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Legalization Of Drugs: Against
Number of Words: 1762 / Number of Pages: 7
... is
clearly an injurious and sometimes fatal problem. The leaders of the
international economic summit in Paris in July 1989 concluded that the
devastating proportions of the drug problem calls for decisive action. On
September 5, 1989, President Bush called upon the United States to join in an
all-out fight against drugs. The United States Congress reports an estimated 25
to 30 million addicts of illegal drugs worldwide. Not all users are addicts, but
some of the 26 million regular users of illegal drugs in the United States are
addicted. Reports of child abuse to New York social services tripled ...
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Issue Of Gun Control And Violence
Number of Words: 2462 / Number of Pages: 9
... 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 expected in a society which has less respect fo ...
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Adolescent Drug Abuse
Number of Words: 1228 / Number of Pages: 5
... a major need for adults to
intervene and stop the problem at its beginnings, the adolescents. If we sit
here and deny the fact that the problem is there then we are just setting
ourselves up for disaster.
II.) Review of Literature:
A Source 1:
The first piece of literature that I used was a book written by Dr.
Joseph Nowinski entitled Substance Abuse in Adolescents & Young Adults. It was
written at the Elmcrest Psychiatric Institute in 1990. The book described Dr.
Nowinski's study of adolescent addicts of drugs and alcohol. It goes on to
explain the need for the development of treatm ...
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Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
Number of Words: 1811 / Number of Pages: 7
... steroids
have extremely perilous side effects on the unsuspecting user.
Though steroids are known as a somewhat dangerous substance, they are
legal to possess and consume, and there has not been a true clinical study that
proves such possible side effects are linked to medical problems of steroid
users. Sure, there has been several cases where someone has died and an otopsy
showed the person was using steroids, but this does not mean they are a lethal
drug as some medical professionals have stated. Some advocates believe that
because steroids are legal, and since it's the decision of th ...
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Reviving The Death Penalty
Number of Words: 1750 / Number of Pages: 7
... American colonies adhered with
Englands' view on the death penalty, for there was little they could do about it.
However in the 1750's reform movements spread through Europe, and in 1847 they
reached the United States. In 1847, Michigan became the first state to abolish
the death penalty for murder.
Beginning in 1967, executions were suspended to allow the appellate
courts to decide whether the death penalty was unconstitutional. In 1972, the
Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty for murder or
for rape violated the prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment" (Bedau ...
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What Is Our World Coming To: Rising Crime In US
Number of Words: 295 / Number of Pages: 2
... According to the DPS (Department of Public Safety) reports crime is
down 3.8% in 1991. That sounds great but then you hear that rapes have
increased 6.5% , in 1991, you don't think that we are improving so much.
This report was compiled from ninety-three different Arizona police
agencies. Of all the crime rape showed the largest increase. Last year in
Arizona, there were 1,568 reported rapes compared to 1,472 in 1990. There
was 289 slayings last year, in Maricopa county, while there were only 277
the year before that. An increase of 3.6%. Phoenix alone had 151 of those
slayings la ...
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The Death Penalty Is An Inappropriate Punishment That Must Be Abolished
Number of Words: 2467 / Number of Pages: 9
... was ruled constitutional again in 1976, the rate of executions per year has risen tremendously fast, especially in the last few years. There were no more than 30 executions nationwide in a single year until 1992, and that number jumped up to 74 in 1997 (“Execution” n.pag.). These 74 executions in the 38 states in which capital punishment is legal are the most in any one year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 (Lane n.pag.). So far in 1998, there have been 62 executions throughout the United States (“Execution” n.pag.). A recent poll showed that 74% of Americans strongly support capital ...
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The Stalking Of Celebrities
Number of Words: 1213 / Number of Pages: 5
... stalker's victims are
celebrities.6
“Stalking of celebrities is not done by your average autograph
hound.7 The stalking behavior due to delusional disorders affects 3 out of
every 10,000 people and only 1%-2% of all mental patients,” Dietz says. “
But it is increasing as our culture promotes celebrities as the religion of
the day.”8
“The knowing of the habits and secrets of celebrities has become a
national obsession,” says James Swanson, a lawyer and author.9
There is roughly a dozen types of stalkers. Obsessive love
motivates most celebrity stalkers, followed by erotomania--a person
b ...
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Falsely Accused
Number of Words: 496 / Number of Pages: 2
... of there legal right of
innocent until proven guilty before we can start accusing them publicly. There
is no reason to believe what is being said in the media until there is some
definite truth in the case . I mean just because the cops may have beliefs that
there is guilt means nothing . After all the FBI gave the media information and
it was plain and simply wrong . The way the FBI handled the case was atrocious
and intolerable. Who can we the public trust if we can't even trust a
government legal authority? Who are we to go to at that point when the
government agencies are falsely accusing us ...
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Argument For Keeping Repeat Offenders In Jail
Number of Words: 566 / Number of Pages: 3
... But how much more can we cut these sentences, aren't
they short enough already? The average jail sentence is seven years and eleven
months, but the actual average time served is two years and eleven months. I
think there are better ways to save money. For example, we should cut back on
the funding of foreign governments. We have plenty of our own problems in the
United States that we need to take care of. We should take care of our own
before we try to help others. The money we would save would not affect us
directly either. The money the government would save would not reduce our taxes
or any ...
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