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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2.3 Study Questions 1. According to functionalism‚ a mental states are functional states meaning that the mind is what the brain does. 2. Lewis’ pained madman thought experiment describes a man that feels pain for different reasons than most. It attempts to undermine functionalism by showing how being in a certain functional state is not a necessary condition for being in a mental state. 3. The Block’s Chinese Nation thought experiment describes a situation in which the people in China function
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PAOLA RODRIGUEZ 2010-1556 CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY EFFECTS OF THE USE OF LSD: LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) a.k.a “acid” is an illegal hallucinogenic drug‚ which is widely used throughout the world. It is mainly used for the “trips” or potent hallucinations that it causes. Researchers aren’t entirely sure what the exact effects of LSD are on the brain‚ or how it manages to induce the hallucinogenic effects that it does‚ but we will learn more about those that are more obvious. Nevertheless‚ it
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Abstract: Personal information is an essential part of our identification and is useful in many aspects of our life. However‚ it’s also becoming more and more vulnerable in contemporary society with a multitude of approaches for collecting and using people’s information emerges. The leak and abuse of personal information can cause serious troubles to people’s life and selling others’ information for commercial purposes has long been regarded as unethical behaviour in business world. With the backdrop
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The RICO Act has been an important component in addressing organized and white collar crime. Write a five page (double-spaced) essay that summarizes the RICO Act and its impact on organized and white collar crime. Be sure to support your thoughts with information from our readings. Rico Act Essay The term “Rico Act” stands for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act‚ Codified as chapter 96‚ Title 18‚ of the United States Code which was passed by Congress in 1970. The purpose
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“Love knows no difference between life and death. The one who gives you a reason to live is also the one who takes your breath away” (BETWEEN). I chose this quote as evidence with my argumentative essay because it tells how the person that gives you a reason to live also is the one who takes away your life. This relates to Romeo and Juliet because Lord Capulet and Tybalt played a big role in the lives of Romeo and Juliet‚ but also gave them many reasons to take their lives away. In William Shakespeare’s
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you imagine that one day you received notice that you and your entire family must be ready to move? You could take only the possessions you could carry and no one would tell you when you would be permitted to return home. Does this sound like a bad dream to you? This happened to thousands of residents within the United States.
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Zoos or prisons? Animals living in between our walls The issue is ‘all zoos should be closed’. This is an issue in society because animals are just like any other humans‚ we have feelings‚ but we’re treating them like dirt‚ by keeping them in a zoo‚ locked inside a cage like prisoners‚ for our ‘educational benefits’ and ‘entertainment’. The real issue This is an issue because animals are being kept in a place full of artificial environment and climate that they are not used to. Some of the zoo
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that home inspires? Athena‚ always a believer of the mind‚ formed the dream: a more tangible‚ genuine‚ and powerful form of a normal conscious and imagination‚ implanting it within the thoughts of the soldiers that would activate during a night’s rest. With Hestia’s aid‚ the goddesses managed to ingrain the warmth and familiarity of home within these dreams—perhaps with the remains of Pandora’s box—while keeping them free. Dreams represented one’s desires‚ one’s wishes‚ one’s understanding‚ and one’s
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Deep Exploration: Argumentative Essay Have you ever thought of what was at the bottom of the ocean‚ or far in space? Have you ever wondered what kinds of creatures lurk in the Mariana Trench? Many of these questions can be answered if you support one simple thing: Deep Exploration! Deep Exploration would possibly allow us to find a new species‚ or even a species we thought was extinct! It’s a risky business‚ but think of all of the knowledge we would gain from it! Almost all of our technology
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