For example, one might assume that all car accidents are caused by careless people. ... Upon witnessing a car accident, one would infer that one or more drivers was not paying attention and caused the accident. ... No amount of attention could ever prevent every single accident from happening and yet assumptions are made and inferences are met about the car accident. ...
In "A Drug Called Tradition," the narrator, Victor, describes himself as dancing first in a vision, then around his companion, Junior, and Junior's car. ... (388) Alexie writes of the boys as sitting in Junior's car trying "to look like horse-powered warriors" (388) and has Junior take "a screaming corner" and labels it "just another Indian boy engaged in some rough play." ...
Legality Issues of Marijuana The issue of the legalization of marijuana is a lingering debate that has been around for years. In this essay, I will prove the benefits of marijuana and propose a solution to the debate. There are many reasons why someone might think marijuana should be illegal and t...
Introduction Earth's inhabitants have used drugs for their eclectic properties for thousands and thousands of years. Although their use was once mainly for medicinal purposes, the abuse of drugs for recreational purposes has taken a stronghold on today's society [ CITATION The02 l 1033 ]. With the r...
Californians are taking the initiative to pursue the legalization of cannabis by the end of 2014 despite copious Americans' pessimistic beliefs against it. To legalize and unleash the United States' third most consumed drug behind alcohol and cigarettes seems ludicrous to most Americans yet more tha...
Marijuana Prohibition is a Violation of First Amendment Rights "Let me ask you something if you had a choice, what would it be: Marijuana or Martinis?" This question appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, May 12th, 1998. Due to the "Marijuana Tax Act" of 1937 the only legal choice that you and the 18 million other adults who used marijuana last year can make is the martini ("Against Drug Prohibition" ix). The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. The prohibition of marijuana is h...
Introduction Heroin is a derivative of morphine synthesized by a simple aceylation reaction of the parent compound in a manner almost identically to aspirin. It was originally intended to wean morphine addicts from the drug, but has since become a much bigger problem than morphine. The...
