shown that although around 20‚000 drug offenders have been sentenced to mandatory minimums in Massachusetts alone‚ rate of drug abuse and addiction has not declined. Their argument stands that if mandatory minimum sentences are repealed then that drug offenders should be sentenced like any other case in which someone breaks a law. A judge should look at the person’s criminal history‚ their involvement and severity of the crime committed‚ the danger that the person could be to society and if the person
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When a patient is terminally ill‚ they become depressed and could potentially make a flawed decision. In some cases‚ a patient may be unable to express what they want. Living wills are the best solution to this problem. Living wills are documents that arrange the outcome of a patient in an unforeseen event. Should they become unable to communicate with their healthcare providers‚ a living will carries
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Rights Movement. Even some of his most loyal followers believed that by him speaking out against the war in Vietnam he was ignoring his work fighting against racial discrimination in the south. The question then becomes to what extent this accusation was true‚ and whether or not King should have ignored the Vietnam war in favor of continuing his work in the Civil Rights Movement. By looking at the arguments King makes in his earlier works and comparing it with his speech about the Vietnam war‚ we
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Michael Cohen Philosophy I: Ancient TA - Lucas Ballestín 4.22.18 Parmenides Argument Against Change In Parmenides’ only known work‚ On Nature‚ he professes that change is not possible. He views the world as being an unchangeable‚ ever-present‚ constant form. A thing cannot come into being‚ nor can it end‚ a thing ‘is’. The ‘is’ represents the way of truth for Parmenides and is the antithesis of the ‘not’. Parmenides’ argument asks if a thing comes to be it therefore must come from a state of not being
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Dawlyn Dieudonne Professor Mattord English 1101 5 December 2012 The Efficacy of an Argument Against Technology In his online article‚ Nicholas Carr discusses technology and its effect on the human brain. He conducted in depth research on the brain and the way it responds to the use of technology. Carr makes the argument that despite its benefits‚ technology has an ultimately negative effect on the brain. He reports that through several studies‚ researchers have found that although the use
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problems that need unique and brilliant solutions‚ and that is how an breakthrough occurs. Acclaimed Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson said “Water filters. A NASA invention. You can say‚ “I need a way to filter water for my refrigerator.” I don’t know what a person would come up with‚ but nobody did. If you say instead‚ “There is a supply of water on a space station and it is the only supply of water we will ever have. I need a way to filter it.” That’s a cool problem to solve.” And “We’re talking about
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creatures. Animals have become the resource for testing products and performing experiments. This has led to animals being molested‚ which has been the cause of many people’s outspoken opinions of vexation and anger. Many people have taken stands against this injustice to creatures and have impacted how animals are viewed and treated in this world‚ while others support animal testing. The movement of animal rights improves the lives of innocent animals and assists them from the mistreatment of abuse
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ruining drug that must remain prohibited. In recent years‚ millions of people have argued in favor of the legalization of marijuana because of its potential medicinal benefits. However‚ there are many other compelling arguments to make in favor of legalization as well. These arguments‚ on the other hand‚ do not all relate to the medicinal uses of the marijuana plant‚ but rather legalization’s benefits and criminalization’s harms to society. Marijuana must become legal in the US because it is far safer
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Institution Name Student Name Roll No Topic: What are the main arguments for and against needle exchanges? The needle exchange program is a social service program which is aimed at allowing the drug syringe users to have free or cheap access to hypodermic needles. The idea underlying the program is to realize the concept of harm reduction i.e. to reduce the harm and to reduce the risk associated with the use of syringes. It is because the syringe users who use syringes for drug
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presence of a gun in the home‚ is the home owner really protected? The research in this area is limited and gun control studies are lacking in this area that focuses immediately on gun ownership and its relationship to positive outcomes in home invasions. WHAT STUDIES SAY
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