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Legalization Of Marijana: For
Number of Words: 2474 / Number of Pages: 9
... legislation,
and stop acting as if otherwise law-abiding marijuana smokers are part of the
crime problem. They are not, and it is absurd to continue to spend law
enforcement resources arresting them.
Marijuana smokers in this country are no different from their non-
smoking peers, except for their marijuana use. Like most Americans, they are
responsible citizens who work hard, raise families, contribute to their
communities, and want a safe, crime-free neighborhood in which to live. Because
of our marijuana laws, these citizens face criminal arrest and imprisonment
solely because they choose to smoke ...
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Having A Gun
Number of Words: 532 / Number of Pages: 2
... law would come to protect the right of those who violate the rights of
others. It has never occurred to authorities that vicious criminals, in spite of
this legislation, will still manage somehow to get the firearms.
Innocent people, however, will suffer, because they will be less likely
to obtain handguns in order to protect themselves and their families. Therefore,
it would not be hard to imagine the carnage of the citizens, should there not be
any guns in their homes. The criminals would walk in at any time they desired,
they would take whatever they wanted, rape whom they wanted, and shoot whoever ...
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The Problems Of Marijuana Prohibition
Number of Words: 826 / Number of Pages: 4
... 10). While all that is true, it does not compare to the effects of other harmful substances. For instance, alcohol’s cause of cirrhosis to the liver, and tobacco causes lung cancer and coronary heart disease. The plain fact that both tobacco and alcohol are carcinogens to speed up all cancers, are all good examples of how bad alcohol and tobacco can be. Alcohol is the source of half of highway fatalities, arrests, and homicide. Meanwhile it is accounted for a fourth of all suicides. The risk of mortality associated with pot is lower then that associated with cigarette smoking (National 151). ...
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The Debate Over Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 734 / Number of Pages: 3
... to me.
But individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft
to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their
actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves.
Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not
tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct
can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc.
An individual who is never taught some sort of restraint as a child, will
probably never understand any limit as to what they can do, until they have
learned it ...
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Treatment Of Drug Offenders Is Dysfunctional
Number of Words: 614 / Number of Pages: 3
... is to lock them up, not rehabilitate!
Prison life can have many effects on a person. Once in prison, one must submit himself to eating, sleeping, and living with harden criminals. And for the most part the drug are still readily available. In prison, the more illicit drugs are readily available.
A once marijuana smoker could very easily become a much harder drug user. And it does happen! One must live in fear and always watch their back. Homosexuality is very predominant in the prison population. The prisoner is faced with this every day. While incarcerated your life is put on a temporary hold, w ...
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Persuasive Essay On Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 457 / Number of Pages: 2
... an institution. Every year, valuable tax dollars go towards keeping prisoners in jail however, if the death penalty was used more often, some of this money could go towards other important causes such as gun control and education (Caldwell 598).
Moreover, it is important to keep in mind that laws do change as do parole boards and people eventually forget the past. Life imprisonment lets the murderer live and as long as the person is alive, there is always a chance, no matter how slight, that he will strike again. Take for instance the case of James Moore who raped and strangled 14-year-old Pamela Mo ...
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Differences Between Various Crimes
Number of Words: 749 / Number of Pages: 3
... money or possessions from
you. Robbery is when the perpetrator takes personal property from another
against their will while threatening to do bodily harm or damage. An
example of this would be when a bank robber holds up a bank and orders the
tellers to hand over money to them while holding a gun in their hand. The
robber is threatening to harm the workers while steeling the money.
Define discovery in the litigation process and identify and explain the
most commonly used discovery techniques.
During the litigation process, discovery is the period in a civil
suit where the parties involved sear ...
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Legalizing Marijuana
Number of Words: 792 / Number of Pages: 3
... as medical drug which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine. Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California , council committee unanimously voted to urge president Bill Clinton and congress to end federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for " legitiment medical use." City council women Christine kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana.; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
Many agencies which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enfo ...
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Cellular Phreaking
Number of Words: 886 / Number of Pages: 4
... they are? When a
mobile phone enters a cell's area of transmission, it transmits its phone number
and its 8 digit ID number to that cell, who will keep track of it until it gets
far enough away that the sound quality is sufficiently diminished, and then the
phone is "handed off" to the cell that the customer has walked or driven into.
This process continues as long as the phone has power and is turned on. If the
phone is turned off (or the car is), someone attempting to call the mobile phone
will receive a recording along the lines of "The mobile phone customer you have
dialed has left the vehicle or ...
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Gun Control And Violence In Canada And The US
Number of Words: 2473 / Number of Pages: 9
... life . Is it our right to
bear arms as North Americans ? Or is it privilege? And what are the
benefits of having strict gun control laws? Through the analysis of the
writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urban
violence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the
social impact of this issue. Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary
In a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North
America, Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points out
that "Crime in America is popularly perceived [in Canada] as something to
be e ...
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