I had decided to take this course to form a critical perspective on the policies implemented by our government in regards to drug patents‚ generic medication and their preferential treatment towards pharmaceutical companies. A major drug policy issue concerning Canadians today is the legalization of cannabis. Undeterred by nearly a century of prohibition‚ millions of Canadians consume cannabis regularly. While the ban of cannabis creates billions of dollars in expenses‚ which are exhausted on ineffective
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lived there and they appeared to be the main obstacle to the westward expansion. White American settlers petitioned to the federal government to remove the Native Americans. Presidents both Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe argued that Indian tribal lands in the Southeast should sell and/or exchange their land for lands west of the Mississippi River. The American Government did not take any steps to make this happen. In fact‚ the first transfer of land occurred only as an end result of war. The Americans
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In a time where established governments have been around for centuries there is still questions on how and when governments should use its power of law to dictate the choices of its people. “Should the government enact a law restricting the freedom of the people when no harm to any person or property is committed? The government shouldn’t restrict the choices of the people out of belief or even on fact in some instances. Laws should be based on ethical principles and the personal moral of a certain
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Government Surveillance With the rise of radical terrorism‚ government surveillance is necessary in keeping the United States safe by preventing and fighting terrorism. Many government surveillance acts provide tools and allow special rules for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to use to fight terror and crime to make the world a safer place. Government surveillance is a controversial topic‚ Benjamin Franklin himself said that those who give up freedom for security deserve neither. Despite
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Should the United States adopt the SI units/metric system or keep the American standard system? This is a question that has been arising since the invention of the metric system in France‚ 1790. Thomas Jefferson‚ president at the time of the invention‚ was deciding whether to adopt the system at the time in which he included on the constitution. I think that the metric system should be adopted in America‚ not only to please others‚ but to benefit us. The SI units are easier to use‚ would be more
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As of 2014‚ 21 states have larger minimum wages than the federal minimum of $7.25‚ but our national government still has not gotten the message that America needs its minimum wage to be raised (Jost 76). Raising minimum wage has been a hot topic ever since its conception in 1938‚ back when minimum wage was only $0.25 (“Minimum Wage”). Although it is a successful tradition to raise minimum wage to match inflation and match people’s needs‚ some individuals believe there is no need to raise it. Many
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extent the government is monitoring us at this current time is a violation of our fundamental rights as human beings. That this surveillance of our activity is infringing upon our privacy‚ so in turn the founding laws that our Nation was built upon‚ which includes the right to privacy in our Bill of Rights‚ are prohibiting the government from observing our actions on the internet. Although there is an equitable point at the foundation of this argument‚ the extent at which our government monitors us
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The current system that law enforcement employs is a system that is being abused since it’s used to spy on the privacy of those who feel like they should be protected by the government. In the novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ the party uses its power to spy on the civilians‚ exploiting the citizens’ feelings regarding the safety of the system that is currently in place since they misguidedly feel protected. The people feel like they are being shielded from violence such as war and other sorts of problems
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ISSUE OF THE CASE are the communications elicited by the subject three (3) questions covered by executive privilege? Second‚ did the respondent committees commit grave abuse of discretion in issuing the contempt order? BASIS OF THE CASE I The Communications Elicited by the Subject Three (3) Questions Covered by Executive Privilege Whether the president followed up the (NBN) project Were you dictated to prioritize the ZTE Whether the president said to go ahead and approve the project
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Basis for Christian Ethics Ethics are standards of conduct or guidelines for behaviour. We often qualify ethics to apply to a particular profession or group‚ as in medical ethics or legal ethics‚ by which we mean the expected behaviour and conduct of members of a particular profession to their clients and to other professionals. Professional ethics apply only to members of that profession and are not intended to apply to conduct generally. Being a Christian is not an accident of birth or membership
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