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    horrible thing to be legalized. There are even studies shown that different races and genders feel a certain way about euthanasia. There has also been cases where family member have gone to jail for assisting in ending someone’s life who is suffering from a serious illness or disease. When most people did this because there was not another option like euthanasia for them to help the suffering family

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    From a sociological perspective‚ explanation for criminality is found in two levels which are the subculture and the structural explanations. The sociological explanations emphasize aspects of societal arrangements that are external to the actor and compelling. A sociological explanation is concerned with how the structure of a society‚ institutional practices or its persisting cultural themes affect the conduct of its members. Individual differences are denied or ignored‚ and the explanation of

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    Why Legalizing Marijuana Be Good For the Economy Robert E Schmoll Northcentral Technical College‚ Economics Abstract This report will investigate whether legalizing marijuana would be good for our current economy. In this paper you will read varying opinions from five different sources on why this change would benefit the economy. Harry Bradford of the Huffington Post (11/07/2012) discusses the topic of Washington and Colorado as the first two states to legalize marijuana

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    Legalizing MarijuanaMarijuana is the most common illegal drug used in the United States. Approximately one hundred million Americans have tried marijuana at least one and twenty five million have smoked it in the last year” (31 Random). Legalizing marijuana in all states would be beneficial to the United States. Marijuana is not a harmful drug‚ it is much safer than alcohol‚ and legalizing it could be really helpful for most people. Making marijuana legal would help improve our economy‚ could

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    online article‚ 3 Reasons to Reject Legalizing Marijuana‚ Larry Tomczak discusses the reasons why marijuana legalization should be rejected in the United States. Though Tomczak makes some smart choices by using emotion to appeal to the audience‚ his use of logical fallacies such as jumping to conclusions and false analogies make Tomczak’s argument not as strong as it could be. The whole point of Tomczak’s article is to convince readers that the legalization of marijuana is a horrible idea not only for

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    Fallacies editorial These days‚ a person hears a lot about legalizing marijuana and why it could be beneficial for our country‚ but people forget why it was illegalized in the first place. Marijuana is a drug. Drugs are addictive and deadly. If we legalize marijuana now‚ we’ll end up with a generation of reefer addicts who die by their mid-30s if they manage to escape being the victims of violent crime. Also‚ the people who use marijuana now despite the fact that it is illegal clearly are people

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    Functionalist perspective on the role of education A functionalist’s perspective on education is to examine society in terms of how it is maintained or in other words how it is ran effectively. A functionalist exaggerates on positive aspects of schools such as socialisation‚ learning skills and attitudes in school. This is because functionalists believe everything in society happens for a reason to instil the smooth running of society. They see no wrong in society and turn their nose down at the

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    Medical marijuana By giobanny brito My position in this topic is‚ medical marijuana to be legal because if we do there actually might not be a problem with it any more because a lot of the gunfights that happen in our state and in other states are because of drugs such as marijuana and if we do legalize marijuana‚ the gang members or the guy that wants marijuana can just go to the medical marijuana shop and get some with a prescription or a doctor’s note. Medical Marijuana’s side effects are feeling

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    The hypothesis of cannabis as a starting drug is now rejected by science as a myth. Of course‚ smoking Marijuana is not entirely risk-free. Excessive consumption can lead to respiratory problems or difficulties in coping with everyday life. In very rare cases‚ cannabis can trigger a latent psychosis. However‚ numerous studies prove that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. According to official data‚ in contrast to hemp‚ these legal drugs have claimed more than 100‚000

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    Drugs have been around for thousands of years. "A drug is any chemical that produces a therapeutic or non-therapeutic effect in the body (Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse 2000.)" Most drugs were first used for medicinal purposes‚ such as marijuana. Active substances were not extracted into drugs until the 19th century. Newly discovered substances like morphine‚ laudanum‚ and cocaine were completely unregulated and prescribed freely by physicians for a wide variety of ailments. Wounded veterans returned

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