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Known for its booming automotive industry during the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit, Michigan was a city in forefront of most people’s minds when you talked about Michigan or the Midwest, due to the triple-threat of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Living and working in Detroit for one of these big automotive companies was that generation’s “American Dream.” However, from 1973 to 1974, there was a gasoline crisis that caused General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler to take a financial hit which also…

The United States is 5% of the worlds population but is responsible for housing 25% of the world’s prisoners, which is more than any country. This statistic equates to approximately 2.4 million individuals that are incarcerated at any given time. If the jail population was a city, it would be the fourth largest in America. The financial responsibility to house inmates falls upon the taxpayers in America. In some counties around the United States, prisoners have to pay a daily rate to offset…

been approved in eight states for recreational use, and eighteen other states for medical uses. Therefore, there are forty-two states that have not approved the drug for recreational use, and also have criminal laws against the drug. One of these states happens to be the state of Ohio. Although the state approved uses of the drug when it comes to medical issues, Ohio continues to reject any attempts to legalize it for recreational use. Since it is legalized in other states, changes have been…

We are fighting for change. Just in 2018, as of February 26, there have been 18 school shootings. 21 have died, 40 have been injured. After the most recent one, the Parkland shooting, our generation has risen up to fight for gun control, gun restrictions, or support for the mentally ill. Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez said at an anti-gun rally, “We are going to change the law.” Ultimately, what Gonzalez is saying is that we are tired of waiting around for adults to protect us, and when…

One of the biggest debates in the United States and even in the world is the legalization of marijuana (Miron). Both medicinal and recreational marijuana has been illegal since 1919 after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (Miron). After they signed this treaty the UN and other countries put a ban on all drugs on a global scale (Miron). Since then countries have been debating whether or not to override those rules (Miron). Jose Mujica the president of Uruguay a country near the UN, fully…

be legalized or not, most of the adults likely to say, marijuana should be legalized; however, there are some people who still think that legalizing marijuana will create more problem for the state and for them. To pass the laws there has been some antagonism arguments and changes so effectually where the state have to take the most of their work to build the political debate on marijuana legalization. In October 2012, there were number of people from 64 campaign where they all decided to have a…

no reason to put restrictions on them. In Alan Greenblatt’s article “What is the Age of Responsibility”, he explains that you can be 18 to fight in a war and fight for your country, but cannot join the police force and protect your city. Greenblatt states “a 20 year old marine...would have to turn 21 bef0ore he could join a local police force” (p.3).…

Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States.(Insert source). In general people believe that marijuana is less damaging than other drugs. Recently, there has been a push to legalize cannabis for both medicinal and recreational purposes. In order to be informed should this issue come to a vote, citizens should be aware of the effects marijuana can have on the brain. This paper will review empirical studies examining these effects; specifically concerning memory, decision…

What might you suggest was the primary reason(s) why HJ failed? I personally believe the company failed due to Howard Johnson underwent a series of changes, such as buyouts, and downsizing, and many of their restaurants and hotels were split into separate franchises. Was it time for HJ to “adjourn”? All of Howard Johnson really did not adjourn due to, the Wyndham Hotel Group still has rights to the Howard Johnson name that’s still emblazoned on more than 400 Howard Johnson hotels. Therefore,…

6 billion on taxes. You may be saying well it's still not worth it. According to msnbc.com after Colorado legalized marijuana it has had zero negative effects and has even brought 135 million dollars into their state government. Don't you want that everywhere? Eight of our country’s States and our country's Capital have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, none of them have had any bad effects after legalizing it.…