Jennifer Laird English 1101 Medical Marijuana In “Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal”‚ by Daniel J. Pfeifer‚ the author states what he thinks justifies medical marijuana being legal. I disagree with that completely‚ because medical marijuana has no proven medicinal values to make it a legal form of medication. The article states that‚ “marijuana use‚ especially by terminally ill patients‚ mitigates their suffering from unnecessary chronic and unbearable pain that persists until death.” Marijuana
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Should sports be a religion? If someone came up to me in the middle of a street and said should spots be a religion. My first instinct would be no. but is it? We should look at the fact that so many people fellow it and physically do it‚ that maybe it could be a religion. It has the structure of a religion with Rules‚ fans and merchandise. Sports in the recent decade have become so popular that it has become a substitute for religion. A sport is similar to churches with stadiums‚ ovals and TV’s
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Effects of Overpopulation One of the biggest problems in this society is overpopulation. In recent years overpopulation has become difficult to manage because of people being born every year‚ months‚ week‚ and day. It is not only the concern of developing countries‚ it is a global problem. In modern day‚ people struggle to survive because of unbalanced population and rescores. Most people live unhappily lives in the third world countries. Even if the community needs quiet place for rest‚ they will
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because of this the question‚ “ Should everyone get a trophy?” has arisen. Nowadays it seems as if people are being rewarded for the simplest things; it has gone on for so long that some people are running out of space because of the sheer amount of trophies that they are receiving. Although getting a trophy for doing nothing special seems great at first‚ it soon becomes apparent that this practice is unfair to those actually put effort into their work‚ because people should be rewarded according to the
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Turner 1 Barry Turner Neal Peters English 101 29 April 2013 Should it be legal In 1978 the state legislators of New Mexico made a law allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from nausea caused by chemotherapy‚ much of this due to the efforts of a cancer patient by the name of Lynn Pierson. The Federal government modified the law to make it comply with IND regulations requiring a research program. The FDA also demanded many studies
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PTSD. I have personally seen the results‚ such as a patient being treated for depression come off a zip lock bag full of medications to just smoking or eating a dose of Medical Marijuana 2 or 3 times a day‚ Then the patient weened themselves off the Marijuana and returned to a normal functioning life. The results I have seen from other people‚ that just use the prescribed medications for depression were a lot different. According to The New York Times‚ The New England Journal of Medicine “acknowledges
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ample suffering is a mercy killing. Both are methods of euthanasia. We all have the right to die if it ends a person’s suffering or if a person is terminally ill and will die anyway. People should not have to suffer if they do not want to. Throughout the years‚ many people have argued whether euthanasia should be legal or illegal. To some it is considered "playing God"; to others it is a generous act. Do the people who consider euthanasia "playing God"; consider prolonging life "playing God" also
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terminal painlessly‚ ending their life in order to relieve pain. It is a quiet and easy death. The term means ‘Good death’ in Greek‚ There is a lot of countries where euthanasia is legal like United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ Switzerland and Belgians. Euthanasia should be legal in Australia‚ because it gives people the right to choose a ‘good death’ and a dignified death for themselves. Aranold Beisser‚ an expert on euthanasia‚ says‚ ‘The awesome decision to live or die belongs not to the courts‚ to attorneys
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This debate has been going on for over 4743 years. The first dated use of marijuana was in 2737 BC when the emperor of China‚ Shen-Nung‚ prescribes cannabis for beri-beri‚ constipation‚ ’female weakness‚’ gout‚ malaria‚ rheumatism and absentmindedness. One of the most interesting factors in this pro and con debate is that until the late 1800’s not many people were against the use of cannabis for medical purposes. But from 1856 - 1937 marijuana’s image as a medicine turned into the image as an intoxicant
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Assisted Suicide: Should assisted suicide be legalized? The term assisted suicide refers to the practice of a physician prescribing legal drugs that allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives. The difference between assisted suicide and euthanasia (mercy killing) is that in assisted suicide the doctor may only provide the drugs‚ not administer them‚ while in euthanasia the doctor can provide and administer the drugs. In 1994‚ Oregon voters approved the Death with Dignity Act which permitted
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