The Good and Bad: The War on Drugs The current War on Drugs has had horrible effects on society economically and socially. The drug prohibition efforts have had little impact on the supply of illicit drugs and have had no success in lowering the demand. Rather than spending trillions and incarcerating millions for a failed drug war we should be regulating the supply of drugs and providing treatment for those who want it. Legalizing drugs would lower abuse and deaths from illicit substances and
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The Vietnam War was a war fought between Communist North Vietnam and anti-Communist South Vietnam. The main‚ intended goal from the United States perspective was to prevent the further spread of communism. In order to execute their goal‚ they sent troops to South Vietnam and established several bases. The U.S. assisted South Vietnam to push back the North Vietnamese. Although the U.S. pushed North Vietnamese back many times‚ they never succeeded in the end. The Vietnam War left several positive and
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Name: Jumana mohamed Id:121613 Topic:Fast food Fast food became one of the most danger issues all over the world ‚ people are used to eat fast food almost everyday as they see it quicker and more delicious than any other healthy food. People do not know how much they are harming themselves by eating junk food ‚ it leads to a lot of diseases and illness because bodies will be deprived from the healthy food but by eating healthy food people will strength their health. Fast food has unhealthy impact
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Evaluate the US role as “World Police” particularly in its relations with: Iraq US support for Iraq during the Iraq-Iran War. Foreign Materiel Acquisition and Bear Spares: The United States assisted Iraq through a military aid program known as "Bear Spares". U.S. military made sure that spare parts and ammunition for Soviet or Soviet-style weaponry were available to countries which sought to reduce their dependence on the Soviets for defense needs. If the "Bear Spares" were manufactured outside
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Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug used by teenagers. Adults‚ teens‚ and even children abuse drugs. The war on drugs does not do much to solve the problems of people abusing drugs. The war on drugs has been inefficient to the world. History has proven that the war on drugs has been a defeat. In the last four decades‚ the government has spent over 2.5 trillion dollars to fight the war on drugs. In those years‚ the number of drug abusers has risen to 19.9 million Americans (Suddath‚ 2009). In
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U.S Iraq and Afghanistan War Worth the Cost? Introduction The U.S led Iraq and Afghanistan wars have received praises and criticisms of different measures. The war was fought for almost a decade‚ starting back in 2003. In the case of Iraq war‚ the cause of the conflict was suspicion by the United States and United Kingdom that Iraq had in its possession Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) that it intended to use in case of war between nations. This was based on the past experience where Iraq had
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have ANY negative inclinations towards Americans. Contrary to what many people think‚ the Iraq war did not lead to the creation of ISIS‚ The immediate cause of the civil war was a devastating drought beginning in 2006 that forced many farmers to abandon their fields and migrate to urban centers. That migration fueled the civil war with a lot of angry‚ unemployed men helping to trigger a revolution. In the absence of a strong central government in Syria and with a weak government in Iraq‚ ISIS quickly
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1980‚ Iraq invaded Iran‚ starting a war that continues to devastate both countries. Over one million casualties have been reported. The interest shown in this conventional war had been low due to superpower noninvolvement and restrictions on foreign press agents in the war zone. Yet‚ because of oil resources‚ Southwest Asia has been determined to be of vital interest to the United States. The stability of the entire region is jeopardized by this war.
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The Iran-Iraq war‚ also known as the First Gulf War‚ was fought between the countries of Iraq and Iran from September 1980 to August 1988. The Iraqi invasion of Iran triggered the start of the war‚ and thus began what it would be considered as the longest conventional war of the twentieth century. Iraq‚ after having a long history of territorial disputes between Iran and fearful of losing its rich oil fields‚ decided to become the supreme power in the Persian Gulf by launching a simultaneous air
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to talk about the ethics of war. Now to some minds this phrase “the ethics of war” will likely cause raised eyebrows. “The ethics of war? What can ethics possibly have to do with war? Isn’t war evil?” Well‚ of course it is. War is a terrible thing. The existence and prevalence of war in history is‚ in fact‚ ample testimony to the depravity and wickedness of Man. The conduct of war involves the intentional killing of human beings and the destruction of property. War inevitably causes untold suffering
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