CJ 301 Law & Society Spring Semester 2013‚ 3 credits Mondays‚ 4 – 6:40 pm Instructor/Course Information: Instructor: Alan Mobley‚ Ph.D. Office Location: 160A Professional Studies and Fine Arts Building (PSFA) Office Hours: Wed‚ 3 – 4pm‚ or by appointment E-mail Address: amobley@mail.sdsu.edu Course Description: The course will familiarize you with tools and concepts related to a course of study that often goes by different names‚ including socio-legal studies‚ sociology
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and behaviors that differ in some significant way from that of larger society. Marijuana smokers can be considered a subculture for many reasons. Marijuana is used by millions of people around the world‚ either for recreational‚ spiritual‚ or therapeutic reasons. Some call themselves the cannabis connoisseurs; people who respect cannabis and use it responsibly. Few drugs have been so politicized recently as marijuana has. It is frequently praised by one side and condemned by the other‚ on the
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more than 3.5 billion dollars to enforce marijuana laws. In the year 2010 alone‚ cops made a marijuana arrest every 37 seconds (ACLU). To add to those eye opening numbers‚ 52% of all drug arrests in 2010 were for marijuana (ACLU). By looking at these statistics‚ it is evident that the government spends an abundant amount of time and resources trying to crack down on marijuana users. Our tax dollars are going towards arresting men and women for smoking marijuana‚ when there are many dangerous and important
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Marijuana and the Great Debate Cannabis or Marijuana‚ is the most popular illegal drug used recreationally today. It is derived from the flowering plant called cannabis and is also known by many other names such as pot‚ weed‚ hemp‚ and grass. Botanically‚ there are well over three hundred chemicals that derive from the cannabis plant. The main active ingredients of the drug are THC (tetrahydrocannabinol or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ and CBD (Cannabidiol). Of the cannabinoids‚ THC is the main
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Marijuana use and the ability to freely choose whether or not it should be legal or illegal is fierce debate today. Whether or not State or Federal government should regulate this is the “hot topic” that is being debate even as we speak. There are two sides to every story and of course my opinion as well. The side that opposes the legalization of marijuana stands tall with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This side defines marijuana
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Medical marijuana is a very common topic of the century in the United States. I would say the country is split 50/50 in favor and against legalizing marijuana nation wide for medical use. Every argument has its pros and cons‚ although the misconception of marijuana as a medical use has supportive reasons that are in favor. Reasons in favor of medical marijuana use ranked in terms of strength and effectiveness are as followed. Treating pain relief‚ chronic nausea from cancer patients treatments‚ help
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Kyle Batchelder R-Researcher Ms. Schneider A-Teacher/Government English 1 A‚ Period F-Essay format 6 November 2013 T-Effects of legalization of marijuana in the U.S. If the U.S. Legalized Marijuana Although marijuana has not one reported death in history the government can still find ways to convince the American people that it is deadlier than alcohol which kills 75‚000 U.S. citizens per year. The government made the medicine illegal after they found out the plant
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INTRODUCTION OF MARIJUANA INTO THE UNITED STATES The use of marijuana has been an active past time for thousands of years‚ however‚ it did not reach the United States until around 1912. A wave of Mexican immigrants was entering the country in the effort to find work; with them came marijuana. The use of marijuana was a normal custom among the Mexican people‚ but the White Americans in towns bordering Mexico saw the use of this particular plant in a different light. Fueled with racism and
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Marijuana & The Body Research and Reflection Paper Objective: Often individuals believe marijuana is harmless. However‚ in addition to legal and social consequences there are significant health consequences to marijuana use. The purpose of this paper is to assist the student in critically examining the risk factors of continued marijuana use. Paper Content: Please address each of the following issues for your paper: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What parts of the body are affected
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Research Paper: Pro Legalization of the death penalty “In 1985‚ 13-year-old Karen Patterson was shot to death in her bed in North Charleston‚ S.C. Her killer was a neighbor who had already served 10 years of a life sentence for murdering his half-brother Charles in 1970. Joe Atkins cut the Pattersons’ phone lines‚ then entered bearing a machete‚ a sawed-off shotgun‚ and a pistol. Karen’s parents were chased out of their home by Atkins. Karen’s mom ran to the Atkins home nearby‚ where Joe then
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