... grade 12 students, around 50% have tried marijuana at least once and around 24% were regular users. Approximately 600,000 Canadians have a criminal record for simple possession of marijuana. (www.drug-statistic.com). Finally they would find out how much it is costing government to enforce Canada's pot laws is estimated at 300 million dollars, with only 20,000 people arrested on ... British Columbia alone it is estimated that the value of the marijuana industry is anywhere between $2 billion and $10 billion, making it on of British Colombia's top three industries. (www.drug-statistics.co...

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... is whether a domain name constitutes a valid and recognisable trademark. Domain names have become powerful tools in a company's success. Yahoo.com and Amazon.com is classic examples of how small start up companies can successfully compete with multi-million dollar corporations over the WWW. A domain name gives a company an identity and a symbol for future recognition by consumers. The online business community has come to ... the UK there was a case where a trademark owner was successful against ill-motivated "cyber-squatters". "Cyber-squatting" is where a person registers the domain na...

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... .gov.au) and furthermore the British law definition which states that crime is 'An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law'(http://www.oxforddictionaries.com). All three definitions are similar and all relate to an offence that violates the public and is punishable by law. Criminality is defined in an American journal article related ... was the 2006 Law Reform Commission report from Western Australia which produced a lengthy paper detailing the opportunities for Indigenous Australian customary law to exist within Western Australian legal law (http:/...

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... help paralegals in their everyday operations. These web sites are; the Natioal Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA), http://www.paralegals.com/home.html; the National Association for Legal Assistants, http://www.nala.org/index.htm; (my favorite) the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAFPE), http://www.aafpe.org/. I went to these and other web sites to investigate and what I found out was that WCC ... associates with A.A.F.P.E. and your name (Ippolito) was on the web site. Also I went to the New York State Unified Court System web site at: www.courts.state.ny.us and I ...

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... the accretion of legalized vices is debilitating, that we are a less virtuous society since gambling spilled out from Las Vegas to "riverboats" and state lotteries across the country" (www.time.com.) Many are also concerned with the potential rise of violence that would occur if marijuana were legalized. Contrary to the belief of many, the high rate of crime related to ... use. However, commercial marijuana stores will not open until 2014, and "in some areas such as Douglas county, recreational pot sales will be banned under local ordinances" (Policymic.com.) While people have the freed...

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... USERS' PERSPECTIVES?', (1994) LEWIS, N, THE CITIZEN'S CHARTER AND NEXT STEPS: A NEW WAY OF GOVERNING', (1993) COOPER, D, THE CITIZEN'S CHARTER AND RADICAL DEMOCRACY: EMPOWEREMENT AND EXLUSION WITHIN CITIZENSHIP DISCOURSE, (1993) WEBSITES WWW.UKONLINE.GOV.UK WWW.CABINETOFFICE.GOV.UK WWW.PARLIAMENT.THE-STATIONERY-OFFICE.CO.UK WWW.SERVICEFIRST.CO.UK WWW.BUTTERWORTHS.CO.UK ...

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... that California's lead will begin a nationwide campaign to the issue of taxing Internet sales (Lifsher). Although the governor signed the bill into law, very little taxes are collected. Amazon.com and Overstock.com severed their relationship with California affiliates to avoid having to collect the tax. Amazon used the same tactic after facing similar laws in Illinois, Arkansas, and Connecticut. Amazon is ... affiliates. "It is supported by big-box retailers, most of which are based outside California, that seek to harm the affiliate advertising programs of their competitors" (Hull). Ut...

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... one's environment. In this paper I will be including research obtained from the online Contra Costa College Library database (search.ebscohost.com). An article from an online publication (thepublicdiscourse.com) is also used for the sake of argumentative purposes. A blog page (igfculturewatch.com) is also used for statistics on the growth of same-sex couples within the last years. Although primarily focused on the ... ...

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... have their views taken into account on all matters that affect them; the right to play, rest and leisure and the right to be free from all forms of violence" (www.crights.org.uk, accessed 10/11/03). By adopting the Convention the UK government agreed to abide by its aims in protecting children and promoting their rights to participate in ... Government's second report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. This referred to "the encouraging progress we as a nation are making in implementing the convention's wide-ranging provisions" (www.unicef.org.uk, accessed 10/11/03). "By contra...

