Book Blog

The Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders provides up-to-date information on the history of, causes and effects of, and treatment and therapies for problems affecting the human mind. I really think the author(s) met their goal of informing people the effects of Marijuana and Hashish in the users and society. The structure of the book was good it had a contents page with subtitles of the sections that are in the book. I think the structure of the book helps in the comprehension of the book, because first it gives you some statistics and it tells you that Marijuana has become a popular poison among society. The book goes on and tells you about the history of Marijuana and Hashish use, then it tells you why adolescents use or have used Marijuana. I would have to say this book is very complete because it also tells you how short and long term users are affected, also the impact on society, and current treatment options. The author of the book is Elizabeth Russell Connelly ,but the book comes from The Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders which is an encyclopedia that has other books similar to this one, and all of them are related to different types of drugs and the treatments for drug use. I'm sure we can trust this book not only because it comes from a very broad collection of encyclopedias ,but because it has several dates, statistics and important facts about drug use. The book has different main points, the first one is about the history of Marijuana use "cannabis sativa or better known as marijuana was an India hemp plant was known to have been used for medicinal purposes in China as far back as the third century B.C. The second main point talks about Why do adolescents use drugs? the book tells that teenagers start using drugs to try to "fit in", other reason why is because the peerpressure is a lot, the book also says that adolescents are more likely to try drugs at the beginning of their teenage because this a time of changes, its a time of frustration, anger ,and rebellion. The third and one of the most important points in the book is the current treatment options, many of drug users tend to deny any health or psychological problems especially if they have been forced into treatment. In addition to improving self-awareness, therapy can help adolescent drug users make certain lifestyle changes, such as avoiding those persons, places, and things related to drug use. The book gives different types of therapies that can be very helpful. This book was written in third person point of view and it also has second person point of view, the book is not a straight expository or narrative book its more of a informative book. This book ties to my topic because it talks about drug use and its treatments. What i enjoyed about the book was that it did not focused only on one topic, what i didn't liked was that it was a bit short, but it still contains very helpful information. I would recommend this book to everybody especially if you are interested in learning and helping those who have a drug problem, it is a very informative and helpful book.

My Choice

For this blog i will not do any research, i will not look through a book, and i will not lie about the story of of a brave men that fought and did not let the illegal substances take over his life, his girlfriend, and itself. The men I'm talking about used to play with me when i was a kid, and he always took care of me when there was nobody to help me. He was not a bad guy but he had a problem he began stealing cigarettes from his dad when he was a kid, then from the normal tobacco cigarettes he went to smoking pot. At the beginning i did not knew he smoked pot, until one day i found out because i caught him smoking with his friends, he didn't know what to do neither did i. As i grew along with him i saw how he began changing, and i didn't know why. Time went by and i only saw him get in trouble and one time almost dead, at this point is when i realized he was not the same. Even after 2 years with his girlfriend and a new born coming pretty soon he was out there doing whatever he wanted, everybody speculated and tainted him as someone who did not care about anything. This kept going throughout the nine months of pregnancy and now most of the people including his family and friends were worried not only about him, but his wife and new baby. Amazingly they did not got divorced even though the drug use did not stopped, his little daughter was growing fast and his drug use became more serious. His mom and a lot of people tried to talk to him but he refused to listen. One day he disappear for almost a week we freaked out, we went to the police station but he was not there. We didn't know what to do or think, and the last thing we wanted to hear was that he was dead. Nine days after he left he came back, everybody was glad he was not dead. After he came i sat to talk to him he told me he was ready to change and take care of his family, at first i thought this was going to be a promise like the ones he made before, and i did not take it seriously. After almost seven years of listening to him tell me that he was ready to change, and four years without seeing him, i have not heard or seen him go through something like he did. This did not changed the friendship between us and he will always be not only my cousin he is like a brother for me.

Movie Review

The movie 24 Hour People by the director Michael Winterbottom is interesting and the film is a dramatisation based on a combination of real events, rumors,urban legends, and the imagination of the scriptwriter. I think the scriptwriter, Frank Cottrell knew what he was talking about because in the movie he clearly explains events about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It begins with the punk rock era, and moves through the 1980's and early 1990's. The main character is Tony Wilson a news reporter from Granada Television and the head of Factory Records. The story opens in the late 1970's in the Pennines where Tony Wilson reporter for Granada Television is dissatisfied with his job as a television news reporter, then Wilson attended to a concert in June 1976 at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall by the Sex Pistols. Despite only being attended by 42 people, Wilson cites the concert as a great historical event that would inspire attendees to "go out and perform wondrous deeds". Wilson now the host of a music show, So It Goes, decides to move beyond just putting bands on television and get into promoting concerts. Wilson continues in the music business and with some friends starts Factory Records, singing Joy Division, led by the erratic, brooding lead singer Ian Curtis. The success is short-lived, however, when, just before Joy Division is to tour the United States, Curtis commits suicide  by hanging himself. Despite all the success, Factory Records is losing vast amounts of money, both on The Hacienda nightclub they owned and on recording its bands. Hannett one of Wilson's friend has a falling out with Factory Records over finances, and spirals into decline due to alcohol and drug abuse, he dies at 42. Meanwhile, various aspects of Wilson's life are glossed over, and Wilson takes a moment to acknowledge this, quickly skimming over his divorce from his first wife, Lindsay his second marriage and children. His own drug problems and professional difficulties are also glossed over. "I'm a minor character in my own story," Wilson explains, saying that the stories about the music, as well as Manchester itself, are more important.