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- 7291: For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana
- ... Increase in Carcinogen-DNA Adducts in the Lungs of Monkeys Exposed Chronically to Marijuana Smoke," 1992, Dec;63 (3): 321-32. [19] Marijuana: The First 12,000 Years. Plenum Press, 1980. [20] The Great Drug War, Macmillan Publishing, 1987. [21] Marijuana Policy Project, 202-462-5747, P.O. Box 77492, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 20013. http://www.mpp.org, MPP@MPP.ORG (c) 1996 Ian Williams Goddard - (*) free to copy ...
- 7292: Is Euthanasia Immoral?
- ... stating that the sixth commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill" also extends to euthanasia. But this also raises many questions. Why do these churches and religious groups specifically target euthanasia as horrific killing when there is war in this world. Every day countries send troops to kill and to be killed, but these religious groups seem to ignore these problems(Russell 93). Many medical doctors also oppose euthanasia. They say that assisted ...
- 7293: Suicide
- ... be a great deal of agression that is not known behind the act of suicide. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have all condemned suicide as a violation of the law of God. In Europe religious and civil laws were used to combat suicide from the early Middle Ages until the 19th century. After the French Revolution (1789) criminal penalties for attempting suicide were abolished in European countries. Great Britain was the last ...
- 7294: Assisted Suicide
- ... t for me, life would seem like it would never end to all of my patients that are suffering from illness." "I have never actually caused a death, but I help people exercise their last civil right. I think physicians who oppose assisted suicides are similar to Nazi doctors, people who torture and experiment on Holocaust victims. Actually, it is the same as torture, to watch someone suffer when you can ...
- 7295: The Case for Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?
- ... favor of active euthanasia's legalization, the courts in all of the states find that the possibility for infraction of the statute supersedes the wishes of the patient. The courts aim to protect doctors from civil suits, patients from doctor's advisory abuse, and the country's general policy of the sanctity of life. In the courts view, passive and active euthanasia are two entirely different things. One involves the withholding ...
- 7296: What is Euthanasia?
- ... no one else is harmed by it. The responsibility for the decision, whether deemed wise or foolish, must be with the chooser" (1028). This is evidenced quite simply by the mere fact that everyone has civil rights and liberties. No one can decide who should die and who should not. Everyone is in complete control of his/her own life and; therefore, should be free to decide. Having considered the arguments ...
- 7297: Regulate and Reform Euthanasia
- ... regulated policies that will allow euthanasia in selective cases. Such an extreme comparison should not prevent a merciful euthanasia policy for the terminally ill in unbearable pain who request it. As people began forgetting World War II and the atrocities of Nazi Germany, interest in "assisted suicide" and euthanasia was restored. To understand the controversy of euthanasia and assisted suicide, one must understand the difference between the two terms. Euthanasia involves ...
- 7298: The Case for Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?
- ... favor of active euthanasia's legalization, the courts in all of the states find that the possibility for infraction of the statute supersedes the wishes of the patient. The courts aim to protect doctors from civil suits, patients from doctor's advisory abuse, and the country's general policy of the sanctity of life. In the courts view, passive and active euthanasia are two entirely different things. One involves the withholding ...
- 7299: Suicide - Is Suicide Wrong?
- ... religion, and if they were very religious at heart, then, they had no other choice but to avoid fighting. 1 Maccabees 6:39-46 of the Bible deals with Eleazar sacrificing his life during a war so that he could gain fame as well as kill the leader of attack. Once again, my family agreed that what Eleazar did was acceptable and actually quite noble since he was trying to protect ...
- 7300: AIDS
- ... well as testing returning foreign nationals. In the United States one frequent phenomenon is the effort to keep school-age children with AIDS isolated from their classmates, if not out of school altogether. Governmental and civil rights organizations have countered restrictive moves with a great deal of success. There is little doubt that the ultimate physical toll of the AIDS epidemic will be high, as will be its economic costs, however ...
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