number of heroin addicts (“Against the Legalization of Drugs Pg.150”). This number staying the same indicates that the system we have now is working in the sense of not raising the addiction number. In Harlem many young blacks were on heroin in 1970 to 1971 but the rate decreased from eight percent to three percent in 1975 to 1976. When asked why they stopped using heroin more than half of them mentioned “trouble with the law” or “high cost” (“Against the Legalization of Drugs”). With hard drugs being
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS TITLE: LACK OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES Student Name: Peter Eleazer Khan ID: PS62351 PART-TIME Table of Contents Introduction3 Purpose and Objectives3 Background and Situation3 Project Scope……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Methodology5 Data analysis on questionnaire ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6 Personnel7-8 Equipments and costing 9-12 Design Location and Criteria …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
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Battle of Marijuana "A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly fifteen hundred pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response... In strict medical terms‚ marijuana is far safer than many of the foods we commonly consume. For example‚ eating ten raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison‚ it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death." - DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young Opponents of legalization often
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Argumentative Essay On Marijuana Legalization Legalize It! Growing up‚ everyone is told that‚ “Drugs are bad for you‚” time and time again. Now as a kid you don’t really understand the reasoning behind it‚ but you listen to your authority figure regardless. I remember being told this my entire life and even to this very day. But as I got older I realized that people would still use drugs even though it’’s illegal. I could never understand why someone would go against the
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Should Recreational Drugs Be Legalized In The U.S.? Team C SLS-1105 Strategy for Success March 6‚ 2010 By definition‚ Recreational drug is any substance with pharmacologic effects that is taken voluntarily for personal pleasure or satisfaction rather than for medicinal purposes. The term is generally applied to alcohol‚ barbiturates‚ amphetamines‚ THC‚ PCP‚ cocaine‚ and heroin but also includes caffeine in coffee and cola beverages. Most substance abuse through any agent has significant psychotropic
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Recreational drugs should not be legalized: Introduction: A drug in a broad sense of the term is any substance that‚ when absorbed into the body of living organism‚ alters the body’s normal bodily function (Gottfried‚ 2000:10). It seems that the cry for drugs to be legalized is being heard everywhere‚ from liberals as well as conservatives‚ youth and adult alike. Some people argue that it is an individual’s choice and right to choose to use drugs or not as long as they do not harm anyone else
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Gwen Stutler Soc 120 July 27‚ 2013 It goes by weed‚ pot‚ Mary Jane but is better known as Marijuana. Marijuana is considering a schedule I drug. “The federal Controlled Substance ACT of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Scheduled I drug‚ meaning that is has a high potential for abuse and no acceptable medical use‚ and thus it prohibits the possession‚ use‚ purchase‚ sale and/or cultivation of marijuana.”(Weiss‚ 2013) For years it has been an ongoing debate as to whether it should be legal in United
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Unknown Author English 2 Honors Unknown People Period 2 March 10‚ 2012 Legalization in America: What’s the Issue? Article by Unknown Author Legalization In America: What’s the issue? “Alcohol differs from marijuana in several crucial respects‚” claims Cully Stimson‚ a manager at the National Security Law Program. “First‚ marijuana is far more likely to cause addiction. Second‚ it is usually consumed to the point of intoxication. Third‚ it has no known
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The benefits of marijuana There is no plant on Earth more condemned than marijuana. We’re talking about a living organism which governments have taken upon themselves to designate as an illegal substance. Despite no existing evidence of anyone ever dying of a marijuana overdose‚ possession of this plant is still illegal in many parts. Marijuana has been found to suppress cancer‚ reduce blood pressure‚ treat glaucoma‚ alleviate pain and even inhibit HIV. It is an antioxidant‚ anti-inflammatory
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to Editor Dear Editor‚ Mary Jane. No‚ not the name of someone. I am talking about marijuana‚ or whatever you want to call it. Pot‚ dope‚ weed‚ grass‚ or green‚ whatever you fancy. It sweeps through just about every school and you either choose to smoke or not. Marijuana is illegal at the moment‚ but I think it should be legalized. More than 750‚000 people are arrested each year on charges of marijuana possession and $42 billion is spent on these arrests alone! Certainly‚ I think that is
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