Marijuana for the Use of Medicinal Purposes: The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana Laynee Scarborough-Bowser Kaplan University CM 109-04 Marijuana‚ For the Use of Medicinal Purposes: The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana The legalization and use of Marijuana for medicinal purposes is a controversial subject within the U.S. Supreme Court‚ Congress‚ and Society. Here‚ the writer will examine the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana‚ who is permitted
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Bargaining in the Guise of Justice? The Pro’s and Con’s of Plea bargaining In the United States. The creation and application of plea bargaining in our legal system has been in existence since the early seventeenth century. However‚ for as long as plea bargaining has been utilized it is unclear how this process fits into our legal system. The goals of our legal system are retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation or rehabilitation‚ however plea bargaining fails to support any of these goals
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Pros and Cons of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients The argument of whether those who wish to receive or are receiving welfare‚ unemployment benefits or food stamps should be drug tested. There is a popular theory believing that having recipients tested will save taxpayers money. Researching this subject revealed surprising facts and insight of both accounts. Value of Facts The main question needing asked if the drug testing costs outweigh the possible welfare program savings. My research findings
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Sex Education in Schools Pros and Cons Pros of sex education in schools: - Classes are gender-exclusive. This saves embarrassment among students and teach them only what they need to know based on their gender. - Properly taught‚ sexual education could become a regular and ongoing Human Anatomy and Biology complete with tests and grading that goes toward graduation credits. - Students can be taught the correct terms of the reproductive system of sexually transmitted diseases and contraception
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Display of various stances on genetically engineered animals according to the states in America via HealthResearchFunding.org (Pros and Cons of Animal Cloning‚ 2014) Aside from the controversy that has arisen in numerous religions‚ the general public finds many downfalls to be associated with using genetically engineered animals for consumption as seen in Figure 1 above. A large majority
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Managed healthcare in today’s world seems to be leaning in favor of the insurance carriers‚ not the provider or patient. Caregivers that attempt to operate a cash practice are taking a huge risk. In today’s healthcare world‚ it is almost imperative that doctors are participating in medical insurance plans‚ for their businesses to survive. The advantages of managed care plans include: 1. Co-payments are pre-determined‚ a person always know how much they will be paying out-of-pocket for services
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enough to fight‚ old enough to drink.” The con side disagrees however stating that lowering the drinking age would bring about a rise in traffic accidents‚ and encourage young adults to binge drink. My understanding of the pro side is that they feel that lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen or nineteen would reduce the amount of binge drinkers in college aged students‚ and help teach people to drink responsibly. (Holder‚ 2003) The pro side makes the argument that if the drinking
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fit into a tax bracket. Introducing a flat tax could potentially make their financial dreams come true by eliminating many other taxes that people and corporations dread‚ such as capital gains tax‚ estate tax‚ and litigation tax (List of 9 Main Pros and Cons of the Flat Tax). With these taxes out of the way‚ many companies would flock back to the states and flourish in the super affordable and loophole-free taxes. As companies come storming back into the United States‚ jobs will come with. Great numbers
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From someone that work in a general surgeon office that had surgeons that did bariatric surgery‚ I know some of the pro and cons of having this surgery done. Also there is some requirements that for some people it’s too much. Such having a psychiatric evaluation or seeing a dietitian. So this is how it would work in the office I worked in. When they would call the office they would have to go thru many questions. Such as is there any heart problems‚ psychiatric problems‚ weight‚ and height was
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WE ARE BEING HARMED!!!! We can be harmed by a source called Hydraulic Fracturing. Hydraulic Fracturing contains hazardous chemicals‚ into the ground along with water and sand at high pressures. It can have a different amount of pros and cons that can help us understand more of what it does and how does it affect us. Hydraulic Fracturing can cause a lot of damage and that is why I think that I am against for hydraulic fracturing. I am against hydraulic fracturing because hydraulic fracturing can
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