Principal fears expressed by both models had an effect on real people, and it scared me to think that certain mentalities do exist in this country. ... Japan's crime rate, and the structure of its criminal justice system are both the consequence of the basic structure and values of the society. The United States larceny rate is 4 times greater, the rape rate is nearly 25 times greater and the robbery rate is a staggering 140 times greater than that of Japan's. ...

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But there is one law that makes absolutely no sense to me and that is the one that makes drugs illegal, and I am here today to tell you why. ... But amazingly the smokers rates have dropped substantially according to the Surgeon General U.S census bureau. ... These commercials actually worked, the smoking rate dropped so much in California that tobacco companies are actually suing the state. ... According to the office of National Drug Control Policy the U.S. federal government will spend over19.2 billion dollars this is at a rate of 609$ per second on battling drugs a year. ... If thi...

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I remember being told this throughout my life with the countless red ribbon weeks, seeing the mounts of posters on the walls, and the countless talks with my parents about drugs being bad for me, but what is so bad about a plant grown from the ground? ... While there has not been a day that goes by that someone dies because of a drunk driver or from tobacco abuse, alcohol and tobacco, two legal life threatening substances that have made me question why it is so hard to legalize marijuana. ... Yes I will agree that if any of these substances are abused, various negative effects can affect the u...

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They believe that the increasing rate of crime and shootings is reason to amend the bill of rights. ... - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" ...

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They believe that the increasing rate of crime and shootings is reason to amend the bill of rights. ... - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" ...

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They believe that the increasing rate of crime and shootings is reason to amend the bill of rights. ... - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" ...

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They told me that there were not enough jobs for women in their country. ... As an example for women not having enough health care service due to sexism, a statistic in Nepal shows that maternal death rate is very high. ...

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Instead, let me say, "The children know no more efficient way (to heal) than what their parents have shown them." ... Compared to the expected survival rate if the children had received routine medical care, out of 172 dead children in a study of 23 different religious groups: 3 would have not benefited from medical care, 11 children would have benefited, but to an unsure degree, 18 children would have had a 50 to 90% chance of survival, and 140 children would have had a 90 to 100% chance of surviving. ...

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One night he introduced me to an older neighborhood friend who brought us into the woods, reached into his pocket and came out with an exotic pipe and some weed. ... Family farms are being closed at an alarming rate with over 300,000 such farms going out of business in the past 10 years. ...

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"She took two puffs, looked at me, and said, " 'The nausea's gone'. ... Colorado's unemployment rate of 4.3% is a seven year low for the state and its number ranks the lowest in the country. ...

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