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and looking towards specific parts of the constitution, the federal government should delegate marijuana within the United States. The first big point that is used to support the federal side is the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. This was passed by the 91st Congress in 1970 in order to help further research of drugs and help reduce drug abuse throughout the Unites States. This specific act has drugs ranked in “schedules” that in a sense determine how illegal and bad a substance is for the…

The disco era, which spanned from the late 1970s through the early 1980s, was defined by heavy drug use, in particular cocaine. The “hair bands” of the 1980s, such as Van Halen and Guns N’ Roses, became notorious for their execissive aclochol and drug abuse. Many of the 1990s’ most promising musicians’ lives were cut short by drug induced deaths. Although the most famous musician death of the decade was the suicide of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobaine, it has been widely reported that he was using…

The 1970’s brought with it ‘tough-on-crime’ policies, which created a shift in the judicial system from the previous model of predominantly crime control to a punitive model that increased incarceration rates and sentences. This new model and policies created an overall overcrowding in the local jails, state and federal prison system, costing states and local government millions of dollars. This journal specifically looks at incarceration systems in the state of Texas and the costs associated…

Drugged Society Flashback to 1970. Imagine flared pants, silky tops, and afros accompanied with the faint smoke of marijuana. Fast forward to 2015: short skirts, high heels, and frat boys smoking a joint. The popular opinion of drugs today has been that they have progressively gotten worse, when in reality there has not been a considerable change at all. The amount of drug use and abuse has fluctuated between the 1960s and current years, yet stayed consistent as they have always been a part of…

integration of music in society has had significant importance in our culture in various ways. First, the political hostility from the younger generation in the 1960’s summed up by The Who song “My Generation”. Second, the concern for the environment in the 1970’s as song “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell. Third, the misunderstood anti-military song Bruce “Born in the…

Change is constantly happening all around us from technological advances to social changes like what a society deems as normal. In the last 60 years our country has been through a lot in a relatively a short period of time from ensuring all races have the same civil rights as everyone else to putting a man on the moon. I believe this country can do just about anything given enough time including changing a once concrete idea like what a family is. In the 1950s the ideal family was an extremely…

During the 1960’s, society lived in a fake utopia that made them feel that war never happened and all the bad things never really happen around them. As the 1970’s hit and the youthful rebellion came to an end, reality started to see more of the horrific and terrible occurrences around the world because of technology and the younger society's want for the truth to be set free. As the dark, morbid side of society was revealed to the world, there also appeared more dominance/ abusive relationships…

Numerous factors present a crystal-clear explanation as to why the population of Haiti declined during the 1970’s and now continues to plummet since the 1980’s after a brief rise. As shown in the data from the Los Angeles Times article Haiti's troubled succession of leaders: 'They don't really want to work for the Haitian people', Haiti has gone through periods of rule under two presidents that have done all but encourage an increase in the population. For example, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier…

During the 1970’s many things were going on, the Vietnam war had just ended in a loss, Nixon was being impeached for rigging his election, and in general government trust had been at an all-time low and society was searching for peace and love in a nation that was looked at being hopeless. Many options were available, some of the options were not the best but it all had to do with the hunger for peace. For the first time in history, in the 1970’s people believed that “the next 5 years would be…

The changing of sports clothing from the 1970s to today Sports clothing has changed considerably from when sports first came out in the late 60s to the early 70s. Sports clothing from the 1960s to today is incredibly different from the material used, the price and the style. Today's athletic wear focuses more on the sport than the fashion in today's world. It was the opposite less than a century ago. Tennis was a sport created as a game for monks to play. Men would wear full-length pants, ties,…