... are medical advantages compared to other drugs, a reduction in the crime rate, and a boost in the United States economy. Medically marijuana as a controlled substance would be a more reliable drug than those often prescribed. And the effects are far less than those of legal drugs such ... like alcohol can lead to death. Marijuana, on the other hand, can lead to short term memory loss and there is no known report of anybody dying from "smoking weed". Thus when marijuana becomes legal it will prove itself to be more reliable than the current legal drugs. In addition to its ... marijuana o...

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• Grade Level: High School

... began entering the criminal justice system. This mentally ill plight was ignored by government officials (Benson, E. 2013). They cannot help acting out as they do, people with mental illnesses are 12 times more likely to commit crimes (Sweetland, H. 2014). These people should be sent to ... to fill a prison to that point. Countless prisoners have died due to extreme wait times. These prisons are so heavily understaffed, prisoners are dying or becoming extremely ill from diseases and problems that can easily be treated and tended to within the day. Physically ill prisoners in California w...

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... is more to it than first meets the eye. The novel includes constant gratuitous violence in various different formats. There is the obvious street violence, " I lay still, swearing at them between gasps of air. A blade was held against my throat," said Ponyboy Curtis, who was attacked on the street on his ... a born grudge fight, and the opponents just happen to bring their friends along." This is how Pony elucidated a rumble. Pony doesn't consider a rumble as anything atypical, until the end of the novel where he starts to cogitate about why his gang enjoy fighting so much. All these de...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School