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  • Illegal Drug Use in Teens

    Illegal Drug Use in Teens

    Many teenagers today use illegal drugs and substances. There are many factors that influence drug use. Whether people say it is peers that influence the most, each one has a role in it. Some surveys say drug use is going down and some say it is going up. Whichever the case may be it is still a problem. The presence of a parent is very important but some people don't think about them while talking

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    Essay Length: 383 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Immigration - Blessing or Burden?

    Immigration - Blessing or Burden?

    Immigration: Blessing or Burden? Illegal immigration is one of the most heated issues that has surfaced over the past few years in the United States. A constant flow of Mexican citizens have been able to cross the border illegally and uncontested even with substantial security strung out across the borderlines. “Since the current wave of illegal Mexican immigration began, in the mid-1970s, the number of agents along the southern U.S. border has risen from 2,000

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    Essay Length: 2,132 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Jon
  • Immigration Issues Between Us and Mexico

    Immigration Issues Between Us and Mexico

    Unauthorized immigration has been a major political issue at least for the past 30 years, and is one of the most difficult to resolve. The problem relates to both economic and business realities of the U.S. and Mexico. There may be anywhere between 4 to 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. For undocumented immigrants from Mexico, population experts have discovered that there is a constant flow of both immigrants into the US

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    Essay Length: 1,242 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Edward
  • Illegal Timber Imports

    Illegal Timber Imports

    Illegal exports of timber from developing countries Research carried out for WWF suggests that the international timber trade is now the primary cause of forest degradation and loss in those forests that contain the highest levels of biodiversity. This contradicts the popular assumption that deforestation and forest degradation are caused mainly by shifting cultivators and fuelwood collection. Following centuries of degradation, many natural forest ecosystems are now severely threatened. Natural forests in many temperate and

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    Essay Length: 570 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Victor
  • A New Chapter for American Immigration

    A New Chapter for American Immigration

    A New Chapter for American Immigration Immigrants are what make America the melting pot. They come from all parts of the world and for all kinds of reason. Many have done so legally through the system; however when the public thinks of immigration, they think about the problem of illegal immigration. But, many immigrants contribute to America by enlisting to become citizens. According to Max Boot and Michael O'Hanlon, authors of the Washington Post's column

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    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: July
  • Irish Immigration to New Jersey

    Irish Immigration to New Jersey

    In the nineteenth century the people of Ireland emigrated from their native country and flooded into the English speaking countries of the world such as England, Wales, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in great numbers. The great number of Irish immigrants from this period, however, decided to try to make their new life in the United States of America, especially the American Northeast. Millions of Irish came into the United States during the nineteenth century

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    Essay Length: 3,841 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Artur
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Chinese have been in New Zealand for over 130 years. Originally, they were twice invited from Victoria, Australia to the province of Otago in 1865 to rework its goldfields,(1) and their first mining party arrived at the end of that year. From the beginning it was apparent that the Chinese would be a distinctive, significant and controversial ethnic minority. Indeed, they have always been a distinctive minority which endeavoured to keep a place in this

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    Essay Length: 368 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Jon
  • Marijuana: Why It's Illegal and Why It Shouldn't Be

    Marijuana: Why It's Illegal and Why It Shouldn't Be

    Marijuana has long been viewed as a dangerous substance by governments, health organizations, adults, and many more misinformed people. These so-called dangers have been disproved over and over again leaving many doors open for pro-legalization activists to step through. Much like alcohol during the Prohibition of the 1920s, marijuana has been wrongfully banned. The time is ripe for progressivism to once again take hold of such a dispute and see the legalization of a

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    Essay Length: 771 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 11, 2010 By: Edward
  • Immigration Control: Effect on the United States

    Immigration Control: Effect on the United States

    Immigration Control: Effect on the United States. Immigration has become a problem in the United States in the 21st century because of the fear of overpopulation lurking in the near future. During the past decade annual legal immigration statistics show one million people entering the country legally, and roughly one million illegally. Data on illegal immigration cannot be accurately calculated because of the lack of enforcement and control of the United States borders. The efforts

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    Essay Length: 2,345 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    The Need for Immigration Reforms It is not news that these are rough times for immigrants. The view ahead is not good, not only are there no jobs, but the new controls and restrictions on immigration make it look as if blame is being cast on the wrong people. The contribution of immigrants to the nation’s economy is becoming more glaring everyday. To find out how important they really are, one can understand the

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    Essay Length: 606 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: Jessica
  • My Family's Immigration Pattern and Immigration Views

    My Family's Immigration Pattern and Immigration Views

    The migration of family from one country to another greatly affects how people view policy concerning immigration. Analyzing my ancestral history aids in illuminating my personal opinions and attitudes toward immigration. Furthermore, discussing my attitudes in the context of perspectives such as those presented by Samuel Huntington, Dick Lamb, David Montejano, and Carlos Fuentes further defines my political outlook concerning immigration. Information concerning genealogical history on my father’s side was relayed to me via my

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    Essay Length: 1,508 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Immigration and Sexuality

    Immigration and Sexuality

    There is an intangible bond between mother and offspring, a bond that has been commented on by everyone from Sigmund Freud to Leonardo Da Vinci. This bond is apparent in any species, and is an invaluable ideal in understanding the dichotomy that is the human being and its processes. The current immigration debate can be better understood if placed into the theoretical parameters that America is the mother to the millions of citizens that call

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    Essay Length: 1,279 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Edward
  • Industrialization and Immigration

