Current Event Controversies in Government Ms. Elshakhs - U.S. Government Objective: Examine controversial governmental issues from more than one perspective Project Explanation (100 points): Each group will research a current controversy and teach a full class period on that issue. Presentations must be balanced‚ rather than biased. Students must give equal time to opposing views on the issue. Students will give a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation describing the controversy in detail‚ and then
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Marijuana Legalization Marijuana should be legalized and taxed by the government because it has a low risk of abuse‚ and it can be used for many medical reasons. Prescription drugs kill about 100‚000 people in the world each year. Off the top of your head‚ do you know how many deaths are caused by using marijuana‚ either medically or recreationally? According to statistics‚ marijuana has not yet been recorded to be a cause of any death‚ ever. Not only are marijuana’s
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Debating Essay Legalizing Marijuana One of the biggest controversies in America today is the legalization of medical marijuana. I read a blog called “Legally Blind: Why I’m Against Legalizing Marijuana” by Dr. Howard Samuels. In Dr. Howard’s blog he stated that he is completely against the legalization of marijuana‚ however I am not. Though he has valid points I must disagree with majority of the things he states in his article. I believe that legalizing medical marijuana will do more good than it
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relation to marijuana‚ such as the personal use‚ cultivation or distribution of‚ there has long been debate about whether decriminalising the drug will reduce crime rates in society (Siegel‚ 2008). Decriminalisation of marijuana means that it would be given the status of a legal substance whereby there would be no penalties for using the drug; although it may be regulated in ways similar to other legal substances‚ such as tobacco and alcohol (DEST‚ 2003). The idea of decriminalising marijuana poses its
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problem. So the government should not decriminalize marijuana‚ so it will not weaken the U.S.’s economy‚ cause problems with other countries‚ and make more drug users. The cost on controlling the drug and arrest the dealers are never cheap‚ and is increasing every year. 2011‚ Obama is putting 100 million dollars into drug control (Decriminalizing Marijuana). Because of this‚ the U.S. economy is having some problems. And if they did decriminalized marijuana‚ it will be even harder to control the spread
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Marijuana also known as cannabis sativa has been falsely criticized since the beginning of the century. The fact is that the legalization of marijuana can have positive effects. Marijuana has been proven to be less likely to create crime‚ it can be used as a medicine‚ and isn’t any more harmful than most other legal substances on the market. It’s hard to understand why it is illegal. Legalizing marijuana would reduce the numbers in our prisons‚ help the country’s Ill citizens‚ and make money
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To image supporting recreational and medical drug use with a substance such marijuana may influence the younger youth and our future generation to endure limited memory and learning abilities whether it’s for work‚ social‚ or educational. Since marijuana has negative side effects by affecting the memory in the brain‚ and increases paranoia‚ it is harming individual’s abilities to function. Although it may treat other symptoms such as pain‚ as a blindness prevention method‚ and increase a person’s
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The Controversial Issues of Latinas Each year Latinos make the big journey to the United States. They usually settle for the first low paying jobs‚ which are offered to them resulting in not moving up the corporate ladder. This consequently results in a pattern of never seeking mobility. The second generations that are born here‚ either follow their parent’s footsteps or seek for better opportunities through education in order to get their families out of the poverty. Most Latino families today
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Controversial TelevisionAdvertising for Children Today ’s children are unique in many ways from previous generations‚ but perhaps the most influencing on our young children today is Television advertisements. "In 1997‚ the nation ’s estimated 34 million children age 12 and under will have spent or influenced spending of a record $500 billion" (Horovitz 1997). There is obviously a great deal of interest in this subject‚ many books have been written‚ and many studies and reports done on the effects
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Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana‚ is this going to medical miracle or a medical disaster? Medical marijuana should be legalized for patients in their end stages of disease and have no other options. The legalize marijuana‚ is a question many state governments are fighting against federal governments to stop the recession of legalizing the drug everyone talks about. What is marijuana‚ what is the used for? It is becoming legal in many states‚ which states passed a law to use medical marijuana
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