...Prohibition of drugs and alcohol causes crime. Ostrowski a political analyst from the Cato institute, states that drug laws greatly increase the price of illegal drugs, often forcing users to steal to get the money to obtain them. Although difficult to estimate the black market prices of heroin and cocaine, these drugs appear to be many times greater than their pharmaceutical prices. For example, a hospital-dispensed dose of morphine (a drug from which heroin is relatively easily derived) costs only pennies; cocaine costs about a dollar per ounce. It is frequently estimated that a good percentage of all property crime in the United States is committed by drug users so that they can maintain their habits. That amounts to about four million crimes per year and billions of dollars in stolen property. Supporters of prohibition have traditionally used drug-related crime. They have even exaggerated the amount of such crime in the hopes of demonstrating a need for larger budgets. But in recent years, the more astute prohibitionists have notices that drug related crime is in fact drug law related. The fact is, while some researchers have questioned the causal connection between illegal drugs and street crime, many studies over a long period have confirmed what every inner-city dweller already knows: drug users steal to get the money to buy expensive illegal drugs. Studies were reviewed in an article entitled “Narcotics and Crime: An analysis of Existing Evidence for a Causal Relationship...
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...only leaving a trail of political chaos and social unrest. Although the policy’s intentions are pure, it is causing undesirable effects that are rampant through society from the policies of prohibition: murder, corruption, assault, racial and economic marginalization, just a few examples of the effects fueled by the cold and inhuman policies of prohibition. The idea of prohibition is an old one and it is not practical to apply in our democratic government that is based on individual rights. The prohibition of alcohol during the roaring 20’s is the perfect example that proves prohibition is a failed policy that cost many people their lives. The legalization of all illegal drugs, will minimize if not eliminate violence related to drugs, will ensure safe regulation through the standards of pharmaceutical companies, and will save money in so many ways. Violence related to both the sale and use of drugs will minimize if not diminish if they are legalized. How are drugs and violence related? Drugs and violence are related because drugs are in high demand and are expensive due to their illegality. Combine the high demand and price tag to drugs and expect violence to ensue. At one point in time the U.S. government actually practiced the same policy it is doing today and that policy was the prohibition of alcohol. When a government prohibits something, not only is it being intrusive to the lives of its...
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...Prohibition was intended to rid the world of the vices of alcohol, by outlawing its consumption and access to the common man. Alcoholism is defined as “a preoccupation with alcohol and impaired control over alcohol intake. Alcoholism is a chronic, often progressive disease. Left untreated, alcoholism can be fatal (Mayo Clinic, 2007).” Prohibition was a thirteen year experiment by the government of the United States to control the behavior and actions of the people. The results of this experiment were flagrantly negative due to poor planning and underachieving efforts on the part of the government to properly compensate for the efficiency and effectiveness of organized crime and bootleggers. This essay will illustrate the highs and lows of the 18th Amendment of the Constitution prohibiting the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of alcohol was impossible to enforce wasting time, money and government manpower. Over the years alcohol has become a permanent fixture in the lives of American citizens. To each and every American, alcohol has a positive or negative impact based on the individuals unique life experiences. Alcohol has been perceived as a conveyer of bad habits and the pitfall to the very fabric of positive living in America. All individual lives are unique and full of positives and negatives; however alcohol is the original “substance of abuse” and has had a major impact on the better moral judgment of its users (Mayo Clinic, 2007). This is nothing new however...
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...conditions that black people endured (Racist Violence in The Jazz Age: Tulsa 1921). With young black men making a name for themselves through jazz, “before the Jazz Age it was dangerous in most Southern towns for a Black to be seen walking fast, or talking loudly, let alone trying to make a reasonable contract for a musical performance” (Racist Violence in The Jazz Age: Tulsa 1921). One could say that jazz was their way of overcoming this racial injustice especially in the south. Prohibition was a key factor in bringing jazz to its height of popularity. This repealed amendment was ineffective due to its ineffectiveness.*** Nonetheless, sazz was so popular because it was rebellious and broke the rules of society. Much like how prohibition failed for the simple fact that because it was illegal, the supply and demand for alcohol became great during this time (Jazz Music In The 1920s Media Essay). Many things went hand in hand with jazz.*** A cycle of activity and chain reactions were formed and so, Prohibition, speakeasies and then jazz. Most likely on could not have come to be without the other. A common aspect of the roaring 20’s was the economic boom that was going on at the time. For instance this was the period when it was more and more typical for a household to have new and advanced electronics such as the refrigerator. WIth this age of new and fast paced music, the record and the turntable(record player) became a popular item to have. Many people started to spend their...
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...America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately, it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts, hospitals, and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected, abused, and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in a “war” for nearly 25 years. A war in which there is a great deal of confusion as to why we are engaged in it, and if we are in the war for the right reasons. The resolution of the war is curtailed by varying opinions and subjective statistical proof. The war which has been a continuing struggle, is the “war on drugs” At the heart of this war is a fundamental question: Is this a battle the United States can win? It is likely everyone will agree drugs are harmful, they have serious medical side-effects. Drugs are addictive; can ruin a family, a job, a life. I agree that drugs have very negative side effects, but is the solution to fight a very costly and ineffective battle to eradicate drugs entirely? Is this even a possibility? I am not so sure, and this paper will show that the war on drugs has likely caused much more harm than good. Further, it will explain why not all drugs are the same, explore some options, and look at the future of the United States, and of the world ...
