Decriminalization

Legalization of Marijuana (Rough Draft) For the past decade one of the biggest debates that has seemed to get everyone taking sides it the idea of the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is not something new to the American government, it has been an ongoing battle to control the seemingly harmless plant that the government deemed illegal with no justification other than we still do not know enough about the plant. It is only due to recent theories of marijuana ability to be used as a useful…

Assisted suicide: suicide committed by someone with assistance from another person, many think it’s unethical but fail to consider the circumstances of the people that request it (“A Right” 2015). It is now legal in several countries and a few U.S. states including: Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, California, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont (Kafer 2016). Although it’s legal in some places, there are many requirements and steps to applying for assisted…

Imagine a family member, a close friend, or even yourself diagnosed with a terminally ill condition. Stuck to a hospital bed knowing you will eventually wither away and die. What would you do? Would you live day to day with the pain and strain on family members, or ask to be put out of your misery? This is the question on many people 's minds throughout the world. There is a solution to this predicament, assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is defined as “helping a person to end his or her life…

Legalizing Marijuana should be Forbidden Marijuana has been around for many years that has created a disastrously bad habit. Although there are many kinds of drugs, marijuana is the most sought after by all ages. Legalizing marijuana should be forbidden for the sake of its effects on the brain and body, with so many different effects it creates very little that can be avoided. Most users have reported an increase in appetite, heightened sensory awareness, and various hallucinogenic pleasures…

Over the last few decades, marijuana has been a controversial issue debated between many states, countries, and people. The prohibition of marijuana has lead to many negative effects such as higher crime rates and the imprisonment of more people. Although many people think marijuana is bad for the society, there are good effects that comes from this prohibited drug. Studies have been made to determine the impact of marijuana to the society. The legalization of marijuana can lead to a lower…

Practical Applications: 1. Do not expose yourself to pornography – No matter what other people say, pornography is still prostitution. Even if some people justify it as having ‘professional contracts’ or consent from the actors, it is still a form of exploitation. Do not support any kind of pornography, in any medium. Pornography has only one goal – to stir sexual craving from its audience. If you want to master your senses and improve your ability to restrain yourself, then avoiding pornography…

Prostitution is the act of sexual relations for money. I support the act of prostitution as an occupation. While many people are against this “occupation” it would actually benefit the world so much if we legalized and supported it. Prostitution should be decriminalized because it will reduce crime, it will help us live healthier, and it will benefit the world. Many people don’t really look at prostitution as being a job. Their first thought is, “illegal”, “whore”, “is he/she being forced?”,…

Being as though Marijuana is a very problematic drug in society today, many feel that it should be fully excluded from the criminal justice systems. It should as well be treated in the same manner as alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco or any other legal drug. Knowing that these are life threatening substances; it is relevant to ask why marijuana isn’t legal. It’s commonly failed to understand why most drugs are legal in today’s time even though they have similar, or even worse effects on the body than…

Euthanasia is one of the biggest and endless controversies of legal ethics, health care and religion of this decade, since the society is still intolerant about these issues regardless of the advantages that this act may bring. Yet, according to Lewis and Black (2013), “[c]ountries like Netherland, Belgium and Switzerland practice euthanasia but strictly follows a criterion that applies to an individual’s request for assisted dying” (p. 865). Legalization of euthanasia does not mean that it…

To Sell or Not to Sell In “Thinking the Unthinkable: Organ Sales,” published in The Boston Globe on July 19, 2003 by Richard A. Epstein, he discusses a major problem in the health and wellbeing of people in the United States, the shortage of organs. He also brings up a solid reasoning to legalize the sales of organs to help get people off the waiting list and living health lives. He points out that we praise people that donate them, but if the party was to receive compensation people would be…