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The legalizing of drugs have been an issue in the forefront since the 20's and the 30' with the probation of alcohol. Many have argued weather narcotics should be legalized or not. There are arguments supporting each side. People who are in favor of the legalization of drugs claim that dr...
Moral Judgement (Kant Utilitarian.) First of all I want to state the Kantian and the Utilitarian views butt heads on this issue. The Kantian view is nonconsequential, that is as a matter of principle with the consequences be damned. The Utilitarian view is consequential with the results given as muc...
Teenagers problems Today in the modern society, there a lot of problems, especially problems related with teenagers. A lot of factors influenced in this situation. For example some teenagers felt lack of love from their parents. Another factor is the lack of education because of poverty. In m...
Nic Lloyd English, 5th Should the Nation Try to Smoke the Pain Away? Marijuana (a.k.a. pot, weed, Mary Jane, bud, ganja, grass, smoke, dank, green) Marijuana has many bad effects on the body. Although a user cannot become physically addicted to marijuana, he/she may become psycholog...
Introduction:Put yourself in this position...your diagnosed with AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, or just chronic pain from old age. The medication your taking works, but after a while it is making your body dependent on the drug, eating away your stomach lining, you can't eat, you feel nauseated and you ar...
Foreign aid in Colombia: Right now, the the Clinton administration, contrary to the Colombian people, is on the brink of proposing an escalation of foreign aid to Colombia that would total 1.574 billion over the next 3 years, the third largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid behind Israel and Egypt. ...
Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought to be an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But as you read this report you will learn that marijuana has been around for many years (most years legal) and isn\'t as harmful as some people may think. Marijuana has been used for many things in ...
The legalization of marijuana is a topic that has been debated ever since it became illegal in the late 1930s. After the loss of the battle against alcohol, the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor, was repealed by the 21st Amendment. A few years later...
Everyone agrees that something must be done about the tremendous physical and emotional health problems caused by drug abuse. Concern about the abuse of drugs is so most serious problems in today\'s world, threatening the security and freedom of whole nations. Politicians, health experts, and much o...
One question that has troubled Americans for a long time is: \"Should the use of marijuana be legalized?\" Some say yes, while others say, no. According to the Merriam-Webster\'s dictionary, marijuana is defined as \"the dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that yield THC a...
"At last, the nation allegedly has turned the corner in the war on drugs. In May, 1998, Attorney General Janet Reno and Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin announced more than 100 indictments and the seizure of about $150,000,000 from Mexican banks, representing a successful conclusion to the 'the la...
Media & Marijuana It all started in 1937, when Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act. Ever since that cold day in December things have gone downhill for anything associated the miracle drug known as Marijuana. Ever since then, the media has downplayed marijuana and the effects it has on American...
It has been estimated that as of 2004, almost one million people in the United States are addicted to heroin. The burden on the Public Health community is not only related to the drug addiction but also to the high rate of associated morbidity and mortality from things like HIV/AIDS, Hepa...
I think that marijuana should not be an illegal drug. In technical term cannabis, or for the average American, marijuana, it is used for recreational purposes. Despite its widespread use as a recreational drug, instances of causing a death are very rare. . I think that some legal drugs are just as b...
“At last, the nation allegedly has turned the corner in the war on drugs. In May, 1998, Attorney General Janet Reno and Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin announced more than 100 indictments and the seizure of about $150,000,000 from Mexican banks, representing a successful conclusion to the &...
American Drug Trade On February 28th 2001 in Nogalas, Arizona federal agents raided a border house and seized 840 pounds of cocaine that had been trafficked through an underground smuggling tunnel. "If we were to say that there are no more tunnels out there than we'd have our heads in th...
Needle Exchange Programs: The Best Solution? The United States of America has been contending with adverse social and economic effects of the drug abuse, namely of heroin, since the foundation of this country. Our initial attempt to outlaw heroin with the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914 resulted...
Needle Exchange Programs: The Best Solution? The United States of America has been contending with adverse social and economic effects of the drug abuse, namely of heroin, since the foundation of this country. Our initial attempt to outlaw heroin with the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914 resulted ...
Legalization of Narcotics Narcotics, or drugs, are substances that affect the body's functions. They can stimulate the mind, make people depressed, or make them hyper. Marijuana, heroin, LSD, PCP, cocaine, and anabolic steroids are all considered narcotics. Narcotics are illegal in the...
Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana would greatly reduce the amount of non violent criminals in prisons and jails. Which would then help to reduce the overcrowding of them which seems to be such a large problem in today's society? For example if marijuana were to be ...
I intend to discuss the issue of whether marijuana should be legalized or not. My audience will be college students. Because all issues related to marijuana are emotional as well as logical, I have to assume that individuals within my audience, a college class, will hold a wide variety of opinio...
When habits or behaviors begin to dominate daily life and people find themselves powerless to stop the chaos despite the consequences or the desire to do so, then it is very likely that addiction is active. Addiction is a factor that causes people to offend and re-offend against Criminal Law. There ...
For certain reasons one may think that marijuana should be illegal and is morally wrong. On the other hand, marijuana can have its benefits as well. Whether those benefits include crippling drug violence, medical use, or increasing our economy level, I strongly believe marijuana should be legalized....
There is no denying that the drug problem in our country today has reached epidemic proportions. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control and/or solve it. Ending the drug war may not seem to be the best answer at first, but the so-called war on drugs h...
Marijuana is an "iffy" drug. It has its many bad side affects but at the same time it has its good affects to which the government is picking up on. Millions of people use the drug even though it is illegal. It has some long-term effects but they are not yet distinguishable from the effect...