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    Legalizing Prostitution

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    Reasons For Legalizing Prostitution 1. Victimless Crime: Prostitution is considered a victimless crime as long as the people involved are consenting adults and no one is hurt. Prostitution does not imply there is always a victim. 2. Free Choice: Consenting adults should have freedom of choice as they see fit‚ as long it is does not restrict the freedoms of others. 3. Free Sex is Legal: Having sex without a fee is legal‚ therefore charging for something that is not illegal should not

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    Many factors have influenced the rising crime rate‚ some being‚ increasing use of drugs‚ increasing population‚ and decreasing morals. America must find ways to decrease the crime rate legally. One question often going hand in hand with decreasing crime rate is would legalized gambling decrease the crime rate? During the late 1980’s and early 1990’s slow economic growth‚ cuts in federal funding‚ and growing public needs forced state and local governments to seek additional sources of revenue

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    2013 Ann O’Phelan LA 280 Perspective Journalism Marijuana? What’s the Big Deal About? The big debate in California is wether the state should legalize marijuana‚ and then tax it to bring in revenues to help California climb out of the mountain of a debt it got in. Although Marijuana is deemed as a gateway drug that can lead into harder drugs‚ legalizing Marijuana will help In the past twelve months‚ only two states have legalize marijuana for recreational use‚ and California was not one of

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    Marijuana

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    The Battle of Marijuana "A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly fifteen hundred pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response... In strict medical terms‚ marijuana is far safer than many of the foods we commonly consume. For example‚ eating ten raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison‚ it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death." - DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young Opponents of legalization

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    DOES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT REDUCE CRIME? Capital punishment‚ also known as death penalty‚ means the infliction of death for certain crimes‚ which are often called capital crimes. For most crimes committed the punishment is a sentence of time in jail or execution. However‚ the death penalty is a very contentious issue in some cultures and which most of time is in debate and is the most questionable punishment. Is it morally right? Is it effective in deterring crime‚ primarily murders? Whether or not

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    LEGALIZING PROSTITUTION

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    LEGALIZING PROSTITUTION Sexual desire is one of the inevitable desires of human in every society‚ especially in monogamous society where prostitution is always needed. A large number of people have a negative‚ unwelcoming look toward sex work which lead to the prostitution criminalising approval. Recently‚ people have seen the need of decriminalizing prostitution and there are piles of argument around this. Legalizing prostitution should be done instantly because of it’s benefits over aspects such

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    Argumentative Essay On Marijuana Legalization Legalize It! Growing up‚ everyone is told that‚ “Drugs are bad for you‚” time and time again. Now as a kid you don’t really understand the reasoning behind it‚ but you listen to your authority figure regardless. I remember being told this my entire life and even to this very day. But as I got older I realized that people would still use drugs even though it’’s illegal. I could never understand why someone would go against the law

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    Legalization of Marijuana

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    Strayer University | The legalization of marijuana | English 215 | Bateney Avril Cassandra Dettman7/25/2011 | Fifty years from now‚ the United States (U.S.) population started to know some new drugs like marijuana‚ amphetamines‚ and psychedelics. So the drug started to explode and the U.S. Government needs to find an effective way to solve the problems. In 1973‚ the U.S. created the Drug Enforcement

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    legalization of marijuana

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    teacher) "YES to MARIJUANA IN PHILIPPINES" I. Introduction Marijuana is a topic of significant public discourse in the United States‚ and while many are familiar with the discussions‚ it is not always easy to find the latest‚ research-based information on marijuana to answer to the common questions about its health effects‚ or the differences between Federal and state laws concerning the drug. Confusing messages being presented by popular culture‚ media‚ proponents of “medical” marijuana‚ and political

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    Government Should Establish Program To Reduce Juvenile Crime Juvenile crime is increasing rapidly and is a problem that plagues America. The murder rate by 18 year olds has increased 467% since 1965! The current policy maintained for the last number of decades is clearly not effective. An increase of 207% in the number of murder cases committed by 15 year olds from 1985 to 1993 is not a sign that current policy is effective. Changes must be made. The best way to address the problem is through

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