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Is The Illegalization Of Marijuana Valid?
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1537.... hemp were part of a large
conspiracy involving DuPont, Harry J. Anslinger, commissioner of the Federal
Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), and many other influential industrial leaders such as
William Randolph Hearst and Andrew Mellon. Herer notes that the Marijuana Tax
Act, which passed in 1937, coincidentally occurred just as the decoricator
machine was invented. With this invention, hemp would have been able to take
over competing industries almost instantaneously. According to Popular Mechanics,
"10,000 acres devoted to hemp will produce as much paper as 40,000 acres of
average [ .....
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Why Gun Control Is Needed
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 847.... are carrying around guns that can shoot
180 rounds per minute, bullets that can pierce metal, and all at an
extremely high velocity! Gun control is needed to protect us from chaos!
Did our framers intend for these kinds of weapons to be sold to
anyone via the Internet or mail order catalog? After reading the
information that Mrs. McCall gave to me, I see that a majority of guns, in
use today, have one purpose and that is offensive military type tactics.
Could our framers imagine 10-13 year-olds in control of these firearms then
turning around and shooting other kids, .....
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Capital Punishment: Right Or Wrong?
Number of pages: 16 | Number of words: 4209.... from committing violent acts. Numerous studies have been created attempting to prove this belief. In addition, with the growing sympathy of modern society, the number of inmates actually put to death is substantially lower than 50 years ago. This fact that it was more safe back then than it is now probably has to due with the fact that in earlier times, where capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric, capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in today's society, which is becoming ever more increasingly hum .....
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Computer Crimes
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 761.... the money, is helping investigators. Another person
arrested is a Russian computer expert who worked at a Russian software company.
Vladimir Levin, head systems operator for AO Saturn, figured out how to get
around Citibankšs security system and transfer money out of their accounts.
Levin, of St. Petersburg, claims he should not be turned over to American
authorities because there is no evidence that any computers in the United States
were used in the scheme. The U. S. government says the funds were all routed
through Citibankšs wire transfer department on Wall Street. .....
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The Debate Over Capital Punishment
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 734.... planning, and that what happened to another
individual who committed this offence, can also happen to me.
But individuals who commit any types of crime ranging from auto theft
to 1st-Degree Murder, never take into account the consequences of their
actions. Deterrence to crime, is rooted in the individuals themselves.
Every human has a personal set of conduct. How much they will and will not
tolerate. How far they will and will not go. This personal set of conduct
can be made or be broken by friends, influences, family, home, life, etc.
An individual who is never taught so .....
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Analysis Of International Law
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1658.... that the states impose upon themselves, as states must give consent to the commands that they will follow. It is a direct expression of raison d'etat, the "interests of the state", and aims to serve the state, as well as protect the state by giving its rights and duties. This is done through treaties and other consensual engagements which are legally binding.
The case-law of the ICJ is an important aspect of the UN's contribution to the development of international law. It's judgements and advisory opinions permeates into the international legal community not only through .....
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 562.... drug and its effects in society. As with any
other drug, the possibility of addiction is a concern, but when a doctor
prescribes the marijuana, he will have the chance to control and monitor the
intake of the patient. There are many other drugs that are legal with the same
types of effects such as codeine, cocaine, and morphine. If drugs like those
are legal and are under control, then a drug like marijuana that is very similar
to them, should also be legalized and easily kept under control.
Many other complaints of the legalization of marijuana have been argued
and show .....
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Marijuana
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 579.... to violence-related crimes. Most users commit crime
because they want to get marijuana, but this problem can be easily solved if the
government would legalize marijuana again. When you take marijuana, it doesn't
make you violent, in fact it leads to non-violence.
There has never been a case that a person died from smoking marijuana.
THC is one of the few chemicals that has no known toxic amount. This is amazing,
since tobacco(which is legal) has 340,000 plus deaths in a typical year,
compared to marijuana, which has 0 deaths.
The government states that over 20 million Ameri .....
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