Marijuana in the United States Marijuana can be considered the most popular and widely used illicit drug in the United States. State drug policies have changed in recent years‚ however many American citizens still face prosecution for the cultivation‚ distribution and possession of marijuana. Despite the known benefits of legalizing marijuana on the economy and crime rate‚ the US federal government has still not changed its policy. The United States must acknowledge and change its role in the imprisonment
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Prostitution in the United States What is a prostitute? Possibly you know one. A prostitute is a person who engages in sexual activity for payment. Many people in the United States frown upon the idea of selling your body for a profit‚ but what if there was a way to make prostitution a better situation for everyone. If handled properly prostitution can become just another job for those who struggle to find a source of income. Prostitution also has the potential to become another good source of income
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Divorce in the United States Divorce involves the recognition that a marriage has hopelessly failed and that at least one of the partners has no desire to continue the marital relationship. Divorce legally dissolves a marriage‚ and permits the partners to remarry if they choose. Divorce differs from an annulment‚ which declares a marriage invalid because of some flaw in the contract. The early American settlers brought with them three different views on divorce: 1) the Roman Catholic view
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another crime‚ is becoming everyone’s nightmare in our dear country. Daily‚ we read nightmarish stories of people being abducted as they go about their daily business. A criminal act‚ which first attracted national attention on 26 February 2006 when Niger Delta militants kidnapped foreign oil workers to press home their demand‚ kidnapping has since become ubiquitous and commercialised. It has spreadfrom the Niger Delta to virtually all nooks and crannies of the country‚ with some states of course
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making life more burdensome. In the article A Look Inside America’s Poorest County Nomaan Merchant states‚”The few people who have jobs usually have to drive up to 80 miles to tribal headquarters. The nearest major population centers are Rapid City and Bismarck‚ each a trip of 150 miles or more” (Merchant‚ 2011).
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As a newly formed country the United States largely adopted a policy of isolationism‚ meaning that the government believed it was better to keep itself out of the political affairs of other countries. The United States was successful in its isolationism because of its geographical separation from Europe and most other major countries (proquest staff). After the conclusion of the American Civil War‚ this attitude remained the same. The country had to focus its efforts into the reconstruction and rebuilding
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The United States populates over 325 million people. Of these 325 million‚ 13.5 percent of them are under the poverty threshold‚ which is about 42.3 million people. These people are lacking of basic requirements for living such as money‚ clothes‚ a home‚ food‚ and even education. Without their basic requirements for living it makes it harder for them to get out of their current situation. Even though the government have tried to step in and solve this problem‚ the government programs that are set
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Recidivism Rate in The United States In the United States‚ crime is a problem that will not easily be solved. I believe that one of the most significant problems relating to crime is the number of inmates that are committing crimes after release and are incarcerated again‚ known as recidivism. Why is this happening and what can be done to further prevent it? There are a number of hypotheses on why offenders often commit crimes multiple times‚ even after punishment. Some of these include the
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between the US and Latin America from the first days of independence.” (Page 27). The United States expansion pattern is quite simply explained by the country’s desire for growth‚ which came from a place feeling threatened by the possibility of Latin American territories growing‚ and at one point becoming a credible threat to U.S. power. However‚ given the times‚ as Gonzalez explains‚ one of the main reasons the U.S. felt it could not allow for these areas of Latin America to become independent
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Torture in the United States English 1020 4/19/2012 Torture in the United States Torture has existed all over the world for millennia but what is torture in America today? The C.I.A. and the F.B.I. have recently used torture against terrorists who were suspected to have vital information concerning American safety. Since torture is illegal in the United States‚ most of this torture took place at Guantanamo Bay in the southeastern corner of Cuba. Detainees at the detention camp were not
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