Bureau of Prohibition

The civil war, reconstruction, and Redemption era does serve as a unique moment in American history because it shaped what kind of nation US would become. All wars are the result of social change, talks of revolution, institution of slavery and connection to power and liberation. There are many reasons that attribute to the institution of slavery becoming a big determinant in the Civil War and in American History. A consistent reason is that the states have always been dependent upon themselves and

Only last month the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology reported that 6.6% of the general public claimed to have consumed marihuana. There are many reasons floating around on why marijuana should not be a legal substance and it has become a very controversial topic. Marijuana alters the crime rates in the U.S since it is illegal to own or consume. Therefore, enforcing the law on marihuana gets expensive for the state due to the fact that there are many people incarcerated creating a cost of over 44 billion

Based on a article on Encyclopedia Britannica, the Department of Homeland Security is an agency that takes care of national security. The some of the agencies under their belt is the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), Coast Guard, and US Customs and Border Protection. This department was created after 9/11 for the sole purpose of fighting terrorism. In 2003, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security swallowed the former Office of Homeland Security. Nowadays, the DHS is a key role in

It is suprising how bad gun violence is in the United States and how little gun control does to put a stop to it. Gun control is any law, executive order, or legislation that tries to stop gun violence by simply taking or restricting guns from everyone. The idea is if there are fewer guns in the US, then there must be less gun violence. “In the United States alone, 440,095 people died of firearms related causes of gun violence in 2001 through 2014 (Bower)”. This idea of restricting guns is to hopefully

psychedelic high, the effects of marijuana when smoked can be felt within minutes and lasts between 2-3 hours .The psychoactive chemical compound found in marijuana is called 9-tetrahydrocannibol. Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something, which is not currently legal. BACKGROUND There are three species of this plan namely, Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica and Cannabis Ruderalis. This plant species first originated from south and central Asia. Stronger

There are many significant moments throughout American history that formed the United States. Unfortunately, not all historical moments are positive, such as the War on Drugs, but we must not forget our preceding in order to progress our nation's future. While the War on Drugs has emerged, it has damaged American far beyond what it has attempted to assist, to this day we continue to feel its harmful effects. We must not overlook the imperative history that lead to the War on Drugs, the underlying

Legislation limiting overtime work hours only apply to when the overtime is mandated. “Reduced rest and recovery time leads to physiologic depletion or exhaustion that continues into the next workday,” (Bae, 2012, p. 60). In Pennsylvania, the Prohibition of Excessive Overtime in Health Care Act was enacted. The new law states that a healthcare facility may not require an employee to work beyond an agreed to, predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work shift unless there is an unavoidable situation

of this war by discussing Harry Anslinger and his determination to be in a position of power. Anslinger was appointed to run the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and from the start he was faced with numerous problems (Hari 2015: 10). He was leading a department that was small and filled with corrupt workers. Anslinger needed a bigger department and after the prohibition on alcohol failed, his department needed to tackle something better. In order to do so, Anslinger made a commitment to eradicate

The proposed bill that I would like to discuss is S.150 from the 113th Congress proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. S. 150 is a bill that would federally ban the “import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semi-automatic assault weapon” (Congressional Research Service, 2013). The guns would be banned based on their physical features and/or name. There are three types of fire arms that could possibly have been banned (these are all semi-automatic weapons). Semi-automatic

Plaid Jungfrau, also known as Heidi Athena Gunnarsen, was among the many Volksryanischen who existed beyond the reaches of the Greater American Catholic School System, and the clergymen who controlled it. Far from being a fringe group of lonesome Roman Catholics, the Volksryanischen had always tried to carve out a new existence for them, despite not being part of the Greater American Catholic School System. Standing at a height of 5’6, which happens to be the exact same height as the Wise Man, the