It has affected us all one way or another, we’ve experienced it recreationally, illegally, or via prescription. The ongoing debate whether to legalize and tax, or spend billions in fighting the war, the issue of drug use and abuse has become a hot topic among the American public. Politicians, law enforcement, media, users, and non-users, we all have an opinion, but the question remains: What to do about drugs and drug use in this country? Two authors with vastly different thought regarding this issue, James Wilson and his short reading “Against the Legalization of Drugs,” and Douglas Husak’s interpretation in “A Moral Right to Use Drugs.” Both authors tackle the morality behind drugs and their subsequent effect on society as a whole, but I tend to side with Husak in his belief that the legalization of drugs will lead to less violence, less overall dependency, and more education. We’ll take a look at an anti-legalization stance via James Wilson’s article “Against the Legalization of Drugs.” A brief biography about Wilson himself, he currently is a professor of public policy at the University of Pepperdine. He was appointed in 1972 as the chairman of the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention (NACDAP). This council, created by Congress and appointed by the president, was responsible for coordinating the war on drugs, more specifically the war on heroin at that time. Appointed by then President Nixon, Wilson held great stature and great clout in combatting the prevalence of drugs in this country. Looking back on his tenure, Wilson is quick to observe the great service he provided for heroin users and prospective heroin users. Wilson notes, particularly, that if heroin had been legalized, “its price would have been r... ... middle of paper ... ...s. However one sees this debate, there’s no questioning it will remain a hot-topic. Where do I stand? I tend to believe that American’s, if provided the opportunity, could use restraint and common sense when consuming drugs. As far as morality, I see nothing immoral about someone looking to have a good time. What I find immoral however, is the government’s ability to restrict what we put into our bodies. If what we do isn’t harming others, doesn’t have a negative effect on society as a whole, than why not. If stimulants were used in our military to create awareness, how can the government then criminalize the drug for personal enjoyment? I’m not advocating drug use in any way; I just think the money spent fighting it would be put to better use in a different theater. Reference: Boss, Judith A. Analyzing Moral Issues. 5th ed. New York: McGrawHill, 2014. Print.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novella written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez taking place in twentieth century Colombia. Marquez recalls the events of a murder twenty years in the past. The victim, who is named Santiago Nasar in the novella, faces prosecution from his twin friends because the twins’ sister states Santiago took her virginity. As honor was greatly valued in the Colombian society at the time, their worldview led to the requirement for their family’s honor to be restored by killing Santiago
1) Introduction The purpose of this report is to reflect on my team working experience and to critically review the events of this experience. Throughout the process I kept a diary of events which I will be analysing in conjunction with Tuckman and Jensen’s (1977) model on stages of group development, these are: forming, storming, norming, preforming and adjourning. 2) Reflection on teamwork Tuckman and Jensen (1977) explain that the group begins forming when they first come together. Our group began
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the patterns of the consonant and vowel combination as well as the variation such a: ba-ba-da-da, ma-ma-ma, da-da-ba. According to Dr. Klass, babies that are seven months old and don’t voice with many consonants, as mentioned above, and only repeat aaaa and ooo sound are less likely to develop first language acquisition that can eventually lead to word formation for language to develop. In other words, sound of language is a learning process. For instance one needs to know to a ‘p’ sound the two lips
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While the first four stanzas of the poem all follow an ABAB pattern, the last stanza follows an AAAA pattern. The last words of all four lines of the last stanza (“lay”, “came”, “away”, and “name”) rhyme only with the last words of the second stanza’s second and fourth lines (“away” and “lay”), the lines that mention the main components of the boy’s
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