work (and a liberal amount of talent) to rise in the ranks‚ and unfortunately some athletes choose to cut corners to succeed. We’ve all heard of a famous athlete or two busted for cheating‚ whether that be Lance Armstrong or Alex Rodriguez for using steroids‚ or Tom Brady for deflating footballs to gain an advantage. Although the most famous scandals involve star athletes‚ cheating is a problem that extends sometimes down to the least competitive spheres of competition‚ even to high school athletics
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discussion of just completely legalizing the plant. Two states‚ Colorado and Washington have already gone that route and have legalized marijuana entirely to be regulated in the same fashion as alcohol. The legalization of marijuana in the United States could have many positive and negative effects‚ but the positive will far outweigh the negative and the legalization of marijuana would greatly benefit our country as a whole. The main concern that many Americans have with legalizing marijuana‚ who will be
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be legalized. The author bases himself on the fact that people who smoke marijuana are also pay their taxes and love their children‚ therefore‚ not showing reliable evidence on why marijuana should be legalized. Jacobs‚ Edward A.‚ “Impact of legalizing Marijuana”‚ American Academy of Pediatrics‚ Pediatrics‚ 113.6‚ June 2004‚ p 1825. If marijuana becomes legal‚ the United States would change as a country. Particular areas like medical and economical would change drastically and that could possible
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California and not to the government. The first major reason why marijuana should be legalized is because the cost to keep it illegal is too expensive. Another major reason why it should be legal is because the hemp plant is a valuable natural resource. Legalizing marijuana would eliminate the confusion surrounding hemp and allow us to take advantage of hemp ’s agricultural and industrial uses. Thirdly the punishment for possessing or intent to sale marijuana shows no hard evidence of stopping dealers from
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Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana‚ which comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa‚ is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S. About 4% of American adults smoke pot at least once a year. Roughly 1% of adults abuse pot‚ and one in 3 00 have a pot addiction. The rates of marijuana smoking in adults have remained stable since the 1990s. However‚ the rates of addiction to pot have risen significantly over that same period. And‚ according to recent government studies‚ as many as 30% of
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Federalism on Legalizing of Marijuana Timothy E. Linder POL. 201 Stephen Chortanoff October 15‚ 2013 I wanting to begin this paper with my introduction showing a summarized relationship I share with the subject matter. My Life has always been a combination of right or wrong chooses and good or bad experiences‚ but my life with marijuana was an experience that was full of relaxation and no stress. In addition‚ marijuana helped me free my mind and focus on ways to change the direction of my
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Legalizing Marijuana Christopher Hutchins March 4‚ 2015 ITT Technical Institute: Breckinridge School of Nursing Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial issue in society. Although many slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history‚ the truths are slowly starting to surface. Unfortunately‚ these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as the typical “pot smoker.” This perception of a lazy and unmotivated America
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Argument in Favor of Legalizing Prostitution Prostitution is defined as the engaging in‚ or agreeing to engage in‚ sexual conduct for a fee. Women are pushed into entering prostitution for many reasons including lack of education‚ poverty‚ and personal choice. Prostitution is currently illegal‚ but there is much controversy surrounding this issue. There are approximately 1.3 million prostitutes in the United States today. However‚ there is only an arrest figure of about 100‚000 prostitutes in
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high stakes‚ not just millions‚ but dozens of millions. The fear of losing everything career‚ opportunity‚ contracts‚ name‚ fame‚ and money is pushing more sportsmen all over the world to use performance enhancing drugs‚ mainly anabolic-androgenic steroids‚ to either gain a competitive advantage‚ or to simply keep pace with other athletes using performance enhancers. The primary reason why PED’s are outlawed in professional sports is that they give users a perceived unfair advantage over the rest of
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Legalizing Marijuana Abraham Lincoln once stated that‚ "Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man ’s appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." In today ’s society‚ this statement still applies in reference to the illegal use of marijuana. Marijuana prohibition causes far more harm than marijuana itself. Keeping marijuana illegal
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