The government and authority figures have mislead the public for years with lies about the effects of marijuana. I’m here to speak about the truth of marijuana and how it does not cause harm to the general public. In 1974 when President Ronald Reagan launched a war on drugs‚ he produced a study called the Dr. Heath/Tulane Study. This study proved that marijuana can kill brain cells. This study then became the government’s foundation for why marijuana is harmful. After years of asking how
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The late 1980’s were a period of change‚ both in the United States and across the world. Van Halen had broken up causing cultural unrest amongst the common man‚ and poor economic progress in the 70’s paved the way for the first Republican president since Nixon (who didn’t leave the best of impressions during his tenure as president)‚ and the U.S. was just as concerned as ever about the expansion of communism‚ with the Sandinistas in Honduras and the Castro family in Cuba inching communism ever closer
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America has been thought to be the land of opportunity. Over the course of our country’s history we can see that this is not completely true. If America is the land opportunity that would mean everyone regardless of gender‚ race‚ or income would have the equal chance at having a better life. Throughout American history we can see this is not the case. The country is racially divided as it was hundreds of years ago‚ as well as the rich controlling the government. The texts “FROM SLAVERY TO PRISONS:
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Political Commentator Interview Tana George HIS145 September 12‚ 2012 Ginny Mayer Political Commentator Interview COMMENTATOR: Mr. President‚ would you please address your involvement in the Iran Contra affair? REAGAN: Let’s start with the part that is the most controversial. A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true‚ but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. As the Tower board
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Ronald Reagan and the Strategic Defense Initiative Program “What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to deter a Soviet attack‚ that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies?” (Address 5). On March 23‚ 1983‚ President Ronald Reagan presented his vision of a future with a Nation’s security that did not rest upon the threat of a nuclear
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In 1979‚ an Iranian government supported terrorist group overtook the US embassy. They captured 52 people. In an order to obtain the release of the American hostages being held in Lebanon‚ The Reagan Administration secretly began to sell weapons to Iran. This went against an American ban on arms sales to Iran‚ which had been in affect since the embassy had been seized. (Corrigan 40-41) These deals were arranged through Robert McFarlane‚ who was the head of the National Security Council. One
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Long gone are the days of spending numerous hours of the day keeping yourself occupied with nature. This new era has been filled with high-speed computers‚ game consoles‚ cell-phones and two-way messengers. In today ’s classrooms‚ many youth are plugging formulas into their graphing calculators rather than working it out on a piece pf paper. This era is very different than that of our parents ’. Pen and paper have gone to the wayside and laptops are the new notepad. Is technology helping the
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Reagan had a great charisma about him and knew how to use this to get what he wanted and needed to transform this country. First‚ he had to win the southerners trust continuing to slowly switch them over from Democratic to Republicans. This transition had already been started when the south who were hardcore democratic‚ got upset with the Democratic stance behind and the creating of so many civil right movements (Schultz‚ 2014). Reagan‚ from CA‚ compared his home state to that of the southern states
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For eight years families existing in the low to middle socioeconomic structure were watching a “pick me-up” movie while their future was being hijacked. Ronald Reagan rode in the lead car at the parade with the elite 1% while occasionally throwing confetti to the average people on the street. His policies eventually guaranteed fortunes for wall street elite while insuring the moderation of the lesser stature
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warfare had made its way into the country‚ and after all these years‚ it has made its fair share of positive and negative effects. “Just say no.” (Reagan Declares War on Drugs‚ 1982). This was one of the many scare tactics used in America’s new war on drugs. The president needed to construct a plan to detract the public eye from drugs’ fame. Nancy Reagan was equally as adamant about keeping America safe and clean. She traveled to and spoke at many schools‚ enforcing the idea of simply refusing the
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