Rebeca Manns ENGL 112 Argumentative Paper September 2‚ 2012 Drug Court vs. Incarceration Drug addiction has increased drastically across America in the last fifty years. Non-violent drug offenders fill our jails and prisons. Taxpayer dollars are put into a prison system that is proving to be counter-productive. Recidivism rates are high. Drug Court is an alternative to incarceration that offers rehabilitation to criminal offenders. In drug court‚ the traditional functions of the U.S. justice
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Introduction Marijuana is currently a hot topic of debate throughout Canada‚ and has been for the past few years. Marijuana was first banned in 1923 under the Opium and Drug Act‚ but since 1997 the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act have controlled it. In 2000‚ over 30‚000 Canadians were charged with possession of marijuana. Currently‚ the marijuana laws are not enforced equally across the country‚ which has prompted the interest in changing the laws or possibly decriminalizing marijuana.
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and transportation of alcohol on a national level. June 1930‚ the Federal Bureau of Narcotics was created under the leadership of Harry Anslinger. By 1933 Depression-era gangsters and bootleggers had gotten so out of hand that the 18th Amendment (prohibition on alcohol) was repealed. A new national enforcement framework came into view with the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937‚ which attempted to tax marijuana into oblivion‚ as Tom Head from Ask.com emphasized that marijuana “with it’s alleged perception might
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as effective as it was intended to be. Its original intent lies ... The way alcohol impairs a person’s brain it is amazing that more efforts have not been made to in some way deter people from drinking like they have been deterred from smoking. Prohibition is out since it has been acceptable and we know what happened when we did try to prohibit alcohol. If we were to legal other drugs‚ it would be hard to rescind the decision much like with alcohol and nicotine. Legalization is a scary issue when
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Ursula M. McIntyre ENG 2001 01 May 15‚ 2012 Marijuana Legalize and Taxed In today ’s society Americans are suffering from increased destruction due to the never-ending war against drugs. Government officials make promising speeches to advocate tougher drugs laws. This war against drugs has not accomplished anything. Legalization and taxing is an option that should be considered to show how legalizing and taxing marijuana will put end to this cycle. It is very important to understand the
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Mosher‚ C. (2007). Drugs and drug policy: The control of consciousness alteration. Thousand Oaks‚ California: Sage Publications. The authors explore and look at drugs and drug policy pertaining to prescription drug use. In chapter six‚ the authors outline the patterns of legal drug use; focusing on prescription drugs among 12th graders in an American highschool. There is also a focus on gender/sex‚ race/ethnicity‚ social class‚ and rural/urban locations. Chase‚ K. (2005). Buying rx drugs: Avoiding
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END THE PROHIBITION ON MARIJUANA AND INDUSTRIAL HEMP Outline Thesis Statement: Legalization of industrialized hemp and marijuana benefits our economy‚ decriminalizes a 35 billion dollar a year industry‚ creates jobs‚ and makes sense for the environment. I. Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since the Marihuana Stamp Tax Act was enacted by congress in 1937 A. A Brief History B. Marijuana Cash Crop II. The prohibition of marijuana contributes to a black market system‚ which
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Question #1‚ Option b Roles are like “parts” we play in life‚ each with a set of expectations specific to that position (rules). In The Breakfast Club‚ Mr. Vernon has the role of the Principle. Naturally this means his “rules” include both the explicit (written out and specifically defined) ones such as managing the school’s staff‚ and creating and carrying out policies and procedures‚ and the implicit (implied) ones such as trying to guide his students down the right path and leading by example
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Argument Rebuttal About The Legalization of Marijuana Barbara Chalfant BCOM/275 May 27‚ 2012 Randi Barnes-Plante Argument Rebuttal about the Legalization of Marijuana Legalizing marijuana has been a huge argumentive issue for a long time and over the last few years it has been an even bigger issue. Experts say that the most widely used drug is marijuana and is not considered as dangerous or as addicting as cocaine or heroin. This paper is about the legalization of marijuana. People who
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Taylor Culmone Mrs. Gomes English 4AP 4A/C November 29‚ 2010 Huxley introduced the use of recreational drugs into everyday life for their sole purpose of creating artificial happiness. The utilization of soma formed another world for the consumers to live in‚ a world full of happiness and euphoria: “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone‚ cheeks were flushed‚ the inner light of universal benevolence broke out on every face in happy‚ friendly smiles” (Huxley 81). Is this where
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