History 1301 Why you should not smoke Have you ever been walking into a store and a pungent smell slaps you across the face? You turn around only to see that someone is smoking a cigarette. Have you ever wondered the affects that smoking would cause? How would smoking affect a person’s appearance and health? Have you ever wondered just how many people smoke worldwide? According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)‚ about 43.8 million US adults (21.6 percent of men and 16.5 percent
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more reasons‚ capital punishment should be outlawed and not be a legal system that deals with the criminals in society. Capital punishment is costly‚ unjust for minorities and is not the moral right thing to do. Over the years capital punishment has been banishing from countries‚ innocence people have been convicted and executed too many times for the system to uphold any longer. Nearly 40 years of evidence proves the death penalty does not work. The system should not be an option any longer. There
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and legal‚ and in so doing‚ it needs to treat anti-abortion terrorists with the same seriousness it applies to Muslim terrorists. Abortion should stay legal and protected by the government as it is a right and choice to every pregnant women‚ the government can’t afford poor mothers taking care of children they simply cannot afford‚ and religious beliefs should remain irrelevant to constitution. Abortion has been around for hundreds upon
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For Many years there have been debates on the possibilities of legalizing marijuana. There are many different opinions on this touchy subject. The opinion many have on marijuana being legalized in Canada would be a lawful act. The fact that marijuana is not as harmful as alcohol and other legal drugs would make it acceptable‚ and how taxing marijuana would bring in more money to Canada’s government. Also legalizing marijuana would free up police and court recourses‚ to fight against
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Nathan Clodfelter Mrs. Gallos English 3 Honors 29 March 2018 Should Bump Stocks be Banned? A bump stock is a device that is attached to a semi-automatic weapon and enables this weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun. It does this by allowing the shooter to hold the butt of the gun in their shoulder and push the gun towards them‚ this makes the gun fire and the recoil “bumps” the gun back into a firing position.(New York Times) The use of bump stocks allows many school shooters and mass shooters
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English 1 18 March 2014 Should we legalize Marijuana? In the United States‚ there’re twenty states that legalized Marijuana. Among the states that have legalized it‚ Colorado have demonstrated that the legalization have became beneficial. The legalization had brought huge economic profits‚ decreased criminal rates‚ and etc. Because of these positive consequences from the legalization‚ I suggest the whole U.S. region should legalize marijuana. First‚ the United States should have a consistent drug
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Why marijuana should be legalized in the United States I believe that marijuana should be legalized in the United States. Below here I will explain exactly why I feel so strongly about legalizing marijuana and the positive attributes that it possess. Once you finished reading you might have a different take on the matter at hand. First‚ even though marijuana is currently illegal it is less damaging to the body than other things that are legal such as tobacco and alcohol. People say you can get
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial subject in our society today. There have been many slanderous claims about how cannabis is horrendous‚ however the truths are starting to surface. I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized for all purposes. If the government cannot stop us from harming our bodies by overeating or skydiving‚ why should they be able to stop us from using drugs? The use of marijuana for medical purposes dates back thousands
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Should Felons be Allowed to Vote? About 5.26 million people with a felony conviction are not allowed to vote in elections. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. Nine states in America permanently restrict felons from voting while Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement believe felons who have paid their debt to society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. They argue that efforts
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I say it’s time that all deliberate cruel killing of animals for "sport" be banned by law. There is no excuse for causing immense pain and suffering to these creatures just for the sheer heck of it...for fun and games. Okay‚ I know animals are killed for meat...but there’s a difference: the animals in that situation CAN be treated humanely right up to the moment they are killed instantly. I’m not saying that’s an ideal situation. There are other objections to killing for meat but what concerns
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