Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes? Marijuana has been used extensively as a medical remedy for more than five thousand years. In the early 1900s‚ medical usage of marijuana began to decline with the advent of alternative drugs. Injectable opiates and synthetic drugs such as aspirin and barbiturates began to replace marijuana as the physician’s drug of choice in the twentieth-century‚ as their results proved to be more consistent than the sometimes erratic effects of the
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women’s rights‚ equality‚ and also the influence of women in the development of Islamic tradition was discussed. The story of Muhammad and his various wives as well as Allah having three daughters show the influence of women and also the development of polygamy in Islamic beliefs. Muhammad had many wives due to him taking in women whom were unable to return to their homes and were in need of help due to their conversion to Islam and the lack of support that they had at home. He set various rules when it
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Should Performance-Enhancing Drugs be legalised in Sport? Performance enhancing drugs have been illegal thorughout the Olympics since the International Amateur Athletic Federation banned them in 1928. Although ways of testing and taking illegal perfomance-enhancing drugs have become more effective‚ it is not a new thing and has been around for a long time. In 1992‚ Vicky Rabinowicz interviewed small groups of athletes. She found that Olympic athletes‚ in general‚ believed that most successful athletes
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Morality and Polygamy There are many people opposed to the concept of polygamous marriages. Polygamy is legal in some countries‚ such as Iran and Saudi Arabia‚ but illegal in others‚ such as the United States of America. Many have personal‚ religious‚ and/or cultural reasons to disagree with such practices‚ but is the practice of polygamy morally wrong‚ or is it acceptable? Some argue that it is wrong because of the negative consequences caused by such marriages; yet ignore successful polygamous
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The truth of moral judgments is therefore relative depending on a particular group of people (Gowans‚ 2008). For example‚ when we discuss about the morality of polygamy‚ some people may argue that this is an acceptable moral practice in one society‚ whilst another will treat it as an immoral practice. It is‚ therefore‚ justified by one society but not another. This theory denies the existence of universal moral
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behind him rear ended him. There was no injures‚ but the two cars suffered heavy damage. (Tribune News Service) Car companies are selling these at 10‚000 dollars more than their standard price. Most people if they have a brain between their shoulders should realize that spending this kind of money isn’t the smartest thing to do. There is always those few people who aren’t as bright as most people who would spend that money to get a car that can kill you or severely injure you. (Tribune News Service)
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Polygamy Polygamy is defined as the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time. Though it has existed in many cultures throughout the world‚ polygamy is still very prevalent in most Islamic societies today. There are however several guidelines laid out in Islamic law governing the practice. Here we will examine the practice of polygamy in Islam and those laws which govern its legality. Muhammad did not introduce this practice‚ as has so often been wrongly alleged. The
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Should the sale of human organs be legalized? The sales of organs have always been the forefront of debate topics in America. When someone dies‚ his heirs own his body organs just as they own his other properties. These heirs can sell‚ give away or ignore these organs(Boudreaux‚ 2006). Some say you should be allowed to sell your organs because they are your property while others say you should not be allowed to because of morals. In America you are allowed to be an organ donor‚ which basically means
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The pain and suffering of children in polygamy
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Polygamy The institution of marriage is a social institution‚ under which a man and woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal pledges. There are many types of marriage such as Polygamy‚ monogamy‚ and polyandry. In this essay we will focus on polygamy and show that it has more advantages than disadvantages. First of all‚ polygamy decreases the rate of divorce. Sometimes it’s a necessity when the woman is older or sick or the man is not content with only
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