rapidly becoming a social norm. As time goes by‚ it is becoming part of our everyday lives‚ even though there are many people that oppose it. Americans should take the time to understand the importance of making gay marriage legal in California. Legalizing gay marriage doesn’t threaten the honor of “traditional” marriage‚ it promotes equality and prevents discrimination‚ and it helps unite couples legally and not just religiously. Same-sex marriage doesn’t threaten the honor of “traditional” marriage
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them watch those television shows. Parents should apply‚ even if by force‚ the rules to gambling. Don’t gamble unless you know the odds are in your favor. Gambling occurs every single day‚ everywhere. The state should take advantage of this by legalizing gambling and taxing it. Do we really need more criminals? No‚ we need more revenue. If we tax individuals that already illegally gamble‚ the state would have made millions in taxes. There already are poker‚ baccarat‚ black jack‚ and machine
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Question: Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug? My best friend who is a cancer patient left Austin a few years ago but still comes home for the holidays. Her mom found‚ on a recent visit an ashtray full of marijuana roaches under her bed. I’m not too worried about marijuana‚ as it is a soft drug‚ but I’m concerned that it will lead to hard drugs‚ and my friend may become an addict. Is it true that marijuana leads to other drug use? Answer: Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis or weed‚ is the most
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Legalism and Marijuana People have been smoking marijuana for thousands of years while also using hemp for everything from fabric to make clothes and other items. Unfortunately‚ Harry J. Anslinger with a bit of power and enough determination decided pot was evil and addictive. The struggle continues to this day to overcome the lies about marijuana (“Marijuana (Weed) History and Facts”). There are many benefits to legalizing marijuana and the government should take advantage of it. Marijuana is even
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Marijuana refers to the dried leaves‚ flowers‚ stems‚ and seeds from the hemp plant‚ Cannabis sativa. It contains the mind-altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)‚ as well as other related compounds. It is usually smoked‚ but can also be ingested orally. Historically‚ marijuana has teetered from legal to illegal and back for centuries. The use of marijuana to achieve euphoria has been dated back to ancient times‚ where it was described in a Chinese medical reference in 2737 B.C
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Is There a Case for Legalizing Polygamy? 1. For a long time I have found the practice of polygamy intriguing‚ and have wondered why opposition to this form of marriage is so strong in the United States and most of the world see my A Treatise on the Family‚ 1981‚1993‚ Harvard University Press. I have been reflecting on this subject again as a result of the arrest several months ago of a fundamentalist Mormon leader in Utah who was charged with practicing polygamy‚ among other things. The Mormon
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Cummings Keith Tatum BCOM/275 10/08/2012 Should We Legalize Marijuana Should Marijuana be legalize is one of the top debated issues in the United States. This issue has many people concerned why it should and why it should not be legalize. Marijuana is an herb mostly grown in South American countries and illegally smuggled in to United States. Pot is the most commonly used drug in America. The attempt to federally legalize marijuana has been going on for years. Today‚ the debate to legalize cannabis
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Thesis Marijuana is a substance that has become very much a part of American culture. Nearly 65 million Americans have either used it occasionally or regularly. The use of marijuana hit mainstream America about thirty years ago and it has been accepted by a large segment of society ever since (Rosenthal 16). The debate on whether this substance should be legalized or not remains a very hot topic today. Despite government efforts to isolate and eliminate its use‚ it is clear that the use
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The Criminalization of Marijuana Corry Countryman ENG 210 Mrs. Rippard November 18‚ 2010 The issue of criminalization of marijuana in the United States is becoming a big one. Marijuana was first federally prohibited in 1937‚ when very few Americans had even heard of what it was. To this day‚ there are between 95 to 100 million Americans admitting that they have tried using marijuana before. Out of these‚ 15 million of them said that they have used within the last month. In addition
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relation to marijuana‚ such as the personal use‚ cultivation or distribution of‚ there has long been debate about whether decriminalising the drug will reduce crime rates in society (Siegel‚ 2008). Decriminalisation of marijuana means that it would be given the status of a legal substance whereby there would be no penalties for using the drug; although it may be regulated in ways similar to other legal substances‚ such as tobacco and alcohol (DEST‚ 2003). The idea of decriminalising marijuana poses its
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