Essay on "Weeding" Out Amendment 64

The Constitution and the Amendments are two very important documents that are needed in order to keep the people of America in order. The purpose of the Constitution is to, “form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity” (Constitution Preamble). The purpose of the Bill of Rights and the 17 Amendments, bringing the total to 27, are to protect the rights of the people of America and to prevent the government from having full control over the people.

Every year, Congress proposes a ton of amendments. Some are reasonable, and some of them are just crazy. The rate of proposed amendments throughout the 1990s is absurd. This roller coaster of a rate went all the way up from 214 in 1990 to only 60 proposes amendments in 1999. So far in the beginning of the 21st century, the country stays steady in the proposing department at around the 70-80 rang according to senate.gov. Needless to say, in 1789, the people proposed 10,431 amendments. But, of course, these insane numbers doesn’t necessary mean anything if they are not passed.

The topic of legalizing recreational marijuana in the United States has been a very controversial one. States such as Colorado and Washington have gone on the offensive and have legalized recreational marijuana and have enjoyed the high revenues brought in from cannabis sale. On the other hand other states have kept low profiles because they are wary of the possible negative outcomes of legalizing recreational marijuana and are using the states of Colorado and Washington as guinea pigs to see what their next course of action on this controversial topic should be. This is not only a highly debated topic among politicians, but also by the people. According to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center 52% of Americans

In the political world today there are so many different opinions about several different topics. The topics that I will address to you will be, should the 22nd Amendment be repealed and also should the foreign born be allowed to run for president. In both topics you may have your pros and cons, but I am strongly against the both of them because I feel that the Constitution should not be taken advantage of. Government should not be allowed to manipulate the Constitution to suit his or her needs. While making adjustments to the Constitution to allow different things to take place for convenience doesn’t leave any form respect of the Constitution. There should be a line drawn to keep this from happening for years to come on these issues and

Why were men allowed to fight in wars at the age of 18 but not allowed to vote? This all began in World War II and intensified during the Vietnam War. World War II began in 1941 and ended in 1961 which was a 20 years difference. Young men were being drafted for fighting in wars at the age of 18. They fought and protested for years because they wanted to be able to vote. Letting them vote affected a lot of people and things because it was many votes that counted towards helping the world out. This problem got passed in 1971 which became The 26th Amendment.

The United States of America's 16th amendment says, "The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

“Results released this week for the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as NAEP or the “Nation’s Report Card,” show that Colorado students’ scores in reading and math either remained flat or slipped a bit since 2013…” (Colwell). Experts are worried that the same will happen to California students if “Mary Jane” is legalized in California, and they should be. If California Proposition 64 is passed, California students will be negatively impacted. Since legalization will make it easier for one to obtain and use “Mary Jane”, the number of students using marijuana will increase, just like what happened after her legalization in Colorado (“The Legalization of Marijuana”). The students who use “Mary Jane” will experience, firsthand, her often adverse effects on users’ cognitive and psychological abilities/skills. Those effects will distract students from school and prevent them from achieving academic success, just like how it affected students in Colorado (Colwell). Therefore, the academic performance of students in California will decline under the legalization of the recreational use of

It is not without questionable doubt that the United States judiciary branch is in need of a major political reform in terms of the injustice that has become so common within the system. The main purpose of the judicial system is to rightfully resolve disagreements according to law. In 1988, Ronald Kitchen was wrongfully convicted for committing five murders, after serving nearly 21 years in prison in which 13 of them on death row he was released. There was an insufficient amount of evidence against him, however, it was the tortures that he endured for almost two days that coerced false confessions from Kitchen to pleading guilty to the murders. The justice system has lost its true purpose of finding justice for whoever is truly at fault. Instead of truth-seeking, court cases have become more about self-interest and winning. Majority of cases do not even reach trial, before then the guilty are let go free or let off easy while the innocent take guilty pleas in fear of risking loosing at trial. Today’s trials just involve two sides in continuous debate that end in the hope for the judge and jury to be able to emerge the truth. Modern judiciary branch has become so accustomed to the idea that court is a neutral course and the judges

The Bill of rights is laws has 10 Amendments. And, Bill of rights is a compromise. And, how it is a compromise? Well, it’s a compromise because how the government agreed with those 10 Amendments.

