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    Its positive and negative effects on California and Its government. Marijuana has been in use for thousands of years. The first known reference dates all the way back to China in 2900 b.c. It was “noted as a very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang.” From then on till the 1960’s marijuana was used in almost every culture to help cure peoples ailments. Medical marijuana is now illegal in many countries. Medical cannabis has many benefits‚ but it also has many negative aspects too. In

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    cancer‚ and AIDS combined. What does this have to do with TV? Multiple studies have come to the conclusion that youth who are avid TV watchers become aggressive adults. A study from the University of Michigan showed that children who watched violent TV were more inclined to show violent tendencies as adults. According to that study‚ “…men who were high TV-violence viewers as children were significantly more likely to have pushed‚ grabbed or shoved their spouses‚ to have responded to an insult by shoving

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    The Future of Offset Printing The first printing press dates back almost 600 years. Printing has come a long way since its inception. Although digital color printing has its advantages‚ there is still a place for offset color printing. Most small businesses can greatly benefit by incorporating color printing into their marketing plan. Despite what you may have read‚ there are still people who leave the Internet thus wandering outside. Color printing in the form of posters can be a great marketing

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    game Modern Warfare 2 in a 1500-page essay written just hours before he was responsible for the deaths of 76 of his fellow Norwegians (Moses‚ 2011; Shah‚ 2011; Townsend & Tisdall‚ 2011). The 32-year-old male was also behind the infamous bombing of government buildings in Oslo and the shooting massacre on Utoya island on July 22nd‚ 2011. Although people are well aware of the dangers of video and computer games‚ people still play them anyway. Some of the disadvantages are that they are bad for one’s health

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    indulge in unnecessary luxuries. Once again‚ the consumer falls victim to their tricks and gimmicks. The American people have grown incredibly naïve over a short amount of time. The majority of society favors the superficial and materialistic. All they see is an image. In the article “Sex Appeal in Advertising has Negative Effects‚” Shawna Robertson states that “Not only have people become deceived by the images they are seeing‚ but their moral values are suffering as well” (n.pag.). Children

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    Throughout the 1800s‚ Great Britain’s control spread to pieces of Africa and Asia. The outcomes of taking control of these lands in the East and South were both positive and negative to the political‚ social‚ and economic society. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Great Britain imperialized territories around them in the 1800s. Due to the British takeover they had an increase of money and resources from the territories. There

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    uproar and complete chaos. You feel as if there’s little worth living for because nothing is as it used to be. This is the typical situation of a young boy whose tribe was invaded by European Imperialists. Imperialism in Africa had many negative effects on the natives such as poverty and famine‚ destruction of entire ethnic groups and loss of important culture; it also eventually led to civil war. During the mid 1800’s Africa became a key point of interest for many imperialistic European

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    devices to complex machinery. Which brought about negative effects on society‚ politics and international arrangements.

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    Effects of Antidepressants Growing up‚ I have always been aware of prescriptions drugs and their uses. My mom has been taking antidepressants since she was a teenager and I have always thought of them as being a good thing. As I got older‚ I started to see the negative effects they had on her. She became dependent on them and could not function properly without them. Seeing her go through all she went through while on those medications made me question whether the positive effects would outweigh

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    Dorsey/ V-1301 Arguing Essay 10/30/2012 The Negative Effects on Bullying School has always been known to be a socially comfortable environment‚ but for some‚ school isn’t always a pleasant place to be. In today’s society‚ bullying is the most common form of violence in school-aged children. Bullying is an aggressive action that an individual uses toward another intentionally to hurt them physically or emotionally. This action can be taken place anywhere‚ at any time. Bullying is wrong and

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