There may be dangers to drug use, but there are also dangers in using alcohol and tobacco. By reasonable standards, marijuana is a mild drug compared to other legal ones, such as alcohol and cigarettes. Consumption of alcohol can cause deterioration to the liver as well as dependency on the drug. The nicotine found in cigarettes is also addictive, and smoking cigarettes cause lung cancer. The only major effects of marijuana are some memory loss, damage to the lungs from the smoke, and possible physical addiction. Experts who have kept track of medical data report that marijuana is rarely mentioned in death reports. As far as overdosing, there is no scientifically valid evidence of anyone dying of an overdose of marijuana smoke (Marshall 82). Making drugs illegal has imprisoned people for actions that do no directly harm others, as opposed to most crimes. Criminalizing drug use fails to reduce it. One third of those over the age of twelve have used marijuana (Nadelmann 1). Not only does making drugs illegal infringe on peoples rights and freedom to choose, it also creates a black market as well as drug-related crimes.
Illegal drugs have resulted in a "war on drugs" that can only be won by making them legal. Drugs have been the cause of many deaths in the United Sates. About 25,000 Americans die each year as an indirect effect of drugs. A large part of New York City's 2,000 annual homicides are because of drug trafficking (Bender 30). The consequences of this "war" are as followed: neighborhood turf wars and shoot-outs, family ruins, school failure and wreckage, crack babies, kids dealing drugs, addicts felled by AIDS, cops corrupted, courts and prisons over crowded, and homicides due to drug dealing (Bender 31). The list goes on. All of these could be avoided if drugs were legalized, and the black market would vanish not too long after. Prohibiting anything has always led to a black market, such as when alcohol was made illegal (Ostrowski 2).
Tobias Wolf's short story "Say Yes", found in Discovering Literature, edited by Hans P. ... He defends, "I went to school with blacks, and lived on the same street with blacks and we have always gotten along just fine" (15). ... Ann, on the other hand, seems to expect her husband to agree with all of what she says and she acts in a stubborn and selfish manner. ... Even the title "Say Yes" supports this statement. ...
They just do it against their will either they are psychopaths or they were just drunk. ... I've read that we should just give second chances to people and that capital punishment is not helping in making the world a better place. ... Yes, I believe in this saying but that doesn't mean we have the right to kill someone; we could harm someone only with the right reason. ... Exodus 21:12 says, "He that smitten a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death." ...
Throughout my assignment I aim to cover just how extensive crime & deviance is in contemporary Britain, also to consider who are the offenders and more so, why do people commit crimes? ... There is a lot of crime that goes unreported, like say for instance vandalism or sexual harassment at work. ... Just last weekend their was quite a bit of trouble as a local man was arrested which in turn caused a lot of bad feeling towards the police which surfaced when missiles was thrown at the police. ... The solution they say is target handling for example, property marking, security devices and more ...
"Just the Same" and "Tess of D"Urbervilles" ultimately share the same themes and viewpoints. ... "Hope would never hail again" - (line 1) "Just the Same." ... (lines 6-8) "Just the Same." ... "Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." ...
There is so much in marriage to enjoy than cutting it off just because of a mare quarrel or argument...the joy of watching your kids grow, the joy of growing old together, and having good stories to tell about your relationships. ... But there should be need for cautions too because love is not just all that matters in marriage considering the fact that most of such marriages end up in divorce, due to lack of understanding of what marriage is all about. ... Following Halford, Sander and Behrens statement on Berlin Gordon article which says that It has also been verified that this program has h...
Yes, that is what everyone thinks of them. ... He is like a teddy bear, you just want to constantly hug him. ... Having a superb acting career, a strong family relationship, and a large heart for society, it is impossible to say he isn't a hero. ... This is why Bruce Willis isn't just your everyday actor, husband, he is a hero. ...
Yes politics make strange bedfellows as they would say. We all know they will do and say what is going to get the vote most of the time. ... Yes it has been a white mans world, but little by little I feel we are trying to change this. ... This article is just the opinion of one angry man as far as I can see. Yes, he does state facts and it is wrong, however he takes it to the complete other end. ...
One sign said Adams=Loser and it just sounded like something Howard Dean would say, Thomas Jefferson didn't really remind me of Howard Dean though, his signs just sounded and looked a lot like the way the presidential candidate acts, liberal and extremely angry, for no apparent reason. ...
