look at the examples of Colorado and Washington and vote to legalize less-harmful recreational drugs like marijuana. Conservative politicians have been vocal about their stance on crime‚ and they were the architects of the U.S.’s harsh drug policy‚ dating back to Nixon’s and Reagan’s presidencies. Voters need to pressure their representatives and voice their support for fair drug policy. Fair drug policy would help reduce the inequality between rich whites and poor minorities‚ who are often the victims
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house being foreclosed because the dollar is not what it used to be. You may see a drug dealer sell to a child. You may see an assault rifle come out in a theatre with nobody to deal with the problem. A woman being forced into servitude‚ or a man forced to fight for what he doesn’t believe in. You see a political civil war between fellow Americans‚ a social gridlock between fellow Americans‚ and you see a ruthless economy threatening the very existence of the American dream to be accomplished by fellow
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America about the legalization of drug use. Countries‚ such as Uruguay and Argentina strongly support allowing the people to personally use recreational drugs‚ such as cannabis . Brazil has partially decriminalized the use of weed‚ but the current law is complete and cannot properly discuss the different between dealers and common users . Columbia’s Supreme Court has decreed in 2009 that it is not illegal to keep drugs in a minor quantity for personal use. The war on drugs already costs a great deal and
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together under one belief‚ may also divide us under extremism. Religious diversity has been the cause of war‚ hate‚ and crime all throughout history. Nothing brings people together like sharing mutual passion for what they believe in. Similarly‚ it can tear even the strongest nations apart. At a time when most of us like to believe we are more tolerant than generations before‚ hate crimes and religious related incidents are actually on the rise in many places. This hate is often powered by an ignorance
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Many people think legalizing performance enhancing drugs will make professional sports and recreational sports better. They think sports as a whole will be brought to the next level of entertainment. Despite this belief‚ sports can only be brought down from the use of these drugs; if an athlete has no skill or natural ability these drugs will not enhance anything‚ only hurt the user. The first reason that performance enhancing drugs should not be legal for professional and recreational use is medical
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Hate Crimes Harboring hatred for someone or something may not be illegal‚ however‚ committing a crime due to this bias is. Hate crimes are regular crimes committed where the motive is discrimination. Throughout history there have been many criminal acts which today would be classified as a hate crime. People have been victimized by hate crimes for a variety of reasons‚ such as religion‚ race‚ sexual preference or gender. Religious hate crimes date back to ancient times. A fire that burned through
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Legalization of Performance Enhancing Drugs Performance enhancing drugs should be legalized for public use. The benefits of legalization could possibly reduce health risks and minimize criminal activity and make for a more efficient use of steroids. Steroids first played a significant role in the Olympics to improve performances and to push off fatigue. ----------------------------------------- Although PEDs can purpose an unfair advantage‚ legalization could be much more efficient and promote
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loan than expected‚ contributing decisively to avert a Pakistani default in the coming months. But Sharif is struggling to keep the army under control and renewed border clashes with India endanger the only strategy which could allow the Pakistani economy to take off‚ that is a full pacification with the eastern neighbour. Sharif woos IMF After initially agreeing to a US$5.3 billion loan to Pakistan (Islamabad had asked US$7.2 billion)‚ the IMF decided to raise its loan to US$6.6 billion‚ conditional
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1.) Many drugs have been used for medical purposes at one time or another. Pick two drugs that have been utilized in this capacity and explain the medical rationale behind their use. Conclude your answer with a description of why each drug was later banned from medical usage. - Besides being an extremely addictive and dangerous narcotic‚ cocaine has some medicinal use. Cocaine has been used as a local anesthetic for eye and nasal surgery. Besides being an anesthetic‚ it also is a potent vasoconstrictor
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Drugs‚ Crime and Prohibition Do drugs really cause crime‚ or is it our governments way of controlling the communities? Many people blame drugs for every problem in our society‚ but is it the true evil in our society? No one person can answer that question. There are only opinions and supposed theories on this issue. We have been taught over the years that drugs were bad and that they only affected the poor and less fortunate‚ and turned them into crazy criminals‚ but this isn’t true to any extent
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