Juliette Hughes wrote an article for The Age newspaper about how she thinks drugs should be legalised. She used many different sorts of metalanguage techniques such as using expert’s opinion‚ appealing to people’s self-interest etc. Hughes is an ethicist; her point of view is from an ethical standpoint. Hughes used examples from history and scientific experiment. The intended audience is a mature audience‚ who are open minded about the legalisation of drugs. Hughes starts off by talking about cannabis
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Legally or Illegally Attempts to restrict something on which restrictions pose virtually no effects is a complete failure and therefore spending millions of dollars yearly is a pure example how American government operates on drug prohibitions. Here‚ we have drug users‚ non-users‚ producers and fighters to stop it. Actions of these subjects simply collide in deep misunderstandings creating domino effect of tragedies where greed versus existence comes on stage. For American government
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other drugs. The United States is on top of the list of countries for drug use and abuse of drugs. It got so terrible that forty years ago President at the time Richard Nixon declared the United States government ’s "War on Drugs‚" a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention. Having foreign countries participate in the "War On Drugs" gives the United States assistance to define and reduce the illegal drug trade. The problem is so immense globally that the United Nations
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In society today‚ many people look for a feeling of freedom‚ Many people go on vacation and spend money. The most common gateway for people is drug.Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem. In order to eradicate the drug problem‚ a public debate is going on to find some solutions to this drug dilemma. It has been highly controversial issue whether drugs such as marijuana should be legalized or not. Some people advocate this issue and believe that legalization is the only solution
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The Blunt Truth Should marijuana be legalized? The legalization of marijuana is currently one of the most controversial issues in the United States today. To answer this question it entails more than just and simple “yes” or “no”. There are a variety of reasons as to why someone would want to use this decriminalized plant‚ which is the result of the nationwide debate of legalization. Medical uses seem to be the most looked at area of this debate. Many doctors will support the use of marijuana
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University and a senior fellow at Cato‚ and Katherine Waldock‚ professor of economics at New York University‚ estimate that legalizing drugs would save the government approximately $41.3 billion annually on expenditures related to the enforcement of prohibition”(IBT.com). Legalizing drugs will cause more problems. For instance‚ more people could be treated for overdosing on legalized
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disorders‚ and general pain. Transition: Now that I’ve informed you about what marijuana is and its beneficial purposes‚ I will now discuss about why marijuana should be legalized. II. Marijuana should be legalized for many reasons. A) Prohibition of marijuana must be
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American Reform Movements From 1790 to 1860 reforms emerged in the United States in attempt to create a more advanced society. Many of the movements that were attempted failed due to either entrenched social conservatism or weaknesses in the movements themselves. New religions started to emerge based on Christianity‚ but shaped to their preferences. Along with new religions were Utopias that were part of cooperative‚ communistic‚ or “communitarian” nature. The temperance movement started to
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The Gateway to Marijuana Legalization As the subject of many debates‚ the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. has sparked many controversial conversations ranging from the effect on learning to the medicinal uses of the plant. To finally put an end to this argument‚ Cannabis Sativa should absolutely be legalized‚ taxed‚ and definitely used for medicinal purposes. The laws today are immoral and are a waste of time‚ money and resources. Thinking within a utilitarian mindset‚ the ideals behind
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marijuana would be legalized?” I asked “I think the real answer is‚ nobody knows. However with that said‚ we can make some good guesses based on historical evidence. The first useful comparison is the to look at what happen in the USA when the prohibition of the sale of alcohol was removed.” Replied Dr. Hanya “How can they prove you are driving under the influence of marijuana?” I asked. “Driving recklessly and a subsequent drug test that shows the presence of THC is usually enough to convince
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