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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Weak and failing states need the international communities’ attention because it acts as an important problem for international order. These failing states create danger for the international community because they can breed terrorism‚ create regional chaos‚ increase crime‚ diseases and environmental catastrophe (Mazarr 2014‚ 113). Successful conflict management can allow failing states to change for the good. To reconstruct weak states many different diplomatic components of conflict management
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lose many of their people? Why would the United States enter a war that is overseas again? Why would the United States want to get involved with everything that is happening overseas? What did the United States stand to gain? There are many questions that we can ask why the United States got involved in WWII‚ but the more important question to ask is‚ if the United States did not join the war at all‚ what would the world be today? In the 1930s‚ the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed
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Abstract Juvenile Delinquency has been a huge problem here in The United States. It has risen in past years and is projected to increase until 2015. With this current threat on the rise the U.S. have tried to analye the many causes and factors that may cause juvenile delinquency. As we take a look into the factors behind this problem we will also look into what changes has been made to the juvenile justice system to combat this.
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U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 418 U.S. 683 UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES‚ ET AL. CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. No. 73-1766. Decided By: Burger Court (1972-1975) Argued July 8‚ 1974. Decided July 24‚ 1974. * Defending Attorney for the President: James D. St. Clair Prosecuting Attorney’s for the United States: Leon Jaworski & Philip A. Lacovara On
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Research Paper I. Introduction The death penalty in the United States is a constant source of controversy. Efforts to abolish capital punishment in America date back to over 100 years and continue to expand in present-day. In addition‚ all 50 states vary in their retention and application of the death penalty. Currently‚ the death penalty is legal in 32 states‚ the distribution of the actual executions however‚ is quite wide. The five states with the highest number of executions performed account
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Offshore drilling in the United States 2012 [键入作者姓名] [键入公司名称] 2012/7/28 Background In U.S.‚ offshore drilling is a controversial topic due to its two-side effect‚ it had been banned since 1980s‚ but in 2010‚ the president Obama decided to Lifted restrictions and opened vast expanses of American coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling to reduce gas prices in U.S.‚ whether it is necessary to allow the offshore drilling has become a troublesome problem. This paper will discuss the advantage
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UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE Abstract The United States Secret Service was created in 1865 as a federal law enforcement agency within the Treasury Department. It derives its legal authority from Title 18‚ United States Code‚ and Section 3056. It was established for the express function of stopping counterfeiting operations which had spread out in our country following the introduction of paper currency during the Civil War. The Secret Service maintains its role as guardian of the integrity
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Ethnocentrism can be defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture. One practice that is done in the United States that is done differently by another culture could appear as not normal to us. We all have different definitions of what the right or “wrong” way of doing something is‚ but brought up and executed by another culture‚ the procedure may be done differently. I see this‚ as being negative because a lot
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Amendment I: Freedom of speech No law pass by congress will disallow freedom of speech or establishment of religion Amendment II: Right to bear arms Grants the right of gun ownership for purposes that include self defense Amendment III: Quartering Soldiers Soldiers cannot live in a citizen’s house without their permission during wartime and peacetime Amendment IV: Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures of homes and property and any search/arrest
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