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- 3111: The Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... I substance is medically absurd, legally questionable, and morally wrong. The California and Arizona referenda legalizing medical marijuana were strongly opposed by prominent federal government officials, including the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Barry McCaffrey, who criticized the measures as being dishonest and asserted that marijuana is neither safe or effective as medicine. Opponents argue that the very concept of medical marijuana is absurd because it is ... appear, generally not in medical literature, but in the form of letters to popular magazines like Playboy. Meanwhile, legislative concern about recreational use increased, and in 1970 Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (also known as the Controlled Substances Act), which assigned psychoactive drugs to five Schedules and placed cannabis in Schedule I, the most restrictive. NORML petitioned this placement in 1972, asking that it be moved ...
- 3112: The Most Effective Endings Lea
- ... by insanity. Theroux leaves it up to the readers to make their own final judgement at the end. Towards the end of the novel, Allie starts to show that he is losing the respect and control of his family as well as his mind. He is starting to make rash decisions and generally being tyrannical towards his family. Eventually losing their trust, enough so that eventually Charlie and his brother have ... limbs not working, Allie is only able to speak and scream. Due to Theroux s guidance of Allies character throughout the novel, for the reader it seems likely that he could jump up and regain control over his family and the direction of the novel at any moment. Here, Allies character is used very well to make the reader afraid. Not only does Theroux use Allies character to its peak of ...
- 3113: Civil War: Northern Attitudes
- ... with the Confederacy later in the war, and secret societies opposed to continuing the war also flourished in Illinois. In the presidential election of 1864 Illinois again voted for Lincoln, and the Republicans also gained control of the state legislature. On February 1, 1865, near the end of the war, Illinois became the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which abolished slavery. Indiana ... was passed in 1862 permitting the drafting of soldiers, there were frequent antidraft riots in Indiana, mainly in the southern part of the state. In the 1862 elections to the state legislature, the Democrats gained control of both houses. During the war, the Republicans tried to label their Democratic opponents as Copperheads (northern Democrats sympathetic to the rebels), but on the whole the Democrats in Indiana supported the Union war effort ...
- 3114: The Police and Corruption
- ... justifiable. That also leads to the fact that citizens who behave antagonistically towards an officer are more likely to be arrested than those who are civil or very differential. Donald J. Black reported in “Police control of Juveniles”, American sociological Review February 1970, that when Complaints are present 72 percent of adults who behave antagonistically toward the police are arrested in the field while only 45 percent who are civil and ... follows routines. Likewise, police intervention in the lives of citizens by such means as detaining citizens for questions- regarded by police as routine preventive or investigative work necessary to the role as agents of criminal control- are often regarded by citizens as harassment, infringement upon individual rights, or unauthorized intervention.” (Reiss, p.64) The unwarranted use of police authority towards citizens includes an array of components that employ illegal actions including ...
- 3115: Shilo
- ... and waves her arms. Is she beckoning to him? She seems to be doing an exercise for her chest muscles" (673). What act has Mabel forced Norma Jean to perform? Mabel no longer has any control over her daughter. The power to wield her strict discipline or control Norma Jean’s personality would never happen again. The exercise! It was a well-executed military salute, a non-verbal expression saying good bye to Sergeant Mom.
- 3116: Civil War Causes And Reconstru
- ... slave owners. The Southerners claimed that they should have power over the Blacks because they could take care of them and keep them on the right path. Where as the Blacks thought they should have control over themselves. They thought that they could take care of themselves, and that they were being treated wrongly by the white slave owners. The South also just wanted more power, they didn't want an ... in and got their power back, committing the same crimes as before. They even got power hungry again and tried to rise up with groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. If they couldn't control their State the legal way, they would do it illegally and with more violent and aggressive ways. The South learned almost nothing from the whole experience, they saw it as the Northerners trying to take ...
- 3117: Menopause
- ... many other stages of a woman’s life is some times plagued by myths and untrue information. But just like any other biological process it is normal. Women have to know and understand how to control and alleviate the process of menopause. At the stage of menopause human behavior systems come in to play because multiple environments are in constant interaction. A woman who is going through the process of menopause ... not need. But behavior alone does not make women vulnerable to illness behavior affects how a body functions and the biological systems affect our behavior so it is a valance that women must learn to control, especially in menopause because like any other stage in a persons life that requires change this may be confusing and troublesome. For some women who may be experiencing difficulties dealing with menopause they seek the ...
- 3118: Gender Issues In Lysistrata, A
- ... of the women. This abstinence gave the women the upper hand and the power to demand peace. The men could no longer come home from battle have sex and then leave. The women had the control, which for some reason seems very farfetched. The play its self brings out conflicts that our society today would think of as old fashion. First off, the image of the male being a fighter, and ... plan of abstinence equals peace. While executing their plan the females showed signs of true power. This power was only accomplished because of there unity. They occupied the Acropolis, and in doing so they took control of Athens financial reserves. This play shows true signs of women overcoming their gender roles, which is still unheard of in some cultures today. The men however did not give up easily. They were extremely ...
- 3119: Love and Rejection: Breaking Up
- ... just in the neighborhood,” and “I think I dialed the wrong number..”. The severity of the obsession is measured by the time that is spent on it, the degree of stress it causes, lack of control, and interference in one's life and responsibilities. In severe cases, medications can help. As many as one in forty Americans have some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder. Along with harassment, physical abuse is yet ... they're not. It probably all boils down to the teenage self-esteem issue. It's way up when they've got a boyfriend and when a breakup occurs, it plummets down and they lose control of their emotions. This is when the “wrong moves” come into play. If there was only a way to ensure high self-esteem in today's teenagers we wouldn't have to worry about teen ...
- 3120: Underage Drinking: A Big Problem
- ... drinking and about drinking responsibly and parents should be at home when their children have a party (What Are the Facts of Underage Drinking). In the home, alcohol should be locked away just like a gun, because it can be just as, if not more deadly than a gun. Neighbors, or neighborhood watch groups should report underage drinking to police (What Are the Facts of Underage Drinking). This way, police can stop parties before they start. Finally, according to What Are the Facts of ...
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