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Term Papers on Legal and Government
Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
Number of words: 1596 - Number of pages: 6.... Short-term effects of marijuana include both psychological and physical reactions. These reactions usually last for three to five hours after a person has smoked marijuana. The psychological reaction, known as a high consists of changes in the users feelings and thoughts. Such changes are caused mainly by THC. The effects of a marijuana high vary from person to person and from one time to another in the same individual. In most cases, the high consists of a dreamy, relaxed state in which users seem more aware of their senses and feel that time is moving sl .....
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The Electoral College
Number of words: 945 - Number of pages: 4.... was passed and the strong centralized government no longer
boasted exclusive control over the presidency. The electoral college was
intended to satiate the demands of federalists as well as antifederalists
but as history has evinced, it didn't. With the Electoral College in
effect, the fate of the presidency still lied in the hands of elite America.
Each state appointed a number of electors equal to the number seats that
state carried in the house and senate. In other words, when a citizen cast
a vote, he/she is not directly voting the president in, rather th .....
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Heroin
Number of words: 255 - Number of pages: 1.... (54). For example, according to Karen
Schoemer's report for Newsweek, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Shannon Hoon of Blind
Melon and Jerry Garcia of Greatful Dead, all participated and abused heroin
(54). Kurt Cobain took his own life with a shotgun, while battling his heroin
addiction. Also, Shannon Hoon overdosed on cocaine while he had recently tried
to kick his heroin habit. In addition, Jerry Garcia who had been a drug junkie
for years died in a rehabilitation center while trying to come clean from drug
use. However, Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots, David Gahan of Depeche Mood
and actor Robert Dow .....
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Sociology
Number of words: 1356 - Number of pages: 5.... own building a War MachineJapanese War the country went into a recessionBut after the First World War Imperial Japan began growing up The war left Japan resouceless and heavily overpopulatedThe victorious Allies gave or rather imposed democratization The United States provided much financial supportJapans economy then began growing very fastThe Japanese protected themselves by implementing quotas and Companies such as Sony Honda and YKK improved production methodsBusinessmen and bureaucrats worked togetherKeiretsu was a sort of lateral conglomeration of b .....
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Eating Disorders
Number of words: 709 - Number of pages: 3.... even death. Puberty is one the most stressful times in a women’s life. Some make the change from childhood into adolescence with only a few minor problems; others, however, may have a more difficult time handling the pressures and may develop as a way to cope. Hormones are changing, body is developing, menstruation is around the corner and moods are swinging. Young girls seek independence and want to be treated as adults, but they are stuck in an in-between stage. All these new emotions are confusing, frightening and hard to deal with. Teenagers are under a lo .....
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Social Welfare And Its Effects
Number of words: 1734 - Number of pages: 7.... Labor was divided by childbearing and food gathering tasks.
As societies migrated to different parts of the world, organized governments, and states were developed. With the advent of organized governments and states came the beginning of social policy.
Egyptian social welfare was based on both the economic need for workers and the religious need for life after death (Day, 1997, p.65). Most of us assume that centralized planning and coordination of social policy is a modern day invention. Yet. according to Day, centralized planning and coordination sp .....
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Gun Control
Number of words: 941 - Number of pages: 4.... in 12 of 29 states (41%) which liberalized their CCW laws over the five years beginning in 1992, compared to a similar rise in violent crime in only 4 of 22 states (18%) which did not change their CCW laws.
From the above statistics it is obvious that access to firearms did not provide extra protection for the citizen. In fact, the number of crime victims who successfully use firearms to defend themselves is quite small. Out of 34,040 American firearms deaths in 1996, only 212 were justifiable homicides by private citizens with firearms. Obviously the ones wh .....
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Can't We All Just Get Along?: Competition
Number of words: 478 - Number of pages: 2.... sporting events are competitions. In the work
force, everyone is striving to become the “head honcho”. To do this these
workers must compete with each other ( although not a conventional “direct
competition” ) to gain the praise of their supervisor; thus increasing their
chances of moving forward.
Next, look at the way a cooperative nation would operate. The entire
system of employment, money, education, etc. would have to be completely
revamped. Instead of trying to surpass someone at something, you would help
that person come to your level. Ever .....
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