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Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... a person's privacy while other people thought that prohibition would do
nothing but improve America. People who were against prohibition were called
wets and people for it were called drys. Wets mainly consisted of democrats who
refused to stop drinking and who were usually older men or immigrants who drank
all their life. The drys were usually republican Protestants who believed
alcohol was evil and that prohibition was the answer to societies problems.
Well, the drys were wrong because many problems surfaced as a result of
prohibition.
One problem was the increase of alcohol consump ...
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People Accused Of Violent Crimes Should Not Be Allowed To Post Bail
Number of Words: 786 / Number of Pages: 3
... and record of court appearances or of flight to avoid prosecution or
failure to appear. A judge, when deciding if bail is to be granted, does not
just flip a coin to decide. He or she looks at all aspects of the situation.
It all rests in the judge's hands. When a judge looks at a person accused of a
violent crime, such as murder, a few things are liable to pop into perspective.
One would be to how violent and detrimental the accusations are. Any rational
thinking person would realize that if arrested, they are in suspicion.
Therefore, a state appointed judge is also going to realize th ...
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Legalizing Marijuana Legislation
Number of Words: 817 / Number of Pages: 3
... natural form fulfilled the legal of currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. He added that it was "one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man." This request was overruled not by medical authority, but by the DEA itself. This shows the little amount of government knowledge on the subject matter. Presently, the main chemical in marijuana which is THC is being used or in some states being proposed for medical purposes. Marinol, which is another chemical in marijuana, is used to counteract nausea, which accompanies most patients going through the chemot ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 1660 / Number of Pages: 7
... of crimes, just like in England, the ruler of the states in this era (II
536). In England, in the 18th century, there were approximately 220 offenses
punishable by death. Some of them would today be considered as misdemeanors
and petty crimes (i. e. shooting of a rabbit, the theft of a pocket handkerchief,
and to cut down a cherry tree) (Horwitz 13). The majority of these were crimes
dealing with property. However, transportation became an alternative to
execution in the 17th century. A lot of these criminals were shipped to the U.S.
(28).
In the early days of our Constitution, the only s ...
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Drug Trafficking Policies
Number of Words: 325 / Number of Pages: 2
... and Zedillo (of Mexico) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking and reducing the consumption of illegal drugs. It has the following objectives:
Eliminate the illegal use of drugs in both societies, especially among the youth.
Increase the security along the common border, while maintaining full respect for each country’s sovereignty.
Ensure that drug traffickers cannot evade justice in one country by fleeing to the other.
Control the diversion of precursor chemicals and eliminate the production and consumption of methamphetamines.
Pass and impl ...
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Analysis Of International Law
Number of Words: 1658 / Number of Pages: 7
... follow. It is a direct expression of raison d'etat, the "interests of the state", and aims to serve the state, as well as protect the state by giving its rights and duties. This is done through treaties and other consensual engagements which are legally binding.
The case-law of the ICJ is an important aspect of the UN's contribution to the development of international law. It's judgements and advisory opinions permeates into the international legal community not only through its decisions as such but through the wider implications of its methodology and reasoning.
The successful resolution ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 1672 / Number of Pages: 7
... to them, you could still be eligible for the death penalty.
Each state which carries a death sentence has got their own requirements that a
person must meet to decide whether they get life in prison, or the sentence of
death. Below is each state which carries a death sentence and the requirements
that a person must meet and be convicted of in order to receive the death
sentence.
In Alabama in order to receive the death penalty you must murder during
a kidnapping, robbery, rape, sodomy, burglary, sexual assault, or arson. Also,
someone would get the death penalty if they murdered a peace office ...
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... but when a doctor
prescribes the marijuana, he will have the chance to control and monitor the
intake of the patient. There are many other drugs that are legal with the same
types of effects such as codeine, cocaine, and morphine. If drugs like those
are legal and are under control, then a drug like marijuana that is very similar
to them, should also be legalized and easily kept under control.
Many other complaints of the legalization of marijuana have been argued
and show no relevance in reasons of why marijuana should not be legalized. The
D.E.A. is trying to make the argument that by legalizi ...
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LSD And PCP Use
Number of Words: 503 / Number of Pages: 2
... LSD has
remained relatively constant. Almost 2 percent of high school seniors are
current users and 8.7 percent have taken LSD at least once. Its not creating
the problems it created in the 60's because the average street dose is al least
50 percent lower.
Washington, D.C. is known as the PCP capital of the United States
because there are more illicit PCP lads here than anywhere both water and fat
soluble. In other words, any way ap person gets it in his or her body, it will
be absorbed. PCP can be snorted or inhaled, put in a pill form and swallowed,
sprayed on any thing and smoked. In Washin ...
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Marijuana
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... "pot", "buds", "reefer", "weed" or the more direct, "smoke". goes back over five thousand years. It is one of the oldest agricultural commodities not grown for food. Hemp, first cultivated in China as early as 2800 B.C., soon stretched to central Asia where it spread like milkweed or thistle. soon began to crowd out neighboring grasses and reaching heights of three to twenty feet stretched over large plains. Local people began to use the plant for its strong, durable fibers which they used for rope and to construct material similar to linen. Early in the Christian Era, reached the Medit ...
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