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... have their views taken into account on all matters that affect them; the right to play, rest and leisure and the right to be free from all forms of violence" (www.crights.org.uk, accessed 10/11/03). By adopting the Convention the UK government agreed to abide by its aims in protecting children and promoting their rights to participate in ... Government's second report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child. This referred to "the encouraging progress we as a nation are making in implementing the convention's wide-ranging provisions" (www.unicef.org.uk, accessed 10/11/03). "By contra...

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... both will have an equal right over the child. However, in relation to the mother human right suggest that everyone has the right to freedom of thought and religion (Equalityhumanrights.com, 2014), of which it is the nurse obligation to respect the religious views of the patients, that is recognizing culture and diversity in day to day practice (NMC, 2008, 2012 ... several occasions, issues have been debated about the consent of a minor. In consideration of the psychological damage (Engel, 1977) and the infringement on a minor and their family's religious rights (Equalityhumanrights.com,...

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... Aboriginal peoples was almost twice the Canadian average: 19.4 percent compared to 10 percent. In the same year, the unemployment rate for the on-reserve Indian population was 31 percent" (www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/awpi/fac_e.html) ". The low unemployment rate leads to violence and crime among their communities, the federal government and the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, fail ... ...

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... grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights." - www.amnesty.org Amnesty has followed this mission statement and face several issues including the latest abductions and murders of women. Amnesty addresses governments, intergovernmental organizations, political parties to reveal human ... ...

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... not longer possible for them to refuse or consent health care, if they do require care in an emergency situation. As Judge McHugh said in 1991 in Marion's Case (http://www.Austlii.edu.au) "Consent is not necessary where a surgical procedure or medical treatment must be performed in an emergency and the patient does not have the capacity to consent and ... ...

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... also in the ethical and moral values of people. It is a matter placed on the minds and hearts of all those involved in its decision making process. According to MedecineNet.com, physician-assisted suicide is "the voluntary termination of one's own life by administration of a lethal substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician; it is the practice of ... ...

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... of law. This is advanced by S 132 of The Criminal Procedure Act 1986, allowing for judge only trials. The defence in R V Gittany applied and was granted such a trial. A 2013 News.com.au article titled "Judge or Jury? Your life depends on it," explores the issues surrounding this. In this article, Pauline Wright, chair of the NSW Law Society's Criminal ... ...

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... suicide, is her fear of the complete and utter loss of her autonomy, loss of being able to undertake the most simple tasks of caring for herself. (Maynard Brittany, youtube.com/watch?). In the state of Oregon the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has proven to be a success. There were many safety measures put in place in drafting the law and ... ...

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... this, the government can essentially censor it and cover it up with no consequences without justifying the removal of your article to the public. According to an article by Mic.com there is a huge population crisis in Russia already as 'the population has dropped over the last 20 years from 148 million to 143 million' (Eileen Shim). Statistics such as ... ...

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... to heroin. "Control it, direct it, and assess it, "Johnson said of recreational medications. "On the off chance that you sanction it we may really have a healthier society." (Cnn.com) Detracting cash from the street pharmacists is an alternate contention for the legitimization of medications. William Bennett conjectures that numerous individuals who enter into the medication business accept that they ... ...

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... larger and more dangerous. By 1900 industrial accidents killed about thirty-five thousand workers per year year and harmed five hundred thousand others, and the numbers continued to rise (Encyclopedia.com). Workers lacked protection against accident, long shifts with low wages, layoffs and unemployment due to the poor labor laws. Many factories owner felt that they were doing a good deed for ... ...

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... made up the General Accounting office, the FBI, and the telecommunications industry has all reached a conclusion about a need for wiretaps in law enforcement. What's more, Chris Stamper, writer for ABCNews.com says that supporters of such laws maintain that such a change is necessary to keep up with exploding technology. These wiretap supporters said that there is sufficient evidence justifying legislative action ... ...

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... state for those under twenty-one to purchase or possess alcoholic beverages, it makes sense that no amount of alcohol should be tolerated for drivers under that age" (Kidney-tests.com). Many states have set the limit for underage drivers at .02 BAC. This helps reduce legal challenges that claim mouthwash, gum, or cold medicine are somehow responsible for a positive but ... ...

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... Court accepted the plaintiff's contentions concerning the fundamental beliefs of the Amish faith. The courts acknowledged its purpose was not to act as arbitrators of scriptural interpretation. (http://w3.trib.com/FACT/1st.rfra.html.) Inmates' First Amendment rights are less extensive than other citizens' and their rights can be limited due to security or other penological concerns. Because of the ... ...

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