Although it is apparent that America's drug plague is reaching epidemic proportions, costing US taxpayers an estimated 20 billion dollars in a year, the legalization of drugs cannot be economically justified. Despite pro-legalization arguments, the estimated economic benefit that would be derived f...

Teen Pregnancy Do you enjoy sex? Are you ready to take a chance when you are only a teenager? Are you ready to be a parent? I didn't think so. Most of us are still in high school and enjoying our social lives. Can you believe that only 1/3 of teenage mothers receive their high school diploma...

Ryan Williams Ms Watson Keyboarding 5/21/01 Gun Control As of this moment, right now, millions of dollars are being spent attempting to improve our nations "gun control." Gun control in the United States is the topic of a big debate that has been going on for quite a while. Should Ame...

Gun control is the limitation of the use and ownership of guns. Guns are a big part of American history. The first guns in America were used by the colonists for hunting. Later, the colonists used their guns to gain their independence from England. The Revolutionary war, along with all the other ...

One Way (Middle) Passage - was a journey of 500 miles across the Atlantic to America. As many as 200 black men, women, and children were packed below decks, squeezed onto platforms built in tiers spaced so close that sitting upright was impossible. Maroons - were a group of runaway slaves that for...

When the states united to form a national government, they could not envision the far-reaching changes that would overtake the continent in the next 100 years. The seeds sown in colonial times resulted in cultures of people as different as the landscapes they inhabited. This and the incre...

The Legalization of Prostitution For as long as human civilization has existed. the sale of sex and sexual services has been looked upon as a problem by some, and as a way of life by others. People who look at prostitution as a way of life are not just the prostitutes who offer these services. Th...