health problems. Most people think pot is safer than tobacco‚ but that is not true. It’s smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer causing substances that tobacco smoke and 1 cannabis joint can cause as much damage as 5 tobacco cigarettes. As far as the effects on your mental state goes‚ the main active ingredient in Marijuana is Tetrahydrocannabinol better known as thc and this disrupts nerve cells in the brain affecting memory. It also releases more dopamine while under the influence of pot‚ dopamine is
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These past couple months leading up to and after the 2016 presidential election I have been thinking about the impact effect of the electoral college. The electoral college is made up of the number of state members in the house of representatives and the number of state members in the senate. In Kansas we have 6 electoral college votes because we have 4 house of representatives and 2 senators. The electoral college was originally designed so each state could choose representatives to cast their states
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The effects of child based commercialization does not become as prevalent until the child reaches school. In my time‚ a child would be able to escape the need to drastically conform until around the sixth grade; after that you are expected to wear certain clothing
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century in England allowed for mass production of many things that would improve the manufacturing of many products. This revolution soon spread to the United States and throughout Western Europe. Even though the Industrial Revolution brought about positive advances through the invention of technology‚ communication‚ and transportation‚ William Blake also laments the harm it brought to humanity. Before the Industrial Revolution had begun‚ England’s economy was mainly based on the cotton industry. Workers
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Cultural imperialism is meant to make the culture and stories of an oppressed group seem inferior‚ while asserting that the culture and stories of the dominant‚ oppressing group are the norm or ideal. For black queer women‚ cultural imperialism means being subjected to dehumanizing stereotypes‚ exposed to a white beauty standards‚ and having their stories erased. Since we are so exposed to media like television‚ film‚ magazines‚ and advertisements‚ these mediums can be used as tools of cultural imperialism
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South Africa had been under a strict policy in which it segregated over three-fourths of its society‚ called Apartheid. This policy was put into place in 1948 when the National party government established that the Whites who were considered the civilized race‚ had uttermost control of the state‚ in which their interests would prevail over any of the other races including Blacks‚ Indians‚ African and Coloured‚ and that the state didn’t have the obligation to provide the same rights to the remaining
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What is imperialism? Why was its history so diverse? Explain by comparing different colonial settings. During the late 1900’s Europe decided it was in the nation’s best interest to expand their territory and bring inferior race’s under its control. The Europeans would not be the first to expand however they did go one step further‚ choosing occupied areas. This is the basis for what is now categorized as imperialism. Africa‚ Asia and the Pacific were three of the first areas to be conquered and
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16 June 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto When high-school students in Soweto started protesting for better education on 16 June 1976‚ police responded with teargas and live bullets. It is commemorated today by a South African national holiday‚ Youth day‚ which honors all the young people who lost their lives in the struggle against Apartheid and Bantu Education. In 1953 the Apartheid Government enacted The Bantu Education Act‚ which established a Black Education Department in the Department of
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According to sociologist Paula S. Rothenberg‚ “it is impossible to understand the world that we inhabit . . . without attending to the colonial past that has shaped it” (Rothenberg‚ pp.76). Beginning roughly in the late fifteenth century‚ European powers‚ such as Great Britain‚ France‚ Portugal‚ and Spain‚ gradually amassed global empires‚ with colonies and trading posts on multiple continents. Though some colonies were meant for European settlers‚ the majority were established for their access to
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After World War II‚ the people of Africa fought to end the effects of European imperialism in order to achieve political independence and reclaim African culture. However‚ tensions caused by artificial political boundaries established by European powers exacerbated preexisting tribal and religious divisions. The newly ‘freed’ African states were unstable and struggled to deal with these conflicts‚ often resulting in civil wars and genocide. During this struggle‚ Africa received very little support
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