... my husband was wracked with pain from lung cancer. Marijuana was one medication that eased his intense pain, and nausea during chemotherapy. But, to get marijuana to help JJ, we had to break the law. …my husband’s ability to tolerate chemotherapy after a couple of puffs of marijuana extended his life and improved his quality of life (1)." That was an excerpt from a letter written by Anne Boyce to the voters of California for the passage of Proposition 215. In 1996, Proposition 215 was a proposed legislation in Cal ...

... BMW Dixi (a license-built Austin Seven) and the NSU-Fiats to come. These stimulated desire rather than a year’s wage for an average worker. This prompted motorcycle manufacturer Zundapp to commission a low-cost car design from Dr. Ferdinand Porsche’s new design studio. The project did not get far, but a Porsche-designed NSU that reached that prototype stage in 1933 accurately foreshadowed the Volkswagen. The idea of a people’s car appealed to Porsche, and it fascinated Adolf Hitler. When the Nazi Party came to power in 1933, one of his pet notions was the concept of motoring for the masses, and ...

... appear in their advertisements. To produce a subliminal advertisement, a company must pour in a great deal of money to get the consumer wanting their product. An ad agency can spend anywhere up to $50,000 to create a single, one page magazine layout or flyer, carefully getting every detail to perfection. If a company chooses to use this kind of money to advertise, it is perfectly legal to do so. Subliminal messages are just a more efficient way of advertising by appealing to the consumers subconscious mind and bypassing their decision making mind, swaying them to need something they really do not. However, wh ...

... personalize the need for developing ethical standards of behavior. The ultimate goal is for students, if necessary, to change their set of personal beliefs to include ethics. The computer is considered one of the most important technological advances of the twentieth century. Security and privacy issues have been in existence long before the computer became a vital component of organizations' operations. Nevertheless, the operating features of a computer make it a dangerous tool. Computer technologies with reliable error detection and recording capabilities, permit the invasion of a supposedly secure environment to ...

... became staffers, the National Republican Senatorial Committee provided a seed grant of $64 000, and the Christian Coalition was born. Officially, the CC has five goals: · To represent Christians before local councils, state legislatures and the US Congress; · To train Christians for effective political action; · To inform Christians of timely issues and legislation; · To speak out in the public arena and media; and · To protest anti-Christian bigotry and defend the legal rights of Christians. While the fortunes of its' leaders, organizations, and candidates have fluct ...

... addiction among adolescents in turn lead to depression and suicide. One of the most important reasons of teenage drug usage is peer pressure. Peer pressure represents social influences that effect adolescents, it can have a positive or a negative effect, depending on person's social group and one can follow one path of the other. We are greatly influenced by the people around us. In today's colleges drugs are very common, peer pressure usually is the reason for their usage. If the people in your social group use drugs there will be pressure a direct or indirect pressure from them. A person may be offered to try ...

... market in an effort to capitalize on an upward or downward market move. Unlike stocks, however, options can provide an investor the benefits of leverage over a position in an individual stock or basket of stocks reflecting the broad market. At the same time, options buyers also can take advantage of predetermined, limited risk. On the other hand, options writers assume significant risk if they do not hedge their positions. The most basic stock options are buying calls and buying puts. An option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock (or other security) for a specified price on or before a spe ...

... affect transportation, the economy, health, cultural development and the environment. Transportation would greatly be affected if we did not have cars. Especially in America since automobiles are the number one source of transportation. Life of everyday Americans would be slowed down. Children getting to school and employees getting to work would be a much harder task. The economy would be hurt if we did not have cars. Manufacturers would have a harder time transporting their goods. Another way of moving goods from city to city would need to be found. Also, cultural development would be affected if their w ...

... to 1976 that capital punishment was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Their reason for this decision was that the was "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment. The decision was reversed when new methods of execution were introduced. Capital punishment is a difficult issue and there are as many different opinions as there are people. In our project, both sides have been presented and argued fully. Different forms of the are more humane than others. In the 1920's people decided that lethal gas, or the gas chamber, was more humane than death by electrocution. Nevada was the first state ...

... wall, illuminating the bright yellow letters which spell out GREEN BAY PACKERS over the forest green background - the predominant exterior color of the stadium. As you approach Lambeau Field, the more intriguing and magnificent it becomes. Driving on Lombardi Avenue, past the grocery store, Chuck E. Cheese's and a local strip mall, the stadium's confining features are striking, considering the place seats 60,790. Lambeau Field itself seems small, and it is hard not to immediately focus on the eight powder blue light standards which line its sides, towering overhead. The facade of the stadium appears ...