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Portugal (Decriminalization of Drugs) In 2001, the small European country of Portugal decriminalized all drugs use. This allows any type of drug to be used by anyone that lives in Portugal. The government, in media reports, says that drug-related deaths, violent crimes, and HIV infections have dropped. Drug abusers in Portugal now receive intensive health treatment, rather than being charged as a criminal. “A person found in possession of personal-use amounts of any drug in Portugal is no…

Superiority Theme Development in Crime and Punishment Everyone has their own ideas about what makes one person better than another, despite the fact that in the end, we are all human and therefore we should probably learn to treat each other equally. In Crime and Punishment, the main character, Raskolnikov, has his own ideas about superiority. He believes that some men are so much better than others that it is a necessity for them to break laws, and consequently, become great men. "He…

Great deals of professional paleontologist are now becoming university professors found in the geology department. Being a paleontology professor is an exhilarating and fulfilling career but requires an extraordinary amount of time, effort and hard work. According to insidejobs.com twenty one percent of paleontology professors earn a masters degree at minimum, while seventy nine percent take the extra step and work towards a doctorate degree. It takes about five to seven long, studious years to…

Have you ever imagined your swimming pool filled with oil? The explosion happened back in 2010 but still impacting us today. The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore oil rig that initially was ignited and caught on fire, then soon after exploded. Approximately more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico, for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S history. Affecting millions of people and the atmosphere, the Deepwater Horizon explosion was the…

Willy Loman’s Strengths People each have their own strengths, but sometimes those same strengths are also their weaknesses. In Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, character Willy Loman had many strengths throughout the play that worked against him. The author uses Willy’s character to show that a person’s greatest strengths can also be their weaknesses that can undo everything that they hope to accomplish in life. Willy worked hard his entire life to become a success, but it was those…

Alternative music is an umbrella term that is used to describe music that is not played on mainstream radio, or consumed by mainstream audience. It does not fall into any other musical genre. There are dozens of different subgenres that branched off from alternative music. Alternative pop/rock is a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-1980’s and mid-1990’s. Since there are a variety of musical styles within alternative rock, all of them tie together and exist outside of the…

We have always been people who revered their country. It is our home, where freedom is of highest value. For 240 years the men of the United States of America have boasted their inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. Hundreds of thousands of people dreamt of their new lives in America, and even died trying to achieve the ultimate state of freedom. However, no amount of religious freedom or freedom of speech, or peaceful protests will provide a tranquil mind. The darkest secret of the…

diseases the animals may carry. Although humans need organs are the animals the way to go? If animals can actually be used for the future of organ transplants in humans,many lives would be saved for the people in need of the organ or organs. About 2 dozen Americans die each day in need of a transplant. (Fikes) In 2014 there was 317 million people living in United States of America…

Garrison was quoted in the movie, JFK saying “Again and again they ignore credible testimony, leads are never followed up, its conclusions are selective, there's no index, it's one of the sloppiest, most disorganized investigations I’ve ever seen. Dozens and dozens of witnesses in Dealey Plaza that day are saying they heard shots coming from the Grassy Knoll area in front of Kennedy and not the Book…

what is known as the Five Points. During Amsterdam's "resurrection", he performs ruthless acts such as killing Bill's men, in order to prove his point, that he seeks revenge for his father's death. Bill states that he would be willing to sacrifice a dozen of his men, so that he may remain in power. The land of the Five Points was presumed to be valuable, and worthy of control. "Five Points" presents what the land itself was made up of during that period in New York City. The Five Points, was a…