Opening Statement - Put criminals out of business instead of in jail. Phillip Morris a positive advocate in society goes after the green. We can finally be seen as a company that is an asset to society instead of the big bad tobacco wolf. We are losing profits on tobacco products. We are the only tobacco company that is international and have the worse results on the S & P 500. Every time you turn on the television there is an anti-tobacco advertisement. The Government resorts to taxing our
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limit the harm of drug laws. I am not discussing medical marijuana in this paper because I believe it should be fully legal in every state. States should start with decriminalizing recreational marijuana and psychedelics and then consider legalizing them in a few years. In this paper‚ I will discuss how the recreational use and possession
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Assignment #2 In this assignment you are going to present Kantian arguments against the taking of recreational drugs that are currently illegal in the U.S.‚ such as heroin‚ cocaine‚ and ecstasy. Do not discuss laws or illegality; just stick to the questions as they are written and number your answers. Use the following maxim: In order to maximize my pleasure‚ I will take recreational drugs whenever I feel like it. 1.Explain why this maxim is self-defeating‚ i.e.could not be imagined
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How do you feel about legalizing marijuana? Marijuana should be legalized for recreational use because it would reduce street violence‚ reduce organized crime‚ and increase tax revenue. Legalizing marijuana would lead to less street violence. In the text it states that people who are taken advantage of could call the police to settle disputes if marijuana was legalized. It would allow police to focus more on violent crimes and tracking down criminals. It would also open up jail cells to relieve
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The huge market for illicit drugs has been a persistent problem for politicians‚ parents and governments alike and will remain an issue into the foreseeable future. Meanwhile‚ the demand for such drugs remains at all time high and one class of recreational drugs in particular – ecstasy‚ has witnessed an explosive growth of trade since it hopped from the therapy clinic to the club scene in the 80’s. * The modern scale of demand can be indicated by a recent UN reports that states 5.4 tonnes was
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with drugs. In order to understand the problem‚ we first need to understand what is considered a drug. It is “any ingestible substance that has a noticeable effect on the mind or body”. (Schmalleger‚ 2011) Drugs are used for medicinal as well as recreational purposes. Unfortunately both types of drugs have played a role in American culture. Drugs have been part of the American culture as far back as the 1800’s. Using drugs for medicinal purposes existed before the 1800’s but it was during the years
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SaltsHistory: 1960s-- MDPV was developed for treatment of chronic fatigue‚ but caused problems of abuse and dependence. 1969: Boehringer Ingelheim filed a patent application for MDPV. 2005: MDPV first appeared as recreational drug. 2007: First seizure of MDPV as a recreational drug‚ by customs officials in German state of Saxony. 2008: First seizure of MDPV in the United States. 2009: MDPV became illegal in Denmark. 2010: MDPV made a controlled drug in the UK‚ Sweden‚ Germany‚ Australia
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March 25‚ 2014 SOC 103 Critical thinking #1 Should so-called victimless crimes‚ such as prostitution and recreational drug use‚ be decriminalized? Do these crimes harm society? Laws exist within societies to deter and restrict people from harming one another and trampling on others ’ inalienable rights. Crimes such as recreational drug use and prostitution do not directly harm other people‚ yet in the eyes of the law they are villified due to the possible consequences
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in the 1800’s. “Although marijuana had been around for a long time‚ widespread use of marijuana as a recreational drug did not become widespread until alcohol was banned during the Prohibition Era (1920 – 1933). Before that time period‚ marijuana had been used in the Americas for hundreds of years as a medicine. Once the federal government banned alcohol‚ marijuana took its place as the recreational drug of choice and its use soared.” After alcohol was legal again‚ use of marijuana sharply declined
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however she suggests that the cannabis references in music and film include a positive representation of “… recreational marijuana use‚ growing‚ selling and importing” (Boyd‚ 2011‚ p64). There is a heavy link between stoner films‚ reggae music and marijuana (Boyd‚ 2011‚ Christenson‚ 2012). Boyd (2011) suggests that films such as ‘The Harder They Come (1972)’‚ represent ‘…both recreational and spiritual use…”. Showing not all use of cannabis is considered
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