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All Drugs Should Be Legal, Or How To End The Drug War
Number of Words: 1269 / Number of Pages: 5
... something different in order to get a different result? Have we not learned our lesson from Prohibition? It only took us a mere 14 years to repeal prohibition (Lewis A15). Why don’t we legalize narcotics?
I do not know what will happen if we try this; nobody does. It has never been tried in America. It has been tried in other countries.
One of the countries that have experimented with legalization is Switzerland. In an effort to reduce the number of HIV infected individuals, Switzerland conducted an experiment from 1992 to 1996 in which the government controlled heroin, methadone, and morphine. ...
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Capital Punishment: Against
Number of Words: 566 / Number of Pages: 3
... just died due to the fact that another mistake was made in our justice
system. This in fact would send a rush of anger through my body. The justice
system killed somebody's family member. The death penalty should not even exist,
due to the fact that many mistakes can be made, and a life can never be brought
back.
Juries have been and still are mostly consisted of the white majority.
Racism and money is a big part of our everyday lives. With the majority of
people in the jury consisted of whites, racism might in fact be involved. Now,
if a black family is poor and does not have much money, ...
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Heroin: The Most Dangerous Drug
Number of Words: 818 / Number of Pages: 3
... if heroin
was legal because it would be far cheaper. Lastly, AIDS is aconsequence of
sharing dirty needles, as is hepatitis and tetanus, which could also be
prevented through legalization and availability of sterile equipment. One
of the reasons heroin is considered both a very dangerous drug and perhaps
the hardest drug is the fact that the line between efective dose and the
lethal dose is so thin. An addict can have his or her fill and then the
next injection can kill them. It is strange, though, that heroin's affects
on the body are not all that severe. Heroin is actually relatively non-
to ...
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The Fatal Addiction
Number of Words: 377 / Number of Pages: 2
... and the ambition to let go, pushed Mr. Bundy too far. He learned to accept what he had done and lived his life the best way he knew how. Even though he did not want to die, he was still forced into the electric chair. Before he was put to death he said that killing him would not restore the people he had already murdered nor would is lessen the pain. Some things just have to be done according to the law.
I feel you may be forgiven for all the wrong doings in your life but still held responsible for them. Mr. Bundy also remarked that there are others like him out there influenced by the sam ...
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Why Gun Control Is Needed
Number of Words: 847 / Number of Pages: 4
... and all at an
extremely high velocity! Gun control is needed to protect us from chaos!
Did our framers intend for these kinds of weapons to be sold to
anyone via the Internet or mail order catalog? After reading the
information that Mrs. McCall gave to me, I see that a majority of guns, in
use today, have one purpose and that is offensive military type tactics.
Could our framers imagine 10-13 year-olds in control of these firearms then
turning around and shooting other kids, teachers, and their families? Did
they imagine gangs wandering around unhampered by law enforcement and
military?
Now, let ...
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The Pros And Cons About Legalizing Marijuana
Number of Words: 2445 / Number of Pages: 9
... impairment of the immune system due to the inability
of T-cells to battle off diseases, delaying puberty in both males and
females, and unhealthy and smaller children born to women who used
marijuana during pregnancy. The
Drug Enforcement
Administration believes that since marijuana is not accepted by any
American health associations, there is no reason to legalize the drug.
They think that the main reason why pro marijuana advocates use the medical
use argument is because the uninformed public can be easily convinced to
support the movement. Simply not enough evidence proves that marijuana can
be u ...
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Legalize It!
Number of Words: 820 / Number of Pages: 3
... use by 50 percent(Light). They also cite that use
of marijuana peaked in 1979 when there was a decriminalization of drug use by
eleven states. When researching to find if a particular solution will prove to
be of use, it is important to look at historical examples and learn from them.
In Liverpool, England, after a recent legalization of drugs in a regulatory
program that focuses on the medical benefits of drugs, most drug pushers have
left town because there is no longer a market for them(Priver 28). This shows
that legalization actually decreases use because of the increased emphasis on
rehabil ...
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Marijuana
Number of Words: 1843 / Number of Pages: 7
... have used it as an herbal preparation. A "mythical" and "legendary"
pharmacist and emperor Shen Nung thought using it as a seditive was all right.
In 2,700 B.C. that same "mythical" emperor said it helped female weakness, gout,
rheumatism, malaria, beri-beri (?), contipation, and absentmindedness.
In 1979 (A.D.) Carlton E. Turner visited China and found marijuana was not
in use in formal medical places. J. D. P. Graham of the Welsh National School
of Medicine wrote, "One not need take to seriously the anecdotal use of it's use
for many purposes in China or by the Hindus in the pre-Christian M ...
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Methamphetamine: Built For Speed?
Number of Words: 4543 / Number of Pages: 17
... -- ATMs, high-speed modems, smart bombs and
bullet trains. However, the limitations of human existence, like sleep, may
still provide the stumbling block for infinite realization. That is, without
chemical aid.
In many ways, capitalism fuels the idea. Our society is based upon the mass
consumption of these substances. Cultural ideals, while seemingly benevolent as
"Have a Coke and a smile" have sold the link to chemical substances like
caffeine and nicotine to "the good life." Today, stimulants are the bedrock for
consumer culture. For our generation, this appeal was heightened by raising the
st ...
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Failure Of Gun Control Laws
Number of Words: 1567 / Number of Pages: 6
... for self-defense. However, when the colonists
felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear,
they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against
the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest
military force in the world at that time. The 18th century witnessed the
height of the British Empire, but the rough band of colonial freedom
fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average American gun
owner. These Minutemen, so named because they would pick up their personal
guns and jump to the defense of their coun ...
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