Legalization Of Drugs (for)
.... every year. Drug dealers and users are one step ahead
of the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will
show up somewhere else. We cannot win. In 1987, 10 billion dollars were
spent alone just on enforcing drug laws. Drugs accounted for about 40
percent of all felony indictments in the New York City courts in 1989. This
figure is quadruple what it was in 1985. One can only imagine what this
figure would be like today. Forty percent of the people in federal prison
are drug law violators. Too much money is wasted on a cause that there
seems to be no end to. In 1989 a Republican county executiv .....
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Is Marijuana Dangerous To Your Physical Health?
.... people may not know what they are taking into their
bodies. It will be shown just what parts of the body marijuana effects and
how it effects them. The main purpose of this collection of information is
to see just what marijuana does to the body and to determine whether the
effects are good, bad, or a combination of both. Many different areas of
research will be used.
The report "Marijuana Retains Popularity Despite Anti-drug Attitudes"
in The Dallas Times Herald by the Associated Press shows just how popular
marijuana remains despite health warnings. A 40-something woman referred to
as Ruth has a little something to say. .....
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Q/A: Legalization Of Marijuana
.... Been Using Marijuana?
A. Marijuana has been used since ancient times.4 While field hands and
working people have often smoked the raw plant, aristocrats
historically prefer hashish5 made from the cured flowers of the plant.
It was not seen as a problem until a calculated disinformation campaign
was launched in the 1930s,6 and the first American laws against using it
were passed.7
Q. Is Marijuana Addictive?
A. No, it is not.8 Most users are moderate consumers who smoke it socially
to relax. We now know that 10% of our population have "addictive
personalities" and they are neither more nor less likely to overindulge
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Marijuana
.... and emperor Shen Nung thought using it as a seditive was all
right. In 2,700 B.C. that same "mythical" emperor said it helped female
weakness, gout, rheumatism, malaria, beri-beri (?), contipation, and
absentmindedness.
In 1979 (A.D.) Carlton E. Turner visited China and found marijuana was
not in use in formal medical places. J. D. P. Graham of the Welsh National
School of Medicine wrote, "One not need take to seriously the anecdotal use
of it's use for many purposes in China or by the Hindus in the pre-
Christian Millennia ...and by the Arabs!" In 1890 in England's "Lancet"
said cannabis extract was good for n .....
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Legalization Of Marijuana
.... of
potent hallucinogens such as LSD.
Some who smoke marijuana feel no effects; others feel relaxed and
sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and have a profound loss of the sense
of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show
incoordination and impaired ability to perform skilled acts. Still others
experience a wide range of emotions including feelings of perception, fear,
insanity, happiness, love and anger. Although marijuana is not addicting,
it may be habituating. The individual may become psychologically rather
than physically dependent on the drug.
Legalization Of Marijua .....
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Steroids
.... Steroids are also very hard to trace because of their
water base composition. They can pass through the body within two days. All
these benefits of steroids help an athletes become more competitive and
increase their chance of being a winner. Of course everybody wants better
biceps and triceps but when using steroids to achieve this goal there is a
large price to pay.
However, steroids should remain illegal because they physically
deteriorate the whole body system. When injected one risks the chances of
developing hematoma and contracting AIDS. In women steroids contribute to
the growth of facial hair, enlargements of the c .....
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Gun Control
.... of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult
for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a
threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere.
However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is
necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were
9000 handgun related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and some
suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by
handguns. Larger Metropolitan centers have ten times the murder rate of all
Western Europe. For example in Washington,D.C. there was an estimated 400
h .....
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Gun Control
.... weapons should be
outlawed.
However, law abiding citizens have the right to protect themselves
against danger. Due to the ownership of guns, burglaries have reduced
considerably. A gun is a tool, guns don't kill people. People kill people.
The matter depends on who is using the gun, and what situation it is
involved in. Purchasing a handgun legally is a complex procedure. The
consumer must go through a two month waiting period. These procedure
guarantee the innocence and reliability of a gun owner.
The second amendment states the citizens right to own and bear
firearms. Freedom to poses arms is a guaranteed cit .....
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Gun Control And Violence In Canada And The US
.... of having strict gun control laws? Through the analysis of the
writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urban
violence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the
social impact of this issue. Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary
In a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North
America, Robert J. Mundt, of the University of North Carolina, points out
that "Crime in America is popularly perceived [in Canada] as something to
be expected in a society which has less respect for the rule of law than
does Canadian society..." . In 1977, the Canadian gover .....
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Lysergic Acid Diethlamide (LSD)
.... effect on a person. LSD is an
unpredictable drug in which the effects are different each time it is ingested.
A person under the influence of LSD ifs flooded with visual experience, as much
when the eyes are closed as when open. Light is greatly intensified; colors are
vivid and seem to glow; images are numerous and persistent, yielding a wide
range of illusions and hallucinations; details are sharp; perception of spaced
is enhanced; music may evoke visual expressions, and light may give the
impressions of sound. Quite often, mood swings occur with unpredictable actions
of the person under the influence of the drug. A f .....
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Legalization Of Drugs: Against
.... summit in Paris in July 1989 concluded that the
devastating proportions of the drug problem calls for decisive action. On
September 5, 1989, President Bush called upon the United States to join in an
all-out fight against drugs. The United States Congress reports an estimated 25
to 30 million addicts of illegal drugs worldwide. Not all users are addicts, but
some of the 26 million regular users of illegal drugs in the United States are
addicted. Reports of child abuse to New York social services tripled between
1986 and 1988 and most of the cases involved drug abuse. Approximately 35
percent of the inmates of state prison we .....
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Methamphetamine: Built For Speed?
.... of human existence, like sleep, may
still provide the stumbling block for infinite realization. That is, without
chemical aid.
In many ways, capitalism fuels the idea. Our society is based upon the mass
consumption of these substances. Cultural ideals, while seemingly benevolent as
"Have a Coke and a smile" have sold the link to chemical substances like
caffeine and nicotine to "the good life." Today, stimulants are the bedrock for
consumer culture. For our generation, this appeal was heightened by raising the
stakes in the '80s on what it meant to have fun.
Late night clubs, high speed music and 24-hour lifestyles brought the .....
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