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Legalization Of Marijuana Medicinal Purposes
1,578 wordsWhen Olympic officials decided to give snowboarder Ross Rebagliati his gold medal back, the cheers drowned out the boos. It was a minor scandal involving a minor sport, but it spoke volumes about the world's shifting relationship with its favorite illicit drug. Marijuana. A decade ago, Rebagliati would have been ostracized regardless of whether cannabis was on the list of his sport's banned substances. What's changed today is that our attitudes towards illegal drugs are becoming more sophisticat...
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Basic Human Rights Voluntary Euthanasia
1,038 words1. The 'justification' of voluntary euthanasia involves rejection of a tenet fundamental to a just framework of laws in society Voluntary euthanasia is the killing of a patient at his or her request in the belief that death would be a benefit to the patient and that the killing is for that reason justified. The mere fact that someone says, in an un-coerced fashion, that he or she wants to be killed does not in itself provide a doctor with a reason for thinking death would be a benefit to that pa...
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1,131 wordsDecriminalization of Marijuana vs. Local Regulatory Control Marijuana, a Schedule I mild hallucinogen is illegal to purchase, cultivate and posses in all fifty states of the union. In recent years, states have taken steps to harness the medical benefits of this drug and some have even gone so far as to decriminalize it altogether. States such as California and Oregon led the charge for decriminalization with several others following in step 1. Marijuana, used alone cannot be abused to the point ...
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Difficult To Determine Possession Of Marijuana
1,224 words... state is itself an underestimate. The extent is difficult to determine because of the illegal nature of the trade; however, it is substantial. Emergency room mentions of marijuana and hashish have also increased dramatically, from 3, 818 in 1985 to an estimated 8, 200 in 1988 (NNICC, 1989). Note that there is a very high degree of concomitance associated with these figures. More than 80 % of the mentions are in combination with other drugs (NIDA, 1988). Without a reliable count of the number...
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1,236 words... multiple studies cited by the New South Wales Parliament's Brothels Task Force documenting reduced rates of infection, including a 90 % decline in gonorrhoea rates among sex workers for the period 1981 - 1989 (cited in Brothels Task Force, 2001, 23). During the debate, unsubstantiated statistics were also sometimes produced literally out of thin air, as when an Australian industry spokesperson remarked during an interview that the number of brothels in Sydney had increased by 400 % since dec...
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Medicinal Marijuana Illicit Drug
844 wordsFor the past fifty years, heated debates over the topic of the decriminalization of marijuana have been a great controversy among politicians. Some politicians believe that marijuana for the use of medicine should be outlawed. As Congressman Bob Barr in his debate with radio talk show host Neil Boortz on May 14, 2002, stated, 'There is no legitimate medical use whatsoever for marijuana. This [marijuana] is not medicine. This is bogus witchcraft. It has no place in medicine, no place in pain reli...
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624 wordsThe legalization of marijuana The Legalization of Marijuana For the last fifty or so years it has been a crime to possess, consume, or distribute marijuana. Any rapid change in legislation toward legalization would be impossible in today's culture. Due mostly to the overwhelming popularity of this drug it could never possibly be legalized. Any process of legalization would create unrealistic demands upon society that would affect every facet of life both domestic and abroad. Marijuana is the mos...
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Cq Researcher Violent Crimes
886 words... who work there. Still, 'the world's oldest trade has always outwitted attempts to suppress it' ('Street Cleaning' 24). Another reason why some citizens are calling for the decriminalization of prostitution is that it would greatly reduce the transmission of STDs. Legalized prostitution has shown that 4 prostitutes who work in brothels practice safe sex and are less likely to contract and transmit STDs. As indicated in the article entitled, 'Prostitution': George Flint, director of the Nevada...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Civil Liberties
1,221 words... s: ... The time devoted to tracking down, arresting and then trying marijuana users and then trying marijuana users is perhaps the greatest exercise in lost time in contemporary activity. In the last two years, approximately 750, 000 arrests were made in our mad, quixotic effort to stamp out marijuana. What this adds up to is millions of police hours spent on bootless missions, millions of hours of court time wasted, and millions of months in jail, using up space sorely needed to contain peo...
