What does it mean to be Addicted? “I live for gambling‚ I work for gambling‚ travel for gambling‚ manipulate people for it. I did everything I could just to gamble.” “I thought I’d just play $20 but the minuet I put down a buck I knew I was off and running.” “If I’m winning at some point I think good‚ I already won some‚ so I think great it’s my night‚ I think this is my big night.” “I thought nothing of throwing kitchen chairs around‚ and slamming doors‚ when I got the urge to gamble nothing could
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The Harmful Effects of Legalizing Marijuana Courtney Batts Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana The Harmful Effects of Legalizing Marijuana The legality of marijuana has been the subject of debate and controversy for decades. Cannabis‚ another name for marijuana‚ is illegal to consume‚ use‚ possess‚ cultivate‚ transfer or trade in most countries. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States. It is a greenish brown mixture of dried leaves‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and flowers
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As far as American social issues go‚ marijuana has frequently been seen as an antagonist‚ from the terror of drug cartels‚ to the health effects of the drug itself. Discussions about legalization of cannabis use‚ and moral justification resurface time and time again‚ prompting people to wonder: Would legalization solve these issues‚ or continue to hurt society? One reoccurring social issue in the U.S. is the rate at which jails and prisons are filling up. A large percentage of inmates have been
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I grew up in Washington State and then I lived in Colorado State for a while‚ two states that have both legalized the use of marijuana already. From what I have heard from people still living in Colorado‚ they wish that they could undo the legalizing of marijuana because there have been more problems since it was legalized than there were prior. Some argue that marijuana is okay to legalize because it is not as dangerous as other drugs like cocaine or methamphetamine. They say that marijuana
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longer – largely thanks to the interventions of modern medicine – we’re more likely to die of serious illness‚ and to have our deaths medically postponed. There has long been a call for governments to grant us the right to choose our own death‚ by legalizing euthanasia. But what are the circumstances in which this right should be granted? Who gets to decide – and when? And then there’s the sobering knowledge that this is one life decision that can’t be reversed.
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Should abortion be legal? Abortion is a medical procedure which stops a baby from being born. The legalization of abortion has become one of the most controversial topics in recent years. Some people support abortion because they think women have the right to decide whether they want a baby or not. Legalized abortion can make sure the modern abortion procedures are safe. However‚ some people oppose abortion because they consider abortion is a murder. It takes away innocent life. In my opinion‚ abortion
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Majority like Marijuana It was legal once‚ so why is it illegal now? Studies show that cannabis is the least harmful drug known in existence with a death rate per year of zero. At the bottom of the list the reason most people think it’s a harmful drug is because of it being illegal and the rumours that have conspired over the years. But what are the facts? Why is the Australian government allowing products so harmful such as cigarettes to be made in Australia? Why are people getting jail
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Marijuana is a plant that has been used by people for many purposes for thousands of years. However‚ it has been a very controversial topic to several since the beginning of the twentieth and twenty-first century in the United States. The proposal of legalizing marijuana is important because it has affected our society in a variety of ways and has raised many issues. Some people such as Stephen P. Thomas think that marijuana has high health risks and impacts our society while others such as Bill McCarberg
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we are wasting the time of our police officers‚ and most importantly we are wasting our countries much needed money on people committing minor offenses related to marijuana. The Conservative Case for Legalizing Marijuana article in Newsweek states‚ “According to the much-discussed study‚ legalizing the illicit drug would save the government $41.3 billion a year in law-enforcement
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Case 3-3 Summary – J.E.B. v. Alabama‚ ex rel. T.B. 511 U.S. 127 (1994) J.E.B. is the petitioner‚ the state of Alabama‚ (representing T.B. - an un-wed mother of a minor child)‚ is the respondent. The petitioner’s claim is that‚ by striking men from his jury‚ Alabama violated his constitutional rights. According to the text‚ J.E.B. appealed to the U.S Supreme court since the Alabama State Supreme court denied‚ certiorari (which involves an order of a lower court to send the record of case to the
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