mental health problem thinking that it is a good idea to kill themselves rather than deal with the pain..Are they really competent enough to make such a decision? This is why we should not legalize assisted suicide. Assisted suicide should not be legalized because few people if any make a cool rational decision to suicide. People with mental problems often make distorted decisions. We should respond to suffering with appropriate medical care and human presents. Even though assisted suicide ends suffering
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grows $13.8 billion worth of cannabis annually (Glaister). Drug laws have successfully reduced the flow of marijuana into the US. This success is the main reason for the colossal amount of cannabis produced here. Large amounts of marijuana are now grown on U.S. soil because of the risks involved in transporting it across borders. If prohibition were effective‚ it would not force marijuana to be the nation’s leading cash crop (Nadelmann “Drug Prohibition in the United States”). When marijuana is made
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America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately‚ it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected‚ abused‚ and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in
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Legally Gay For years‚ the United States has been governed by a legislative system in order to regulate peace and prosperity in our country. This law system has proven to be beneficial in aiding equality throughout history by defining freedom for the black community‚ as well as ensuring domestic tranquility for all Americans regardless of race or gender. Although this system has protected the liberty of many Americans‚ it still denies the homosexual community equal rights. The theory of same-sex
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Juanito Bacuyag Jr. English P71 Jana Wong 02/05/2014 Same Sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized Same sex marriage‚ also known as equal marriage or gay marriage‚ is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity.The question of legalization of same sex marriage is an issue in many of our states today and in other countries. At least “17 U.S. states are now permitting gay marriage and some are still pending” (Bloomberg). Many people have their own beliefs and reasonings
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Abortion should also be legalized because the decision women make about their pregnancies empowers their rights. This is because women do not get a lot of say in things today without a man’s approval. Women should especially be able to make decisions about their own bodies and if they want to give birth. There is a lot of gender inequality shown today‚ so taking away a woman’s right to have an abortion would be a step backwards for the issue and women everywhere. For example‚ globally‚ women are
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Running head: SHOULD SURROGATE MOTHERS BE LEGAL IN TAIWAN Should Surrogate mothers be legalized in Taiwan? Evelyn Liu National Central University Abstract Surrogate mothers has been a critical issue in many countries for a long time. Recently‚ Taiwan has an issue on its legalization. There is already a draft passed in the Legislative Yuan. However‚ many people still debate about should surrogate mothers be legalized in Taiwan? From different aspects‚ including moral‚ law‚ homosexuals‚ and so on‚ I
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consist of an analysis of the use and abuse of illicit drugs within the prison systems on a global basis. With information gathered from various sources such as the internet and one on one interviews with an inmate in a male correctional facility and a former inmate of a female correctional facility I intend to show the rampant flow of drugs in and out of the prison system‚ the control of (or lack there of) by prison officials‚ the drug gangs and dealers in correctional facilities‚ the rate
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people in jail for possession or use of marijuana‚ which is one of the major issues facing the U.S. today. In addition‚ it should save a good sum of money that is being squandered in the war against drugs‚ or at the least shift the crackdown against drugs such as crack‚ cocaine‚ and other hard drugs that impose far more danger on our society than
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status quo of the drug policy is punitive prohibition and has a limited amount of treatment facilities. Punitive prohibition is the use of criminal charges with the goal of stopping the usage of drugs and all the harms that comes with it. This drug policy has been enforced and mostly unaltered since the MDA 1971. As outlined by the UK Drug Policy Commission the goals of the current drug policy is to reduce supply and demand whilst improving rates of recovery of those dependent on drugs. Status Quo Health
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