Marijuana Legalization Essays and Term Papers
470 Essays on Marijuana Legalization. Documents 151 - 175
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Legal Processes
Legal Processes This paper will discuss the steps that are required when an employee feels thaty have been discriminated against. It will cover the process beginning with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continuing through the civil litigation process from the state level up to the United States Supreme Court. John is an employee who has a discrimination complaint against his employer. Just as John is able file a discrimination complaint so is anyone else
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Drug Legalization
Drug Legalization Most Americans want to feel safe at home, and when they are out in the streets. This security everyone dreams of is hardly ever a reality. One reason why we live in fear is because of the many problems that arise as a result of drug use. The drug problem that our country is facing is bringing violence and addiction to many people. Large amounts of crime result from drug use. Drug addicts
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Difference in Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
Difference in Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues Each business would like to design a website that will be able to grab interest of a target audience. Besides grabbing interest of the target audience, the business will also have ethical, legal, and regulatory issues to think of. The following paragraphs will explain some differences of ethical, legal, and regulatory issues on a B2B compared to a B2C site. Differences in Ethical Issues Ethical issues should be
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College Students Attitude Toward Marijuana Use on Campus
Chapter One Introduction Illicit drug use continues past adolescence is reflected in rising drug use rates among young adults 18–24 years old (Addiction, 2000). Since 1960 drug use among college students have increased. For example, in spite of various programs to reduce drug use among college students, especially the use of marijuana has increased since the past 10 years (Addiction, 1997). The college experience is a particularly challenging phase in an individual’s development. It
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What Is Marijuana?
What is marijuana? Marijuana is the dried flowers, leaves and stems of the Cannabis sativa plant. The main active ingredient in marijuana is THC (delta 9 tetrhydrocannabinol). Marijuana can range from 1% THC to 8%. Hashish can be 7% to 14% THC and hash oil is up to 50% THC. THC is a fat soluble substance and can remain in the lungs and brain tissue for up to 3 weeks. There are over 200 nicknames
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Legal Environment of Business
Simulation: Business Regulation Legal Environment of Business Simulation: Business Regulation Alumina Incorporation Alumina Incorporation is an USA-based $4 billion alumni maker. It operates in eight countries around the world with the USA counting for seventy percents of its sales. Situated in the fringes of Lake Dira in the state of Erehwon, Alumina Inc. has business interests in automotive components and manufacture of packaging materials, bauxite mining, etc. Alumina Inc. falls under the jurisdiction of region
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Proposition 215 Marijuana
Proposition 215 in 1996 was the first statewide medical marijuana initiative to pass in the USA. The first state it passes in was California on of the most liberal state in the US but besides being one of the most liberal states there are still many people against the act. Scientists have done many studies to prove that medical marijuana does help people. Medical marijuana has helps or solves glaucoma, cancer they even discovered it
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English Legal System
Question 1. The most fundamental distinction between civil and criminal law is the concept of punishment: 1. The criminal law: • Criminal Law regulates offences affecting community as a whole; crime is committed against the state. • In criminal law defendant is punished either by fine paid to the government or imprisonment. • In criminal litigation burden of proof is always on the state which must prove beyond reasonable doubt guiltiness of the defendant. •
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Ethical and Legal Obligations Paper
Ethical and Legal Obligations Paper All members of a civilized and harmonious society have ethical and legal obligations. We are obligated to act in an ethical and law abiding manner in our day-to-day activities within our community. It stands to reason that our financial reporting should fall within this expectation as well. So much of our lives and well-being is dictated by the business environment around us. It is where we work, where we invest
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Legality
Today the vast majority of authors get little or no income from copyright royalties. For instance, scientific, technical, and academic journals usually pay nothing to their authors, and most scientific, technical and academic books earn only a few hundred dollars in royalties. Newspaper writers work on salary, and so do magazine writers, or they are free lancers who are paid a flat rate, not a royalty. Only a tiny percentage of authors make any significant
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Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce
Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Introduction FastServe Inc. is a $25million company involved in the direct marketing of branded sports apparel. They once had two online websites, one for girls and one for boys. The websites didn’t do well and became and expense and subsequently that division had to be disbanded and the websites shutdown. Due to this shutdown, FastServe will now have to reduce its workforce by 10% in an effort to decrease
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Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation
Running head: LEGAL ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE SIMULATION Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation Scott University of Phoenix Introduction Fast Serve, Incorporated is a $25 million company whose main product is direct marketing of branded sports apparel. They have recently decided to end their online retail outlet. Because of this draw down, they must also reduce their workforce. For this simulation, they must decide to layoff 3 employees out of the 5 employees
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Legal Process Paper
Discrimination can be defined as the “treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit and / or unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice” (http://www.dictionary.com ). Employers have to be careful concerning the treatment of their employees not only in the hiring and termination process, but in day to day business as well. When an employee perceives he or she has been discriminated against by his
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Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues First, how ethical issues differ on a B2C site compared to a B2B site? B2C and B2B sites generally deal with different ethical issues. Consumer privacy is an important concern for B2C sites. For example keeping e-mail addresses secret and hiding from third parties to avoid unsolicited emails and spam is considered as an ethical responsibility for B2C sites. Cookies are small data items that contain information about us and
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The Effects of Marijuana on the Brain
The Effects of Marijuana on the Brain Chapter Two was very interesting, learning the brain functions, managing thought and the memory process. These chapters made me think about the effects drugs would have on your brain, especially Marijuana. Marijuana has been illegal for years because of the thought that it was a drug similar to cocaine, or heroin. Drugs such as cocaine and heroin affect the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter associated with extremely
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Should Prostitution Be Legalized Just like Any Other Businesses?
