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- 9111: Why the Legal Driving Age Should be Raised
- ... fun with a teenager in another car. "I hate to say racing, but that is what they were doing," Sandra says, when John plowed into a tree at 85 mph. "I had no idea he'd ever do anything like that." After all, John was in the National Honor Society and was listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students. "When it happened, I was across the street at ...
- 9112: Ray Bradbury
- ... Bradbury family moved to Los Angeles, California. Bradbury graduated from a Los Angeles High School in 1938. His formal education ended there, but he furthered it by himself -- at night in the library and by day at his typewriter. He sold newspapers on Los Angeles street corners from 1938 to 1942. Bradbury's first story publication was "Hollerbochen's Dilemma," printed in 1938 in Imagination!, an amateur fan magazine. In 1939 ...
- 9113: Minimum Drinking Age - 1998
- ... of minimum drinking age laws on alcohol related behaviours and traffic crashes among American youth; 1976 -1987. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 52: 478-91, 1991. The Independent (Great Britain) 11/6/98 12 Smith D. I., Bervill TW, Effects on Traffic Safety in Lowering the Drinking Age in Three States in Australia. Journal on Drug Issues Vol 16, 1986.
- 9114: How To Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood
- ... to most of your neighbors - preferably in the evening. Then call your local police department. They will be happy to give your group informal lectures, free literature - and in many instances, window stickers and I.D. cards. Remember, police officers can't be everywhere. Your cooperation with them is for the benefit of you, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood.
- 9115: Case For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... people do not become physically dependent on marijuana. The majority use it as others use alcohol - to relax occasionally and to indulge a festive mood. How can a mild intoxicant, taken less than once a day by most users, be seen as a public threat? Even those who are "hooked", or psychologically dependent upon their habit, should not be penalized by the law. Some people find any compulsive and unproductive behavior ...
- 9116: Marijuana
- ... the Federal Bureau of Narcotics for over thirty years, Harry J. Anslinger said that this "evil weed" led to killings, sex crimes and insanity. How can two such highly respected experts have such night and day outlooks on the same thing? While Anslinger presided as America's leading anti-drug official his McCarthyish hunt down of Marijuana users led to the downfall of many well respected Americans. During the 1900's ...
- 9117: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
- ... taken, it is proven that most marijuana users are not addicts and not physically dependent on it (Marshall 81). Most people who use marijuana do so responsibly and only from time to time, not every day. Users who are unfortunate enough to become addicted to it deserve help and compassion, not punishment (Ending Nightmare). Marijuana is very easy to produce. Thousands of dealers have been attracted to the high profits (Marshall ...
- 9118: Date Rape
- ... is known as "mutual consent" and "date rape." They can be confusingly similar because a women may give consent at the time, but if she is high or drunk, though, she may find the next day that she did want to have sex. It is difficult to say when a woman has given her consent because in many cases, at least one of the people involved is under the influence and ...
- 9119: Gun Control-Forfeiting Our Rights
- ... production, conventional black powder is simple to manufacture (Hardy 44). Apparently, illegal gun production is already common. A 1986 federal government study found that one-fifth of the guns seized by the police in Washington, D.C., were homemade. Of course, homemade guns cannot win target-shooting contests, but they suffice for robbery purposes. Furthermore, the price of bootleg guns may even be lower than the price of the quality guns ...
- 9120: Gun Control In The United States
- ... an inanimate object for the crimes and actions of human. Certainly guns are made primarily to kill but a lot never do. Cars were not meant to kill, but thousands do every minute of the day. Do we ban the car? People on the fringes of society are unlikely to be affected by gun control laws. Indeed, since many killers already have felony convictions, it is already unlawful for them to ...
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