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- 1871: What Is Marijuana?
- ... mitigate the penalties relating to conviction on marijuana possession charges. The Case for Legalizing Marijuana use the United States stands apart from many nations in its deep respect for the individual. The strong belief in personal freedom appears early in the nation's history. The Declaration of Independence speaks of every citizen's right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The Constitution and Bill of Rights go further, making ... of the basic human rights, something to be claimed by anyone, anywhere. United States citizens feel strongly about this and often tell other countries that they must honor their people's claims to privacy and personal freedom. The marijuana user is indulging in a minor pleasure over which that government should have no jurisdiction. It is quite clear from survey data that most people do not become physically dependent on marijuana ... unproductive behavior disgusting. But that is not a reason for outlawing it. The attempt to use the law to tell people what they may and may not consume at home is an arrogant invasion of personal privacy. Protecting the drug user's physical health sometimes it is said that the law must protect the drug user from himself. One of the detriments of tolerating drug use, according to this theory, ...
- 1872: Should We Legalize
- ... drug traffickers and dealers as prices are pushed well above cost (Evans and Berent, eds. 22). The second aspect of the "Drug Prohibition" that undermines law enforcement is the need for drug users to commit personal property crimes. One-third of the people arrested for burglary and robbery said that they stole only to support their habit, and about 75% of personal property crimes were committed by drug abusers. Studies also suggest that these people, when placed on outpatient drug therapy or sold drugs at a lower price commit much less crime (Duke). Even the DEA admits ... of fallacies that plague proponents' arguments. To protect society, it should be that its citizens should somehow be better off. This is not true as the most expensive cost of the "Drug Prohibition" is the personal cost carried by the citizens. In the cities, these costs are manifested in murders over "turf" or "business," fear of walking the streets, robberies, and mothers leaving children to pursue their expensive addictions (Wink). ...
- 1873: PRIVACY
- ... information about them is communicated to others" (Summers, 22). With the advances in technology, it has become very hard to ensure your privacy. Collecting, manipulating, and sharing data has become increasingly easier to do. Peoples personal data is becoming alarmingly easier to obtain. Our preferences, our addresses, telephone numbers, and Social Security numbers all are sold routinely. In a 1995 United States survey, 80 percent agreed that consumers have lost all control over how personal information about them is circulated and used by companies (Summers, 23). Some of the most powerful companies and corporations are powerful because of their ability to obtain private information at anytime. Microsoft, the computer software ... desk drawer. A password is easy to remember and hard to guess (Summers, 341). Seeing as how passwords can have billions and billions of possibilities, one would assume that passwords are extremely safe in guarding personal information. This not entirely true. Hackers have computer programs that will try all the words in a standard dictionary, or every number combination. If you had a simple word or number, your password would ...
- 1874: Adolescence And Moral Developm
- ... that point to the importance of adolescence as transition stage in moral development. Unlike children, the adolescent is concerned with what is right as opposed to what is wrong. also, adolescents become more preoccupied with personal and social moral codes. As they gain the competency to understand alternative points of view, they see that the moral codes are relative, not absolute. the above changes result in some conflict between moral conduct and moral thinking during adolescence. Early writing in the area of moral development was left to philosophers, who evolved three major doctrines of morality, each of which major doctrines of morality, each of which is represented incontemporary psychological theirizing. the "doctrine of ...
- 1875: Abortion Debate - Pro-Life Sta
- ... the fact of the matter. An incontrovertible fact that cannot change as feelings change. If abortion is undeniably the taking of human life and yet sincere misguided people feel that it should be just a personal matter between a women and the doctor, there seems to be 2 choices open to them. (1) That they would believe that other acts of destruction of human beings such as infanticide and homicide should ... in the Honduras flooding disaster than of a serious accident involving a close friends or favourite relatives. That is why some are less disturbed by the slaughter of thousands of unborn children than by the personal problems of a pregnant women across the street. To rationalize this double standard, they pretend to themselves that the unborn child is a less valuable human life because it has no active social relationships and ... the innocent victims of highjacking but what is abortion but this? The highjacking without reprieve, of an innocent passenger out of his mother's womb. Should we really leave the right to hijack as a personal decision only? Those campaigning for further liberalization of the abortion law, hope to make abortion available and safe for all who wish it during a pregnancy. Qualifications have been placed on the abortion on ...
