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What you eat matters. Many foods and beverages cause plaque, which damages your teeth. Plaque is a sticky film full of bacteria that contributes to gum disease and causes tooth damage. After eating or drinking food, the sugars consumed cause the bacteria-filled plaque to release acids that attack your tooth enamel. As the acids break down your tooth enamel, cavities develop. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cavities are the most common, chronic disease faced by…

Within the past year, eleven million Americans abused an opioid pain reliever and two million became dependent on them. Opioids are one of the most accessible drugs because of how often they are prescribed and are often seen as a gateway to other drugs. Seeing that most opioid abusers are aged twenty-five to forty, it is safe to say that many have children or will have children. As with any type of drug, opioid use has a significant effect on the daily life of the user, which in turn, affects…

For numerous years the war on marijuana has been on the foreground of every presidential campaign, every congressmen and every laymen has weighed in on the prohibition of marijuana in the United States: it needs to be legalized for medical and recreational use; it should only be attainable to legal adults, just like alcohol and cigarettes; marijuana should never be legalized, at the very least there is more harm than good that would befall society due to the legalization of marijuana. Every…

There is no clear decision as to when an unborn child has its own rights. Some Mothers do not find out they are pregnant until the fourth or fifth week of pregnancy. Then, there is the matter of letting the Father know, but what if there is no “father”? That is where there are issues whether to abort or not. The Mother has to decide if she is physically and financially stable to raise a child. If it is a teen pregnancy, there is the matter of school, working, money, but most importantly,…

Throughout history, the cannabis plant has been used medically, recreationally, and spiritually around the world. In recent years there have been many changes surrounding the laws on marijuana within the United States and due to recent recreational legalization of marijuana in two states, support for cannabis legalization is increasing in the U.S(CITE). The controversial debate on the advantages and disadvantages of such legislation continues. To begin examining the ongoing controversy of…

some point in their lives. Wrong! The more access drug users get to abuse drugs is greater the chance they will become obsessed with these illegal substances. In other words, the more they get, is the more they want. Crack-Cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine are all man-made addictive hardcore drugs that ruining peoples’ lives daily.…

As young children, we are asked the cliché “What do you want to be when you grow up” question. Due to high expectations, it is always answered with lawyers, doctors, surgeons, chefs etc. In our minds, at that age, we believe that it is quite simple to obtain or become a member of that profession. In order to become what we envision, we must graduate from high school and receive a certified high school diploma. Lately, the United States are dealing with teenagers dropping out of high school only…

I. [Attention Getter] Did you know that 40% of Americans have already admitted to using marijuana? (huffingtonpost.com) II. [Establish Controversy/Justify Topic] Today I will present an argument about legalizing marijuana. This topic always seems to be in the news with its ever changing positions and policies. “According to national polls, a majority of Americans support making marijuana legal for adults’ use.” (mpp.org) Nine states have fully legalized marijuana for individuals 21 and over,…

community. During his senior year of high school, however, he began smoking marijuana and drinking with his buddies. His grades fell, and he stopped talking about college. His parents assumed it was a phase he was going through. Soon he began taking methamphetamine; it made him feel “enlightened.” After high school, John got a job at a poultry processing plant. He drank and took drugs on weekends but was fired for calling…

Nicole Barak PHI 115 003 John Garcia August 26th, 2017 A recent episode of Radiolab, titled “Null And Void,” discussed the issue on jury nullification. As the podcast progresses, it explained that jury nullification is when a defendant is in clear guilt of breaking the law, but the jury feels the defendant is not guilty and the law is unjust. Throughout the episode, a variety of emotions were displayed on whether jury nullification is beneficial or dangerous to our court system. Some may defend…