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should be legal in the U.S. Stephen Elliott For over 80 years marijuana has been portrayed as a dangerous drug which in turn has cost the United States around $7 Billion annually. Marijuana Timeline (n.d.). Although marijuana is categorized as a schedule I drug grouped with drugs such as heroin, LSD, ecstasy, methaqualone, and peyote it still has many practical uses in today’s society. DEA / Drug Scheduling. (n.d.). If the federal government of the United States legalized…

How Do We Define Who Is “American”? How to define an American? What a hard question to be answered among all immigrants who live in America. Most people could not distinguish between the people who are living in America from those who are actually Americans. In the last two decades, many people have moved to America seeking a better life. They came from all over the world with different social class and backgrounds to live in this geographical location; therefore, America is considered as a…

events like these have had considerable effects. In September of 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the world trade center and pentagon. This caused panic and fearfulness among U.S. citizens, but that soon changed to unity within the country. Since the attack, both the United States and the rest of the world has felt its impact. Although the attacks of September 11th, 2001 initially…

fundings if the state didn’t make their legal drinking age 21. South Dakota said violates the constitutional limitations on congressional exercise of the spending power and violates the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution Skelton, Chris. "South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203 (1987)." Justia Law. Accessed November 13, 2017. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/483/203/case.html. Questions: Respondents (Dole) -Main Arguments: Congress desired to have all states have…

drone strike may violate the local state’s sovereignty, [however,] it does so to a lesser degree than putting U.S. boots on the ground or conducting a largescale air campaign. • B3- “Killing civilians, delegitimizing allies, or establishing the wrong precedent,” are all possibilities when using drones. • B3- Drones create “an unacceptably high level of civilian casualties.” • B3- The U.S. can hide behind launching “signature strikes” to kill suspicious groups instead of following a system of…

growing age of technology, it is becoming easier and easier for minors to fall victim to criminals attempting to exploit their vulnerability. The use of the internet has become a go to resource for child predators across the nation. In United States Federal Courts, the argument has been presented that the sentences in relation to §2G2.2 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual which outlines the trafficking in material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor (Federal Sentencing…

I’m writing a paper on contributions to westward expansions and to choose a state. The state I choose is New York. In New York they are different people. By different I mean like African Americans of the great migration, Dutch settlers, Irish immigrant, Labor unions, and Native Americans. When did New York first become significant in the United States’ history? New York was always important even before there was a U.S. The Dutch settled in the 1944 on the Hudson River. Then 2 years later they…

During the late 1880’s to the early 1900’s, the United States began to look overseas to expand their territorial control through imperialism in order to gain economic growth, military strength, political power, and social expansion. Imperialism is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories and was occurring as a major global trend around this time. There were a multitude of politicians, industrialists, historians, and even…

Many people move to the United States from other countries to live a better life and experience different things. Marites Pakib was born and raised in Cebu, Philippines. She was the youngest of 8 and they really were not wealthy, but her parents made enough to get by. When she was in school there, her and her family did not get government assistance. In the U.S, families who do not make as much money get government assistance as far as food stamps and disability checks. “The government may have…

Allegiance was published. The Pledge was written to honor the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. In 1924 the Pledge was recognized by the U.S. Government. Seventy-four years later in 1998, Dr. Michael Newdow filed a suit against the school board of Broward County in order to get the phrase "under God" removed from the pledge. In the United States of America the pledge is an important tradition--which should never be changed, banned or seen as propaganda. In addition, The Pledge of…