drug in America behind only alcohol and tobacco‚ and is estimated that nearly 80 million Americans use it at least one occasion. According to government surveys‚ some 20 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year‚ and more than 11 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Being used for medicinal purposes or simply for recreational‚ there are not only laws to consider when the topic of legalization comes up but also ethical concerns as well. For this paper I will
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Medical Marijuana There are a number of ethical issues that a nurse faces while in the clinical setting. One of these issues deals with using marijuana as medicine to treat patients. There has been controversy over medical marijuana ever since it was discovered that patients respond to it. There are many arguments supporting the use of medical marijuana in the health care field and many arguments in opposition of its use. The United States Congress classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance
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In the evening of the last day of June 2016‚ one of the residents of the small city of Fitchburg‚ Wisconsin called the police to report that a man was acting oddly and seemingly talking to himself while standing chest-deep in Lake Monona. The man then walked out of the lake‚ broke into a nearby home and began smashing things causing fear and panic among the residents of the house. When the police came‚ they commanded him to stop‚ but he ignored all commands and even aggressively marched towards the
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With the prospect of college deadlines looming close‚ many high school seniors can relate to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet—hopefully in less extreme way. Choosing a college and a career is a huge life decision that requires careful and thorough consideration. However‚ as the story of Hamlet proves‚ sometimes waiting and debating for too long only ends in a messy tragedy. Indeed‚ four acts pass before Hamlet even begins to take action in avenging his father’s death. His hesitation becomes excruciating
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Living in South Florida‚ our hockey team is the Florida Panthers. Though there is a team that currently plays here‚ they do not match popularity when they face other sports like basketball’s Miami Heat or football’s Miami Dolphins. Based off this article‚ “No Doubting Canada’s role in making NHL what it is today” it switches the role of the most popular sport. In addition to being the most popular sport‚ Canada has managed to contribute to the NHL’s revenue more than the United States‚ even though
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The Tanning Bed Industry and the Tobacco Industry: Ethical Sisters? PHL/323 December 17‚ 2012 Edward Peet The Tanning Bed Industry and the Tobacco Industry: Ethical Sisters? The tanning industry and has a service to provide for monetary compensation. The industry and shop owners have an interest to protect. Their livelihood‚ loans to repay‚ franchise agreements to honor‚ human resource obligations to pay‚ and taxes to pay. The industry association and tanning business networks have a plan
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English 1200 10/20/2012 “The” Tobacco Luxury‚ money‚ power‚ pure; these are the type of words that come to mind when one thinks of a cigar‚ another familiar word is usually Cuba. Cuban cigars contain the finest tobacco in the world and the numbers show for the communist economy as it generated four hundred million dollars last year for Cuba alone according to Money News. The United States which is the largest Cigar market in the world does not even sell Cuban cigars due to a fifty year-long
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Ethical issues in businesses today There are a million ethical issues in today’s businesses and unfortunately there is no perfect decision measurement for all these ethical issues in business. The ethical issues in international businesses are much more complicated and much more delicate‚ along with being tenfold in numbers. According to Wiley (1995)‚ “ethics is concerned with moral obligation‚ responsibility‚ and social justice.” She goes on to say that “ethics reflects the character of the
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“Ethical issues about Business “ Discrimination You’re the boss in a predominantly male environment. The presence of a new female employee stirs up conflict because your company has not had a chance to conduct sensitivity training. Some of your male employees make inappropriate remarks to your new employee. She complains to you; in response‚ you sanction those responsible for the conduct. You also wonder if it would be wise to move your new female employee to another position where she would
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Within the healthcare industry‚ numerous ethical issues have arisen over the years. A few common ethical issues faced today are abortion‚ euthanasia‚ and the containment of HIV/AIDS. To address ethical issues within the healthcare industry the use of a process termed the ethical decision making process‚ is a necessary tool in approaching ethical issues and furthermore finding the best ethical solution. The first of these ethical issues we will discuss is abortion. Three categories of abortion exist
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