Decriminalization

Prostitution is one of the world's oldest profession. When one engages in the practice or occupation of sexual activity with another person for the exchange of a payment. While watching most tv shows or movies we see prostitution as this luxurious profession where business occurs in upscale hotels and bars involving high payments. For others in this business, that's not always the case. Some women who want to get out of this business will try and run away but then they are hunted down and…

1. Identify three (3) new things you have learned that may/will impact your future behaviors, attitudes or beliefs, pertaining to the Protection of Human Rights. a. Humane trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world and is still growing. Since, I identify as a woman and most of sex trafficking is targeted towards women I feel that it is my duty to be raising awareness and maybe look out for those who are or can be potentially targeted. b. The reason why human trafficking is…

Recreational Marijuana Legalization is Our Ruination Marijuana: an illicit drug that has seen a spike in favor of its legalization for both recreational and medical usage in recent years. Significant enough that 8 states and even our capital, Washington, D.C., have made it possible to obtain this substance through legal means and that number will rise (“Marijuana Laws 2016 Map”). If nothing is done about this growing problem, legalization is inevitable. Marijuana is known as a gateway drug: a…

Freedom is a subject that never ends. For many years, limitations have been given to many people due to health risks or public safety. Although people believe that restrictions in our freedom is necessary, other believe that we are damaging our freedom. As any person, you want the best for anyone. You want to find the greatest aspect for their lives, however, when someone interferes with their path to success or enjoyment, these people's freedom are being abused. As for the other side, they…

In the United States, there is the lingering question if prostitution should be legalized. It has been considered the world’s oldest profession dating back to as long as there are records. Evidence can be found showing people selling sex in exchange for something to gain. By legalizing prostitution, many problems could potentially be solved that have come from its prohibition. People should be legalizing prostitution because it would then protect both parties, result in less violent crimes, and…

drug use needs to be implemented in order to stop focusing all the attention on getting convictions, and more focus on preventing addiction in the first place so that it will not result to mass incarceration in the first place. Proponents of decriminalization believe it would be more productive to treat people with addictions rather than handcuffing them. “Over 1.6 million people are arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated, and placed under criminal justice supervision and/or deported each year…

One of the most controversial topics in Canada and the oldest profession for that matter is Prostitution. Prostitution is the practice or occupation of engaging in a sexual activity with someone for money or other valuable things. Although there are many different forms of prostitution, the two main categories are indoor and street prostitution. An indoor prostitution includes, conducting sexual activity at the client’s house, hotel room, or any other indoor places. Where the other form of…

cost the United States more than just the $2.5 trillion dollars estimated for the War on Drugs (Andrade & Mellen 2011). However, nowadays drugs are being associated with health and medicine. Now, strong advocacy for harm reduction, as well as decriminalization from people like the Global Commission on Drug Policy, are starting to put pressure on the American policy makers. Prohibition didn’t work, yet nearly forty years later Nixon starts a war in response to heroine that has continuously failed…

their country. We all want to know what led Portugal to start the decriminalization of drugs, according to the article Portugal’s Experiment “ it all started during the mid-twentieth century, when Portugal experienced fifty years of military dictatorship, and when leftist democratic was reestablished in 1974”. Portugal is and still is the only European Union state explicitly to decriminalize drug usage. Portugal’s decriminalization came about when their country was in a crisis. It is stated…

criminal prohibition of marijuana than by the use of marijuana itself, and finally, because it has been shown decriminalization does not lead to greater marijuana use. The state of Minnesota should decriminalize marijuana because it would let police resources focus on dealing with more serious crimes. Police arrest more…