alarming‚ taxpayers spend almost fourteen billion per year on the war against pot‚ which is a lot of money that could be spent stimulating the economy instead of dwindling it. Also‚ drug cartels in Mexico would weaken. Marijuana makes up fifty percent of cartel profits‚ so if legalized‚ their enterprise would fall apart. In turn‚ law enforcement would be able to focus more on searching for high-risk drugs and protection against
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can’t use their wealth to influence politics‚ and money is a form of free speech. I also can’t say I’m against having countless amounts of groups because if we were to limit how many groups there could be I wouldn’t be able to form my own group if I wanted‚ and it would further remove the power held by citizens. I’m not against interests groups with large amounts of capital‚ but I am against greedy politicians‚ if that makes sense. I understand that money can be a critical part of a lobbying campaign
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is something which could tremendously help create equality in admissions decisions in the state. More and more states continue to adopt affirmative action bans‚ as it becomes more and more prevalent that affirmative action policies are actually against what they are for. These policies create racial segregation and create a divide that is unnecessary. A person’s ethnicity or race should have no role in whether or not they get into a college. In today’s 21st century society all members are valued
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The insanity defense plays a powerful role in our society which begs for justice. However some look upon it as a god sent‚ while other feel it is the enemy. ?The insanity defense is rooted in a basic principle of justice: that it is unfair to hold persons responsible for their actions when they don?t know‚ or cant control‚ what they are doing? (Worth 16)‚ but is it true that people really don?t ?know? what they are doing; and if so should they still be punished for it? Many who share negative feelings
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Reflection: When the topic of standardized testing arises are there typically two types of people. Those who are for standardized testing and those who are against standardized testing. In this article it talks about how both sides affect the minority races. On one hand Sonja Brookins Santelises states that standardized tests can benefit from these tests. She goes on to saying these tests gives parents a way to view if their children are not being served well by the teachers and the school district
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Animals for Testing: Pros Versus Cons”‚ asserts‚ “…because animals are in an unnatural environment‚ they will be under stress. Therefore‚ they won’t react to the drug in the same way compared to their potential reaction in a natural environment. This argument further weakens the validity of animal experimentation.” The reaction of a drug in an
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if a person has cancer and their estimate of life is one to three months then they could opt for a mercy killing. However if a person has another terminal disease longer than six months‚ such as AIDS‚ then it would be deemed “moral to let the person live in slow suffering. Euthanasia is controversial when it comes to a bio ethical stand point. Is moral to let a person die if he or she is suffering or she we keep applying the medicine that would relieve the suffering but won’t cure the person? It should
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Biracial Racism and Discrimination Around the 1960s‚ biracial children were looked down upon and discriminated against. Now in the 2000s‚ about seven million people in the U.S. identify themselves as multiracial which is 2.5 percent of the U.S. population. Growing up biracial can be very frustrating to fit in with other people. When others look at a biracial person the first thing they wonder about is what race they are. With that mindset from others‚ it makes them question who they are
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assault. Upon my arrival I made contact with Ashley Sutton‚ who informed me of the following: - Her and her boyfriend Robert Murph where arguing over his children talking bad about her and his ex-wife Denise McNeal living with them. - During the argument Murph pushed her down using his open hand on her face. - While she was on the ground Murph’s two sons kicked her multiple times. - McNeal then grabbed her and Murph’s daughter and ran out the door with her and said you don’t deserve her. - McNeal
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Solitary Confinement There is a lot of controversy surrounding the prison system in the united states. Some of the controversies involve overcrowding‚ excessive costs‚ and the increase of violence. One of the biggest issue is solitary confinement. Although many way that solitary confinement is the only solution to keep and restrain violent inmates‚ because research shows that solitary confinement does more good than bad‚ harms the mental state of prisoners‚ and is more costly than the regular prisons
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