Although marijuana may be looked as something very harmful, it has many benefits that it can be used for. In the magazine article, “The Need for Weed” Chris Lee highlights on how important weed can be for everyone including athletes. Not only that but in The Washington Post article, “NFL players fight pain with medical marijuana ‘Managing it with pills was slowly killing me’”, Maese uses credible sources to explain the benefits of marijuana. Mark Thompson talks with veterans about how marijuana has
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persuade Specific Purpose: The Reasons why my audience should support the legalization of marijuana worldwide. Thesis: Marijuana is not actually how society perceives it, they consider it a harmful plant that can affect lives negatively, however it is proven to offer many positive benefits to both our world and people. Introduction: Attention: I. Today, about 14.8% of the population smokes marijuana and is legal in 22 states. This drug is mostly consumed by many teens and adults. People use
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as marijuana is considered illegal. In fact, it can be noted that for many years, cannabis has been considered to an illegal drug in most countries. Nevertheless, today, some countries have legalized cannabis while other countries have not. In particular, small quantities of cannabis have been allowed in regions such as Europe, North America and South America. Moreover, in the United States, some states such as Washington and Colorado have also legalized the possession and usage of marijuana for
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Legalization of marijuana in Oklahoma is one of the most controversy topics next to religion. Legalization causes many debates throughout the state and its citizens some voting for it and many voting against it. There have been many petitions that have gotten a great amount of the state’s citizen’s signatures voting for it to be legalized. I personally believe that the state should legalize the usage of medical and recreational marijuana and also decriminalize it too. Over the next few pages I will
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Annual Income Tax Return Page 3 - Schedules 1 & 2 TIN 0 0 0 0 BIR Form No. 1702-EX June 2013 1702-EX06/13P3 Registered Name Schedule 1 - Sales/Revenues/Receipts/Fees (Attach additional sheet/s, if necessary) 1 Sale of Goods/Properties 2 Sale of Services 3 Lease of Properties 4 Total (Sum of Items 1 to 3) 5 Less: Sales Returns, Allowances and Discounts 6 Net Sales/Revenues/Receipts/Fees (Item 4 Less Item 5) (To Part IV Item 31) Schedule 2 - Cost of Sales (Attach additional sheet/s
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Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections. CJA/384-Criminal Organizations December 3, 2013 Constant Wilson Organized Crime In this paper, I will describe my personal perception of organized crime. I will identify any assumptions on which my perceptions are based, and answer the following questions. How would you describe or define organized crime? How does your perception compare to the definitions in the readings? What characteristics do you think are associated with organized criminal
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Topic: Prohibition and Its Harmful Effects Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, early colonists have attempted to control the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Prominent people like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were once leading figures in the Temperance movements that started in early Colonial times. The first temperance society in the United States was begun in New York in 1808 which begun a long battle between reformers and the American public
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Prohibition: the Cultural War of the 20th Century The legal ban on the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol, within the United States, otherwise known as Prohibition, began with the ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919. In this essay I will talk about Prohibition and explain why it was so effective and talk about the prohibitionist side. I will talk about how who the prohibitionists were, and what did they seek to accomplish through prohibition and also, what strategies the prohibitionists
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this story, characters in the novel directly correlate with the illegal, rebellious, and careless behaviors that are seen in the twenties. The prohibition caused lots of problems in this time period when it came to crime and binge drinking. First It is important to understand the social, political and economic effects of prohibition. In 1917 the Eighteenth Amendment was passed and stated that you couldn’t make, sell or transport any alcohol. The prohibitionist movement had a wide variety
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but what I really wanted to know it what kind of influence did they have on the American society? Thesis Prohibition of the 1920s introduced the maturation of the American mafia. The religious left and established political groups influenced and created the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution which made it illegal to produce, sell, transport, and import alcohol. If prohibition influenced the creation of the Mafia what did the Mafia influence and how did it affect American Society?
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