On the other side of the issue‚ one the reigning arguments of the opposition is based in the monetary burden placed upon the nation‚ both government and people‚ if universal healthcare should be instituted in the United States. The total cost of healthcare in the US at this time is $3.8 trillion with a projection estimating that costs will rise to $5 trillion by 2022 (Munro‚ 2014). The US pays 160% more for prescription drugs than the Netherlands‚ who has a strong healthcare system‚ but more surprisingly
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drug in the‚ United Sates behind alcohol and tobacco use. More than 14 million Americans use marijuana regularly regardless of the laws against its use or possession. The problems with legalization and criminalization of marijuana use have been an extremely controversial matter and have been a debatable subject over many years. Currently it is a crime and is against the law to posse and use the drug regularly known as pot‚ weed and mary-jane. However‚ the United States government has spent billions
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adoring family. There is an answer for this issue Gay adoption. There is a rising measure of open gay person couples all over‚ and a significant portion of them would love to have children‚ yet it’s still unlawful for gay person couples to receive children in a few territories of
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My sophomore year was the hardest for my friends and me because we were suffering from racial trauma‚ which affects us mentally and emotionally. 2015 seemed to be an apex for black men and women dying at the hands of a police. When we were just starting to grieve over the death of Michael Brown‚ another report came out that a young mentally ill man named Matthew Ajibade was tasered in the groin area while being restrained in a chair by police officers. This inhumane action was a breaking point causing
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There is estimated that 26 animals are used for testing‚ research and education in the US each year. More than 70.000 of them are nonhuman primates. Using animals as research subject in medical experiments is broadly condemned on two parts. The first one is because it wrongly violates the rights of animals‚ and second one‚ because it wrongly impose on sentient creatures much avoidable suffering. These two grounds are both deserve definitive dismissal. People using animals for medical experiments
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Deafness has consistently been perceived and represented incorrectly in American media. It is important to note that deaf individuals have created their own culture based on their set of social beliefs‚ behaviors‚ art‚ literary traditions‚ history‚ and values. Deaf Culture focuses on deaf individuals who use American Sign Language (ASL) and consider being Deaf a cultural lifestyle choice. However‚ not all individuals who have experienced hearing loss are emerged in Deaf culture and that distinction
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government should provide funding to Planned Parenthood‚ a healthcare service provider. This debate relies moreso on the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by those supplying their opinions‚ rather than the facts. One of the reasons for this nationwide argument relies solely on the fact that Planned Parenthood offers the service of abortion. Many people are simply getting stuck up on this fact. However‚ what many people do not realize‚ or are choosing to ignore‚ is that Planned Parenthood provides many
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Currently‚ 14 routine vaccinations are required in all 50 states for children attending public schools ‚ 8 of which were developed by the same person (Huston). “A vaccine is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases‚ prepared from the causative agent of a disease‚ its products‚ or a synthetic substitution‚ treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease” (Vaccine+definition - Google Search). In the United States‚ vaccines
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Alternate testing procedures a. Microdosing is when a person takes small doses of a substance as a test to see if it would work. This only has an effect on their cellular perspective which doesn’t affect their major organ systems. b. Huh‚ Dongeun‚ Geraldine A Hamilton‚ and Donald E Ingber‚ who are biomedical engineers state‚ “[Organs on chips] could potentially serve as replacements for animals used in drug development and toxin testing.” c. Computer models are available that display human molecular structures
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The Fourth Amendment reads: ’The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated; and no Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized” (Donley‚ 2018). There are in fact two main rights placed in the Fourth Amendment. The first part of the amendment shields citizens from searches
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