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Sexual Harassment Battered Women
2,200 wordsProstitution Controversy Prostitution commonly is referred to as "the world's oldest profession. " It's an emblematic statement about the status of women, for whom being sexually available and submissive to men is the oldest form of survival. As the "world's oldest, " prostitution is presented as an accepted fact of history, something that will always be with us that we cannot eradicate. As a profession; 's elling access to one's body is being promoted as a viable choice for women. In an era in ...
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2,486 wordsDecriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality they affect all of us users and non-users. I believe that the negative affects we associate with drugs would be greatly reduced if the United States adopted ...
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Pot Smokers Rolling Stone
1,371 wordsJohn B. Pattison Cynthia Quam English II 11 / 6 / 99 Decriminalization of Marijuana Think for a minute about alcohol. Its something we are well accustomed to in our every day lives. We associate it with celebrations, parties, relaxation, and many other things that involve leisure. What else do we associate alcohol with? How about drunk driving and the deaths that occur as well. The thought of alcoholism and the destruction of the body as well families might spring in to mind. Now think about mar...
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Marijuana Laws Norml U S Government
2,453 wordsCurrently, illicit drugs remain high on the list of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street every day over drugs. To many people drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in reality they affect all of us users and non-users. I believe that the negative affects we associate with drugs would be greatly reduced if the United States adopted a policy of the total decriminalization o...
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War On Drugs Legalization Of Marijuana
1,458 wordsMarijuana has become one of the most controversial drugs in America. Ever since its cultivation began around 1611, marijuana has puzzled people with its effects. Many question marijuana's classification as a schedule one drug. A schedule one drug is one that has a high potential for abuse and no medicinal value. Some argue that the war on drugs, in particular marijuana, has cost taxpayers billions and is wasting funds that could be used on more important tasks such as improving transportation or...
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2,646 wordsRoyal Commission Review of Marijuana Policy in Canada From: Commission Member David Meek To: Minister of Justice: Mr. Neshevich Among the vast array of social issues confronting Canadian citizens today, the need for proper and thorough review of marijuana policy reform is a pressing and substantial problem. People are torn between the different ways in which marijuana policy should be reformed in Canada. A number of pros and cons regarding the issue make a simple solution almost impossible. The ...
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1,049 wordsCrime or Past Time According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Presently, law enforcement arrests a marijuana smoker every 45 seconds in America at a tremendous cost to society. The marijuana issue often times goes in many directions such as legalization, decriminalization, and prohibition. There are good arguments to all three directions. The key to which direction to choose is not that easy. One must way the positives and the negatives of each direction befo...
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Sexually Transmitted Organized Crime
567 wordsI. Introduction Prostitution, performance of sexual acts solely for the purpose of material gain. Persons prostitute themselves when they grant sexual favors to others in exchange for money, gifts, or other payment and in so doing use their bodies as commodities. In legal terms, the word prostitute refers only to those who engage overtly in such sexual-economic transactions, usually for a specified sum of money. Prostitutes may be of either sex, but throughout history the majority have been wome...
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Eleanor Roosevelt Illegal Prostitution
897 wordsProstitution: Should it be Criminal Prostitution or also know as the worlds oldest profession is a criminal act almost everywhere inside the United States today. The question is whether it should remain a criminal or not. James Board feels that prostitution should be decriminalized for 2 main reasons. First, far too much policeman power is being wasted on prostitution stings and arrests. Second, legalization will help prevent the spread of disease, most importantly the spread of HIV. Anastasia V...
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War On Drugs 18 Th Amendment
3,290 wordsDrug Legalization and Reagan Man, as a creature, is inherently bored. Since the dawn of time, it has been the natural instinct of man to find alternative methods to enhance his being. The many means by which man has turned to include sex, gambling, and the consumption of substances beyond the requirements of nutrition. The consumption of substances can be further broken down into legal and illegal substances. The question then becomes, who are we to place labels on certain substances by deeming ...
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