Douglas Husak begins his argument with shocking facts about moral and legal issues concerning illicit drugs. He states approximately 80 to 90 million people have used illicit drugs at some point in their lives; there are 400,000 drug offenders in jail. Out of those 400,000 people 130,000 are in jail for the possession of drugs alone. Husak believes it is a reasonable idea not to punish drug users at all. The foundation of his argument is centered on the idea that drug use should be decriminalized.…
Burritos and nachos, or chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. Either way you eat it’s all good for your taste buds and terrible for your cholesterol. Taco Bell is one of the most popular food chains in the United States. Nevertheless Chick fila is many people’s favorite place to go for a nice all around experience. The quesadillas, nachos bell Grande, and savory burritos of Taco Bell are, in many cases, a younger person’s choice in quick solid food while on the run.…
1919 was a big year for America. It was the year we ratified Prohibition because, it rode the Progressive Movement. Most Americans thought the alcohol was behind America's most serious problems, such as corruption, child abuse, crime, unemployment, and worker safety. But, their was a very serious problem with Prohibition. No one liked it, including enforecement and even the government.…
It is not the government’s job to tell us what we are allowed to put in our bodies. A lot of controversy has come up with the Soda Ban Bill. The bill wants to limit the amount of soft drinks sold over 16 ounces. Ultimately, it is an individual’s choice on what they put in their body, and it is arbitrary for the government to try and regulate how much soda people consume. The government is trying to treat us like children who cannot make their own drink choices and it is unwarranted.…
Taco Bell is one of the most famous mexican restaurant chains to ever exist. Though few know of Glen William Bell Jr., he definitely still deserves a mention in history. His restaurant chain, legacy, and mexican delicacy will live on forever. Taco Bell is one of the most beloved mexican eateries in American history. Honestly who hasn’t had Taco Bell, have you?…
Going hand in hand with the mass incarceration of African-Americans is current their disenfranchisement. According to Michelle Alexander, this new Jim Crow has “disenfranchised [more] today than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the rights to vote on the basis of race” (Alexander, 2011, p. 180). All but three states have some type of law prohibiting prisoners or even individuals who served their full sentences from voting in elections (Chung, 2015) so with African Americans being the largest group imprisoned, it also makes them the largest group that is disenfranchised.…
The offenses that followed made Prohibition a true failure. The negligences that occurred was due to the Volstead Act, written by Andrew J. Volstead (“Prohibition: A Case Study”). He was ordered to provide the government with the means of enforcing Prohibition, but there was too many loopholes in the Act. Loopholes for bootleggers to get through included that alcohol used for medicine, sacramental, and industrial uses were still legal. Furthermore, fruit and grape beverages made at home were legal too.…
The criminalization of the Latino population had started early on in American history and to this day, criminalization of Latinos has not waned, but has grown exponentially. In order to describe and analyze social practices that induce criminalization, looking at historical situations, while comparing them to modern day situations and theory, one can see the exponential criminalization of Latinos, exhibited by a multitude of authors, researchers, and personal experiences. In order to correctly analyze the impacts, while at the same time drawing parallels to modern day criminalization of Latino youth, reviewing historical fact is very important. Starting off a very early form of criminalization; the Vagrancy Act of 1855, more commonly known…
Marijuana still has yet to be legalized within all 50 states. There are numerous reasons why it should be legalized but the main one would be the medical benefits. A drug that is similar to it with its medical benefits is called Peyote. Peyote is a substance in the plant, mescaline, produces a wide range of hallucinations.…
When first asked in 1969, 12% of the United States population agreed to the legalization of marihuana ever since then, the support for marihuana has grown rapidly. A 2013 Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans are now in support of legalization of marihuana. Since the discovery of marihuana, no one has ever been recorded dead because of overdose or recreational consumption of marihuana. I believe legalizing marihuana in United States will impact positively on each sector of the nation because of its health benefits, cost benefits, and similarly, a lot of successful people have based their success on their consumption of marihuana. It is also believed that marihuana can help build a safe society.…
Supporters of legalizing immigration claim, “If we are serious about modernizing the system so that it serves our nations interest and reflects our values, enforcement needs to be coupled with a path to citizenship and legal immigration reform” (Berman 8). Immigration is a way for people to relocate from one country to the next, looking for a better lifestyle to live because those people can be free in so many ways. Immigrants may not like how their country is being handled, but if America were to do more than provide military care for other countries, it would help their economy and resources as well. However, with the already growing population of Americans, it would create a big dilemma to bring billions of more immigrants into our country.…
Drugs have become one of the biggest problems in America today. Drug use has rapidly increased and we are seeing more and more deaths related to drugs, whether it being over dosing or killing while under the influence. Personally I think decriminalizing narcotics, so that they can be better monitored, will help the death rate do to drugs. The health and safety of the people is what is most important to America, and by decriminalizing narcotics we can lower HIV rates, help people who actually need drugs get them, users will know the correct amount of a drug to use, crime will be lowered, and less people will be in jail.…
The confident stricken Wheeler was even fine with killing if it fit his agenda. He went to the extreme as to get the Prohibition Bureau to poison the alcohol that was being used for fuels or medicine with quinine, methyl alcohol, and other toxic chemicals. Most people were unaware of this and died from the consumption of the government-poisoned alcohol. Wheeler had no problem with these deaths. He was on record saying, “The person who drinks this industrial alcohol…is a deliberate suicide.”…
Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the possession and production of cannabis, which is also known as marijuana, weed, or pot, is a criminal offense in Canada. For the possession of cannabis, the severity of the offense depends on the quantity. The penalty is a maximum of five years imprisonment for possessing more than thirty grams of cannabis. According to The Economist, legalization is defined as repealing all penalties from the possession as well as the production and sale of cannabis.…
The United States has certain cities called sanctuary cities that does not fully follow the federal laws of immigration. Mayors of these cities are doing so in order to reduce the fear of deportation and the possibility of the separation of families who are in in the country illegally. In many cases this is done so that these people will take part in society in ways such as reporting crimes, using social and health services, and to make sure they will enroll their children in the public school system. In these cities the policy for the police and city employees not to question their legality of their immigration and to disregard national expectations to detain immigrants if the local authorities are aware of them. These practices however,…