November 06, 2000 Governor Pete Wilson 1001 Sunset Blvd San Francisco, CA 90210 Dear Governor Wilson: Executive Summary I am a law abiding citizen, who pays hard earned tax dollars to the state and I want a chance to be heard. This letter will be representing millions of citizens ...

War Against Marijuana A total of 3,470,545 Americans have been arrested for marijuana offenses. In 1997 state and local law enforcement arrested 695,200 people for marijuana violations. That number is the highest ever recorded by the FBI. Of the 682,885 arrests made in 1998, approxi...

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Labor --The Industrial Revolution that occurred in the years after the Civil War had consequences for almost all aspects of society. Discuss the consequences for farmers. The Industrial Revolution following the Civil War had a tremendous impact on f...

Mary Jane Legalization and or decriminalization of marijuana has been sought after, unsuccessfully, for the last 62 some-odd years by an ever-growing number of people. These people stem from all walks of life from high school kids to top-level business executives to doctors to musici...

Open my eyes and allow me to behold the wealth of each curtained acre. Allow me to stand amidst the true complexity of land and hold me hostage beyond the hand of illustrations. As any mind may have it, such beauty is held too deep, so far away no ordinary soul could see. I ask you to bring forth th...

Marijuana-The Perfect Plant? Prior to the twentieth century, the marijuana plant (then more commonly referred to as hemp) was the single most important industrial plant, or non-food producing crop in America and the world (Getpman 1990). Archeologists report that marijuana was possibly the fir...

When people think "slavery", they view it as the dehumanizing and degradation of the African race solely because of the color of their skin. People do not see that there were profits to be made with our African ancestors. In the eighteenth century, our ancestors were stripped of their name, and th...

What is it that makes a culture of people separate themselves from the world and everything that it has to offer? Some people think that it is because they do not like the direction the world is heading in. Others believe that society does not accept them for the person that they want to be. But in ...

The Nation Takes Shape by Marcus Cunliffe published by the University of Chicago Press 1789-1800 Bobby Earl Ms. C. Love February 12, 1998 The period of time from 1789 to 1839 was an age of growth for the United States of America; the United States ...

Now more than ever the wetlands need our help and Mitigation is the way to do it. As America expands, more and more land is used up for construction. Recently environmental protection laws designed to preserve wetlands have been seem as cumbersome and can impede on land development. To help busi...

A History of gangs in the USA Although it is not fair and certainly not warranted to connect any ethnic group with organized crime, it is a fact that the massive immigration of the early 1900's fueled the creation of the early gangs, particularly in New York City. As more and more immigr...