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1561: Capital Punishment: Against
... Those asked the question have already committed the crime and thus does not reflect the sentiment of those considering a crime. Also, people often kill when under great "emotional stress or under the influence of drugs or alcohol - times when they are not thinking of the consequences" (Death Penalty Focus). Career criminals and those that plan a crime do not expect to get caught, thus making the consequences an invalid issue ...
1562: The Need For Extreme Criminal Justice Reform in California
... expected to increase to about 148,600 by June 30,1996 per the California Department of Corrections. -42.1% of these inmates are incarcerated for violent offenses, 25.3% for property offenses, 26.2% for drugs, and 6.4% for other. -Average yearly cost: per inmate, $21,885 and per parolee, $2,110. -California Department of Corrections budget for 1995-1996: $3.4 billion; proposed budget for 1996-1997 for both ...
1563: Cocaine
... in larger amounts, cocaine may also produce digestive disorders, weight loss, sleeplessness, irritability, depression, and hallucinations or paranoia. Cocaine abuse overstimulates the spinal cord, and convulsions may result, leading to respiratory failure and death. (See Drugs)
1564: The Advantages of Being Legal
... the black market for marijuana. Marijuana sales would be regulated by state and federal governments. It would also help the economy by a reduction in law enforcement costs, and police could focus more on dangerous drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and crystal meth. Some people who oppose the legalization of marijuana say that traffic fatalities would increase. The myth is that 40% of drug related emergency room visits are marijuana related ...
1565: Proposition 215: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
... must listen more carefully to their patients and educated themselves and one another about this medicine. Physicians have long recognized the need for continuing medical education (CME) to keep themselves up to date on new drugs and techniques. As Proposition 215 comes to California, physicians should do their part in fulfilling its promise by organizing CME courses on the medical use of marijuana.
1566: Prohibition: The Ignoble Experiment
... piece of the action and became corrupt. The prohibition of alcohol also resulted in the removal of significant tax revenues and the increase of government spending. It also led many drinkers to switch to other drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, opium, patent medicines, and other dangerous substances they would have been unlikely to use otherwise. ³ Speakeasies" or illegal saloons, and ³bootleggers" (dealers of alcohol) surfaced all over the U.S. This ...
1567: Pass The Weed
... harmful effects to the human body. Currently, according to the current laws of the United States government, possessing, selling, or using marijuana is illegal. The federal government is proud of its tough policy on illegal drugs. As citizens, we are all thankful to live in an environment protected from the unregulated drug market and crime that would likely from an unrestricted drug trade. But the opportunities that are missed and the ...
1568: Marijuana: A Horticultural Revolution, A Medical and Legal Battle
... immune system. So if there are so many benefits, then why is marijuana not legal? Many states contend that the ban on medical marijuana is necessary to prevent drug abuse and the availability of illicit drugs and to control the purity of medicinal drug products. These states have no compelling interest in intervening to needlessly prolong terminal patients' suffering. States should allow the medical use of marijuana under strict regulations, rather ...
1569: Heroin
... while trying to come clean from drug use. However, Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots, David Gahan of Depeche Mood and actor Robert Downey, Jr. were all arrested for possession of heroin and other illicit drugs (54). Weiland was busted on heroin and cocaine possession in May, 1995 (54). Furthermore, Gahan was arrested for drug possession after an overdose on heroin and cocaine (54). In addition, Downey was arrested when officials ...
1570: Opposing Euthanasia
... after being fully informed. I oppose the withholding of nutrition or hydration in order to cause or hasten the death of a patient. However, I do approve the accepted medical practice of administrating pain-relieving drugs in whatever dosage necessary to alleviate the suffering of the terminally ill, as long as there is no intent to bring about or hasten the patient's death. In the preceding paragraph I stated my ...


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