The first and most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there is no good reason for it not to be legal. Some people ask "why should marijuana be legalized?" but we should ask "Why should marijuana be illegal?" From a philosophical point of view‚ individuals deserve the right to make choices for themselves. The government only has a right to limit those choices if the individual’s actions endanger someone else. This does not apply to marijuana‚ since the individual who chooses to
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People hurt other people because they either don’t like them or they’re scared. Sometimes people hurt others because they don’t believe in the same gods as the rest of the country/state. Why? Because they feel that if they can get rid of one man who doesn’t respect the states/countries gods then they can stop anyone else from doing so. Take Socrates for example. Socrates was tried for “corrupting the youth” and “refusing to worship the gods of the state and introducing new deities”. They found him
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Being a player at a Division I university can be an emotionally fulfilling experience; however‚ universities see it as an opportunity to profit more than multi-million dollar companies. College athletes should be paid. The way college athletes are so electrifying on and off the court or field should be worth something‚ but all they are worth is a $58‚000 scholarship. Duke University made over four million dollars being in the final four tournament in the 2015 season. In the 2015 article written by
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title of great king you have to destroy hundreds of villages and kill thousand of people. All these are old saying‚ but what about our new achievements word wars and cold wars. According to an internet site‚ “In terms of total numbers‚ the Soviet Union bore an incredible brunt of casualties during WWII. An estimated 16‚825‚000 people died in the war‚ over 15% of its population. China also lost an astounding 20‚000‚000 people during the conflict” (Business insider). This is a huge population loss which
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4@ Argumentative Essay The act of abortion should be banned because it deliberately destroys a human life. I believe that every form of the act‚ without any exceptions‚ should be outlawed simply because abortion is merely "murdering out of convenience". From the moment that a child is conceived‚ no matter how small or underdeveloped he or she may seem‚ that child is a human being that is a separate part of its mother and a human entity all its own. And the taking of a human life by another
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Many young people have jobs while they still attending school. Some people think it has negative effects; however‚ the majority believes that working benefits students and they should have jobs. Working helps student in their career development‚ gives them financial independence and develops important personal characteristics. Working and studying at the same time helps students in their future careers. Having a job while still studying gives young people opportunities to get some experience
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Darren A. Benedict Professor M English 101 3 February 2015 Why Marijuana Should Be Legal Marijuana is something that’s not peculiar in today’s generation; music‚ TV shows‚ and movies seem to refer to it nowadays. The debate on whether marijuana should be legal has been going on for a long period of time now. The argument intensifies even more now that four states in the US have legalized marijuana for recreational use. When smoking marijuana tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) the leading stimulant is released
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I remember how my great uncle would always smoke in his house regardless of his surroundings. When his daughter visited him for a vacation‚ she brought her three year old daughter with her. The baby was healthy before coming to her grandpa’s house‚ but in less than two weeks‚ she had developed ear infections and started to cough. When they went to the doctors’ office to find out how she had gotten it‚ the doctor linked it back to the second hand smoke that she was breathing in. When my great uncle
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Banning books over the years has caused lot of controversy. Many people are all-for banning the indecent books‚ but there are some out there that think banning books is completely useless and idiotic. Books should not be banned because of its racial or sexual content. I oppose book banning for one reason. I believe that every person should have the option to read whatever they want. Many schools claim they ban books because they do not want students to act out or feel uncomfortable. Schools are
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Should school start later in the morning? Many believe it should start later‚ but some also do not think it should. There are many different reasons why it should start later in the morning. Even though the releases for both school and extracurricular activities will result in a later release times‚ school should start later because there are less dropouts and starting school later also results in better test scores. According to the article Wake up call by Sarah Mckibben‚ “Most adolescents (ages
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