Placing heavy regulations on the marijuana market does not seem like the best way to prevent teens from smoking pot. Even with marijuana legalization, the rate of marijuana use among Colorado teens has not significantly increased to a point where one could soundly say legalization results in more teens getting high. If anything, this measure would have ruined Colorado’s marijuana market with no societal

Since 1996, the state of California, and by default, the city of Desert Hot Springs, have allowed the use of medical marijuana. Under proposition 215, any individual with a prescription could legally possess and use cannabis. And this was the case until recently, when a chain of events led to the legalization of consumption for non-medical reasons in California. Proposition 64 legalizes the private use of marijuana as of January 1st, 2018. However, this decision appears to have been made prematurely as the effects of such an abrupt decision are beginning to manifest themselves. Aside from the palpable consequences of marijuana consumption, including sluggishness and impaired judgement, there are far more serious unintended consequences impacting

Medical Marijuana has been an issue that has been occurring and is present on a domestic level. In many ways it is a phenomena that has essentially been integrated across multiple platforms. This includes the application that is present and associated with full legalization. Although states have implemented many regulatory measures, the macro level effect that this has upon the youth has not been fully investigated. Marijuana does however have negative effects upon cognitive development for young adults. This is something that must be taken into consideration when looking to specifically promote a precise strategy that has the ability to be present. As a result Medical Marijuana laws should focus on increasing the age limit from 18 to the

Based off of Colorado’s experience we know that our schools will not be promised as much money from taxes as pro prop 205 Arizonans claim. “It enacts a 15% excise tax on retail marijuana sales, which will be used to fund the implementation and enforcement of regulations. Any additional marijuana tax revenue will be allocated as follows: 40% to the Department of Education for school construction, maintenance, and operating costs; 40% to the Department of Education for full-day kindergarten programs; and 20% to the Department of Health Services for public education regarding the relative harms of alcohol, marijuana, and other substances” (Prop. 205) Not all of the taxes that they will generate will be going directly to schools in Arizona, and that means schools will not receive enough money that they need yearly. Pro marijuana uses are trying to mislead us by telling us that our schools will truly benefit from the taxes. “We know this to be false based on the Colorado disaster where school officials are now publicly stating they have yet to see any tax revenue from marijuana sales” Even with the money generated they will not have enough to even be able to purchase one text book for every child. (Truth on Prop. 205). If our schools don't benefit our children don't benefit either. How would it feel to know that our children are being more subjected to

The Children’s Safety Since marijuana has been deemed legal in the states of Colorado, it has been easier for school ages children and young adults to get it. From 1998 to 2008 there was a decline in use of marijuana and other drugs, but since it was been legalized the use of marijuana at school has gone up 25% on a monthly basis and 38% on a yearly basis (Guarino, para.3). Also with all these dispensaries around on even corner is seems, it is no wonder adolescent children are getting in trouble for having drugs at school. This is a problem because the parents do not usually know there is a drug problem until they get a phone call from their child’s school, informing them that their child has been expelled or arrested because they had drugs

The second reason that the government should not legalize marijuana is that doing so will send the message that is okay to use other psychoactive drugs. Legalizing marijuana could result in advertising of this drug to adolescents. A study was conducted during 2003 showing that roughly 48 percent of twelfth graders reported using alcohol in the past thirty days and 24 percent reported smoking cigarettes in the past thirty days. Household access to illicit substances is coupled with a greater risk of marijuana use among both younger and older adolescents. This is often coupled with parental drug use which sends the message that it is okay to use psychoactive drugs (Joffe & Yancy, 2004, p. e636). The general idea is that we, as people, shouldn’t be making it easier for our children to get drugs. Thus far, it is shown that there is a struggle to educate the youth to avoid the use of psychoactive drugs. However, certain organizations, such as DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), have made solid efforts to