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    In "The Road Not Taken‚" written by Lereone BennettBennett wrote about how the strategies the Anglo colonizers used had a negative impact. However‚ the Anglo Colonizers used the strategies on the poor whites. The attempt to enslave the poor whites was also unsuccessful due to the similar disadvantage to the natives Bennett had mentioned. Bennett mentioned‚ "The supply of poor whites‚ like the supply of Indians‚ was limited; and poor whites‚ like Indians‚ but for different reasons‚ could escape

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    widely criminalized in 1937 when congress passed the “Marijuana Tax Act” 1 as a result of a national propaganda campaign against the substance. Harry J. Anslinger 1 led the campaign as the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962. He used the themes of racism and violence to cause widespread hatred and fear of the drug in order to make it illegal. He was often quoted saying "Colored students at the Univ. of Minn. partying with (white) female students‚ smoking [marijuana]

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    law and others. Today I would like to make a stand on why we should legalize same-sex marriage from the perspective of an evolution of marriage‚ the human rights and psychological stress. First‚ we talk about the evolution of marriage and the legalization of the same-sex marriage outside the country. II. BODY Marriage if viewed from historical lens has evolved through the years in parallel with the changing time and physiological needs.

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    The Economic Benefits of the Legalization of Marijuana Crimes related to marijuana have gotten out of control in our society. With more than 750‚000(MPP.org) people arrested annually on charges related to marijuana it’s clear that a change needs to occur. A clear choice would be to crack down on the sale and manufacture of marijuana‚ but the smarter choice would be to legalize it. There are many economic benefits to the legalization of marijuana. The economic benefits that producers

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    From what I have learn in Sociology. I think legalization and decriminalization of marijuana is one of the worse action taken in 21st century from our country. I feel like the government legalize this to benefit from it by trying to get the drug money. By legalizing and decriminalizing it‚ more job will be created. However‚ I honestly think it the worse that ever happen to America beside wars. I still do not understand how could you legalize a drug that could kill our brain cells and lower our IQ

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    Marijuana Legalization Affecting Crime/DUIs Legalization of Marijuana has been a major concern to the society as people argue that it increases the rates of DUI crime. However‚ this is a mare assumption that lacks substantial prove. The government allocates a large percentage of its budget to the fight against distribution and consumption of Marijuana. Kilmer (3) argues that legalization of Marijuana enables the government to diverge the same funds to other developmental sectors. In states where

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    In Colonization in Reverse by Louise Bennet‚ Patois resonated with me because the poem was written in Patois. In Louise Bennett’s poem‚ a fence side conversation written to the poet’s friend Miss Mattie‚ the poet is giving Miss Mattie her take on Jamaican migration to the Motherland. Bennett’s poem emphasizes the idea of leaving one’s home country to start a new life somewhere else. Moving to Britain could provide Jamaicans with opportunities that they could not be afforded in Jamaica. However‚ if

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    IV. Negative and Positive effects of Marijuana Legalization Among the issues faced when legalizing marijuana certain positive and negatives perspectives should be taken under consideration. When talking about the negative effects of marijuana legalization‚ we can have the issue of how dispensaries that sell the weed know the accurate percent of THC and CBD in each strain. This represents a worry for the government and represents an unsafe option towards consuming marijuana. Because users of marijuana

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    Legalization of Marijuana for Recreational Use One hundred sixty-two million people use marijuana on an annual basis; making it the most widely used illicit substance in the world (UN World Drug Report). For millennia the cannabis plant has been used for spiritual purposes. It is only in recent years that the usage of marijuana has come to bear the negative connotations that it does today. The prohibition of marijuana is often compared to the prohibition of alcohol and it has had similar results;

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    Legalization of gay marriage Being gay is still not accepted by everyone‚ but homosexuality is spreading around the globe‚ even in the places where homosexual relationship is considered a crime. Nowadays‚ some countries as well as governments are against homosexuality‚ while in other countries are demanding for legalizing same-sex marriage. Eventhough gay marriage had been for so long a controversial topic‚ people are still not accepting the idea‚ and large crowds are still demonstration against

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