Victimless crime

A controversial topic that has been widely discussed is the legalization of drugs in the United States. Many people see drugs as a very common subject but don’t understand how much of an impact it actually has. Drugs take part in the daily life of Americans and the effects of legalizing it would be life changing. This topic is especially important to young readers because their futures will be molded by the decision to legalize drugs or to prohibit them. This essay will be supporting the motion…

“Euthanasia is the act of deliberately ending a person’s life to relieve suffering.” (Nhs.uk, 2016). It is illegal under the Suicide Act of 1961 which states that the legal system can allow up to 14 years in prison for anyone that assists in. It is legal in Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. A question asked continuously over time is should it be legalized in the United Kingdom. It was a question raised in parliament as recently as November, 2014 but was rejected. It is commonly agreed that…

Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana A well-known 1980’s comedian named Bill Hicks once said, “Why is marijuana against the law? IT grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit…unnatural? (goodreads.com)” There are various benefits from this naturally grown herb that America has failed to use to their advantage. The legalization of Marijuana would aid various individuals with the specific health issue they face. Numerous individuals stated…

Justice Ogbonnaya Mr. Bolivar Composition 10 29 November 2016 In 1929, the head of the Department of Prohibition wrongly outlawed marijuana because his department was being heavily funded with nothing to do after the prohibition of all alcohol-related products had ended in a failure. So that his funding wouldn’t get taken away, he tried to find something for his department to ban and outlaw. The unlucky winner was marijuana. He fabricated false claims against the drug even though he previously…

The age-long debate on whether or not to legalize marijuana seems to be one of the big questions going on in America these days. With three states legalizing recreational marijuana other states seem to be changing their view and policy on it. Many more states seem to be asking themselves “To blaze or not to blaze’’ as well as many Americans. There are many sides of this question and many views on each side of the debate. People seem to take either a moral standpoint or a progressive view. The…

Brown 1 Benjamin Brown Professor Charles Nesbitt ENC 1102 04/13/2017 This is my rebuttal to the article “Why Gambling Should Be Illegal” by Amerton. Jackpot! The sound of the machine spitting chips out worth thousands of dollars. An excited gambler takes a sip of scotch and smiles. The other person smiling, the state officials raking in the tax money from the earnings like a large pile of leaves in the fall. Benefits of the tax money that gambling brings a state is clear. “American government…

Imagine passing up free money. Most probably would not. That's exactly what states are doing. In the Unites States, sports gambling is illegal in all states except Nevada. Sports gambling is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. Gambling, in general, is a controversial topic. Sports gambling is amongst this topic. The pros of this topic are very strong and so our the cons. Professional sports betting should be legal throughout the United States because…

I believe that the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh the consequences. Aside from the obvious benefits of lowering crime and relieving the strain on the legal system, legalizing marijuana would generate tax revenue. The money could be put into an account separate from the general funds and used for a specific purpose, much in the way that the lottery funds are used to benefit education. The money generated from marijuana sales could be used to fund drug treatment programs for addicts…

donor, while poor donors are pressured into a situation by a need to survive - often receiving dangerous back-alley surgeries from questionable surgeons - while being financially taken advantage of by organ brokers who make the real cash. Victimless Crime?: According to his online PBS article on legal organ harvesting, Craig Boyd Garner defines the practice as "the removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical…

Picture this, a woman mid 50’s, stage three terminal cancer. The doctors’ have concluded that the cancer is incurable. To make matters worse, she is going through common symptoms of the chemotherapy like pain, depression, nausea, and loss of appetite. It’s not enough that she is dying, but her final moments will be in extreme discomfort. Medical marijuana has been proven to succor these symptoms so the patients last moments in this world are pleasant. The plant, marijuana, is derived from the…