- 1876: Euthanasia In The United State
- ... left the hospital, another doctor entered the patients hospital room and asked her husband and sister to leave. He then ordered an increase in her morphine dosage, but refused to confirm the order in writing. Within minutes the woman was dead. Zylicz demanded an explanation from his colleague. The other doctors reply was, It could have taken another week before she died. I needed the bed (Eads, 93). For ... realities and soul-searching involved in euthanasia decisions. If a terminally ill patient in great pain makes an informed choice to die and asks for the assistance of a loved one or a long-time personal physician, that should not be publicly viewed as a problem. It shouldnt be wrong to do it for someones mother if it were her dying wish. When making a decision that entails the ...
- 1877: Alcohol
- ... harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for ... this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all or affairs. There are twelve traditions that must be followed by the members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Tradition One: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity. Tradition Two: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted ... has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy. Tradition Eleven: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films. Tradition Twelve: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Bibliography Work Cited Silverstein, Herma. Alcoholism. ...
- 1878: Abortion
- ... the fact of the matter. An incontrovertible fact that cannot change as feelings change. If abortion is undeniably the taking of human life and yet sincere misguided people feel that it should be just a personal matter between a women and the doctor, there seems to be 2 choices open to them. (1) That they would believe that other acts of destruction of human beings such as infanticide and homicide should ... in the Honduras flooding disaster than of a serious accident involving a close friends or favourite relatives. That is why some are less disturbed by the slaughter of thousands of unborn children than by the personal problems of a pregnant women across the street. To rationalize this double standard, they pretend to themselves that the unborn child is a less valuable human life because it has no active social relationships and ... the innocent victims of highjacking but what is abortion but this? The highjacking without reprieve, of an innocent passenger out of his mother's womb. Should we really leave the right to hijack as a personal decision only? Those campaigning for further liberalization of the abortion law, hope to make abortion available and safe for all who wish it during a pregnancy. Qualifications have been placed on the abortion on ...
- 1879: Abortion
- ... that idea ignores the unborn child's right to his or her body. Never, in modern times, has the state granted to one citizen the right to have another killed in order to solve their personal, social, or economic problems. the embryo is its own being that should have it's own rights to protect it. The zygote is a unique genetic being (Zindler 27). If one was to abort an ... flow in the stomach, and all its necessary organs have been made present. This is a child that thinks, dreams, and feels pain. Yes, some women may look at having an abortion to solve her personal problems, but in all, women are abandoning the abortion because it weakens their great strengths: creation, compassion and the ability to look beneath the surface of appearance of things. Maybe soon the abortion issue will reverse, and people will see the rights of the unborn as greater importance than that of a personal right. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Chalker, Rebecca. The Choices We Made. New York: Random House, 1991. Day, Nancy. Abortion: Debating the Issue. Springfield, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1995. De Marco, Donald. Abortion in Perspective. Cincinnati: Hilts & ...
- 1880: Written Speech On Teen Suicide
- ... say one last silent goodbye to your friends and family, and you leap to your death. By doing this, you're making a permanent solution to a temporary problem. You may be solving your own personal problem, but imagine the pain, suffering, and anguish that your friends, family, and peers go through. The people around you are wondering what was going through your mind and why you did it. Maybe you ... object to authority. Adolescence is a time for developing independence, for breaking away from parental control. But when a young person is continually wild and unruly, the problem may be more serious. No concern for personal appearance. Most teens want to have clothes, shoes, and hair, that is "in" When a teenager cares little about his appearance, it could be a way of saying, "Why should I care? I'm not ... hobbies, sports, or school, he or she may be losing interest in life. Long periods of sitting and staring into space or sleeping during the day can be signs of serious depression. Getting rid of personal items. When people give away the things that mean the most to them, they may be putting their lives in final order, getting ready for the end. Prolonged sadness or crying. Extreme moodiness and ...
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