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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Should Genetically -Modified Foods Be Banned? In the past decade genetically modified foods have been have made a world of stir about whether these foods are beneficial to our society or if they are actually hurtful.There is plenty information that is available to help support both sides of the issue but for every positive thing there is also a negative consequence.With genetically-modified foods being a trendy topic and being like all great debates it has its prons and cons‚ so it all comes down
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Cellphones should be banned Nowadays you see cellphones everywhere: at the store‚ at a restaurant‚ and even at the theater. People seem not able to put them down or turn them off. Cellphones have negative effects on health‚ society‚ and safety. I have arranged my discussion in this order‚ ascending of importance‚ in order to give the reader some insight in the world of cellphones‚ and why cellphones should be banned. Cellphones can cause severe stress in all generations. Children and young adults
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Turner 1 Barry Turner Neal Peters English 101 29 April 2013 Should it be legal In 1978 the state legislators of New Mexico made a law allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from nausea caused by chemotherapy‚ much of this due to the efforts of a cancer patient by the name of Lynn Pierson. The Federal government modified the law to make it comply with IND regulations requiring a research program. The FDA also demanded many studies
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Juvenile Justice | Should Children be Tried as Adults? | Rick Penor 5/12/2010 | Juvenile Justice: Should children be tried as adults? Are youth capable of fully understanding the consequences that their actions may cause or are they mentally incapable of processing that information? Juveniles commit crimes just like adults. Sometimes the crimes they commit are heinous‚ but does that mean they are no longer a child? I believe there may be special cases when a youth should be tried as an adult
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Should Language Be Legislated Hundreds of different languages are spoken all around America. With different languages come different cultures and backgrounds. Part of a person’s identity is their native tongue. Language plays a huge role in the identification of the culture a person represents. The United States of America is not one country of one kind of people. It is a country of people from many different backgrounds and cultures. So if not one group of people‚ and one culture‚ why would
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Should the NHS be Privatized? The NHS has been a free health service since 1948. This service is free to anyone who is a 63.2 million people. Taking that opportunity away will have detrimental effects of the overall health of our nation. 1.7m. The NHS currently employs 1.7m people. Some will say that these employees are underpaid‚ (which is true). However‚ if the privatisation process occurs then hundreds of thousands of jobs could be cut to avoid unnecessary expenditure. So my question to you is;
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Though censorship is seen differently in the eyes of many people‚ the general stance on censorship is simple. Music should not be censored. Yes‚ some music promotes violence‚ drugs‚ sex‚ and alcohol‚ but it’s the artists way to express how they feel. Censoring music limits the artists right to freedom of speech and in some instances it changes the view the artist had when they pictured the song. In todays society adults want to protect innocent children from the so called filth‚ foul language‚ racist
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Kids are not adults. It has been debated over the years whether the juvenile system should be left with only one judicial system where the same rules apply to both adults and juveniles remaining. Children have been tried as adults without any consideration of their age or crime committed. Only after their teenage years does a child realize important concepts and rules society expects. Research shows that the prosecution of juveniles as adults does not help reduce crime and can affect some psychologically
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years should be charged as adults in the court of law. I am confident in my opinion that they should at the age of 16 years be charged as adults. They have to be able to take responsibility for their actions. Also‚ 16 year olds should be able to make their own decisions. At the age of 16 teens need to be able to take responsibility for their actions. How could they ever get jobs or even be successful adults if they don’t take responsibly. A response from Debate.org argues‚ “Minors should be tried
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