Drug control law

Abortion and teen pregnancy rates go hand in hand. This is a topic that many try to avoid discussing, due to the broad range of strong opinions that many people have on taking away an unborn life. This being said, if you unexpectedly got pregnant, would or could you ever think of abortion as being a solution? The United States Supreme Court's decision on making abortion a constitutional right has made an enormous impact on these rates. Teen pregnancy has been a controversial topic for…

organized the National Organization for Women headed by Betty Friedan (4, NOW, “Statement of Purpose”). The NOW accrued over five thousand members by 1973. These members worked closely on court cases, advocating for pro-equality laws including abortion, and birth control rights. Because the Women’s Movement was so powerful, by the mid-1960’s, two-thirds of jobs were going to women (5, Tavaana, “Breaking Down Barriers of Women”). This meant women were…

legalized recreational marijuana and many other states have legalized medical marijuana and decriminalized possession of marijuana, despite cannabis being considered a Schedule I drug at the federal level. Some argue against its use and consider it dangerous, although this seems hypocritical as other more harmful drugs with little use and few health benefits, such as tobacco and alcohol, are legal. Several studies show numerous benefits and few disadvantages of legalizing cannabis,…

class back in the 1960s was not opposed to the ideal fact of poor black women substancing a birth control pill to stop them from having children. The argument for this time was the middle class wanted them not to take the pill, The counter argument that African American women at the time questioned by the authorities were that they were afraid if the whites made them take birth control pills than they control how many kids they are having. One article reads “ Under slavery, African American…

which was passed by Congress in 1873, but there were people who did not support it (Comstock Act | United States [1873]). One of the activist against this law and who firmly believed women should have the right to decide if she wanted and when she wanted to conceive was Margaret Sanger. Sanger was passionate about women have accesses to birth control and she dedicated her life to making it…

school or on public school property a family planning drug or device”, explaining that “family planning” means the “use of a range of methods of fertility regulation to help individuals or couples avoid unplanned pregnancies.” Although teenage pregnancy rates have decreased due to improved contraceptive usage, Santelli at el. (2007) found that the United States still has high rates of teen pregnancy compared to other developed countries. This law creates a public health issue because…

came forward and alleged that several of his employees used illicit drugs and narcotics found in his clinic, and that his clinic remained in unhygienic conditions with surgical instruments often having blood stains on them. In 2011 and 2012, his clinic was investigated for dumping biohazardous waste, which included patient records, information about birth-control prescriptions, bloody refuse, partially-full bottles of IV drugs which are classified as controlled substances. The violation of…

evaluating pros and cons, considering benefits and drawbacks, and taking into account varying scenarios. On the government scale, reaching conclusions comes with much more complexity as varying politics, ethics, perspectives, arguments, social beliefs, laws, rights, and people of all different backgrounds are thrown into the mix. Controversy is common as a result of all of the different angles to be considered. One controversy in particular that has received much attention is on the issue of…

A sixteen-year-old girl has sex for the first time with her boyfriend. She is on birth control pills and her boyfriend is using a condom because they do not want her to become pregnant. If the condom breaks they can only rely on her birth control pills since the morning after pill is only offered to those above the age of seventeen. There has been quite a bit of controversy, over the age restrictions for emergency contraception. Some will argue that a seventeen-year-old girl is still a child…

It often involves drugs, rape, domestic violence and prostitution. These type of crimes typically involve a compliant person who agrees to be smuggled, but is instead taken into forced labor or prostitution. From here they are drugged, stripped of their former identity and…