    Industrialization and Immigration

    An outburst in growth of America’s big city population, places of 100,000 people or more jumped from about 6 million to 14 million between 1880 and 1900, cities had become a world of newcomers (551). America evolved into a land of factories, corporate enterprise, and industrial worker and, the surge in immigration supplied their workers. In the latter half of the 19th century, continued industrialization and urbanization sparked an increasing demand for a larger and

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    Essay Length: 2,258 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: David
  • Immigration and Discrimination in the 1920’s

    Immigration and Discrimination in the 1920’s

    Beginning in the early nineteenth century there were massive waves of immigration. These "new" immigants were largely from Italy, Russia, and Ireland. There was a mixed reaction to these incomming foreigners. While they provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of, and hostile towards these new groups. They differed from the "typical American" in language, customs, and religion. Many individuals and industries alike played upon America's fears of immigration

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    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: Victor
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    IMMIGRATION ESSAY America was always and still is a nation filled with diverse groups of people, many of whom emigrated from many different countries. There were always people coming into the United States. However, from the 1870s through to the 1920s, a new wave of immigration took place, one that was explosive and history-altering. Immigrants came from all over the world in search of new jobs, lives, and opportunities; some came out of force, due

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    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Janna
  • Illegal File Sharing

    Illegal File Sharing

    The long-term effects of illegal file sharing can negatively affect our culture, society, and possibly the entire entertainment industry. Since the beginning of Napster, it gave people, especially our techno-savvy generation, a gateway to free music. Why would one go out to the store or shop online and wait for a CD in the mail when they can download it almost instantly, for free. It is almost like Adam and Eve eating from the forbidden

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    Essay Length: 679 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Immigration into the United States is a very large concern in the country today. Many people are flocking to the United States in order to gain freedom, as well as prosperity that America is promised for. Today, the United States contains millions of immigrants- legal and illegal. America constantly has to create new vaccines and jobs for the immigrants into America as well as American citizens. Much chaos in America today is cause by the

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    Essay Length: 3,003 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Victor
  • Is the Government Morally Justified in Declaring Some Drugs Illegal?

    Is the Government Morally Justified in Declaring Some Drugs Illegal?

    Is the Government Morally Justified in Declaring Some Drugs Illegal? There are all kinds of drugs. Whether or not the drug is illegal or not depends on what drug we're talking about. It is important to look at both the bad effects and long-term effects, such as addiction, when determining legality. Certain drugs, such as prescription drugs like Ritalin, are illegal to the people who abuse them. They are designed for people who need the

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    Essay Length: 2,162 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Bred
  • A Higher Standard of Immigration

    A Higher Standard of Immigration

    A Higher Standard of Immigration The United States of America is a land where its citizens are offered freedom of choice. This great nation of opportunity has grown and flourished with the aid of all those people that emigrated from other countries to further their own dream and be a part of the American dream. However, the issues that Americans are faced with today are quite different, especially, the ideal that the United States has

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    Essay Length: 768 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • With Reference to Both Legal and Illegal Drugs, Critically Assess the Casual Relationship Between Drugs and Crime?

    With Reference to Both Legal and Illegal Drugs, Critically Assess the Casual Relationship Between Drugs and Crime?

    With reference to both legal and illegal drugs, critically assess the casual relationship between drugs and crime? The role of drugs in crime causation is a regular feature in public and political debate and plays a considerable role in UK drugs policy. There are numerous questions to be asked when considering the drugs-crime link, the first and perhaps most puzzling question is, do drugs cause crime or does criminality come first? However, it can be

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    Essay Length: 3,515 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    One of the more remarkable aspects of the continuing debate over American immigration policy is that the nation's liberal elites seem, ever so gradually, to be finally catching up with the people. For years opinion polls have shown that a large majority of the American people, of all political persuasions and all ethnic backgrounds, want less immigration. Yet year after year immigrants continue to flood across our borders as "opinion molders," elected officials, business executives,

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Top
  • Immigration Policy in the United States

    Immigration Policy in the United States

    Immigration and Immigration policy We are now in the beginning of the 21st century and like the beginning of the 20th century the United States finds itself in the throes of a period of mass immigration. More then one million immigrants enter the Unites States, both legally and illegally every single year. Many argue that this new wave of mass immigration may help sustain the success that our nation is having in regard to the

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    Essay Length: 2,105 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Polish Immigration on Long Island

    Polish Immigration on Long Island

    Following the Puritan tradition of carving out a piece of the Hallock farm for male heirs of marrying age begun by his grandfather, Capt. Zachariah Hallock, Isaiah Hallock built a farmhouse on this spot around 1832. It burned to the ground in 1915. In the mid 1920s Konstanty and Adela (Lipnicka) Cichanowicz (both born in Poland) bought the 35-acre farm consisting of the Little Hallock House east of the current Cich farm garage, the circa

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Bred
  • Illegal Downloading: Everyone Does It, So What's the Problem?

    Illegal Downloading: Everyone Does It, So What's the Problem?

    Illegal Downloading: Everyone does it, so what’s the problem? You are sitting at home on the computer thinking of what you want to do. You realize you haven’t heard the latest song from your favorite band. You start up a P2P (peer-to-peer) program called Limewire. You search for your song and it appears in the list; you start to download it. What you just did was completely illegal and can get you into a lot

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    Essay Length: 2,296 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Max
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Immigration Research Report When given the topic to write about three countries, their history and policies on immigration I felt that this would be an exciting task. Being allowed to learn about countries I otherwise would not have thought to learn about had I not been given this task to do so. So I decided to write on Brazil a country that I have always been fascinated about, Morocco because I have a close friend

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    Essay Length: 2,896 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Jon

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