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- 341: Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment
- ... tough-on- crime politicians, of course, are elected by promising bigger and better jails for those scum bags. I once heard someone say, "Building jails to lessen crime is like building more cemeteries to prevent AIDS." Prison building is the fastest growing industry in America. In fact, prisons can no longer be called prisons. The politically correct term is correction- industrial complexes. Gene Amole is a writer for the New York ...
- 342: Marijuana
- ... prove to be beneficial in a number of areas. The first bonus to legalizing Marijuana is its medical uses. Marijuana stimulates the immune system and serves as a cure for glaucoma. Marijuana helps people with AIDS retain and eat food. Marijuana use also has intellectual benefits. Marijuana increases alpha wave activity in the brain. The alpha waves are associated with creativity. This creativity is potentially the foundation of literary and musical ...
- 343: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... Zieger, 70 ). In a sense marijuana's effectiveness has already been demonstrated to the FDA's satisfaction. Since the agency has approved Marinol, a gelatin capsule containing synthetic THC in sesame oil, for treating both aids wasting syndrome and the effects of chemotherapy. The research needed to gain approval for Marinol showed that marijuana's main active ingredient is effective for these purposes. Opponents of medical marijuana say Marinol is an ...
- 344: The Communication Decency Act: The Fight For Freedom of Speech on the Internet
- ... sites, will be closed because of nudity. Such sites as Michelangelo's David, because of the "nudity." There again I use quotations. Sites informing teenagers such as myself of the dangers of Unprotected Sex and AIDS, as well as other STD's will not be allowed to be shown. I know I may be taking this the wrong way, so I would appreciate response telling me why this act should pass ...
- 345: Drugs in Sports
- ... imbalanced body, putting the athlete at greater risk of injury. Longer use of this drug snuffs out sexual interest. It can cause hurt attacks, myocardial infarction, and stroke, which can also mean sharing death from AIDS. Causes also hair loss. Steroids raise blood pressure and blood cholesterol to dangerous levels.
- 346: The Legalization of Marijuana for All Purposes
- ... in disarray. The government could concentrate on the control of the drugs that are a serious threat to society. Marijuana as Medicine Marijuana can be used for several medicinal purposes. Marijuana is effective for treating AIDS-related wasting and the nausea from cancer chemotherapy.20 Other prescribed drugs are used but are often expensive and don't always work. The drugs also have harmful side effects. Many of them cause hives ...
- 347: Steroids
- ... to achieve this goal there is a large price to pay. However, steroids should remain illegal because they physically deteriorate the whole body system. When injected one risks the chances of developing hematoma and contracting AIDS. In women steroids contribute to the growth of facial hair, enlargements of the clitoris, shrinkage of the uterus, sterility, deepening of the voice, decrease in breast size and irregularity of the menstrual cycle. In men ...
- 348: Dangers of Anabolic Steroids
- ... to achieve this goal there is a large price to pay. However, steroids should remain illegal because they physically deteriorate the whole body system. When injected one risks the chances of developing hematoma and contracting AIDS. In women steroids contribute to the growth of facial hair, enlargements of the clitoris, shrinkage of the uterus, sterility, deepening of the voice, decrease in breast size and irregularity of the menstrual cycle. In men ...
- 349: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... say that I completely advocate the recreational uses of marijuana, but it nothing else there are definitely medicinal uses such as the treatment of glaucoma. It also tends to increas the appatites of terminaly ill AIDS patients who otherwise wouldn't have the desire to eat. I think the repercussions of legalizing pot would be almost completely beneficial to society as a whole. The beneficial effects outweigh the adverse. This subject ...
- 350: Legalization of Drugs
- ... those people that spend their whole day "hustling" to pay for their drugs. The 10 billion dollars spent fighting drugs does not include the amount of money spent on drug related illnesses. These would be AIDS, hepatitis, and overdose (Bertram, preface XII). There is also money being spent on private security to fight drug-related crime. There is currently a bill in the state of California that has yet to be ...
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