The Legalization of Marijuana Lately it seems that drug policy and the war on drugs has been in the headlines continuously. Policies in United States government takes against illegal drugs are coming into question. Marijuana laws have been enacted since 1937‚ that’s over 75 years of prohibition. But in 1996‚ California passed Proposition 215‚ legalizing the use of prescription medical marijuana. Just like the failed attempt of alcohol prohibition‚ marijuana is now rising as the most popular drug
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Media Violence and Youth The media violence affects youth negatively. Especially at young age‚ where kids’ minds are sponge-like‚ absorbing everything that around them. The average children spends about 40 hours a week watching television. "Think about the lost potential in children spending the equivalent of a full-time job‚ passively viewing entertainment" (Simmons). Nowadays‚ the violence in television‚ radio‚ and internet are everywhere. In today and age violence in entertainment
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Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Judge Lamberth ’s Unspoken Morality." The Hastings Center. 2010. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 27 June 2012. Keiper‚ Adam‚ and Yuval Levin. "Federal Funds Should Not Be Used for Research That Destroys Embryos." Stem Cells. Jacqueline Langwith. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Stem Cells‚ Life‚ and the Law."National Review (25 Aug. 2010). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 1 July 2012. Lewis
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between responsibility and his decisions in life are affected by the alternative choices that were not taken as well as the choices that were made. Thomas Nagel believes that an agent ’s autonomy is always being threatened by the possibility of a viewpoint that is more objective than his own. His view on responsibility is such that in order to place responsibility on an agent‚ sufficient reflection about alternative choices must be considered. On the other hand‚ Carl Ginet claims that free will cannot
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are careful when they do text while driving and take extra precautions such as only doing it at a red light and keeping their phones near the window so they can be able to see the road and avoid incoming cars".("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints in Context"). A 2010 report by the Pew Internet and American Life project focusing specifically on adults and cell phone distractions reported that 47% of all texting adults have sent or read a text message while driving. "About 75% of adults who
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"Welfare Programs Should Include Mandatory Drug Testing." Welfare. Ed. Margaret Haerens. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 3 Oct. 2012. "EDITORIAL: Testing logic of the tests: Drug testing of welfare applicants is producing meager results." Anniston Star [Anniston‚ AL] 20 July 2012. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. Liptak‚ Adam. "Law Requiring Drug Testing of Welfare Parents is Voided." New York Times: 0. Apr 10 2003
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Time to Lower the Drinking Age." Reason.com (12 Apr. 2007). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. Chafetz‚ Morris E. "The Legal Drinking Age Does Not Prevent Teens from Drinking."Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered? Ed. Stefan Kiesbye. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2013. At Issue. Rpt. from "The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for It; It Doesn ’t Work." Huffington Post. 2009. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. Kiesbye‚ Stefan. Should the Legal Drinking
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Larry. “‘Awareness gap’ on road texting.” USA Today Sept. 2010: 03A Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Contex. Web. Mar. 6. 2013. 2. (Copeland)‚ Larry. “Texting bans may add risk to roads.” USA Today 28 Sept. 2010 01A. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Contex.Web. Mar. 6. 2013. 3. (Hanes)‚ Stephanie. “Bans on texting while driving don’t reduce crashes‚ study says.” Christian Science Moniter 28 Sept. 2010. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Contex. Web. Mar. 6. 2013. 4. (Mulgrew)‚ Ian. “Cell Phone Use While Driving Needs
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The act of conserving the environment is extremely Hot Topic in contemporary politics and the author Edward O Wilson ‚a scientist‚ proposes two different viewpoints about environmental conservation to help inform the politically involved people around the world. The author conducts his essay through multiple forms of satire in order to portray the useless bantering between conservatives and liberals . The author broke the structure of this passage up into two different parts that go through a couple
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Koiurova‚ Timo‚ Adam Stepien‚ and Henna Tervo. “Polar Indigenous People Are Threatened By Climate Change.” The North and South Poles. Ed. Diane Andrews Henningfeld. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. From “Indigenous People.” Arctic Transform. 2008. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 4 Oct. 2012. This article provides me with something that I can use in my research paper that doesn’t only look at the effects of climate change on the polar region as an environmental
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