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- 9821: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... of marijuana like when one is using alcohol. Alcohol has caused deaths first and second hand. Alcohol poisoning being the first hand and automobile accidents being the latter. Marijuana cannot be attributed to one single death EVER. That can’t even be said for tobacco, which is very socially acceptable. Marijuana is nearly impossible to overdose with. The amount to overdose is about one pound, which is physically impossible to consume ...
- 9822: THe Use of Marijuana
- ... smoke seven cigarettes at once. According to doctors, there is no other physical harm caused to an individual due to smoking weed other than the affect on their lungs. Alcohol can cause liver disease, obesity, death, and many other health problems; however, it is legal. Marijuana doesn't cause more harmful affects to an individual than alcohol or tobacco does. Even so, marijuana's recreational use is still illegal in America ...
- 9823: Gun Control
- ... sawing-off the tip of it. Obviously, new methods of gun control are needed to produce desired results. In the first half of 1991, fifty children under the age of seventeen had been shot to death. If we continue to monitor the sale of firearms, there must be new techniques that can watch where the guns end up. And if we decide that we can/will not go down that track ...
- 9824: The Prohibition
- ... and sacramental purposes. This act also set up guidelines for enforcement (Bowen, 154). Prohibition was meant to reduce the consumption of alcohol, seen by some as the devil’s advocate, and thereby reduce crime, poverty, death rates, and improve the economy and the quality of life. “National prohibition of alcohol -- the ‘noble experiment’ -- was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and ...
- 9825: The Push For Legalizing Marijuana
- ... tells us is that marijuana tends to substitute for much harder drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin (Hagar 1). Another misconception is that marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol. Extremely high doses of cannabis cause death. Extremely high doses are the key word here. *Scientists have concluded that the ratio of cannabis needed to get a person intoxicated (stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill him is 1 to 40 ...
- 9826: Treatment of Drug Offenders is Dysfunctional
- ... his house and found a 3-ounce bag of marijuana. In his underwear only, he is cuffed and taken to jail. In the meantime his wife and two kids huddle in the bedroom scarred to death. Was it all necessary? Is the pursuit of marijuana really so important that a family has to be terrorized and broken apart. Mr. Russell is now serving a five sentence in prison. In an effort ...
- 9827: Speeding Tickets As A Form Of Discipline
- ... to appear in court, if you choose to fight the ticket rather than pay the fine. Waiting in the gloom of the sun-vanquished courtroom to see the judge can be very close to a death sentence. The wait is long, and the company can be frightening. Once you have plead your case, you generally end up paying the excessively large fine. This only leads to another line, and another wait ...
- 9828: The Drinking Age In Ontario
- ... think a higher drinking age will reduce the number of alcohol related accidents, but the catch is statistics are not readily at hand on what has been the direct cause of the reduction in auto death with drunken 18-year old at the wheel . Even though the society usually associates young people with impaired driving, the latest statistics demonstrate the contrary, "people aged 20 and 44 who are substantially over- represented ...
- 9829: Gun Control - A Firing Issue
- ... assault weapon” is and what a “regular” firearm is. Giving the name “assault weapon” is similar to giving red vehicles with speedometers that go beyond one hundred miles per hour the name “death cars” because these are said to be the favored vehicles of drunk and reckless drivers. “Assault weapons” are or were surprisingly attributed to less than one quarter of one percent of violent crimes in ...
- 9830: Gun Control in the U.S.
- ... sawing-off the tip of it. Obviously, new methods of gun control are needed to produce desired results. In the first half of 1991, fifty children under the age of seventeen had been shot to death. If we continue to monitor the sale of firearms, there must be new techniques that can watch where the guns end up. And if we decide that we can/will not go down that track ...
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