Paper Why legalizing marijuana would be beneficial to the United States. The current drug laws are doing more harm than good‚ legalizing marijuana would benefit the country in many ways. It would increase revenue for states. If marijuana were legal‚ the states would have more money to spend on important problems. Also marijuana has many medical benefits. Marijuana has been a part of humanity for almost as long as history has been recorded. Written references to the use of marijuana as a medicine
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Should the legal driving age be increased to 21 in Australia? To this date the legal driving age in Australia is 16‚ there has been a discussion throughout the community of increasing the legal driving age to 21 in Australia. Concerns of drink driving under the legal age limit had caused a sky-rocket in fatalities on the road in 2013 from drivers under the age of 20. With the age increased to 21‚ this means there will be fewer drivers on the road‚ which will cause less blocking on the road. Reasons
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However‚ what they don’t realize is that when price gouging laws are legal then all goods are sold based on the theory‚ first come first serve. When prices are the same in a state of emergency this allows consumers to buy products in bulks which leaves none left for anyone else. Another concern people have is that the poor
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Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving‚ according to a study released by the National Safety Council.1 Texting and driving should be illegal because it distracts the driver and puts people’s lives at risk. The police should be able to pull over a driver if they see them texting and driving to prevent accidents. When a person is texting they have to take all of their attention off the road. When they do this they are clearly
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Title: Should homosexual couples be allowed to legally adopt children? OUTLINE Introduction Thesis statement: Adoption by same-sex couples should be legalized to provide orphans with a family environment or people who can take care of their wellbeing‚ provide the couples with the right to have children and a family of their own. Body 1. Paragraph 1 (supporting argument 1) Every parent should be equally legal to adopt children if they are willing to and if they are capable of rearing their children
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Gay Marriage: How Jonathan Rauch Offers it as a Common Good The marriage-rights movement headed by gay rights activists has been a relevant issue on the American socio-political docket since 1970 following the Stonewall riots in New York City‚ New York in June of 1969. The riots sparked an initiative for gay people to join the movement of other marginalized groups in a quest to counteract widespread alienation to obtain the equal treatment and recognition they deserved. Today those activists
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a person doesn’t repeat his mistake or learns from it and it should induce fear in him‚ rather than enjoying it. A punishment is given when a person commits a mistake or goes against a rule‚ which shouldn’t be violated. Sentence to death is the highest ranked punishment given by the government to the criminals for their heinous crimes. Although people think capital punishment is against human’s rights for life and is unethical‚ it should be practiced for particular cases of crimes such as sexual assault
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SHOULD SAME SEX MARRIAGE BE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT? Same sex marriage is currently not an option in 39 states. It has been frowned upon by the church for decades‚ yet the 14th amendment makes “the elusive promise of equality a reality”. (p.255) In 1996 congress passed DOMA to define the word marriage as a “legal union between one man and one woman” (p.253) This preventing any couples married in one state that allows gay marriage to move to a state without‚ and receive recognition of their union
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Should Gay Athletes Participate in Professional Sports? Critical Annotated Bibliography English 112 Moebs April 4th‚ 2014 Borden‚ Sam. (2013 Nov 14) Robbie Rogers Reflects on the Season in the Spotlight as a Gay Athlete. Nytimes.com. 2014 Apr 4. Borden is writing about Robbie Rogers‚ a MLS soccer player who came out in early February and played for the Los Angeles Galaxy this past season. Rogers appeared in games prior to Jason Collins and was coined the first openly gay
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The kidney is one of the most important organs in our body; it removes waste products from the blood by excreting them into the urine. If a person experiences kidney failure‚ waste products can’t pass out of the blood‚ which causes waste to build up in their bodies. While a patient can choose to replace their kidney with a working one‚ dialysis is also an option in cases of kidney shortage. Dialysis provides the same functions a kidney does. It clinically purifies the blood as a replacement for the
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