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- 171: Should We Legalize
- ... amount of a regulated dose would have given the desired effect (Evans and Berent, eds. 22). Another outcome of prohibition on the individual could also be considered a concern of society since the spread of AIDS affects both groups. The transfer of AIDS through needles needed most commonly during the use of heroin has become the most common manner in which the disease currently spreads. The treatment and prevention of the people who get AIDS from heroin use cannot be effective so long as users are being persecuted by law enforcement (Trebach and Inciardi 35-36). The implications of these two beliefs of proponents of decriminalization are imperative to ...
- 172: Prostitution
- ... of the U.S." (Holland 86). Second, prostitution is a great health risk to the U.S. because of the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A major concern about STDs is the spread of AIDS, which is currently a deadly STD because a cure has not been found for the disease. The transmission of 2 STDs is already on the rise due to many uneducated teenagers having unprotected sex. In ... practice safe sex and are less likely to contract and transmit STDs. As indicated in the article entitled, "Prostitution": George Flint, director of the Nevada Brothel Association, point with pride to the 20,000 monthly AIDS tests that have been performed on legal prostitutes since tests were required in 1986-with HIV showing up only among job applicants. Similarly, not a single case of AIDS turned up in a 1991 survey of 7,000 tests on 246 legal prostitutes in Nevada from 1982 to 989. By contrast, of 700 illegal prostitutes arrested in 1990 for soliciting in Nevada, 10 ...
- 173: Do Companies Have Business Con
- ... was contributing to the destruction of tropical rain forests. He consequently banned the use of rosewood and Honduran mahogany. Another test of Herman Miller's humane attitude came when some of its employees contracted the AIDS virus. When an AIDS victim in the company's Georgia plant decided to let the rest of the workers know about his condition, his supervisor took charge, acting as what Herman Miller Chairman Max DePree calls a "roving leader ... everyone in the plant, ensuring that rumors did not get started. On the next workday after the announcement, the company's director of health and wellness flew down from Michigan to show a video on AIDS and answer questions. With a history of such sensitivity to its environment and its workers, it is no surprise that Herman Miller tops lists of most-conscientious and best-managed companies (Nelson-Horchler, 1991). ...
- 174: The Controversy Surrounding the Gulf War Syndrome
- ... substances found in more than half the soldiers tested. One of them is a compound called squalene that right now has only been tested on animals. This compound shows promise in helping the fight against AIDS. Why would such a substance be given as an immunization to troops? When military officials have been asked about why squalene is showing up in veterans, the give a “no comment” (8). The second substance ... not harmful to humans but something has been found connected to it in veterans blood cells. This horrifying thing is a 40% HIV envelope gene. This part of the HIV virus will not lead to AIDS, but it will give you almost identical symptoms. So along with MI, you have a biological weapon that could possibly be GWS (8). This part of the theory fits just right because MI has been ... would be possible to produce a synthetic biological agent that does not naturally exist and for which no natural immunity could have been a cquired.” Five years later, there was the first reported case of AIDS. To this day, all documents about this project are classified (Riley). Could our own government have created this deadly virus? They won't let the public know the answer. Moving along, during the 1995 ...
- 175: European Studies
- ... structural changes were required. These included the diversion of land to other uses, the conservation and protection of the environment, the integration of structural change with regional economic development and the implementation of direct income aids. (17) This impetus for change began, however, in 1988 when the Council of Ministers approved a regulation 2052/88 which was to reform the operation of the Structural Funds as part of the European Agricultural ... For the period 1994-1999 the ESF will receive 33.5% of Structural funding. (30) The Guidance section of the EAGGF is involved in all agricultural structural development in the EU. It invests in and aids the modernisation of farms. It supports extensification, set aside and environmentally friendly farming practices. It also gives aid to young farmerÆs and offers early retirement. Aid for mountainous regions, poor ecological areas and LFAs is ... to be through structural reorganisation. There has been a shift from a pure agricultural policy, however, to a rural policy whose two main characteristics are to help maintain a pleasant and attractive environment through adequate aids to farmers and the adoption of a bottom-up approach which will integrate rural communities. The new structurally oriented agricultural policy costs less money to operate than the former price-oriented policy and has ...
- 176: Use of Marijuana As Medicine
- ... as a form of treatment. It has been used effectively to combat the nausea caused by chemotherapy, to reduce the internal pressure of the eyes of glaucoma patients, and to prevent the “wasting syndrome” in AIDS and cancer patients (“Marijuana for the Sick” A10). As an alternative to using actual marijuana, modern science has developed a synthetic form of THC, the active chemical in marijuana. However, this synthetic drug, called Marinol, is useless for most everyday treatment because it has the unpleasant side effect of being a powerful sedative. A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: “He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can't even drive a car because he's so out ... the sick, it has grown to include the federal government's desire to maintain its dominance over the state governments. Unfortunately, people whose morality and patriotism prevent them from using marijuana to treat their cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, or other illness pay the price. The other opponents of marijuana as a form of medical treatment have presented several illogical arguments against it. Many opponents argue that marijuana is a “gateway drug” ...
- 177: European Studies
- ... structural changes were required. These included the diversion of land to other uses, the conservation and protection of the environment, the integration of structural change with regional economic development and the implementation of direct income aids. (17) This impetus for change began, however, in 1988 when the Council of Ministers approved a regulation 2052/88 which was to reform the operation of the Structural Funds as part of the European Agricultural ... For the period 1994-1999 the ESF will receive 33.5% of Structural funding. (30) The Guidance section of the EAGGF is involved in all agricultural structural development in the EU. It invests in and aids the modernisation of farms. It supports extensification, set aside and environmentally friendly farming practices. It also gives aid to young farmerÆs and offers early retirement. Aid for mountainous regions, poor ecological areas and LFAs is ... to be through structural reorganisation. There has been a shift from a pure agricultural policy, however, to a rural policy whose two main characteristics are to help maintain a pleasant and attractive environment through adequate aids to farmers and the adoption of a bottom-up approach which will integrate rural communities. The new structurally oriented agricultural policy costs less money to operate than the former price-oriented policy and has ...
- 178: Do Companies Have Business Con
- ... was contributing to the destruction of tropical rain forests. He consequently banned the use of rosewood and Honduran mahogany. Another test of Herman Miller's humane attitude came when some of its employees contracted the AIDS virus. When an AIDS victim in the company's Georgia plant decided to let the rest of the workers know about his condition, his supervisor took charge, acting as what Herman Miller Chairman Max DePree calls a "roving leader ... everyone in the plant, ensuring that rumors did not get started. On the next workday after the announcement, the company's director of health and wellness flew down from Michigan to show a video on AIDS and answer questions. With a history of such sensitivity to its environment and its workers, it is no surprise that Herman Miller tops lists of most-conscientious and best-managed companies (Nelson-Horchler, 1991). ...
- 179: Richard Nixon
- ... Persistent questioning led to an investigation. In the trial of the Watergate burglars had shown that a cover-up had concealed their activities and their connections with high government officials and the president’s closest aids. A Senate committee on Watergate and the Justice Department revealed that this was one of many scandals involving Nixon and his loyalists. The actions of Watergate has been directed against the Democrats, and all but one of Nixon’s aids and officials were forced to resign. These discoveries raised questions about Nixon’s knowledge and participation in their cover-up. He issued inconsistent statements claiming the importance of presidency allowed him to withhold documents even ... after it was revealed that some tapes were missing. All of this caused other investigations to begin focusing on Nixon, such as possible income tax evasion and misuse of government funds. Nixon’s top two aids and two other men were indicted in connection with the Watergate cover-up in 1974, and Nixon refused to hand over additional tapes that were demanded The tapes supplied to the courts would be ...
- 180: The Sociological Quest - Summa
- ... within a society. Beach behaviour displays this, where "different characters" (of different social class) are found at particular beaches. Areas such as Elwood attract a lower class compared with the area of Lorne. Social structure aids a sociological understanding, by acting as a "heuristic device". When addressing the question "What would have happened if Adolf Hitler had not been born?", the distinction between agency and structure must be defined. People who ... understanding, would see individuals believing that if it were not for Adolf, another individual would have played the historical role that Hitler did. Structural analysis likes to compare societies. Through the study of epidemiology, the AIDS epidemic indicates that it is more widespread in Africa than in other parts of the world. In particular, organisation of African societies must be studied to complete a structural explanation. Ideology of victim blaming is ... income tax, and total wealth owned in the country by the top few percent was actually increasing. Critical components allow sociologists to extrapolate and argue a particular sociological view. Having a structural and critical sensibility aids in the analysis of society, whereas historical and cultural perspective permits an understanding of the unique organisation in or between the social world.
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