asked “if you had the power to make an act that is now illegal into a legal act what would that act be?” and the versa “what legal act would you make illegal?” All their answers revolved either around drugs or subjects like the death penalty‚ abortion. In this paper I will further discuss my finding on the responses I received from both questions. When I had students first address the question of “which illegal act would they make legal?” Almost all of them wanted to legalize the selling and
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Abortion: Legal or Illegal PHI 103: Informal Logic Professor Craig Brewer June 5‚ 2012 While abortions are viewed as immoral and should be deemed illegal‚ women should have the right to choose what happens to their own body because abortions can be chosen as a way of getting rid of an undesired pregnancy for a rape or incest victim‚ abortions can be spontaneous or not planned at times‚ abortions have been around for centuries and abortions can also be medically induced due to medical issues
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been a controversial issue to weather or abortion should be legal or illegal all over the United States. Women all over the United States has been given the choice to have an abortion in some states such as Oklahoma a woman who wants to get rid of the fetus must undergo a view of the ultrasound and listen to the fetus heartbeat and no abortion can be done after 20 weeks of pregnancy (procon.org). I believe abortion shouldn’t be legal at all because in the Bible it states in Exodus 20:13 the 6th
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Extreme conservatives would have abortion made illegal. If we outlaw abortion it would not stop women from having them In "A Defense of Abortion" Judith Thomson does a good job of poking holes in the extreme conservative argument‚ she is a moderate liberal. Even though she is defending abortion she states there are still times when it is impermissible. . Her first analogy she compares a growing fetus to a famous violinist who has unknowingly been attached to a person’s circulatory system. Is
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Illegal Drug Use Prevention in The United States By Elizabeth R. Vaught Crime Prevention in America CJ334 Damon Simmons October 27‚ 2013 Abstract In this paper I am investigating the effects of prolonged use of meth‚ what the effects will be on our bodies and why some continue to use. What are the police doing to stop this epidemic of drug abuse? What programs are they using to help cut down on the use of these drugs? I will give some historical statistics on the drug problems in
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Which are worse- Legal or Illegal Drugs? Drugs are a common part of everyday life. In fact‚ it is highly likely that there are drugs of some sort in your cupboard. They are classified into two categories: legal and illegal. Legal drugs include alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and pharmaceutical drugs‚ while illegal drugs include marijuana‚ amphetamines and heroin. The media often portrays a biased‚ negative view on illegal drugs‚ however legal drugs often have the same effects as illegal drugs‚ if not worse
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Stimulant drinks are becoming the drinks of choice for many young people‚ and as their popularity rises‚ so do the sales numbers. Terry (2005) clarifies that energy drinks sales over $200 million in 2001‚ which more than doubled year 2000 sales of $130 million. These drinks are heavily marketed to teens as a harmless way to boost energy‚ but in reality they’ve been linked to serious health effects. The sales and consumption should therefore be restricted. 64 First and foremost‚ stimulant drinks
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General Psychology STIMULANTS Definition of Stimulant Drugs Stimulant‚ any drug that excites any bodily function‚ but more specifically those that stimulate the brain and central nervous system. Stimulants induce alertness‚ elevated mood‚ wakefulness‚ increased speech and motor activity and decrease appetite. Their therapeutic use is limited‚ but their mood-elevating effects make some of them potent drugs of abuse. Stimulants are a class of psychoactive drug that increase activity in the
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Abortion: Should it be legal or Illegal Audrianna Sanders American Government Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for a very long time. Due to the severity of the consequences of an abortion the moral and religious elements involved‚ this is an ethical controversy and has divided people for decades. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? In many eyes abortion is sought to be rather disturbing‚ unethical‚ and immoral. Only in extreme
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Should abortion be illegal or legal? Whether or not abortion should be illegal or not is a very controversial issue. Abortion is a very personal matter and people have many different opinions about it. Reasons for or against an abortion could be rape‚ money issues‚ religious views‚ and or young motherhood. An argument for the prolife side would be that life begins at conception. With that being said some people would consider it murder and an act of taking a life if abortion was chosen. On the
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