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...In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of states legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational purposes. The prohibition of marijuana has been the source of countless debates with people on opposite sides of the spectrum defending their beliefs. The history of marijuana prohibition, the consequences resulting from the prohibition, money spent on enforcing prohibition and potential profits, medical marijuana, dangerous manufactured substances, confusion between the state and federal governments, the ineffectiveness of current laws, and marijuana’s affect on state and local politics have all contributed to large debates across the states as legislatures decide the right way to regulate marijuana. The prohibition of alcohol and the restriction of cannabis use have certain similarities. Both were directed against the evils of using these substances, the negative rhetoric against both substances was the same, and both started at the state level with congressional action following later. During the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s, the government spent millions of dollars trying to enforce an ineffective law it had in place.2 The same can be said about marijuana, but one a much larger, more devastating scale. The “evils” of alcohol were matters of public knowledge, with countless debates leading to the Eighteenth Amendment and later the Volstead Act. It was the direct opposite regarding marijuana. There were no public opinion polls before legislation...
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...CHILD LABOR IN INDIA The position of India in terms of child labor is not an appreciable one; with a credible estimates ranging from 60 to 115 million, India has the largest number of working children in the world. Whether they are sweating in the heat of stone quarries, working in the fields 16 hours a day, picking rags in the city streets, or hidden away as domestic servants, these children endure miserable and difficult lives. They earn little and are made to work more. They struggle to make enough to eat and perhaps to help feed their families as well. They do not go to school. Many of them have been working since the age of four or five, and by the time they attain adulthood they may be irrevocably sick and deformed they will certainly be exhausted, and in this way they are debarred from enjoying the basic human rights, which are essential for the advancement of one’s personality. According to the statistics given by Indian government there are 20 million child laborers in the country, while other agencies claim that it is 50 million. Child labor is a conspicuous problem in India. Its prevalence is evident in the child work participation rate, which is more than that of other developing countries. Poverty is the reason for child labor in India. The meager income of child laborers is also absorbed by their families. The paucity of organized banking in the rural areas creates a void in taking facilities, forcing poor families to push their children in harsh labor, the harshest...
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...laws. Existing federal law makes alcohol legal to those over the age of 21, with high taxation placed on consumption. Hence, the substance is highly regulated, although not currently prohibited. We intend to examine the economic effects that alcohol has on the economy and compare these findings with the hypothetical benefits of legalised marijuana. Analytically considering the reasoning behind its current illegal status, we will compare the negative externalities of cannabis against those of alcohol to determine whether there is logic behind the prohibition. The paper will look to settle disputes about the monetary incentives of a legal market by appraising both costs and revenue gains whilst simultaneously investigating the opportunity costs of the legal status of marijuana. This report will argue for the legalisation of marijuana by the United States government due to the ineffectiveness and excessive cost of prohibition...
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...MGMT235-1504B-08 Tina M. Donnelly Colorado Technical University Business Law I Instructor: Jennifer Hacker November 26, 2015 * Identify, define, and discuss the 6 elements of a contract, providing examples to help further the understanding of each element. * Offer – The first party offers to do – or not do- something for the other party. Example: I will pay you $$ to paint my house. * Agreement – Everyone involved of a contract have to show their acceptance to the terms in order for the contract to be contractual. Knowing what is for sell, example: one person wants to purchase a pair of skis for a certain amount of money. But when they hand over the skis they are not the one that was showing. * Consideration- When there is an interchange of something of worth, for a good or service provided, example: buying a car, you agree to pay a certain amount for a new car? * Terms- They are the main details and arrangement that was agreed a pond in the beginning, before starting anything find out the exact terms you are dealing with. Example: Doug states he will pay Amy $$ if she will stop shopping in his store. * Capacity - All members of a contract should be judged capable of joining in a knowledgeable contract to be binding. Make sure that the person involved in the agreement understands what is going to happen, example: a person under the age of 18, or someone that is not all together with their memory. * Legality –The correspondence...
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...Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities (e.g. bonds or stock options) by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company. Such a trade is motivated by the possibility of generating extraordinary gain with the help of nonpublic information (information not yet made public). It gives the trader an unfair advantage over other traders in the same security. insiders are defined as a company's officers, directors and any beneficial owners of more than ten percent of a class of the company's equity securities ------------------------------------------------------------2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is important to distinguish between a STAKEHOLDER and a SHAREHOLDER. They sound the same – but the difference is crucial! Shareholders hold shares in the company – that is they own part of it. Stakeholders have an interest in the company but do not own it (unless they are shareholders). Often the aims and objectives of the stakeholders are not the same as shareholders and they come into conflict. The conflict often arises because while shareholders want short-term profits, the other stakeholders’ desires tend to cost money and reduce profits. The owners often have to balance their own wishes against those of the other stakeholders or risk losing their ability to generate future profits (e.g. the workers may go on strike or the customers refuse to buy the company’s products)...