Prostitution or women trafficking (so called) is one of the oldest trades known to man and even at the present time, while it is illegal in most areas of the United States, it is still employing many women and is solicited by even more men. Prostitution should be decriminalized because we are paying too high a financial and social cost for the ineffective enforcement of laws against it. The money and the law enforcement personnel
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Should It Be Legal
Should it be Legal? In 1978 the state legislator of New Mexico made a law allowing physicians to prescribe marijuana to patients suffering from nausea caused by chemotherapy, much of this due to the efforts of a cancer patient by the name of Lynn Pierson. The Federal government modified the law to make it comply with IND regulations requiring a research program. The FDA also demanded many studies and required the doctors to fill out
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What Is Legal Scalping?
What is Legal Scalping? A true fan, be it of a particular musician, sports team, or theater performance, will wait endless hours in a box office line, on the Internet, or by their phone anticipating incredible seats to an event. However, when it’s their time to purchase tickets, the only available seats left are obstructed view or the “nosebleed” section. That seems impossible because the purchase maximum is six tickets at a forty thousand-seat
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Gay Marriage - Should Gay Marriages Be Legal?
Gay Marriage Should gay marriages be legal? Clearly we as a nation are undecided on this issue. 36 states have passed legislation banning gay marriages, yet the state of Vermont recently passed a law that allows homosexual couples the right to participate in civil unions. Some other states are also debating whether or not to allow these couples to marry. Unfortunately, the dispute has left the United States homosexual community in an awkward position. There
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Legal Process Paper
There are many laws the federal government has adopted to ensure that employees are protected against discrimination in the workplace. This paper will discuss some of those laws, as well as explain the civil litigation process. One of the most well-known is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) which prohibits discrimination against an individual in any aspect of employment due to their race, religion, sex, color, age or national origin.
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Legal Process Paper
Introduction Based on the proposed scenario, if John, the employee of the private sector organization wants to file a discrimination complaint, there are specific procedures, which need to be taken. This procedure has been designed to lead, instruct, and protect both the employee and the employer from unnecessary litigation or the lack thereof. Discrimination Complaint and Civil Litigation Processes from the EEOC to the U.S. Supreme Court In the Proposed scenario, John must begin the
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Ecommerce Legal Issues
In the past several years, more and more business has moved online. Companies are opening a new channel of business by selling their goods and services online to a wider market. Consumers are also looking toward the internet, and the percentages of online sales are growing each year. Consumers are buying everything from car insurance to clothes online, as well as booking travel, buying or searching for cars, and purchasing their music online through various
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Legalization of Prostitution
Legalization of Prostitution University of Phoenix [Name Removed] COMM 215 [Name Removed] September 22, 2006 Prostitution can be traced as far back as the 6th century B.C. during the great Roman and Greek empires. Although an overwhelming amount of people feel that prostitution should not be legalized, it is still here today and is one of the oldest professions. There are various reasons why society still rejects the idea of legalizing prostitution. In America, most
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Aborts Are Legal
Abortion is not easy decision, but women has made that choice for hundreds years, for many different reasons. Since 1973 abortions are legal in the United States, but we have some people who still are disagree with this position. They are talking about religion, that children are viewed as a gift from the Lord, about the health, and about the moral side of the issue. Should a fetus have rights equal or superior to woman’s?
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Alcohol Vs Marijuana
Alcohol vs Marijuana There is no culture in the history of mankind that did not ever use some kind (kinds) of drugs. Despite the well-known consequences of drug addiction, millions of people constantly consume different legal and illegal drugs. Affecting people's mind and changing their behavior, drugs become one of the most threatening factors of social risk, resulting in increasing rates of mortality, aggressive and criminal behavior, and dissolution of social ties. This paper is
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