Drug Legalization in the United States Kristie Hurley Ashford University Abstract This paper will explore four websites and one online newspaper addressing the subject of drug trafficking in the United States and why legalization is a profitable alternative. The various ways drugs are bought into the country‚ information on how and why drug trafficking has increased in the United States‚ statistics on the number of people that are addicts‚ and the problems related to foreign countries on this
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Amendments of the United States Constitution limit the power of the federal and state governments to discriminate. The private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution. The Fifth Amendment has an explicit requirement that the Federal Government not deprive individuals of "life‚ liberty‚ or property‚" without due process of the law and an implicit guarantee that each person receive equal protection of the laws. The Fourteenth Amendment explicitly prohibits states from violating an
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The AIDS outbreak in the United States in the late 1980’s prompted education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS by the use of condoms. The AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program was established in 1987 by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). A similarity between Thailand and the US is that both countries were concerned and had been for many years regarding the AIDS epidemic. Mechai’s work inThailand focused on prevention
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the United States On September 11th‚ 2001‚ at 8:46 AM the United States experienced something that would transform it forever. The first aircraft smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center and the second hit the South Tower at 9:03. At 9:37 a third airliner hit the Pentagon and at 10:03 the fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This was a truly sad day when nearly 3‚000 people were killed in this violent terrorist act. It has not stopped there
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opportunity to select the best choice for that region’s leader. Without the right to vote‚ the United States could possibly fall into a state of chaos and corruption where no one has a single say. That is why voting shows significance‚ since it affects all the citizens of a country.
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The 20th Century United States The 20th century was a time of considerable transition for the United States. Going from the countries lowest point in history‚ to becoming the strongest nation in the world‚ left Americans and their leaders confronted with many difficult decisions. The decade of depression that had preceded World War II had produced enormous changes in US politics and the American political and economic systems. Beyond politics‚ Americans also faced challenges in their day
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as well as watched and read what feels like thousands of news reports that address conflicts and disasters outside and inside of the United States. As I got older I realized that living in this country has presented me with a considerate amount of opportunities to better my life and to accomplish my goals‚ but unfortunately not everyone can live in the United States. There are people inside and outside this country that are suffering hardships I can’t begin to comprehend; meanwhile I don’t have to
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Abstract The court system in the United States serves as a tool to ensure that the society keep certain order and respect the law created by the Legislative and Executive power. The court system will ensure that crimes receive the deserve sanction applying the law (severe or not that severe‚ depending on the type of the crime) (Siegel L.J.‚ Schmalleger F.‚ Worrall J.L. 2011) How fair is the court system? How the court system that is used in today ’s America was created or developed? How it works
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The United States Cabinet (usually referred to as "the Cabinet") is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government. Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and confirmed or rejected by the Senate. There is no explicit definition of the term "Cabinet" in either the United States Code or the Code of Federal Regulations. Authority for the Cabinet rests with Article Two of the U.S. Constitution‚ which gives the President the authority to seek
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shaped the interpretation of religious freedom within the United States through rulings on cases regarding the First Amendment. Some of the early cases heard resulted over the amount of religious liberty and
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