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- 6351: The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered to Eighteen
- ... to mention embarrassing, to have to wear the black "X" on each hand, rather than the orange bracelet on my wrist. If the drinking age were lowered, there would still be young people that would abuse this privilege; however, with time there would be fewer abuses. In a land built on individual freedom, it is strange that we are sent out in the world as adults, yet denied the opportunity to ...
- 6352: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... marijuana is an option that has not a chance, but really should be given a chance to be legal. Although many people feel that the legalization of marijuana would increase in the amount of drug abuse, marijuana should be legalized for many reasons. The economy would improve, enormous amount of money spent on enforcement would decline, and ill patients would benefit from medical use of the drug. Many agencies which are ...
- 6353: The Push For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... States. In 1993 a study by the Rand Corporation compared drug use in states that have decriminalized marijuana and those that have not. It found that in states where marijuana was more available, hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room topics decreased. What science and real experience tells us is that marijuana tends to substitute for much harder drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin (Hagar 1). Another misconception is that ...
- 6354: Treatment of Drug Offenders is Dysfunctional
- ... Russell is now serving a five sentence in prison. In an effort to make a few extra dollars for his family, he has now missed out on many things. He had to miss his oldest child graduate from high school. His marriage has stressed to its greatest extreme. And to society he is considered a “criminal.” Was sending this person to prison the best thing to do? It just does not ...
- 6355: The Drinking Age In Ontario
- ... 18 year old is old enough to marry, to vote and to serve in the armed forces, but yet it is said not old enough to reasonably consume alcohol. Moreover it is believe as a child grows up, he is generally taught that with adults responsibilities come adult privileges, which are not being giving in this case . Since everyone experiences different things and matures at a different rate, imposing a designated ...
- 6356: Case for Legalizing Marijuana What
- ... report to Congress cited no evidence to support the idea that drug use is hurting economic productivity. It said: "The fact is, very little is known about the complex relationship which undoubtedly exists between drug abuse, worker performance, and productivity, or the lack thereof.... Simply put, the number of unanswered questions currently far outnumbers the available answers." Nor is there any strong evidence that legalizing marijuana would increase use of the ...
- 6357: Prostitution Should Be Legalized
- ... streets across the United States, hundreds of prostitutes begin their work when the sun sets. Not only do these women face a night of providing sexual services to patrons, they also face the fear of abuse from clients and police and attacks by men who target prostitutes. These and other acts of violence against sex workers go unreported because law enforcement either dismisses the prostitutes’ claims because of the women’s ...
- 6358: Legalizing Marijuana Legislation
- ... is its remarkable safety. It has little effect on major physiological functions, and there is no know case of lethal overdose. Marijuana is also known to be far less addictive, and far less subject to abuse than many drugs now used as muscle relaxants, hypnotics, and analgesics. The chief concern of the government is the effect of smoking on the lungs. If they are concerned about this they should have made ...
- 6359: Legalizing Idustrial Hemp
- ... Richard Lawrence. Hemp as a Crop for Missouri Farmers: Markets, Economics, Cultivation, and Law. Report to Agricultural Task Force, Missouri House of Representatives, Summer 1991. "Mississippi Potency Monitoring Project, Report #50." Nartional Institute for Drug Abuse, University of Mississippi. June 30, 1994. February 25 16:03:55 1998. "New Billion-Dollar Crops." Popular Mechanics February 1938. Robinson, B.B. "Hemp." Farmers' Bulletin No. 1935, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1943 edition ...
- 6360: Whistleblowing
- ... National Border Patrol Council) Whistleblowing is defined as “disclosing information that a person reasonable believes is evidence of a violation of any law, rule or regulation, or gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. (The National Border Patrol Council.) Whistleblowing can also be defined as disclosing illegitimate or unethical organizational practices by its employees.(Singer, et ...
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