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    Performance enhancing drugs should not be legalized ‘Olympic track star Marion Jones was sentenced in a federal court to six months in prison.’ (Kelly and Rao‚ 2008) The reason why Jones was guilty is because of the use of performance enhancing drugs since 1999. More and more famous athletes prove to have used banned drugs to enhance their performance. At the same time‚ the role that the anti-doping agency is more and more important in the world wide games‚ such as Olympic Game‚ Tour de France

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    Motion: “This house believes that Euthanasia should be legalized” Thesis Statement: Euthanasia has its advantages and disadvantages‚ therefore a lot of factors should be considered whether it should be legalized or not. I. The debate about Euthanasia covers different fields and theoretical orientations‚ therefore making decisions regarding euthanasia incredibly complicated due to a confluence of factors encompassing religious‚ medical and philosophical changes over the centuries. II

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    Prostitution: It’s Not That Whore-ible The legalization of prostitution has been a scandalous topic of controversy since the American society first started to plant its roots. Although it’s one of the world’s oldest vocations (dating back to the Phoenician era in 1200BC)‚ prostitution is still a taboo prospect that has been forced into an underground business in the United States culture. Yet‚ legalizing this form of work would be beneficial to our society as it would allow the trade to bring

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    Language Analysis - Alcohol and drug culture in Australia Following the death of Leigh Clark after the circumstances which occurred after he was supplied alcohol by another parent‚ writer Bruce Guthrie argues in an opinion piece that the law requiring parental approval to supply alcohol could save lives. The second article which supports Guthrie’s contention is a cartoon by Mark Knight‚ published in the Herald Sun which highlights the public outcry against the call to legalise drugs‚ where both

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    Legalization of Marijuana Peter Hsieh West Coast University Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis‚ can be found hundreds of century ago. Cannabis is mixture of dry green and brown flowers‚ stems and seeds that contains the chemical ingredient delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol‚ or THC for short (Marijuana 2012). Marijuana is one of the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and other government agencies

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    In the essay‚ “Legalizing Drugs Makes Matters Worse by James Q. Wilson‚” Wilson expresses a view regarding legalizing drugs that it will cause more drug use. He warrants this by using 3 main possible results: 1) Drugs would be cheaper due to the fact that the black market inflates prices for illegal products. 2) Drugs would be much safer to gain possession of because you would no longer be receiving them from sketchy drug dealers‚ legitimate companies would be selling them. He expresses this by

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    Your Grade: 90.4 A- Informative introduction to the topic‚ a controversial issue (worth 15%) 87 ~political or historical context ~facts or statistics ~examples or anecdotes ~quotations from authorities and experts Informative introduction to two sources (web pages‚ articles‚ editorials‚ or essays) and their opposing positions on the issue (worth 20%) 90 ~two authors’ names ~their professional affiliations or credentials ~titles of the two sources ~publication information ~each

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    Argumentative Essay The legalization of marijuana is a current growing issue in British Columbia (BC). Marijuana‚ which comes from the cannabis sativa (or hemp) plant‚ has been used for ten thousand years and will continue to be used for a very long time. People smoke it‚ with a pipe or water pipe‚ or in loosely rolled cigarettes called “joints”. It is also brewed with tea and mixed with cakes and brownies. Marijuana is so popular with the public that it has developed many aliases‚ such as

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    Bradley Hall and Victor Ruiz Mrs.Mcelroy Block F/ English 11 AP 11/4/12 A Modest Proposal for Prostitution The current state of our U.S. economy is poor. The unemployment rate is sitting at a high 8%‚ and families are struggling to support themselves. With our country in this great deficit‚ we are in need of a new‚ thriving industry to create new revenue for the federal government. The proposal we have come up with is neither or unreasonable. All parties involved would benefit greatly from

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