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- 2281: Telecommunications Act Of 1996
- ... universal service requirement, which mandated RBOCs to provide rural and other high-cost areas with similar types and quality of services and technologies that they provide to other areas and to do so at reasonable rates. RBOCs were also required to provide special, less expensive access to schools, hospitals, and libraries. RBOCs (with the exception of small RBOCs) were required to contribute to a universal service fund, which was used to ...
- 2282: Heroin Abuse
- ... the current Australian drug policy it is this; that the prohibition strategy is simply not working. The toll from heroin deaths in Victoria has risen 73 percent over the last ten years, addiction and overdose rates are soaring and the price of heroin is declining. The Federal Government is applauding the zero-tolerance regime. The Prime Minister displays the seizure of large amounts of the drug and apprehension of suppliers as ...
- 2283: Bobbies
- ... Irish famine in 1817 which brought him many praises. Peel's return to Parliament came when he lead a Protestant party to defeat the emancipation bill which allowed Catholics membership in Parliament. Peel's first interest in police began when acting as home secretary in Parliament. As home secretary, Peel began a major program to reform criminal law. From 1823 to 130, he formed many new ordinances including the improvement of ...
- 2284: The Seat Belt Law
- ... Although, there are enough incidents of traffic violations to keep the force busy. I do enjoy hearing about their job and the jobs of their buddies from other departments. This is what gave me the interest in studying the effects of seatbelt violations in regards to everyday drivers. It is now tougher than ever to receive a drivers license. Because of this fact, accident figures are quickly decreasing. In addition ...
- 2285: Should Drugs Be Made Legal?
- ... of prisoners have increased by 70 percent which will cost about $30 million dollars. Despite common wisdom, the U.S isn't experiencing a drug related crime wave. Government surveys show between 1980 - 1987 burglary rates fell 27 percent, robbery 21 percent and murders 13 percent, but with new drugs on the market these numbers are up. One contraversial solution is the proposal of legalizing drugs. Although people feel that legalizing ...
- 2286: Marijuana
- ... a high incidence of impotence among males who had smoked ganja (marijuana) for 5 or more years(Mann 158). Many U.S. marriage and sex counselors report that if their patients give up marijuana completely, interest in sex starts to return after a month or so, and often the condition of impotence is reversed. During a pot-smoking period there is a 40% decrease in the number of sperm in each ...
- 2287: Pre-Employment Drug Testing
- ... This means that employees are being fired, and potential applicants are not being hired based on whether or not their family has a history of potentially contracting a specific disease. Protection of the corporation's interest is understood, but this is a classic example of an institution stepping over the line and violating their employees right to privacy.
- 2288: Gun Control: More Or Less?
- ... actual evidence that proves effectiveness is the right to carry a concealed weapon at all times. Certain states have passed laws enabling citizens with no criminal record to carry a firearm at all times. Murder rates have dropped drastically in all states with similar laws. What intimidates a killer is not the threat of being imprisoned, but the threat that their victim may also be armed. The laws on guns are ...
- 2289: The Pros And Cons About Legalizing Marijuana
- ... sterile and that for some, it enhances their sex lives. Feelings and emotions become more colorful to them. Bill Drake, author of "Marijuana: An Herb for the Aging," states that marijuana may actually arouse an interest in sexuality in the elderly. Jamaican studies, from "Hemp for Food," have displayed that mothers who use marijuana believe that their children are healthier. The experiment that was done that claimed that marijuana is harmful ...
- 2290: Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment
- ... and disfigured." Psychiatrist James Gilligan has studied society's most violent people. The experience has left Gilligan discounting what he describes as the underlying theory pervading our criminal justice system. The theory of "rational self-interest." This theory assumes that violent people act out of common sense, do not want to go to prison, and do not wish to die. According to this premise, Gilligan writes, All we have to do ...
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