Papers on Legal Issues
Proposition 215: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
Words: 940 - Pages: 4.... recommendation of a physician are not
subject to criminal prosecution or sanction. (C) To encourage the federal and
state governments to implement a plan to provide for the safe and affordable
distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana. (2)
Nothing in this act shall be construed to supersede legislation prohibiting
persons from engaging in conduct that endangers others, nor to condone the
diversion of marijuana for nonmedical purposes. With standing any other
provision of law, no physician in this state shall be punished, or denied any
right or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medica .....
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Pros And Cons Of Capital Punishment
Words: 2241 - Pages: 9.... should be sentenced to death immediately.
I would like to take this time to tell you a story. On August 15, 1997,
the Reverend John Miller preached a sermon at the Martha Vineyards
Tabernacle in New Hampshire. He told his congregation, which included the
vacationing President Clinton and his wife, that capital punishment is
wrong. "I invite you to look at a picture of Timothy McVeigh and to
forgive him," said Miller. "If we profess to be Christians, then we are
called to love and forgive." Once the sermon ended, Rev. Miller, Clinton,
and their wives got together for brunch at the Sweet Life Cafi.
What the Rev. did not know was that .....
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The Death Penalty
Words: 607 - Pages: 3.... in murder cases or ruled out
completely. While some people feel that Capital Punishment will not
discourage crime, Capital punishment should be legalized in all states,
because it is morally just and it will deter crime.
The many opponents of capital punishment who are against it feel that
the death penalty is not a deterrent and that it is barbariaertic of the
past. It has no place in a civilized society today. One of the biggest
arguments against capital punishment is people feel that it violates the
eighth amendment which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. People
against Capital Punishment believe the death penalty is absurd .....
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The Banning Of "E For Ecstasy" By Nicholas Saunders
Words: 439 - Pages: 2.... are opposed to the ban because they believe both sides of
the story should be heard.
As I read this book, at first I felt a temptation to try ecstasy due to
the positive way in which the drug was described. After reading further into
the text, however, much more detailed information about the drug is brought
fourth. For example, the book associates use of ecstasy with the cultures of
all kinds of illegal drugs. In my opinion, the ban should be lifted because the
book does not just give the positive information about this drug. While the
book does side towards the use of the drug, it does provide all kinds of
interesting information .....
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The Unabomber: Is He Serious?
Words: 1706 - Pages: 7.... from the
start; his uncanny ability to set a pessimistic mood. From the minute you
glance at the introduction, he, assuming the author is male, begins to paint a
picture of destruction and demise of the world in which we live. What could
cause such a catastrophe? According to the author, it would have to be industry
and technology of all things. He was convinced that due to the industrial-
technological system in which we live, ultimately humans are going to be
subjected to world wide suffering and inevitably a total shut down of humanity.
Now at this moment I felt a little disbelief. I had heard he was actually an
intelligent person, bu .....
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Capital Punishment: Deters Murder, And Is Just Retribution
Words: 1314 - Pages: 5.... to him. Another way the death penalty deters murder, is the
fact that if the killer is dead, he will not be able to kill again.
Most supporters of the death penalty feel that offenders should be punished
for their crimes, and that it does not matter whether it will deter the
crime rate. Supporters of the death penalty are in favour of making
examples out of offenders, and that the threat of death will be enough to
deter the crime rate, but the crime rate is irrelevant.
According to Isaac Ehrlich's study, published on April 16, 1976, eight
murders are deterred for each execution that is carried out in the U.S.A.
He goes on to say, "If .....
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Treatment Of Drug Offenders Is Dysfunctional
Words: 614 - Pages: 3.... years and years we having been locking up drug offenders. People with no violent history at all have to share jail cells with murderers and rapists. And what happens to these non-violent people after assimilating to the prison population? The idea is to lock them up, not rehabilitate!
Prison life can have many effects on a person. Once in prison, one must submit himself to eating, sleeping, and living with harden criminals. And for the most part the drug are still readily available. In prison, the more illicit drugs are readily available.
A once marijuana smoker could very easily become a much harder drug user. And it does happen! .....
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Psilocybin Mushrooms As Hallucinogens
Words: 482 - Pages: 2.... I sure
don't like to have that feeling. Some of these things are not such a big
deal either. This is because it is such a small dose. However, it is
still abusing your body, and your body's functions. Besides all that,
there are also legal consequences.
When someone takes Psilocybin Mushrooms in a medium size dose (1.25
grams - 4.0 grams), there are effects that are a little more serious than
taking psilocybin in a small amount. These effects are things such as
open-eye visual effects, lights gain auras, star-pattern effects,
rainbowing around lighting, increased peripheral vision, sometimes either
increased or decreased ability to .....
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Marijuana: A Horticultural Revolution, A Medical And Legal Battle
Words: 640 - Pages: 3.... It should therefore be legal
for licensed physicians to prescribe marijuana for terminal patients for whom it
offers the only reasonable opportunity for living without unbearable pain.
Marijuana has been used many times to help ease pain and suffering. It
often eases nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, reduces the pain
of AIDS patients and lowers eye pressure in glaucoma sufferers. Cancer and AIDS
patients often lose a lot of weight, either due directly to their illness or
indirectly to the treatment of the illness. Dramatic weight loss puts their
lives in even more danger. Marijuana stimulates the appetite, thus en .....
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Capital Punishment: Is It Required
Words: 1997 - Pages: 8.... 1700 B.C.)
decreed death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of beer(Flanders 3).
Egyptians could be put to death for disclosing the location of sacred burial
sites(Flanders 3). However, in recent times opponents have shown the death
penalty to be racist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States
Constitution as "...cruel and unusual punishment." In this country, although
laws governing the application of the death penalty have undergone many changes
since biblical times, the punishment endures, and controversy has never been
greater.
Perhaps the most frequent argument for capital punishment is that of
deterrence .....
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