Katerine Arzapalo Economics Lindquist 02/23/14 Not Legalizing Marijuana How would you like if you saw marijuana being sold in stores or on the streets and the police can’t do anything about it? I believe that marijuana shouldn’t be legalized. Others say that marijuana will help the economy‚ create more jobs and will be used in medical use. Yes‚ I agree that it will raise money but that isn’t going to fix everything. Supporters of this issue do a good job of making points but they down play
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In “The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition‚” W. J. Rorabaugh effectively argues that the Antebellum Temperance Reform was motivated primarily by religious moralism. Rorabaugh claims that the temperance societies developed by evangelical Christian ministers served as socializing institutions which significantly helped ease social tensions and anxieties that contributed to alcohol consumption. Rorabaugh is a professor of history at the University of Washington and has published various research
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Drug addiction is on the rise and never stopping‚ with new drugs being discovered‚ the addictions will keep climbing. The amount of drug addicts there are in america is rising everyday‚ now it is about 23.4 million people across the our country alone. That is approximately one in ten Americans. In the novel The Other Wes Moore not only drug addiction is a problem but even becoming a drug dealer isn’t a far stretch. The novel follows two men with the same name not far apart‚ but two different fates
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Kevin Ramirez Prof: Romero Eng 67 2 December 2014 Causes of Smoking Marijuana Marijuana is used for multiple purposes some of which include medical reasons‚ temptation and stress‚ and peer pressure. More than 1 in 3 people in America have tried marijuana at one point in their lives. Though occasional use isn’t usually harmful‚ pot can affect your body and mind any time it gets into your system. Marijuana brings millions of people relief from the pain they feel from a day to day basis. Medical marijuana
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Co Rentmeester uses this photo to describe the war on drugs during the 1960’s and the US population trying to cut drugs out. Early alterations to law were enacted when “The U.S. Congress first introduced mandatory prison terms for drug use and sale with the 1956 Narcotics Control Act” (Muscoreil). The Photograph is at about eye-Level and is close up.The person seems to be the main subject‚ but the black board behind takes the attention away. The photographer is maybe trying to convey the idea and
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Essay 1 A Potent Policy Debate The two articles being discussed are on the topic of drug legalization‚ having my own opinion‚ what I’ve done is become completely open minded on the subject and only will judge the argumentative skills of the authors. Organizing it by article‚ I will review at the end of each analysis if the reader would have swayed my opinion. Judging on the use of ethos‚ pathos and logos to determine if the two authors give valid argument on Drug Legalization and the effects it
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Barbiturate and amphetamine addiction continues to give cause for national concern. Each year hundreds of thousands of pills manage to slip into the black market and are sold illegally‚ often to young people. Some observers‚ including the head of a congressional crime committee that spent two years probing the problem of illegal drug trafficking‚’ believe that the drug manufacturers cannot be blamed if their products are put to illegitimate use. Do drug manufacturers have any moral responsibility
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Even though the process and policies has flaws‚ drug testing should be included in competitive sports to help promote fair play‚ and since these drugs provide an unfair advantage‚ all achievements while testing positive for performance enhancing drugs should be stricken from the records. Anabolic and performance enhancing drugs can ruin any athlete’s career. A large amount of athletes get stuck taking these types of drugs‚ having suspensions become too regular during an athletic season. Maria Sharapova
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There are many agencies that are concerned with the epidemic of drug control‚ but not all are as effective as we would like it to be. Although‚ we have a vast variety of enforcements‚ treatments‚ regulations‚ education gaining drug control will always be a difficult task. Law enforcement can only go so far in the sense that arresting or fining never deters the public. Especially juveniles who the majority take it as a joke and never realize the long term consequences until it’s too late. The Drug
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The war on drugs is a complete failure. When connecting drugs to crime the relationship is complex. Many different reasons can be the cause of addiction‚ selling drugs‚ drug users and the creation of war on drugs. The criminal justice approach only created a deep depression over minority communities. The war on drugs created a vicious ongoing cycle that minorities‚ especially American Americans cannot not escape. Michelle Alexander suggested the war on drugs is similar to Jim Crow laws. The war on
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