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- 6691: "Legalization of Marijuana"
- ... more cash from one plant than they could from a field of corn. The majority of these farmers were growing marijuana in the Midwest, but it’s really growing strong in the Appalachians to the Great Plains. "They look like they were torn from a page from the Saturday Evening Post" (SIRS under marijuana). In the hard! economic times and in a business which depends on mother nature farmers have no ... than just to get high. I think that with all of the more potent drugs out there, marijuana is like the "baby." It would reduce drug-related violence severely and it could be put to great use. Granted, there would have to be strict laws and regulations to keep the people who abuse this under control. The legalization of marijuana would not only benefit the government but also the people. With ...
- 6692: Graduated Driver's License Controversy
- ... killer of teens. Why is this? Some say that 16-year-old drivers are too inexperienced to be able to handle this responsibility. Their risk-taking behavior, supposed “invincibility”, immaturity, and rebellious attitude pose a great risk for their safety. Also, even though drinking at the age of 16 is illegal, 70% of all teens drink alcohol. Each year, 60% of teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol-related (Teenage Drunk Driving). This was a cause for great concern. What ever could be done to save the lives of those teens and others on the road? Some of this trepidation came out in the open when researchers found that 25% of 16-year ...
- 6693: Case For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... this is not so, Marijuana occasionally produces acute panic reactions or even transient psychoses. Furthermore, a person driving under the influence of marijuana is a danger to themselves and others. If smoked heavily and a great deal of consistency, its use has been clearly associated with mental breakdown. In many persons who smoke chronically, the drug reinforces passivity and reduces goal-directed, constructive activity. The chronic use of pure resin (hashish ... the police. Marijuana is a common weed, easier to produce than the bathtub gin of the Prohibition years. It is not surprising that thousands of "dealers" have been drawn into the marijuana business. Despite the great risks they face, including bullying by other dealers and the threat of arrest, they are attracted by the profits. The law cannot change the economics of this market because it operates outside the law. All ...
- 6694: Applied Litigation Research
- ... strategic themes for and during trial. Issues in Courtroom Observation Observational techniques used to support a plaintiff or defendant in a trial present a unique challenge to qualitative methodologies, both ethically and procedurally. To a great extent, these concerns are interrelated. Ethical questions are often raised in the social sciences regarding the issue of whose side practitioners are on (Becker, 1962). Since the U.S. court system is based upon an ... for estimating favorability of juror predispositions to the case: I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them? [Business leaders] This variable was cross-tabulated with various demographic and attitudinal items using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences ...
- 6695: Gun Control-Forfeiting Our Rights
- ... the right of the people…. shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment cannot be removed from the overall context of the Constitution. It is an extension of the Preamble. As Michael Reagan, son of the great Ronald Reagan states, “The Second Amendment is a specific guarantee of the right to bear arms, which is an extension of the government’s constitutional responsibility to “establish justice” and “insure domestic tranquility.” We are ... guns are outlawed, violent crime increases due to the fact that criminals know who is armed and who is not. I have no doubt in my mind that proponents of gun control have pure and great intentions. However, gun control is just not practical and will never work.
- 6696: Marijuana: The Untold Story
- ... parachutes, uniforms, and tents. The fabric canvas’s name was derived from cannabis, the main fiber that is used to manufacture canvas. The fibers from the bark of marijuana plants are used to make a great variety of textile products, including coarse fabrics, ropes, sailcloth, and packing clothe. The oil in hemp seed contains LA, and LNA amino acid which, rarely are found in the present day fast food diet, are ... sickness and some may have a little fun. The public should be re-educated on the real facts of marijuana instead of relying on evil propaganda, because most people have bad concepts of such a great crop. Marijuana laws should be reformed to fit the need of the people for which the laws protect.
- 6697: Internet Censorship Laws
- ... them being ineffective is the fact that the Internet sites are not hosted on the servers of only one country. Those servers are located all over the world and unless the government of Russian, Germany, Great Britain, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and all others pass those kind of lows the pornography won't be stopped. Also I don't believe that pornography does as much harm as most people think. There are ... work the way it is supposed to work, and I don't think that you really want to find all the bugs in the program by accident. But how would you like if somebody with great expertise would do all the testing for your, and make all the fixes and patches available to you, before you use that program. And all that would done by millions of people for free. Would ...
- 6698: Marijuana: The Legalization
- ... fine detail into which I choose not to venture. To summarize it all, if you're sick, or think you are, your doc can get you some pot. Just like that. So what's so great about this? It supposedly brings relief to those with terminal illnesses. (Such were listed in 215) Cancer sufferers who are inflicted with nausea due to chemotherapy have reported that a puff or two of a marijuana cigarette relieves the pain. (Theorized after study by psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon of Harvard Medical School) It has also been reported to relieve the pain suffered by AIDS patients. Despite all this great relief, one question remains unanswered, what about the side effects? Exactly how harmful and addicting is this stuff? My Side: (The Important Stuff) My personal opinion: Marijuana should remain illegal because of the enormous side ...
- 6699: The Rodney King Case
- ... I just hope and pray that this will never happen again. Works Cited Cannon, Lou. “More Than Met the Eye on Videotape.” Washington post.com. 1-11. 26 July 1999. Eastman, Jennifer. “Los Angeles Riots.” Great Events From History. rev. ed. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem P, 1997. 1259-60. Evans, Colin. “Los Angeles Police Officers’ Trials: 1992 & 1993.” Great American Trials. Ed. Edward W. Knappman. Detroit: New England P, 1994. 824-28. Garner, Karen. “King, Rodney, case and aftermath.” American Justice. Ed. Joseph M. Bessette. Pasadena: Salem P, 1996. 447-49. Mydans, Seth. “Los ...
- 6700: Outlaws In The Frontier
- ... train robberies happened in 1866. After the Civil War there was the growth of the cattle kingdom in Texas and neighboring states. Cattle rustling and horse theft turned into significant operations. Range wars bred a great amount of violence. Cattlemen fought over land and water rights, and they fought with great bitterness against sheep farmers. In Texas, range wars were fought over the use of barbed wire to fence grazing land. By the end of the 19th century, the frontier era was past. Major crime shifted ...
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