Analysis “Should Laws Against Drug Use Remain Restrictive?” In this article‚ executive vice president of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Herbert Kleber‚ along with the founder of this organization Joseph Califano Jr. states their opinions supporting the restrictive laws against drug use. On the other end of the spectrum‚ author Peter Gorman provides his ideas as to why these drug laws have been ineffective and actually increase the amount of drug abuse in our society. Kleber and
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that involve young drivers‚ the motivation behind restrictive driving laws is understandable. To promote responsibility some states have passed laws intended to keep young drivers off the roads after dark and to ensure that an adult driver accompanies them during daylight hours. However‚ these laws prejudicially target one portion of the population for unusually harsh punishment. Teen drivers face unreasonable laws that are discriminatory‚ and should be repealed. In many states‚ for example‚ the holder
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Head: SHOULD DRUGS BE LEGALIZED Comp II Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized Arnold Heningburg Palm Beach Atlantic University Instructor: Heather Patton Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized? In the last 50 plus years‚ the support of legalization of drugs has been a very hotly argued topic in the United States society and the world. Many believe that "street drugs" should be legal and everyone should have
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Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Phrases Indicate whether the highlighted phrase is a Restrictive Phrase or a Non-Restrictive Phrase by writing “RP” or “NRP” on your paper. 1. Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights‚ which I read in my Victorian novels class this semester‚ is a classic. -nrp 2. I am jealous of the guy in my neighborhood who drives a 1969 Chevy Camaro. -rp 3. Methods of Teaching English‚ which is my favorite class this semester meets‚ on Tuesday nights. -nrp 4. I had the answer
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Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized? Within the last 50 years‚ drug legalization has been a very hotly debated topic in the United States society. It almost seems that every "street drug" was once legal‚ but banned soon after its introduction in society. Illegal substances that one sees today were once synthesized and created by chemist such as LSD‚ ecstasy‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine‚ and etc.‚ and at some point used for medical reasons‚ however during many circumstances were deemed illegal
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Protective and risk factors behaviours of young people related to drug use. My health issue is drug use. Young teenagers goes through the phase of adolescence when they have to start making decisions relating to themselves and their health too. Sometimes this procedure of making decisions can be hard for them as there are protective and risk behaviours associated with it which they might or might not be aware of it and ignore it as most of the people do. Protective behaviours are those
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Serina Harvell Mr. Colagross English 2 14 April 2014 The Drug Laws: A Time For Change The so-called "drug war"‚ and "drug laws" haven ’t seemed to be as effective as it was supposed to be. Its original intent was to attack the drug problem in America. President Richard Nixon started the war on drugs in the late sixties to stop drug abuse at the source‚ the distributors. Another intention of the drug laws was to show individuals that taking part in this illegal activity would cause serious consequences
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Nowadays the use of drugs is very common in our life. There is no precise definition for drug‚ as the meaning of it follows according to how the users intend to use it. Some may called it medicine but some may called it death‚ but the main purpose of drugs is actually to reduce pain or kill some cancer cells in our body. Unfortunately‚ many people especially those uneducated teenagers tend to misuse drugs. They have no idea how it can both harm them physically and mentally. I would say that the
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Marijuana Should Be Illegal Herlina Pryor BCOM/275 March 23‚ 2014 Instructor: Jamey Pippert Why Marijuana Should Remain Illegal Published: February 26‚ 1994 To the Editor: I read with concern "Legalizing Marijuana Would Allow Regulation of Its Potency" (letter‚ Feb. 13). According to the writer‚ marijuana with high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol‚ or THC (the chemical that causes the psychoactive effects on the abuser)‚ is not a new phenomenon‚ and this high potency should not be used
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Legalization of Drugs: Against Everyone agrees that something must be done about the tremendous physical and emotional health problems that drug abuse causes. Concern about the abuse of drugs is so widespread that recent polls indicate it to be one of the most serious problems in today’s world‚ threatening the security and freedom of whole nations. Politicians‚ health experts and much of the general public feel that no issue is more important than drug abuse. America’s other pressing social
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