to ease their pain and treat their illnesses. Many others use it because of it mood-altering effects. Laws have been passed to regulate both of these uses of the drug. Those who advocate legalization favor easing or overturning laws against the possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes‚ medical use‚ or both. In general most proposals for legalization fall into one of three categories: decriminalization for recreational use‚ legalization for recreational use‚ or legalization for medical
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Brook Bernreuter 4/18/13 ENG 201: Gardner (11 MW) Legalization of Marijuana The relationship Americans have with marijuana is unique. Some would go as far to say it’s dysfunctional. On one side‚ the government has reported over 100 million Americans‚ or 43 percent of the population over the age of 12‚ have admitted to using marijuana at least one time. On the other side‚ marijuana is very much illegal for recreational use and is classified by federal government as one of the most dangerous
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LAW ASSESSMENT 2 PART A: Question 1: 1. Kenny and Duke must register this business name. According to the Business Names Act‚ 2002‚ the legislation states that it is compulsory to register a business name where a person‚ including a company‚ wishes to use a name other than their own. 2. To register a business name‚ the owner or owners must submit an application form and pay the prescribed fees to the appropriate government agency. In New South Wales‚ it is called the Office of Fair Trading
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SQUANDERMANIA MENTALITY: THE ROOT CAUSE OF SOCIAL EVIL UDEKE CHARLES NDUBUISI POPE JOHNPAUL 11 MAJOR SEMINARY‚ AWKA Charlitex2005@yahoo.com PREAMBLE Nigeria as a nation is ravaged by many internal problems. It is no longer news even to the blind that things are not the way they should be in our society. Nigeria problem is hydra-headed. Many scholars have viewed it from the different perspective as corruption‚ problem of leadership‚ indiscipline‚ greediness‚ consumerism
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1. The beginning of the documentary shows the victims of poverty in Recife‚ Brazil. A family of 6 has to struggle to even get by. The woman says‚ “My husband’s been unemployed for 5 years. Now to survive‚ he’s selling bottles of mineral water in the streets for 1 real each‚” which is the equivalence of $0.50. The man recounts on his situation as a result of being laid off and says‚ “I used to have a job delivering gas but they started to cut and cut the personnel and staff. Now‚ I’m here making a
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party. D. No‚ a party assigning a contract never remains liable under the original contract. 5. Whish method of acquiring property is most common? A. Acquisition through accession. B. Acquisition through exchange. C. Acquisition through possession. D. Acquisition through confusion. 6. Rachel owns a beach house and wants to build a 144 square foot deck. Zoning restrictions limit decks to 120 square feet. What should Rachel do? A. She should build the 144 square foot deck‚ because the
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Agency (MHRA) MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971 Outlines the requirements for the prescription‚ storage and record keeping of certain medicines (controlled drugs). It also defines offences with drugs as those of production‚ cultivation‚ supply and possession. Under this legislation‚ controlled drugs have been categorised into five separate schedules. Care workers may administer prescribed medication (including controlled drugs) to a service user with consent‚ so long as this is in accordance with the
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into four classifications involving: people processing‚ possession processing‚ mental-stimulus processing and information processing (Lovelock‚ Patterson & Walker‚ 2001). In people processing services‚ the customers need to be physically present throughout the service delivery in order to receive the desired benefits of such services (Lovelock et al.‚ 2001:39). Examples of such services include surgery and hairdressing. In possession processing services‚ the customers request that the service
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Question: Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug? My best friend who is a cancer patient left Austin a few years ago but still comes home for the holidays. Her mom found‚ on a recent visit an ashtray full of marijuana roaches under her bed. I’m not too worried about marijuana‚ as it is a soft drug‚ but I’m concerned that it will lead to hard drugs‚ and my friend may become an addict. Is it true that marijuana leads to other drug use? Answer: Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis or weed‚ is the most
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Works Cited 18 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC Laws‚ Fees‚ and Possession Limits Updated on: 11/16/2012 2:36:24 PM http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881 AMA (American Medical Assoc.) Reference List Clark H‚ Ringwalt C‚ Shamblen S. Predicting adolescent substance use: the effects of depressed mood and positive expectancies. Addictive Behaviors [serial online]. May 2011;36(5):488-493. Available from: MEDLINE‚ Ipswich‚ MA. Accessed November 26
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