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    Harry Potter. The Giver. To Kill A Mockingbird. And Tango Makes Three. Of Mice And Men. The Witches. The list goes on forever. These are all books that have been banned for profanity, references to the occult and witchcraft, references to drugs and alcohol, and many other reasons. Censorship could have started as early as 339 BCE in Rome, when Socrates, a renowned Greek Philosopher, was sentenced to drink poison for his corruption of youth and his acknowledgement of unorthodox divinities (Newth 1)

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    Prohibition Dbq

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    The alcohol prohibition also known, as the “noble experiment” was a time when the citizens of the United States were tested of their sanity, loyalty, and respect of the law and government. On January 16, 1920 alcohol was banned from the nation we live in today and all purchase and consumption of liquor was illegal. In the beginning of the Prohibition era the public had a general acceptance and by 1933 when the Prohibition ended the public was annoyed with the law, the law enforcers, and the government

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    statistics. 9. Alcohol guidelines: Reducing the health risks 10. Australian

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    Some people think that banned and challenged books are the same, but they are not. A banned book is when it is not in the library. A challenged book is when a person or group tell the librarian what in this book has something inappropriate or something wrong in that book and they look in too that book and they could possibly ban it. Now why some people challenge the books is something I would like to know, but also other people and why they challenge it is because books either have bad language

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    the advancements in weapon technology many people believe stricter gun laws should be put in place. Along with the technology advancements there are events such as Sandy Hook and other public mass shootings that cause many people to either want guns limited or gone all together. Their points are valid but the ones like me who disagree with gun control have many valid points themselves. But our right to own weapons should not be limited or altered. Ever since the invention of the first gun there

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    the argument. “Should performance enhancing drugs be allowed in sports,” by Thomas H. Murray. Thomas Murray was President of the Hastings Center from 1999 to 2012. He is also involved in the World Anti-Doping Agency and a former member of the Sports Medicine Committee. Thomas Murray is against the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. According to Thomas Murray, “performance-enhancing drugs in sports can have the potential to cause a public health catastrophe.” People should realize “Steroids

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    Caffeine Research Paper

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    1. What are the risks of mixing caffeine and alcohol? It could lead to irregular behavior and cause the body to have heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat, headaches, jitteriness, agitation, stomach problems, a adrenaline rush, and abnormal breathing. It would also cause a disease called a toxic jock syndrome. The alcohol would slow down in walk, talk, and think. It would also cause unnatural sleepiness. Medicalxpress.com 2. What are the harmful and beneficial effects of caffeine? The harmful

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    Guns on Campus Gun violence seems to be at an all-time high in current times. I feel that this is due to so many people carrying guns. The safety of all people should be the focus of our society now. I believe that all firearms should be banned from college/university campuses. This is the most important area to focus on. There are several reasons why allowing guns on college and university campuses could be dangerous to people. First, access to gun seems to lead to an escalation of violent

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    helping you reduce the risks to your health from drinking alcohol. A12. He need to alcohol a complex role in Australian. A13. Form enjoyment, relaxation and sociability. A14. Burden of death, diseases and injury. A15. affects families, bystanders and broader community. A16. It is helping you reduce the risks to your health from drinking alcohol. A17. Drinking no more than two standard drinks on any day. A18. On a single, the risk of alcohol-related injury increases with the amount consumed. A19

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    Catcher In The Rye Banned

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    Bohan)." CMLIT 130 Banned Books. Penn State University, 18 Feb. 2016. Web. 02 Mar. 2017. Bohan acknowledges the widespread controversy surrounding The Catcher in the Rye and how it has become the exemplar of banned books. The novel has been banned because of “using profanities and being sexually explicit/suggestive” as well as “being part of a Communist plot, anti-religious, and promotive of homosexuality and perversion” (Bohan). In general, from 1966-1975, most schools banned the book, except in

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