Every year‚ States waste more than 3.5 billion dollars to enforce marijuana laws. In the year 2010 alone‚ cops made a marijuana arrest every 37 seconds (ACLU). To add to those eye opening numbers‚ 52% of all drug arrests in 2010 were for marijuana (ACLU). By looking at these statistics‚ it is evident that the government spends an abundant amount of time and resources trying to crack down on marijuana users. Our tax dollars are going towards arresting men and women for smoking marijuana‚ when there
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Argumentative Essay: Should Gay Marriage be Legalized? Gay marriage has been a critical topic in many countries since 1924. Around the year 2000‚ countries such as America and the UK started approving gay marriages‚ although not everyone agreed with this decision. Still in 2013‚ homosexuals are fighting for their right to get married to someone of their same sex. People against gay marriage feel that if it was to be legalized‚ the importance of marriage would fade away and some people would
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In New York City there was a school that remodeled the lunchroom to give students access to vegan and vegetarian foods and they studied those students who ate the vegetarian food and noticed major changes in the students. The students lost weight and they noticed that the energy from
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Argumentative Essay: The 5 Essential Characteristics of the Army Profession Carlos Albaladejo LOG C 3 15-003 CPT Neppl March 10‚ 2015 The Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) states that there are five essential characteristics of the Army profession: military expertise‚ honorable service‚ trust‚ esprit de corps‚ and stewardship of the profession. To briefly define these characteristics‚ military expertise is our ethical application of land power‚ honorable service is our noble
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Disagreement/Dissent Argumentative Essay “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”. [Thomas] Howard Zinn‚ a political activist and American historian made this statement at the height of his carrier‚ relating that dissent is essential to the attitudes of the government by the people. [Howard] Daniel J. Bornstein argues‚ however‚ that disagreement is healthy and contributes to a working government‚ while dissent is a negative action and is ruinous to democracy. Bornstein defines disagreement as
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Ever since the twenty first century‚ our generation has been dealing with simple problems that have simple solutions. For example‚ concussions can be easily preventative or high blood pressure can be easily curable through medication and simple tasks. Evolution has existed throughout eternity‚ and it is about time people utilize this advantage. The world is gifted with advancements in technology‚ so why would anyone put restrictions on something that is helpful? Unplanned pregnancies have always
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Starting in the ancient Egyptian days and before BC was an oilseed called poppy also known as (opium seeds) used medically to help babies calm down and sleep. It was said to be a sedative that worked miracles and was used in food‚ milk‚ as well as for fertilizing. These seeds are grown in various civilizations such as China‚ Turkey and the Neverland’s and are known to be used by motley the Jewish‚ Europeans and Indians. In just 60 days a poppy seed can grow up to 2 feet and be filled with poppy
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Avery Dail Professor Hinckley English 50 Essay: Argumentative July 22‚ 2014 “But What Do You Mean?” In Deborah Tannen’s essay “But What Do You Mean?‚” she discusses how men and women differ in their use of communication “rituals.” Women are designed to take other person’s feelings into consideration and men are designed to maintain a one-sided position. She describes seven ways men and women miscommunicate. First‚ women use apologies to reassure an individual and men can misinterpret
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Are School Uniforms too Restricting? As I arrive at school‚ I hear girls behind me say‚ “Do you see what she is wearing‚ ew?” Everyday‚ I am bullied because of my attire. Because of the low income in my family‚ I do not always wear the most “stylish” outfits. Clothing type is one of the leading causes of bullying. Dorothy Espelage‚ a professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois‚ Urbana-Champaign‚ says she has seen an increase in "bullying related to clothes.” I believe schools
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Everyday there are 30.5 million lunches served at over 100‚000 schools. Even though there are a lot of lunches being sold‚ according to http://schoolnutrition.org‚ but most of the food is wasted because students don’t like the food or size isn’t big enough. This is a problem I’ve noticed at my school‚ Bellmont High School. The school lunches at Bellmont need to be rethought and they need to change the menu and possibly the price. One problem with Bellmont High School’s lunch is if you want to choose
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