The history of U.S. policy toward mind-altering substances has followed cycles of tolerance and intolerance ever since the mid-19th century. Walking into a smoked filled room‚ of young and old engaged in therapeutic activities for numerous health conditions‚ has been practice worldwide. In fact‚ the medical use of the cannabis plant goes back at least 5‚000 years to ancient China. It was used by most of the world’s cultures for its healing properties (Medical Marijuana Cases 1). Today such
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For centuries a concept known as Humanism has been growing and evolving. This concept has roots stretching as far back as the early years of the European Renaissance. Humanism is a philisophical concept that emphasizes the "human‚ the here-and-now‚ the humane"‚ (Pg 1‚ Humanism). In its early years one of Humanism’s main themes was man’s creation in the image and likeness of God‚ (pg 33 The Waning of the Renaissance.) During this period of time Humanism had a more "God focused" purpose‚ but in its
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additional services such as mental health or drug treatment in order to be securely housed. This research paper will discuss what homeless means‚ various ways in which individuals become homeless‚ trends‚ laws that effect the homeless ‚ and do decriminalization of the homeless community help or hinder the situation. To be homeless means a person is considered homeless who "lacks a fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence; and... has a primary night time residency that is: (A) a supervised
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Midterm Essay Part A: The question here being addressed is “can women have sexual agency under patriarchy?” Yet to even begin answering this question‚ we need to understand just what this question is asking. First‚ what is sexual agency? Agency‚ in its simplest form‚ is the ability to act in a way that accomplishes your goals. To have agency in an area of your life is to have the capacity to act in a way that can produce the results you want. When discussing agency in the area of sex‚ it includes
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Prostitution: What Pushes Filipino Women to It A Research Paper in Communication Arts and Skills II Writing in the Discipline In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements Of the Subject Writing in the Discipline Submitted by Gerson G. Palacio March 11‚ 2014 Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………….……………………...……pg.1 Chapter I What is Prostitution? ..........................................................................pg.1 Prostitution Defined? ..................................
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Renee Walker Colorado Technical University Online Phase 3 Individual Project CJUST685-1301B-01 Professor Christopher Marco March 11‚ 2013 ABSTRACT A significant amount of people are being incarcerated in the United States than any other nation in the world. According to the Pew Center‚ it was reported that there were an astounding one in every 100 adults behind bars in 2008‚ and many belief it is because the criminal justice system has incarcered their way out for so
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Organized Crime and Drug Trade Organized crime and the illicit drug trade is a fairly recent ordeal occurring throughout the world‚ both strongly linked with drug trafficking. Organized crime refers to the unlawful activities of the members of a highly organized‚ disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods and services‚ including gambling‚ prostitution‚ loan- sharking‚ narcotics‚ and labor racketeering (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ pg.234). Drug trafficking‚ which is a type of organized crime
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CRIM 2650: Labeling Theory Part 1 “Social groups create deviance by creating the rules whose infraction constitutes deviance‚ and by applying those rules to particular people and labelling them as outsiders …. The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behavior is behavior that people so label.’ Howard Becker (1963) Lecture Overview 1. Labeling Theory: An Introduction 2. Labeling theory’s starting premises: Social construction 3. Early labeling Theory 4. Assessing
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The Relationship of Marijuana Accessibility & Substance Abuse Abstract A growing concern in the medical and mental health field is the relationship between marijuana use and further illicit drug abuse. Due to the recent state laws passing in Washington and Colorado‚ there has been a need for a study to address the accessibility factor in relations to the “gateway hypothesis” to marijuana. The fear is that the increase in accessibility of marijuana will result in an increase of substance abuse
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Daniel Schifrin APCP Research Paper Period 8 Drug Policy: A Look at America’s Ineffective Approach to Drugs Introduction In January 2004‚ senatorial candidate Barack Obama firmly opposed the twenty two-year war on drugs‚ saying that the United States’ approach in the drug war has been ineffective (Debussman). Although the term‚ “war on drugs‚” was originally coined by President Richard Nixon in 1971‚ it wasn’t until Ronald Reagan
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