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I remember being hot. So terribly hot. Then I opened my eyes to realize I was floating in what seemed to be a river, sitting in some sort of inner tube. It seemed to be like a Lazy River at an amusement park, moving with such a current that all you could do was float along. However, I soon realized that this was not a lazy river. It was a real river, in the middle of what seemed to be a rainforest. I could hear the screeching of the birds and the howling of the monkeys around me, as I moved into what seemed to be a more rapid section of the river. The water began sloshing outside of the banks as the river began to narrow and narrow. The trees surrounding the river now covered the sky, and I could see the monkeys swinging in the trees and the birds flying overhead. I was too busy looking up to realize in front of me the river was dropping, and dropping fast. By the time I looked down, it was too late to save myself from the drop-off that was in front of me. And then I heard a loud siren, and I looked around and it was a bird. Every time it opened it’s mouth, instead of a chirp …show more content…
It was all happening so quickly, and I remembered how hot I was, with the humidity making me sweat as if I had just ran a marathon, and the siren getting louder and louder, and the sound of the rushing water becoming louder and louder and the water rushing faster until suddenly, I fell and began cascading
How would you feel if you came to school one day and found out your friend had died overnight of a drug overdose? Then imagine the entire school were forced to relive this experience and perform it for the whole school community. This situation, excluding the performance, occurs all too often in Australian high schools and is an issue that Chris Lilley explores through his controversial, satirical comedy, ‘Summer Heights High’.
Stress, there is no way to avoid stress being alive. For some reason, people try to avoid, or run away from their problems by doing all kinds of drugs, such as nicotine, marijuana, ecstasy, and much more. These drugs relaxes people, relieving stress for a period of time. Of course, doing drugs is not good for your health, and we can not really prevent people from doing drugs, and getting an addiction in the first place. What people with drug addictions need to do is find any source of help as soon as possible, relieve their stress, or just find a medication. If nothing is treated to the addiction, then the addiction will just grow worse. Drug addictions can only prevent people from accomplishing goals or dreams in life. People sometimes feel
Life wasn’t always so bad, or at least that’s what they told me. From what I remember of my child hoods great memories my family speaks so highly of, if there were any at all, are all clouded in my mind by the what I can remember my life being. At times I find myself going thru old pictures of when I was a child and think to myself. Why can't I remember this day? I looked to be a happy healthy baby then my heart turns in a cold way. Growing up to a parent addicted to drugs and alcohol is no way for a child to be raised. I had to grow up at an early age and didn’t truly get to experience life the way a child should. My family tells me Marquise you were so loved by so many people and your Mom tried to do the best she
I waited in line for nearly an hour and a half. I finally reached the entrance and I was asked to raise my arms, while I was patted down and my pockets, socks and cigarettes were checked. I felt like I was about to meet the President, with the intense security. As I finally entered the club, the suspense began to rise. This was my first time at a rave party. I looked around and saw people dressed in colorful, bright clothing, holding glow sticks and bottles of water. The music was incredible: loud, energetic and throbbing with bass. The party was called "Adrenaline," and lasted until 8:00 a.m. People were dancing all around and the place was packed. It was extremely difficult to make a trip to the bathroom or attempt to buy a drink. My friends and I decided to check out the place before began our journey into the rave scene. Every room had a different D.J., which made this party particularly diverse. As we are walking through, at least ten different people, all males, asked me if I was looking for any pills. My answer was no, for all of the above, but to my amazement these people never gave up. I couldn't believe the risk the "ravers" were taking to make some cash. My curiosity began to get the best of me…. I am looking around and everyone is completely happy, smiling, hugging, kissing- it was unbelievable the amount of content in a club filled with about 5,000 plus people. I wanted to be apart of this trend and know the happiness that they knew. At one point a girl approached me, wearing a pink wig, bunny ears, tons of creative makeup and an outfit that was colorful and bright. I asked her if she was on "E" and she nodded without hesitation. I asked her, " How do you feel?...
MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, beans, rolls, or just plain X. This drug has a long history, which began almost 90 years ago. In 1912 Merck, a German pharmaceutical company, first synthesized MDMA (Erowid). MDMA was then patented in 1913 or maybe 1914 (patent #274.350) by the same German company supposedly to be sold as a diet pill (The Invention). The patent has no mention of any intended uses of the drug. There are other urban legends associated with Ecstasy, such as in 1953 the US Army tested MDMA as a possible truth serum, but there is no evidence for this (Saunders).
