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- 1231: Fraud
- ... cases males received $185,000 and females received $48,000. A study done by the insurance industry indicates the groups most likely to commit fraud. The most typical person who may commit fraud is a college/university educated white male. Men were responsible for almost four times the fraud as were females. Losses caused by people with post-graduate degrees were five times greater than those caused by high school graduates ...
- 1232: Censorship
- ... trying to protect their children from the outside world. But does it really help? My friends sister was upset with her parents for raising her in such a sheltered environment. When she went away to college, she got a taste of what the real world was really like. These days, an average elementary school student knows many things. They are influenced by a wide range of sources, from television and other ...
- 1233: The Death Penalty Should Continue to be Used in the U.S.
- ... for them to find a job so they will return to their old ways. Only 37.4% have finished high school, 15.3% have never even finished eighth grade and only 10.2% have attended college.(Matthews, 4) Not only do the prisons get crowded but it gets to be too expensive to keep all these criminals in prison until they die. More and more people are put in prison each ...
- 1234: Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society
- ... wanting to, or becoming curious with experimentation of drugs. Works Cited Fischer, B. (1994) "'Maps and Moves'" The International Journal of Drug Policy. 1995. Sternberg, Robert J. In Search of the Human Mind. Harcourt Brace College: Publishers:Toronto. 1995.
- 1235: Why I Think They Should Legalize Pot
- ... smokers and such that we do not have any place to stick real criminals. A friend of my brother's was killed by a drunk driver about three years ago when he went off to college. The guy who did it got community service time, and a year without his liscense. This is not justice, and changes need to be made. We can't throw every little pot head in jail ...
- 1236: The Advantages of Being Legal
- ... marijuana smokers will continue to smoke even if marijuana is never legalized. I was forced to temporarily quit smoking because of the system. I used to occasionally smoke until my room was searched at the college I attended freshman year. I felt that my personal rights were violated when every room on my hall was searched after someone set off a firework. The search was conducted by a R.A., a ...
- 1237: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... Marijuana. The most prominent is delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol. This substance otherwise known as delta-9-THC which causes Marijuana's psychoactive effects. "The effects of Marijuana", according to Leo Hollister, former president of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and current professor at the University of Texas "poses no greater risk that moderate consumption of Alcohol." Harvard Professor Lester Grinspoon in his book, Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine, claims that the drug has ...
- 1238: Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America
- ... Hill and the Black Crowes. Increasing public support and media attention will slowly force the legalization issue into the forefront of the political arena. If the widespread acceptance continues among the powerful new voting block -- college students, the policy towards marijuana could change in the near future. Weighing both the costs and the benefits the decriminalization/legalization of marijuana seems inevitable. Many of the purported myths about its harmful effects have ...
- 1239: Hemp: A Help or a Hindrance?
- ... visible in the eyes, where tiny capillaries swell and fill with blood, giving the eyes a bloodshot look (Ravage 6). Marijuana had its day of glory in the 1960s. Casual use was widespread, mainly among college students, who saw it as a way to protest against the political and social "establishment." The use of marijuana declined in the decades following the '60s, but there is evidence that it is making a ...
- 1240: Treating Bulimia
- ... recovery is possible. For example, a 14-year-old who has been bulimic for under a year is more likely to benefit from therapy than a 30-year-old who has been bulimic since her college days. This doesn't mean that therapy would be ineffective for the 30-year-old, but it would most likely take longer before the treatment makes an obvious difference. The severity of the problem is ...
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