Debates about decriminalization often focus on the conflict on the harm of drug use and the harm of drug laws. Many drug laws are imperfect and can often cause more harm than the use of drugs. Decriminalization means that a use of certain drugs is not against the law‚ but the production and selling of certain drugs is still a criminal act. Decriminalizing the use and possession of non-addictive drugs can help limit the harm of drug laws. I am not discussing medical marijuana in this paper because
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Salvation Debate The Salvation debate has been one of the most controversial debates in the Christian church known to date. When it comes to the issue of salvation‚ the majority of Evangelicals agree that‚ “personal conversion experience is necessary for salvation. Evangelicals unanimously affirm that we are saved by grace through faith and not ourselves” (pg. 145 Across the Spectrum). So as we can see Evangelicals stand unanimously together on salvation but it is when we get more in depth with
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Motion: Service companies should adopt a Resource based view (RBV) Strategy process P1 Members of the Jury‚ honorable Chairman‚ thank you for the opportunity to speak. We are here to discuss whether the resource-based view is the best approach that Service Companies can adopt as a strategy formulation process. Firstly we would like to define the mentioned terms; Service companies and Strategy Service companies / The service industry is defined according to the Business Dictionary
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The Inclusion Debate: It is Worth It History of American Education February 7‚ 2011 The Inclusion Debate: It is Worth It The “Inclusion Debate” is whether or not to mainstream special education students with
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Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. De Las Casas‚ who would later be bestowed the title “Protector of the Indians” advocated that the “heathen” inhabitants of the New World were in all regards human. In a debate that ensued in Valladolid‚ later dubbed the Valladolid Debate the case was made for their humanity. Manuel-Barreto compares the images that lie within the account with those of fellow Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Botero’s images depict prisoners being abused by guards
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Euthanasia debate: A killing or a mercy death? Many think that the right to live is closely linked to the right to death since death is an event of life itself. In the Jain philosophy‚ there is provision of willingly embracing death in old age. This tradition is called Santhara. CJ: Dr. Lalit kishore Thu‚ Dec 11‚ 2008 18:40:22 IST Views: 4538 Comments: 2 Rate: 2.56 / 9 votes Human Psychology : Mercy killing: Pros and cons A DOCUMENTARY that appears to show the moment
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in 1996‚ medical marijuana was passed by California voters with Proposition 215 by a 56 % passing rate; in 2010‚ Proposition 19 failed because California voters did not want to legalize marijuana‚ as stated in the Christian Science Monitor dated May 2012. 2. The affirmative argues that law enforcement should spend their days fighting something more important than drug users. I strongly disagree with this because of the evidence showing that drug users lead to
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ANA Debate “Why should nurses discuss the pos and cons of abortion? It’s up to the government and to the church to adopt a position‚ not the nurse”. Although‚ these comments reflect the attitudes of some professional people‚ there are a number of reasons why the nurse cannot ignore the question of abortion: relatively safe abortion is now a reality; laws have changed to make abortion readily available; increasing numbers of women will seek abortion; and nurses are frequently and directly involved
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How does ‘Kony 2012’ represent the causes and consequences of‚ and remedies for‚ violence? The Internet video “Kony 2012”‚ produced by the non-governmental organization “Invisible Children”‚ portraits the violence in Uganda committed by a rebel leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) named Joseph Kony‚ especially regarding the capture of children to create an army. Its main aim is to call for the persecution of Kony and‚ for that‚ it promotes a campaign to spread his atrocities throughout the
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DEBATE: New Strains of Drug-Resistant Bacteria In 1969 when Dr. William H. Stewart claimed that the war against pestilence was won‚ he had no idea how wrong his statement was. Were he able to see what the future of antibiotics held‚ he would never have said‚ “It is time to close the book on infectious diseases‚ and declare the war against pestilence won”. He was completely oblivious to important aspects of antibiotics including their ineffectiveness on viruses and the potential harm that
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