug use as part of the Dre free communites Support Program
- Obama Administration had released a "National Prevention Strategy"
- While they are still high, going down some (approx. by 1/3)
Tuesday- We finished our issue presentations today. The format of the U.S. States and Capitals Test will be a group test and we will split it up to see who does what. We voted on Illegal Immigration as our topic to finish out the semester.
Wednesday- The GOP debate was last night and I got 5 points extra credit. Have study U.S. states and capitals and beat the record! Get 25 forum points done by Friday. Today we watched a video on immigration.
Illegal Immigration-
11.4 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States
Most go to California and Texas; most are very young.
61% are between ages 25-44 and 53% are male
Thursday- The U.S. States and capital test is tomorrow! Greichaly beat the U.S. map record of 43 seconds held by Gabe! The new record is 39 seconds.
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