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Over the past few days in class we have watched a movie called “ Basketball Diaries” This movie about a young man named Jim Carroll. In the movie Jim develops a serious drug addiction. This results in him losing everything. Jim begins using drugs while in h ....

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.... to authority. He hated it. Whenever, someone tries to force him to do something he turns his back on them. This lack of respect of authority could because of lack of male influence in his life. Jim looked at the church as an institution rather than a home. No, I do not hold this view on the church. I was raised in environment with personable priests. This helped me grow with the church rather than against it. A very controversial issue is whether drugs and alcohol are morally wrong. Catholics believe that anything that can harm your body is morally wrong. I believe that drugs are morally wrong. They alter emotions, thoughts, and physical being; ....