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    Substance abuse is an issue that touches every American, whether it is yourself, a friend or loved one or the tax paying citizen paying for an incarcerated individual’s stay in the state prison, it effects us all. Recently the conversation of legalizing marijuana has been a topic that has been addressed in a hand-full of states, however, some are still not so ready to embrace that path. Putting people in prison for the non-violent crime of drug use that costs taxpayers biennially $600.2 million does not benefit

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    Deviance and Social Control Final Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for SOCL 101 Sociology By Social control is techniques and strategies used for preventing deviant human behavior in any society. All levels of society such as family, school, bureaucratic and government has some form of social control. Examples of family social control include obeying your parents rules, doing your homework and chores. School includes standards they

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    1607 when colonists created the first settlement in Jamestown, since then people have migrated to America for many reasons. These immigrants have entered the country expecting that these freedoms and “The American Dream” are free creating an out of control immigration problem. As more and more people have immigrated, crime, drugs, and negative economic consequences have resulted.  The American government needs to

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    ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS The classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE MISUSE OF DRUGS 1. Background 1.1 In October 2001 the Home Secretary asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (the ‘Council’) to review the classification of cannabis preparations in the light of current scientific evidence. The Council is established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to keep under review the drug situation in the United Kingdom and to advise government

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    The discussion of legalizing certain illegal drug like marijuana for personal use or prostitution to help stimulate the economy is one of the worst ideas ever. It was also said that it will eliminate money laundering problem. By keeping illegal drugs, prostitution, and money laundering illegal will prevent criminals from exploiting the poor and unfortunate people. This will also prevent the “paid” rape of all genders, it will also detour people from becoming an addict, thus eliminating the increase

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    George Orwell was educated as a scholarship student at prestigious boarding schools in England. Because of his background, he described his family as “lower-upper-middle class”. He never fit in and felt oppressed and outraged by the dictatorial control that the schools he attended exercised over their students’ lives. After graduating from Eton, Orwell decided to forego college in order to work as a British Imperial Policeman in Burma. He hated his duties in Burma, where he was required to enforce

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    Relations Law Journal “slavery is where ownership is exercised over a person, where individuals are coerced into providing their services or do so under threat of a penalty.”(Whincup, Garbett, & McNicholas Spring 2014 65) Human trafficking is the act of capturing a person with the intention to sell and/or abuse them for economic gain. There are three

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