Decriminalize the use of Marijuana American cultural views are in flux. Marijuana, once depicted as a menace to society in the classic film “Reefer Madness” is now considered to be a panacea for a multitude of health issues. While it is debatable that usage leads to more powerful drugs it is certain that the tax revenue generated by the sale of marijuana has been a financial boom to the western states that have implemented newer regulation. The time has come to unclutter the court system and move
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The Torture Debate Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Word Count: 983 The debate continues to intensify surrounding the issue of torture and whether or not it is a justifiable or unnecessary evil. Irrespective of its degree of acceptability, it is conclusively an inhumane practice, which violates the civil liberties of us as people. From the inception, I disagree with the use of coercion to elicit information, as I believe it compromises our humanity. Advocates of legitimizing torture proclaim
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Continentalia and Islandia are two European Countries that are members of the Council of Europe and therefore parties to the European Convention on Human Rights. From 2011 troops of Continentalia participated in the Stabilization Force in Orientalia, a state in Middle East. The forces of Continentalia (one battalion) were under the command of an office of the armed forces of Islandia. The participation of Continentalia forces was governed by a Memorandum of Understanding between Islandia and Continentalia
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UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY NAME: EKOTOI NICHOLAS FRANCO FACULTY: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELLING COURSE UNIT: SOCIAL POLICY AND PLANNING LECTURER: Ms. NAKAZIBWE FAUSTINE REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2011-B091-20051 YEAR THREE, 2ND SEMESTER 2014/ 2015 COURSEWORK: Discuss any contemporary social problems that you know in Uganda and highlight specific policy issues in the related policy. According to Kendall, D. (2007) a social problem is
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the same acts would not happen again in the future. The convention was written and approved by the members of the council of Europe on November 1950 and was put into force on September 1953.The convention was created to protect human rights as well as freedoms. Due to this there was the creation of the Commission on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).The ECtHR was put in place to take care of breaches of the convention. This would be done by one sovereign state being able
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Florida authorities have announced the arrest of 17 people in connection with an alleged drug ring in St. Lucie County. Two brothers, ages 33 and 34, were among those taken into custody. According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Department, the brothers were the main target of a months-long investigation. They are accused of supplying heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl to street-level dealers for distribution. Over the course of the investigation, detectives allegedly seized more than
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Drug Trafficking It has been said, “The lack of money is the root of all evil”, drug trafficking is no exception. Drug trafficking, the act of selling and distributing substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws, is one of the largest employer in the world. In the recent years, drug trafficking in Vietnam has became more complex. Since Vietnam is located in the “Golden Triangle” region, one of Asia’s two main opium producing areas that overlaps the mountain of Myanmar, Laos
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Mexico and the United States are neighbors and a relationship between them has existed for a long time. However, immigration, specifically illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States has caused inconvenient for many years. The history of the border caused much hostility among the Mexicans and Americans. Now it is very difficult to immigrate legally in the United States because it takes an immigrant visa, the support of a sponsor or asylum status. It is also very expensive for immigrants
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Drug Legalization in the United States Kristie Hurley Ashford University Abstract This paper will explore four websites and one online newspaper addressing the subject of drug trafficking in the United States and why legalization is a profitable alternative. The various ways drugs are bought into the country, information on how and why drug trafficking has increased in the United States, statistics on the number of people that are addicts, and the problems related to foreign countries on this
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The United States is by far the richest and most powerful country in the world. We citizens take for granted luxuries that people of other countries can only dream. Yet in our society there are serious social issues that for reasons unknown are not being addressed. One of the most important issues that typical politicians are afraid to address is that of what to do with the nation’s illegal drug problems. Although we hear terms like The War on Drugs and Drug Treatment, a fresh approach to this issue
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