I hear the crunch under my feet and the smell of the salt in the air. I hear the waves crashing and see the boat coming. With my entire Junior Lifeguard group we jogged towards the south side shore of Seal Beach. The first half of my group had already gone to do boat drops, but it was my turn now. My instructor Jeremy was with us and we were getting ready to swim out to the length of tower zero. As I waded into the water I could feel the shock of the cool, crisp wind blowing against it. Once we got out to tower zero I could see the boat nearing. We floated in the chopping water as the boat was getting ready to help us in. One at a time the lifeguards on the boat would tell us to put our back to the swim step and give them our hands, which were
It was a warm rainy June night the humidity was high which made it even harder to breathe on the crammed boat. My family was asleep on the constantly rocking boat suddenly the boat shook, but my family was still fast asleep. I couldn’t seem to fall asleep so I got up and stepped out on the cold wet steel boats upper deck to get some air. When I got outside I realized that it was pouring bucket sized rain. I saw increasingly large waves crash furiously against the lower deck. Hard water droplets pelted my face, I could taste the salt water in my mouth from the spray of the ocean. Suddenly A massive wave slammed hard against the ship and almost swallowed the boat. Wind gusts started kicking up. I held onto the rail grasping it as if it were my prized possession. Suddenly I was blown
As I inched my way toward the cliff, my legs were shaking uncontrollably. I could feel the coldness of the rock beneath my feet when my toes curled around the edge in one last futile attempt at survival. My heart was racing like a trapped bird, desperate to escape. Gazing down the sheer drop, I nearly fainted; my entire life flashed before my eyes. I could hear stones breaking free and fiercely tumbling down the hillside, plummeting into the dark abyss of the forbidding black water. The trees began to rapidly close in around me in a suffocating clench, and the piercing screams from my friends did little to ease the pain. The cool breeze felt like needles upon my bare skin, leaving a trail of goose bumps. The threatening mountains surrounding me seemed to grow more sinister with each passing moment, I felt myself fighting for air. The hot summer sun began to blacken while misty clouds loomed overhead. Trembling with anxiety, I shut my eyes, murmuring one last pathetic prayer. I gathered my last breath, hoping it would last a lifetime, took a step back and plun...
Rave as a Post- Modern Phenomena is continuing to increase is size. Every year more teenagers discover the potential of this way to have fun. They suddenly feel part of something, which they enjoy. However, the rave phenomena primarily depended of taking the drugs. Unfortunately, like any other culture, or cult hippies is self-stupefying. This means that the ignorance of the Ravers maintains as the existence of Raves. Those who become part of such drug taking culture, the problem often intensified, due to the lack of sport with in the raving community, who are still having too much fun. This is made worse because, there is also a lack of support in the community for the victims of recreational drug abuse.
Immediately, I angled my position and went for a dead sprint toward the water. I jumped off the cliff. I never felt anything like it; the trajectory had me flying through the air for longer than I expected. A surge of adrenaline pulsed through my body, bringing a new sense of life to me. The scorching heat went away as gravity pulled my body toward the water, bringing me a pleasant breeze through my fall. Then, I finally hit the water. I didn’t stick a solid landing, as I went head first into the water. I panicked and opened my eyes under the murky water, only to see nothing but dirt and sediments float around me. I kept sinking and saw a monstrous fish swim right in front of my face. At that very moment, my body went into overdrive, and I managed to project myself back up to the surface.
Sunday, August 3rd, 2017 at approximately 10:00 a.m., I Detective L. Donegain was contacted by Sergeant P. Orellano in-reference to an overdose. I was advised the victim was at 500 Rhodie Avenue, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28304. Sergeant P. Orellano advised the victim was located by his parents and had two needles next to him.
It’s like having a veil over my eyes. I can’t focus on any one thing but instead my attention is drawn to many things at once. I notice passing conversations while walking down the halls of The Pine Hill clinic. I notice the ambience and the noise around me as I sit and watch football games on the TV. I’m never completely checked into what is in front of me, always walking with something nagging at the back of my head; the constant desire for something forbidden. I know what I’m here to accomplish but I don’t completely understand why I want to do this. These cloudy phases happen every couple hours as a symptom of my abstinence from alcohol. I’ve felt like the journey to overcome my addiction was mine and mine alone. I’d sit by myself in my
Hallucinogens are mind altering drugs known to change one’s perception of their environment, their feelings, and thoughts as well as causing hallucinations. Stimulants are known to increase alertness, wakefulness, as well as improve mental functions. The synthetic drug Ecstasy (also knowns as Molly or MDMA) is one of the most commonly used drugs at raves, or Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festivals because it creates similar mind-altering effects seen in hallucinogens and stimulants. This drug can increase the festival-goers experience of the EDM festival. While an overall ban of drugs at raves is difficult to achieve, more can be done by rave organizers to increase public safety at these events.
I suddenly opened my eyes realising that they were closed; simultaneously I dipped my bare hand into the water, a cold and slimy substance oozed it way up to my view as an adrenaline rushed through every nerve of my body, a shot of electricity shot at me. My eyes widened and a bright red colour clouded the water, a pool of blood? My mind flipped at every moment and every different assumption displaced every new thought.
This lukewarm water was deceiving though, because it only seemed lukewarm due to the drop in temperature and misty rainfall. The waves were rushing toward me like a bull to a matador’s red flag. My mouth tasted as if someone dumped a whole shaker of salt on my tongue. The wave pushed my further and faster as it I could feel the wave breaking on my body and there I was back at the shallows again floating in with the white wash and was ready for another wave. As I stood back up and ran back out to the deep water I saw one of my surfing mates catch the most perfect barrel it was rad. It would have been a great snap shot. I caught another wave, this one was even bigger. The thrust of the wave was twisting my body and I was pulled towards the sea