Gabby Garcia WR122 3 December 2012 Essay 3: Rebuttal Is Legalizing Marijuana a Good Idea for Oregon? In the 2012 Oregon general election Oregonians narrowly defeated Ballot Measure 80‚ The Oregon Cannabis Act when 55 percent of registered voters voted no. Measure 80 would have allowed unlicensed adults the right to personal cultivation‚ and use of marijuana as well as allow commercial marijuana cultivation and sale to adults through state-licensed stores. Currently‚ marijuana cultivation
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Legalizing Gay Marriage What is gay marriage? Gay marriage also known as same sex marriage is an ungodly civil union between the same gender. It may also be described as a union caused by strong emotional and physical attraction of the same sex driven by worldly desires. To make gay marriage permissible by law is an affront to God and it should not be condoned in order to protect the family and the true nature of humankind. Legalizing gay marriage is truly very controversial in any order. It
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citizens‚ for instance‚ the legalization of marijuana. There has been a great argument for years to legalize marijuana. Some believe that it should not become legal and some believe that it should but let’s be realistic‚ legalizing marijuana will cause many problems in this world. Legalizing marijuana could cause users to become addicted‚ cause mental health problems‚ and cause a huge threat to our environment Marijuana can become very addictive to some people while utilizing it and not even know it. “The
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Legalizing the Drinking Age to 18 When people turn to the age of eighteen‚ they are finally considered an adult. They can join the army‚ have the right to vote‚ buy cigarettes or tobacco products‚ get a tattoo and even die for our country‚ but they aren’t allowed to buy alcohol? A person can be responsible enough to live on his or her own‚ make money‚ pay bills‚ and yet they are not old enough to purchase or consume any type of alcohol. Underage drinking has been a major controversial issue for
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Transitional Justice in Rwanda How did the use of combined strategies of the ICTR and the Gacaca work in the Rwandan case‚ could it be seen as modern day model for transitional justice? In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda‚ the international community and the Rwandan government embraced criminal prosecution as the primary approach to the restoration of law and order in the country. Leaders and policy makers inside and outside Rwanda cited breaking
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then the use of coercion to counteract it‚ inasmuch as it is the preservation of a hindrance to freedom‚ is consistent with freedom according to universal laws (Kant‚ Immanuel‚ and John Ladd 35). This can be interpreted as issuing an equal amount of justice compared to the sentence of the crime‚ as he implies that rights must be respected and to prevent the injustices- the consequences ought to be consistent[with the
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Minister-elect‚ refuses to back pedal on his position favoring legalized marijuana. It was a tenet of his campaign and now that he beat Stephen Harper credibility is added to his position. Trudeau said in a recent speech‚ “The Liberal party is committed to legalizing and regulating marijuana. Controlling it in a way that is going to protect our kids and remove criminal elements from it. And we’re going to get started on that right away.” Trudeau’s stance is a dramatic shift from his predecessor‚ who not only
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taking away their rights because they’re trying to make a living isn’t fair (Post). Legalizing prostitution increase the overall health of sex workers‚ as is evident in Germany’s Red Light District (Reisenwitz‚ “Walking the Red”). It would also directly eliminate the 30% of abuse that comes from police and indirectly eliminate the rest under the threat of imprisonment (Reisenwitz‚ “Why it’s Time”) Laws legalizing prostitution would do more to improve the health and safety conditions of sex workers
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since she is now labeled as a felon‚ illegal discrimination such as‚ denial of the right to vote‚ denial of public assistance‚ and employment discrimination have now become legal (Alexander). The Jim Crow system has been redesigned in America today‚ legalizing discrimination against people with criminal backgrounds (Alexander). Jim Crow was the practice of discriminating against African Americans‚ after slavery was in abolished between the 1870’s to the mid 1960’s in the Southern States. This system
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Restorative Justice Restorative justice follows the principle of reconciliation and rehabilitation. The justice system involves bringing the offenders back to the victims or the society at large and allowing them to reconcile through a set process (Zehr‚ 2015). In other words‚ the system allows the person who may be termed as a criminal be accepted back to the society. They are given a chance to reconcile with the people they wronged and through it they can become better people. The victims are
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