"The Melting Pot Theory" In the 1800’s and the early 1900’s‚ some people gave the America the name‚ the melting pot. People imagined this because thousands and thousands of immigrants coming from around the world were coming into the United States in hope of a better life. So most people imagined that all these different cultures were being poured into a giant pot called America‚ heated to a low boil and molded into one kind of person. If one steps back and thinks about this theory‚ it isn’t
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Legalization of Steroids Anabolic steroids are a synthetically produced deviation from the naturally occurring male hormone testosterone. “Anabolic” refers to the drugs’ dramatic muscle building tendencies while “steroid” refers to the family of drugs themselves. Discreetly affecting its users in an adverse manner‚ anabolic steroids continue to grow in popularity. Users notice impressive gains in both strength and size while overlooking the numerous negative side effects that accompany
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well be."1 Advocates for legalization also point out that the morbidity‚ mortality‚ and economic costs to society associated with alcohol and tobacco use in the United States dwarf those associated with marijuana use. Those opposing liberalization of current laws counter that marijuana is not a benign drug‚ especially in light of new psychopharmacologic information demonstrating that marijuana shares many features with other illicit drugs. They also contend that legalization or decriminalization
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possessions each year? The illegality of marijuana in Texas is a problem because it is causing users to resort to supporting the black market; it’s a drain on taxpayer’s money and causing major overcrowding problems in the prison system. I propose legalization of medicinal and recreational use of marijuana‚ and decriminalizing charges associated with marijuana along with age and quantity restrictions to solve this problem. Texas legislature and the rest of the States are all debating this issue
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Precious Perez English 102 – Mrs. Moffit July 23th‚ 2012 The Legalization of Medicinal Marijuana Many scientific communities around the world have compiled persuasive evidence supporting marijuana’s cannabinoid potential as a source of treatment. Analgesia‚ glaucoma‚ chemotherapy and HIV-related gastrointestinal disorders are just a few among the vast amount of afflictions which from marijuana can help provide relief. Unfortunately the United States government continues to place a negative stigma
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Gerika Arthur Professor McPhee English 300-01 March 14‚ 2011 Gambling legalization for a promising future Gambling is the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize). (Oxford dictionary) Many have their own opinions about gambling and at this time gambling is not legally practiced here in The Bahamas. “Such a move would bring an end to an illicit industry that makes tens of millions of dollars a year and which employs hundreds;
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Prostitution: It’s Not That Whore-ible The legalization of prostitution has been a scandalous topic of controversy since the American society first started to plant its roots. Although it’s one of the world’s oldest vocations (dating back to the Phoenician era in 1200BC)‚ prostitution is still a taboo prospect that has been forced into an underground business in the United States culture. Yet‚ legalizing this form of work would be beneficial to our society as it would allow the trade to bring
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hundreds of years‚ yet it is still a topic of controversy. Although it has been around for so long there are still many problems. Along with those problems are plans to resolve them‚ and current solutions. The main problem is the controversy on the legalization of abortion and government funding of Planned Parenthood. As of right now they have put restrictions on abortions but there are still many people that are making arguments for the side they agree with to continue to change the law. The two main
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Jagger Hudson Mr. Harris English 12 March 6‚ 2014 Legalization of Marijuana The Legalization of marijuana is slowly working its way into the United States. California was the first state to adopt this policy in 1996 when they issued Proposition 216‚ which legalized the sale of medical marijuana to certain patients. Legalizing marijuana has many financial and medical benefits. Despite being illegal in almost all states‚ marijuana is proving to be a money making product in the few states
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Legalization of Prostitution University of Phoenix [Name Removed] COMM 215 [Name Removed] September 22‚ 2006 Prostitution can be traced as far back as the 6th century B.C. during the great Roman and Greek empires. Although an overwhelming amount of people feel that prostitution should not be legalized‚ it is still here today and is one of the oldest professions. There are various reasons why society still rejects the idea of legalizing prostitution. In America‚ most people categorize
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