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...IDENTITY THEFT PENALTY ENHANCEMENT ACT Name Course School Date Introduction The Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act is an amendment to Title 18 of the United States Code. The Act was brought in to define and establish penalties for aggravated identity theft. It is also an enhancement of the definitions of identity theft found in the provisions of Title 18 (Congress.gov, 2004) (Finklea, 2014). Identity theft is an issue that has affected the nation for many years. Advances in technology have made it possible for many people to have access to the tools and resources needed to forge documents which are a critical part of identity theft. The most common form of identity theft is associated with credit card fraud. Credit card fraud on the internet has substantially increased due to the opportunities present in the Internet environment. However, this represents some of the simplest forms of identity fraud. Such is the case since it is very easy to discover credit card fraud by both the credit card company and the victim as well. However, according to the Federal Trade Commission (2002), other forms of identity theft are more severe since they take a longer time to materialize (Federal Trade Commission, 2002) This view is also by Finklea (2014) in his article where he points out the issues and trends of identity theft. The Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act comes in the context of increased awareness of the difficulties posed by emergent technologies. So far, identity...
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...1. CHILD LABOR Child labor can be defined as: “The employment of children at regular and sustained labor basis. The term “child labor” is often defined as the work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.” 2. CHILD LABOR IN FACTORIES IN PAKISTAN In Pakistan, child labor is commonly found in all sectors and industries of the nation, be it in rural localities or urban localities. Underage labor being sought from children can be seen in factories, workshops, hotels, bazaars, etc. At times they have no choice but to do work that is beyond their physical capacity by force and circumstance which is the violation of law. 45.7% of the total population of Pakistan (2012) lives below the poverty line. Given these circumstances these children are compelled by their poor parents (who are prone to illiteracy and unawareness) to work even if it is affecting their childhood because the nominal wages that are brought home by these children helps to run their houses. Working in factories promises these poor children a fixed amount of money throughout the month over labor in other forms such as working on the streets and signals and gives the employers cheap labor (who may be literate or illiterate). In country with such a fragile system for checks and balances it is very easy for these employers to exploit children for their own advantage of making more profit by making use of them as...
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...Part I: Identification Terms (5 @ 5 points each) Eight of the following terms will appear on the test, of which you will need to address five. Each will be worth 5 points, for a total of 25 points for the whole section. A good ID will be more than a sentence. You should write at least 4-5 sentences for each ID, being sure to define the term, explain its context, and identify its significance. Terms in BOLD are primarily from American Society since 1900. Paul Robeson: African American singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement. He became politically involved in response to the Spanish Civil War, Fascism, and social injustices. His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with Communism, and his criticism of the US government caused him to be blacklisted during McCarthyism. Furthermore, Native Land was labeled by the FBI as communist propaganda. Anschluss: the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938.[2] This was in contrast with the Anschluss movement (Austria and Germany united as one country) which had been attempted since as early as 1918 when the Republic of German-Austria attempted union with Germany which was forbidden by the Treaty of Saint Germain and Treaty of Versailles peace treaties. Germany became a dictatorship in 1933, when Adolf Hitler became chancellor. Hitler openly defied the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which stated that Germany was not to acquire new territory or build up its military. Hitler...
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...A Collection of Wise Sayings "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." -- T.S. Eliot "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." -- Vaclav Havel "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now -- when?" -- Hillel "Come my friends, 'tis not too late to seek a newer world." -- Tennyson "If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are." -- Zen proverb "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." -- Meister Eckhart "There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances." -- Victor Frankl "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." -- Unknown "The shell must break before the bird can fly." -- Tennyson "Your vision will become clear only when you...
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...Revitalization of Islamic Trust Institutions through Corporate Waqf Dahlia Binti Ibrahim Email: dhuz510123@gmail.com 1. Introduction The western countries have prided themselves on their ability to create wealth and modernization through the capitalist system. But since the break out of the economic crises in 2008, most of the western leaders started to turn to Islamic way in developing the economy. To avoid more unexpected problems arising from the capitalist system, it is imperative for everyone to come up with new ideas to recapture the once glorious world economy. Man (2011) stated that one of the methods now being aggressively debated is benevolence system through charity. Charity is not new to many people. It is the act of virtue in Islam as mentioned in Quran. Charity plays a major role in improving spiritual, social economy and justice (Man, 2011; Mawdudi, 1948). The core importance of charity is to portray kindness and good act. In fact, all Muslims are expected to help each other in whatever circumstances. The act of charity includes not only giving away energy and knowledge but also in sharing their wealth with the unfortunate ones. This giving culture is not to gain recognition from the society, it is more to get blessing from Allah s.w.t. Allah mentioned that He is the creator of all things and as such all things belong to him; as He is the most knowledgeable (Sura: Al-Baqarah, Verse: 29). There are many instruments in assisting the Muslims to perform...
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