Gun control is wrapped in a series of social issues such as crime and drugs. Guns have become closely linked to drugs and murder in the public mind. Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. ... Many police officers are killed every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. ... The battle over gun control Is not about controlling inanimate objects; it is about controlling people. ...

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Others feel- that this heightened media coverage is a direct result of the consequences of drugs and drug abuse. ... Even though these advocates are definitely pro-war on drugs, they have no realistic illusions of the total eradication of drugs and drug abuse in the United States of America. ... To stop the trafficking of illicit drugs is just one of many aspects to fighting a successful war on drugs. ... The war on drugs was designed by the government to, basically, reduce the demand for illegal drugs by educating the public about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse. ... The surveyi...

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What few people fail to realize is that this and other drugs were banned by the fault of racial intolerance. ... In 1962, a White House drug conference described the hazards of grass "exaggerated," and a 1972 presidential commission recommended decriminalization of the drug. ... Physicians of the time also used marijuana to treat headaches, insomnia, and menstrual cramps and the drug was available in most drug stores (Hermes 51). ... According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the National Institute of Health; marij...

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Predominately all teenagers, and even kids, look up to drug dealers, admire rock stars and imitate robbers. ... Further back in time, adults were the ones hustling drugs. ... Another drug causing violent behavior is alcohol. ... Experts agree that the mix of guns and drugs in adolescents, worsened by the desperation of poverty, is a lethal one. ... Children might not learn how to control their frustration and anger, and resort to violence as an easier problem solver. ...

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Of late, however, the most lengthy, argumentative and noisy debates have focused on gun control. ... Gun control lobbyists and activists claim that firearms only cause pain and destruction, but they couldn't be more wrong. ... Gun control has been a topic of debate in Congress for centuries. ... The founding fathers anticipated that gun control could become a serious issue in the future, so they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution. ... Those who support gun control focus in isolation on the use of firearms in mass shootings while ignoring the fact that firearms can also be used...

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The war on drugs has given police a license to target those people who they believe fit the "profile" of a drug dealer or a gang member. ... Racial profiling is based on the premise that minorities commit most drug offenses. ... Statistics prove the use and selling of drugs are not limited to minorities in America; in fact, five times as many whites use drugs. From the outset of the "war on drugs," minorities have been targeted. ... There were no drugs to be found, "We 5 were completely humiliated," says Wilkens. ...

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Hippies and Drugs "In the 1960s the hippies, en masse, undertook the largest uncontrolled experiment with drug use in the history of mankind. ... We discovered that Pandora's stash box was full of drugs!" ...

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Many in favor of manufactured drugs do not believe in the ability of plant medicine's efficacy, which is the ability to produce a desired or intended result. ... The factors which are mainly affect plant cultivation are Altitude, temp and humidity Rainfall or irrigation Soil and soil fertility Fertilizers Pests and pests control Plant hormones Polyploidy Hybridization Green house effects. ... The Egyptians used the principles of the medicinal plants in a systematic and controlled way. ...

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It is widely believed that through IMF, the World Bank, and national debt, they control the economies of many nations. ... Another widespread world take over conspiracy theory, is the claim that Jews had planned a world take over by controlling banks around the world. ...

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Though many democratic nations provide their citizens with healthcare access, the United States tries to concentrate the control of medicine into the hands of big businesses like the insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies. ... (Cummings, 2006, p. 1) This points to the biggest problem that the healthcare industry must fight, which is the economic prejudice that seems to control pricing and access to decent medical attention. ... For insurance, medical procedures and prescription drugs, healthcare has been increasing in its cost for the consumer at a faster rate than any other indust...

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Among the many cultural contributions of the baby boomers along with the free love, the drug scenes and Grateful Dead ties, was the concept of generation gap (Veith G.). ... Pharmaceuticals, and drug store chains will be affected greatly by the emergence of the baby boomer into the retirement age. ...

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They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather than some of them are violent. ...

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Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. These life changes include birth, puberty, initiation into social and familial groups, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and death. In most pre-industrial societies these rituals are the keys to determining the social hierarchy of the community. In societies emphasizing technology, where life is based on individual achievement and is less dependent on communal cooperation for pros...

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When certain people get access to the internet, they then have access to money, drugs, weapons, you name it. ... You can't approach the nation, because they may not have control over there inhabitants especially if the people are living in fear from these all too powerful men. ... The first part of this line of defense is controlling the department of agriculture. ...

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"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers, " Aristotle observed in his Politics. "If liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons share alike in government to the utmost"" (Aristotle 60.) The media coverage ...

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My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protestant of the Lutheran church. I once read in the newspaper that Denmark is the least religious country in the world. When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Fur...

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Through the years, gambling has become America's pastime. Over 60 million Americans make some sort of wager every day.1 When compared to other recreations (in billions of dollars) in 1990, gambling institutions made 2.2 more than magazine sales, 8.3 more than book sales, 20.9 more than theaters, and...

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U.S. Healthcare Reform I.) Stakes and Positions Healthcare reform continues to be one of the most contentious subjects of debate in American politics. Healthcare accounts for over 16% of federal expenditures, forecasted to increase in the years ahead1. The two main political parties represent the interests of an array of interest groups and providers at state and national levels. ...

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One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. The gentleman was holding a sign that read: "Homeless will work for food. God Bless."" As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To m...

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The cultural and developmental aspects of American history in the 17th and 18th centuries are certainly among the most important and influential factors in the shaping of this country's long and storied history. The society that existed at that time had very different views on life and how it should...

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The book also describes many other causes of homelessness such as drug addiction, alcoholism, life-long disabilities these being physical, social or mental. ... Although there is a strong economy here in Sonoma County, people become addicted to drugs more due to the lack of self-esteem and the inability to deal with it all, with simply finding a job. ...

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Through a gaping loophole in the 13th Amendment, politicians replaced slavery with a penal system designed to control black labor. ... Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with then are relegated to cages. ...

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Death through drowning, crucifixion, or hanging, or throwing form a high rock, or being thrown into a fiery furnace, or firing squad, or electric chair or the gas chamber "through the years these methods as well as others not mentioned have been what the world governments have used to instill fear in the populace, in order to maintain control. ... It is no longer a means of control; rather it has become a system of punishment in which the most heinous of criminals can be dealt with swiftly and justly. ... So capital punishment in America started with the belief, that to maintain control...

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Technology has always been a vital role in developing the means of communication, prominently within military affairs. During the Second World War, it was of great importance that communication mediums advance in order to assist the military services. Electronic innovations proceeded during this war...

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They have inspired family values crusaders to condemn careerist mothers, absent fathers, single parents, same sex marriages and unwed parents as the root cause of many of societies ills: drug abuse, poverty, juvenile crime, failure in school, out of control children. ...

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