laws or regulations made can‚ or will‚ protect them. In the article “Ten Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution And A Legal Response to the Demand for Prostitution” by Janice G. Raymond‚ it is stated that “eighty percent of women interviewed had suffered physical violence from pimps and buyers and endured similar and multiple health effects from the violence and sexual exploitation” (“Ten Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution And A Legal Response to the Demand for Prostitution”). Unfortunately‚ the
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Use of Marijuana as a Source of Relaxation Christina A. Lankford San Joaquin Delta College Author Note Christina A. Lankford‚ Department of Psychology‚ San Joaquin Delta College. Correspondence on this article should be sent to Christina A. Lankford‚ Department of Psychology‚ 5151 Pacific Avenue‚ Stockton‚ CA‚ 95207 E-mail: christinalnkford@yahoo.co Abstract The study used community college students to make a comparison between gender and opinion on the use of marijuana as a source
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Should Marijuana be Legalized? Citizens of the United States have long asked themselves whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Marijuana has benefits and disadvantages which lend it to being a controversial topic for the government. Those in favor and those in opposition of legalization alike‚ put quite a bit of pressure on the government for resolution on the issue. Today in the United States and most parts of the western world (like Britain‚ Canada‚ and France) marijuana is illegal
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The Movement of Legalization of Marijuana As we look at the history‚ we can learn from our mistakes or even take an idea to become a better country. On March 13‚ 1933‚ Roosevelt asked Congress to modify the Volstead Act to legalize 3.2 percent alcohol beer to provide needed tax revenue. From history‚ it shows that legalizing alcohol helped bring in revenue to the government. As the economy still suffers today‚ legalizing Marijuana has been a very debatable topic to help the economy. In many cases
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Legalizing Gambling in Ohio Just a decade ago gambling was limited to two cities in the United States‚ Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Today there are only two states that don’t have some form of legalized gambling‚ such as lotteries or bingo. Since commercial casino gambling was legalized in Nevada in 1931‚ the public attitude toward gambling has shifted from prohibition to permissiveness. Pamela M. Prah discovered in 2004‚ that there are "11 states that have commercial casinos‚ six have riverboats
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To Legalize or Not to Legalize Marijuana There is a lot of controversy about legalizing marijuana. There are two sides of the story just like with everything else. Some people are all for making it legal. Then there are others that are totally against it. There are many aspects to look at when looking at the issue. There are going to be positives and negatives in both aspects of the issue. There are many states that have legalized marijuana for medical use. There is also the economy that
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Legalizing marijuana has been such a large debate for so many years. There are reasons on both sides of the argument that have kept it illegal for such a long time but recently that has changed. “Initiative 502‚ passed last month by Washington [and Colorado] voters‚ legalized recreational marijuana use starting December 6” (Duke). These were just the first two states to push for marijuana to be legal for recreational reasons. Are there going to be more states legalizing
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Summary Synthetic marijuana is a big trend in our community because there are no drug tests for this yet and you can buy the product at a head shop‚ and a tobacco store over the counter. This has been an ethical problem in our world today because a lot of people are dying from it‚ where I am at they had a person die from the synthetic marijuana a brand called "Black Widow." They had a protest in my town to ban the Black Widow because it caused someone to die from the chemicals that was in it. I
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1. Compare and contrast responsible vs. compliant or ethical. Responsible: Responsibility means the duty‚ obligation or liability of person to something. It’s what person is supposed to do. A responsible person does his duty correctly. It’s not something a person is bound to do. It’s the person’s obligation. Example: a responsible father does care his family. A responsible teacher teaches his/her students regularly‚ a responsible employee come to office regularly and
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as an effective medicine and has other positive potential. In this article I will explain how legalizing pot could better the economy and result in a lot of constructive influence. Drug arrests would decrease and prisons would have more room for actual dangerous people. In the U.S. today‚ a marijuana arrest happens every 45 seconds and in 2015 over three-quarter of a million arrests were made. If marijuana became legal‚ drug-related arrests would decelerate vastly‚ resulting in more jail room and
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