..."There are no recorded cases of overdose fatalities attributed to cannabis, and the estimated lethal dose for humans extrapolated from animal studies is so high that it cannot be achieved," stated in a 1995 report prepared by the World Health Organization. (Medical Marijuana Mall USA, 2013). Medical marijuana is safer than prescription drugs, alcohol, and spice. Marijuana is more beneficial to use than prescription drugs because of the lack of serious side effects. The most common side effects of marijuana are coughing, wheezing, and bronchitis. These side effects are easily taken care of by using a vaporizer or preparing foods with marijuana. Marijuana is less dependable than prescription medication such as pain killers. Prescription medications are now killing more people in the United States than illegal street drugs. Even more importantly the consumption of marijuana cannot result in a fatal overdose. (Medical Marijuana Mall USA, 2013). Someone can’t even take a Tylenol or Aspirin without there being serious side effects to the liver and other organs in the body. Medical marijuana is not lethal, prescription and even non-prescription pills, powders, liquids, and injections are. (Medical Marijuana Project, 2012). A CBS news editorial by Dr. Mitch Earleywine mentions that medical marijuana can be marked cheaper to use than certain prescription drugs. This is especially relevant to patients in chronic pain who do not have medical insurance and need to pay out of...
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...Argument 1. ; Newspaper Utah vs. Gay Marriage Derek Kitchen, left, and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, were one of three couples who sued the state. Credit Rick Bowmer/Associated Press Derek Kitchen, left, and his partner, Moudi Sbeity, were one of three couples who sued the state. Credit Rick Bowmer/Associated Press Gay marriage/rights have been an ongoing issue for many years. For me personally it is not an issue at all. Ever since I was a child I’ve had an Aunt that has been a lesbian, even though I never knew until I was in my late teens and early twenties. It didn’t make me feel any different about her. And now, I have many friends that are from all aspects of the LGBT society. (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual) I am a straight male, I have a girlfriend, and we have a child on the way. I am very happy to be straight, and I am also very happy to see my friends that are gay be happy together as well. This debate is one that will likely go on for a long time. Mostly the argument comes down to an opinion debate as well. It has been continually quashed in many political areas and in religious communities. A quote from a Denver reporter in the New York Times from a judge that upheld the rights of Gay unions, “To claim that marriage, by definition, excludes certain couples is simply to insist that those couples may not marry because they have historically been denied the right to do so,” the judges wrote. “One might just as easily have argued that interracial couples are by...
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...Jocelyn Hill EN1420 Comp II Argumentation in daily life, argument and think of the negative connection however. Argument and persuasion. Define argument, making an argument expressing a point of view on a subject and supporting it with evidence is often the aim of the subject matter. Arguments are everywhere. Arguments are usually a main idea often called a claim or thesis statement, backed up with evidence that supports the idea. Topic: Same sex marriages Over 10years ago when there was not one single state in the US that performed gay marriages, opponents of such matrimonies enjoyed strutting around on the national stage filling air waves and newspapers columns with long argument about the decline of the family and the collapse of our values based society. After President George W. Bush rode to victory in 2004 election by playing on people’s fears about the creeping homosexual agenda, it seemed that the debate had been laid to rest, and prominent liberal democrats chose to downplay the issue for fear of hurting their party’s electoral prospects. What a difference 10 years make. Gay marriages is advancing rapidly across the nation, winning at the ballot box, in state legislatures and in the court room. The cause has energized liberals and demoralized conservatives, who are left to be moan the changing social fabric and the nation. Certain arguments against gay marriages are often referred to as empty, hollow or vaped. Well, why not make a book that illustrates this...
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...EN1420 Comp II Unit 5 Project Part II Portner, J. (2005). The Return of School Uniforms. In K. Burns (Ed.), Contemporary Issues Companion. School Violence. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from Teacher Magazine, 1996, February 14, 15[21]) Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com.proxy.itt-tech.edu/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&disableHighlighting=true&zid=&search_within_results=&prodId=OVIC&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010082216&userGroupName=itted&jsid=c4801c247a7918ca8b7aaf75a46a3bb3 Daniels, S. (2005). School Dress Codes Are Necessary and Constitutional. In J. Carroll (Ed.), Opposing Viewpoints. Students' Rights. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from Findings, 2001, May) Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com.proxy.itt-tech.edu/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&disableHighlighting=true&zid=&search_within_results=&prodId=OVIC&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010398217&userGroupName=itted&jsid=5b35c1b4b1c2cae05faaabbe58795c7f WILKINS, J. (1999, March). School Uniforms. The Humanist, 59(2), 19. Retrieved from http://ic.galegroup.com.proxy.itt-tech.edu/ic/ovic/AcademicJournalsDetailsPage/AcademicJournalsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Journals&disableHighlighting=true&search_within_results=&prodId=OVIC&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA54099133&...
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