to Editor Dear Editor‚ Mary Jane. No‚ not the name of someone. I am talking about marijuana‚ or whatever you want to call it. Pot‚ dope‚ weed‚ grass‚ or green‚ whatever you fancy. It sweeps through just about every school and you either choose to smoke or not. Marijuana is illegal at the moment‚ but I think it should be legalized. More than 750‚000 people are arrested each year on charges of marijuana possession and $42 billion is spent on these arrests alone! Certainly‚ I think that is
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Gun Control: Why Guns Lead to Problems and Not Solutions Guns are a rather contentious topic to discuss. Chances are---if you haven’t been living under a rock---you’ve recently heard some form of televised debate on their legality at some point. One of the major topics being discussed in the 2016 Presidential campaign is the right to own a gun and how the legality relates to the Constitution. The very concept of gun ownership has come to be a symbol of masculinity‚ rebelliousness‚ and freedom from
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The Battle of Marijuana "A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly fifteen hundred pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response... In strict medical terms‚ marijuana is far safer than many of the foods we commonly consume. For example‚ eating ten raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison‚ it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death." - DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis L. Young Opponents of legalization
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If school had school uniforms then the kids would have to wear something that they didn’t want to wear. What about the kid’s individuality if they are confined to wear something they don’t want to wear then that is destroying kids rights. “Just because we are kids that doesn’t mean that we should not be ignored” “we have rights too”. If school’s had school uniforms then it might cause problems in the student’s. Because the student’s might rebel and start to do stuff that teacher’s do when
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family member. To kill a cat‚ even accidentally‚ was an automatic death sentence. Cats were believed to be guardians of the gates of hell‚ and to prevent demons‚ ghouls‚ and spirits from escaping‚ and prevent them from entering homes of humans. So why people find this animal cute‚ adorable‚ and friendly is beyond me. Who would want a pet that was held up to be a god? That people have killed over and treated like a human? That is associated with hell and all its demons? Animals aren’t human‚ so these
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impulsively. When he found out Allie died‚ he punched out all the windows in the garage. Holden says that it was “just for the hell of it” (39). This shows that Holden isn’t the most psychologically most stable person. But‚ he does say that he can’t explain why he exactly did it. Holden just says‚ “It
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Josh Pradia 1067 Words Informative Essay October 19‚ 2012 The Truth about Marijuana When people hear marijuana they hear all the negative trends set by the media. They hear drugs‚ prison and negative influences and the term gate-way drug. Marijuana is illegal in most states and frowned upon by many. Even though there is medical marijuana‚ which is more intense than street weed‚ medical marijuana is legal in seventeen states. These states include Alaska‚ California‚ Arizona‚ Colorado
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a war to fight for equality. Abraham Lincoln may have thought at one point that it wasn’t possible that blacks and whites could live peacefully in America‚ but when abolitionist and black leaders confronted him head on‚ he never spoke of it again. Why? Because Abraham Lincoln was humble‚ he listened‚ many of Lincoln’s mistakes and flaws could be viewed as too large to ignore but because Abraham Lincoln was the man he was‚ he fixed his mistakes. He stood by his decisions because he saw an end in sight
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The trade of marijuana represents a loss of income of billions of dollars in taxes for both the states and the federal government. Thus‚ some people are advocating for the legalization of the use of marijuana especially in this period of crisis. This legalization would go against established morals and cultural beliefs that are ingrained in the American society. Besides‚ this subject also brings back a recurrent debate on whether it is the federal government or the state that has the right under
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Marijuana laws waste billions of taxpayer dollars to lock up non-violent americans. [1 in 3 adult americans have tried marijuana] and [federal marijuana laws can arrest or imprison everyone one of them just for simple possession.] [These laws are unfair and abuse our criminal justice system.] [Prosecuting and jailing these Americans wastes valuable resources better spent keeping violent criminals off our streets.] As it is‚ [hundreds of thousands of citizens have already been imprisoned - many of
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