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    issue: Gambling has been around for many years. Much like today’s society‚ gambling became a problem that had to be dealt with in the Middle Ages. Countries were forced to ban gambling for their soldiers‚ because they were so wrapped up in gambling that they could not carry out their duties (“History of Gambling”). Gambling creates many problems in our society today such as addictive behavior and bad habits‚ illegal activity‚ and damages the economy. Thesis: This house believes that Gambling should

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    Community policing is defined as a philosophy‚ management style‚ and organizational strategy centered on police-community partnerships and problems solving to address problems of crime and social disorder in society. While community policing was first seen during the Frankpledge System‚ as it was built from the “ground up”‚ policing took a turn for the worst to the traditional model of policing‚ where a hierarchy exists. The traditional model focuses on random‚ rapid and reactive investigations‚

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    Should Drugs Be Legalized? Possible Alternatives Organized crime is a big business today. Some main products associated with organized crime are guns‚ drugs and prostitution. What effects do these commodities have on today’s society? Today drugs are a big business in the underworld. There is a lot of crime associated with the drug world‚ so many people who want drugs legalized say that the government could control the sales and ultimately bring down the crime rate and also make lots of money

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    years‚ government operated gambling has grown into a massive business‚ there has been much controversy around the topic of weather or not Gambling should be regulated. In this essay I will explain my point of view on this topic and give examples that support my ideas. So‚ what should the state’s policy towards gambling? I believe that the state should not regulate gambling because of three main reasons. My first reason is people’s rights and freedoms. Second‚ Gambling has grown into a major industry

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    Prostitution should be legalized Prostitution was estimated to date back to at least 2400 B.C‚ along with doctor‚ scribe‚ barber and cook (Little known facts in the prostitution debate‚ n.d.). Despite this length of service‚ whether sex industry should be legalized or not is still a controversial issue that takes a lot of time to find the best decision. In my opinion prostitution should be legalized for a better prostitutes’ working condition‚ for a lower sexually transmitted diseases rates and an enhanced

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    Decrease CLABSI in the NICU GCU Nursing Leadership and Management December 12‚ 2012 Decrease CLABSI in the NICU The purpose of this initiative is to decrease and/or eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Aurora Bay Care Medical Center. Hospital acquired infections‚ including CLABSI‚ is a major cause of mortality‚ prolonged hospitalization‚ and extra costs for NICU patients (Stevens & Schulman‚ 2012). The goal of

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    Should prostitution be legalized Prostitution may be the oldest career in the entire world. Prostitution has started thousands years ago and it’s not going to stop soon. Prostitution is legal in some counties such as Germany and Switzerland‚ but it is illegal in many countries including Thailand. Why it is illegal in some countries? Because some people think that prostitution is immoral‚ but in fact prostitution is only immoral when women are being exploited against their will. So in my opinion

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    Team Debate Paper Rhonda Baskin‚ Carmil Gregory‚ Peter Hill and David Sutherland BCOM/275 February 24‚ 2013 Instructor: Jennifer Buchholz Should marijuana be legalized for personal use? This is a question that many have been asking as well as debating over for many years. Marijuana has been used for many medicinal purposes throughout medical history. However‚ many consider marijuana to be gateway drug that could lead to harder drug use. Many argue that marijuana use poses less of a threat

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    in this debate. Does gun ownership deter crime or increase crime? Do states with a higher gun-ownership rate have a lower crime-rate or is it the opposite? Do gun control law have an affect on crime rates? If so‚ how long does it take a gun control law to affect the rate of crime? This article aims to answer those questions. The ultimate purpose of this article is to prove that states with looser gun control laws have a lower crime rate and violent crime rate than those with more restrictive gun control

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    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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