Injustice of Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program One injustice currently affecting my community‚ my family‚ and many other families throughout the state of Alabama is the Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program (PACT). Instead of maintaining a “college fund” savings account at the bank or investing in stocks or bonds‚ many parents and grandparents “were sold on PACT and its assurance that they were paying tomorrow’s tuition costs with today’s dollars” (White‚ 3). So‚ they
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alcohol or any other hardcore drug. The democratic party for the most part agrees with the legalization of marijuana‚ which is best because it’s a non harmful drug‚ you’re way more likely to die from alcohol overdose than marijuana overdose‚ and also legalizing it would be good help for the economy. There’s much worse things the government should be worried about rather than a simple drug that doesn’t even affect you in a negative way. When you smoke marijuana‚ you just get happy or relaxed or tired
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number of people who are on the waiting list‚ suffering each day. Therefore‚ the government should take precautions in trying new developments in order to change this situation. Currently‚ there is a debate on whether organs should be donated or legalizing organ selling. This essay would give a close look between the pros and cons of both sides‚ showing that a well regulated organ trade might work more efficiently than the other.
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Ivory D. Contreras Pamela Callan CA105 May 13‚ 2014 Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that legalizing marijuana can be a detriment to the future of our society. Central Idea: Identifying the negative impacts that marijuana will bring if legalized. Attention Grabber: In a drought we don’t need grass. Introduction I. What is Marijuana? A dry‚ shredded green/brown mix of flowers‚ stems‚ seeds‚ and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa‚ it usually is smoked as a cigarette (joint
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United Because of Love‚ Kept Apart Because of the Government Did you know‚ as of July 20‚ 2011‚ gay marriage remains legal in the following states: Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Iowa‚ Vermont‚ New Hampshire‚ New York‚ and the District of Columbia? Thirty states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. Did you know‚ Massachusetts‚ which became the first state to legalize gay marriage on May 17‚ 2004‚ had the lowest divorce rate in the country in 2008? Its divorce rate declined 21% between
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Essay 4: Legalization of Marijuana We the people in the US try to use reason and logic to determine our laws. as a consequence of this intellectual process‚ we develop graded scales for punishment and degrees of illegality. The more dangerous an activity the more illegal and higher punishment‚ lesser activities are either not illegal or endorsed. Marijuana illegality defies this rational thinking in that it is less detrimental than alcohol and cigarettes and yet is treated far worse. Most pharmaceutical
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Euthanasia is very controversial and in most countries illegal. Even though it is illegal there are a lot of people who think that it should be legalized. Euthanasia is when a medical professional administers medicine that will end the patient`s life. People would make the option to have this done if they were suffering or if they had someone in their life who come make the decision for them when they could not ‚ then that person would. This would put them out of their misery and they would pass
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The discussion of marijuana legalization in America is a very debatable topic that should be dealt with before the next presidential campaign. Recently‚ the movement of terminating marijuana prohibition has been at an up rise. As of 2015‚ there are four states (plus the district of Columbia) that have legalized marijuana for recreational use‚ and twenty states that have legalized it for medical use only. However‚ the success of marijuana legalization within these states can easily be taken away.
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Marijuana is one of the most researched drugs on the planet‚ but there is also been huge amounts of misinformation. The drug first came to America with Mexican immigrants around the turn of the 20th century. At first‚ white Americans were afraid of the immigrants with there weed. It was said that marijuana turned them into blood thirsty killers. One of the first anti-marijuana propaganda films was "high on the range"(1929) in which it is implied that the drug will make you kill people the second
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The controversy of whether marijuana should be legalized or stay illegal in the United States has been going on since the early establishments of British colonies in North America. “Marijuana was a common substance among Americans during colonial and early Union times‚ used by doctors for pain relief and appetite inducement‚ and by citizens as a recreational substance. However‚ in the years between the first and second World Wars‚ the United States Federal Government completed several studies which
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