Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences In California
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15 pages in length. California has been considered a leader in the fight for drug control. With its 'three strike and you're out' program, the west coast state has demonstrated its firm stance on the issue of illegal drugs. However, the writer discusses that at the helm of this controversial topic is the mandate of minimum drug sentencing for what some consider to be insignificant usage; as such, people caught with what would have one time been considered a negligible amount of cocaine are now – under new and forceful laws – looking at a mandatory minimal jail sentence. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Marijuana Use & Psychology
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An 8 page paper that argues against the legalization of marijuana from a sociological and psychological perspective. The writer suggests that while there is considerable data about the usefulness of this drug from a medical standpoint, the general legalization would have considerable social and psychological implications. Bibliography lists16 sources.
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Impaired Driving: Its Costs
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A 10-page research paper dealing with the problem of driving while impaired. Discusses the effects of various impairing substances on driving ability, the costs to society of the impaired-driving problem, and how it has affected society from a health and safety standpoint. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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LITERATURE REVIEW: MATERNAL ADDICTION AND PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE
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This 5-page paper focuses on a literature review of maternal drug addiction and its impact on the fetus. Literature was written after 1995. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Substance Abuse/Effects on Children
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A 6 page research paper that examines the effects of parental substance abuse on their children and argues that such abuse greatly increases the chances that their children will, likewise, develop substance abuse problems. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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