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much profit from cannabis farming after paying taxes and relators. With reference to crime, drug possession crimes will go down, but cartels and mafia will remain to thrive from other means. According to Robert Almonte who spent 25 years with the El Paso Police Department states no law is “gonna take ‘em out of the criminal activity business” (“What If”). Instead, Almonte inferred cartels will begin competing with government regulations like making their marijuana more potent or less…

In the media, when portraying domestic violence, men are often portrayed as the the aggressors toward women. In fact, women also commit acts of domestic violence themselves, but women receive less jail time. Studies show that there are greater sentences for domestic violence committed by a man and lesser sentences for domestic violence committed by a woman. It is important to understand that men are just as equal as women. Indeed, society is biased when it comes to females being the only victims…

situations. Members of Al-Anon learn that they are not alone and that they have choices which can lead to peace in their lives whether the alcoholic continues to drink or not. I attended a meeting held at the University Presbyterian Church in El Paso, Texas. I immediately felt at home…

Texas is one of America’s greatest states and it also has a vivid background, as an interesting history behind it. Texas has a completely different background from California, which includes its geography, population, economy structure, attractions and history. Texas is also known as The Lone Star State, which its flag has star on the side, and the colors are red, white and blue. Texas’s flag shares somewhat a similar design with Latin American countries such as Chile, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.…

John Wesley Hardin Birth, the passageway into this cruel and unforgiving world, in John Wesley Hardin’s case. John Wesley Hardin was born in 1853 near Bonham, Texas. His parents were named James Hardin and Elizabeth Dixson. His name came from John Wesley, the founder of methodist denomination of Christianity. John was sadly only the second surviving son out of ten others. He was one of the lucky ones, but his luck would soon turn. John went to school like any other kid. John’s father,…

The Road is a book about a Man and a Boy traveling south years after a worldwide event ending in the death of many people. They are challenged by many hardships including cannibals and starvation. McCarthy’s inspiration for The Road was a trip to El Paso, Texas with his son in 2003. He imagined a world 100 years in the future. McCarthy has won many awards for The Road, including the Pulitzer Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Cormac McCarthy uses many unique and heroic characteristics to…

In his book Midnight in Mexico, Alfredo Corchado chronicles a major death threat he has had pinned against him as a reporter in Mexico documenting the truth about cartel violence. Throughout the book, Corchado addresses how the citizens of Mexico react to him as an American reporter, their knowledge of the cartel violence, and what their hopes for the future of Mexico are. Though the account of his events is largely negative, mainly due to the possibility of a looming death threat, Corchado…

Immigration Immigration in the U.S. not only benefits immigrants but native-born americans too. It brings better safety to the citizens, new knowledge and technology, and more innovators and entrepreneurs. According to an article in American Progress, “As immigrants and their descendants integrate into American society, many aspects of their lives improve.” On the issue of immigrants bringing new safety to the citizens in the towns and communities they live in the issue of crime isn’t as big as…

Drugs and Crime in Mexico Drugs and crime in Mexico has been risen very quickly. Mexico has become the focus of a great attention due to the concern of violence related to drug trafficking. Since the mexican president Felipe Calderon declared “war” on drug traffickers, an estimated of 22,000 people have died in drug-related violence. In the early twenty-first century, the mexican government attempt to stop the activity of drug cartels, but the result has been an uncontrolled violence. The…

Each year, approximately 67.8 per 1,000 girls aged fifteen to nineteen become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, the majority -82 percent- are unintended (Planned Parenthood). Numbers such as these have lead to a the popular debate of whether or not birth-control pills should be available to teenage girls without a prescription. Many take the side that it should not be sold without a prescription due to potential risks that would be unknown to patients without an examination from a doctor. However,…