The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is a very
controversial and important issue. Drugs affect so many areas of
society. "The U.S. population has an extremely high rate of alcohol
and drug abuse" (Grolier). Several groups have formed and spoken out
regarding their position. "Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization
is the first step in helping to deliver the credible, consistent
message about the risks and costs of the legalization of drugs to
people in terms that make sense to them. The anti-legalization message
is effective when communicated by representatives of the Federal
Government, but takes on even more credibility when it comes from
those in the community who can put the legalization debate in local
perspective" (Internet).
After learning about the issues regarding both sides of the
argument, I would choose to support those who oppose legalization
of any drugs. Drugs simply create problems which effect society in
several ways. The government has made several efforts to control drugs
and their users, however, to most the problem appears too out of hand.
"Others see potential profit in legalizing drugs and still others
simply believe that individual rights to take drugs should be
protected. The group also acknowledged that the legalization concept
appeals to people who are looking for simple solutions to the
devastating problem of drug abuse" (Internet). Society’s answer to
the problem is to trick the drug user by giving him what he wants.
People believe that making drugs legal will take away the temptation
to use them. This idea is wrong and far from logical. If drugs are
legalized then they will be more accessible to the young, addicted,
and ignorant.
"As a result the ready availability of addicting drugs, and as
a result of their heavy use for medical problems, many individuals
became addicted to the narcotics contained in these potent medicines.
In fact, in 1900, there were more narcotics addicts, proportionate to
the population, than there are today. At that time, most of the users
who became addicts were medical addicts. Very few abusers took drugs
for "recreational" purposes. In 1914, in an effort to curb the
indiscriminate use of narcotics, the federal government passed the
Harrison Act, making it illegal to obtain a narcotic drug without a
prescription. During the 1920’s the Supreme Court ruled that
maintaining addicts on narcotic drugs, even by prescription, was in
violation of the Harrison Act.
Being confined in a concentration camp was beyond unpleasant. Mortality encumbered the prisons effortlessly. Every day was a struggle for food, survival, and sanity. Fear of being led into the gas chambers or lined up for shooting was a constant. Hard labor and inadequate amounts of rest and nutrition took a toll on prisoners. They also endured beatings from members of the SS, or they were forced to watch the killings of others. “I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time” (Night Quotes). Small, infrequent, rations of a broth like soup left bodies to perish which in return left no energy for labor. If one wasn’t killed by starvation or exhaustion they were murdered by fellow detainees. It was a survival of the fittest between the Jews. Death seemed to be inevitable, for there were emaciated corpses lying around and the smell...
There is a reason that it is the second largest and continues to grow. There are many things we can take from what Costco has done. Craig Jelinek said “treat the consumers with respect and treat employees with respect, good things are going to happen to you.” He treats his consumers with respect and they keep coming back to buy more good at the lower prices that Costco has. All of the benefits that he is giving his employees between their wages and healthcare, this in return puts money back in the economy and makes for a healthy country. Another thing to learn from this is creating a happy work environment. By treating its employees well Costco believes that it is creating a happy work environment in which they believe will result in a more profitable company. Also what you can learn from Costco is they are marking things up by fourteen percent or less. This is attracting customer to their goods, and as stated in the article by David Schick “they are selling more olive oil, more cranberry juice, and more throw rugs than just about anybody.” This is allowing Costco to get larger discounts from their suppliers and allowing Costco to set the industry’s lowest price. Some simple things as that are good to take away from what Costco has done. Treating people right makes them want to come back, lower prices helps you sell more and get larger discounts when you buy things, and helps you
The benefits that the bomb had on our society have been invaluable. Permitting the use of the atomic bomb was an atrocious mistake.In John Hersey's book, Hiroshima, he interviews a German priest serving in Japan. This priest, Father Kleinsorge, provides a first hand account of the immorality, justification, and consequences thereof; “The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable even when it s...
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it would never have got to the state it was in and hundreds of lives
“...would have moved heaven and earth to intervene. They would have spoken out with great outrage and conviction. They would have bombed the railways leading to Birkenau, just the railways, just once.”
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Recreational drug use has been controversial for years. Government has deemed the use of certain drugs to be dangerous, addictive, costly, and fatal. Governmental agencies have passed laws to make drugs illegal and then have focused a great deal of attention and money trying to prohibit the use of these drugs, and many people support these sanctions because they view the illegality of drugs to be the main protection against the destruction of our society (Trebach, n.d.). Restricting behavior doesn’t generally stop people from engaging in that behavior; prohibition tends to result in people finding more creative ways to obtain and use drugs. However, just knowing that trying to control people’s behavior by criminalizing drug use does not work still leaves us looking for a solution, so what other options exist? This paper will discuss the pros and cons about one option: decriminalizing drugs.
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