His new national security doctrine declares that Washington has the right to take preemptive action against any nation that threatens it or its allies. ... First of all, this would include stopping the sale of fire arms at gun shows without completing the required background checks. ... I have accepted the position of the White House in demanding full weapons disclosure from Iraq, refusing to tolerate non compliance U.N. resolutions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Twenty states and the District of Columbia have passed laws that allow individuals to use marijuana for medical purposes, including legalization of recreational use for adults over 21 in Colorado, Alaska and Washington. ... Around the world, similar places have been present since the 1970's, such as in Amsterdam's "coffee houses". ... They have a progressive model for the sale of marijuana that has allowed many dispensaries to open and flourish. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. ... For example in Washington, D.C. there was an estimated 400 homicides including guns. ... For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and killed. ... People against gun control feel that it is a violation of the Constitution to control the sale and distribution and the registration of guns and gu...

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The past century has been one of sensational crimes that have amazed many Americans. Form the Lindbergh baby to the exploits of Al Capone, to serial murderers like Ted Bundy. Crime has become a cultural phenomenon that has captured the interests of academics and the causal reader alike. To look back at the last century we can see an explosion in books on true crime and a growth in the fields of psychology, sociology, and criminology. This growth in book sales as well as academic research has shown that the crime wave of the twentieth century has caught the attention of the average citizen. ...

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The data for 1997 reveal, " that respondents arrested in the past year for possession or sale of drugs and driving under the influence had the highest percentage of illicit drug use [during] the past year" and that " illicit drug users were also about 16 times more likely than non [drug] users to report being arrested and booked for larceny or theft" and "..... A study conducted for the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, for example, found treatment to be 15 times more cost-effective than law enforcement at reducing cocaine abuse. ... In 2002, voters in Washington, D...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate