Tobacco should be legal in a sense

Tobacco products are not all as harmful as they seem. I thinkl there are two tobacco products that should stay legal and the rest should go. I believe chew and cigarettes are extremely dangerous to your health. On the other hand i think that pipes and cigars are not that bad. They are not addictive and the users do not inhale.

I believe those two types of tobacco should be allowed but there should be limits on where they can be used. People who do not smoke obviously made this decision because they care about their health. They do not want their decision made usless by secondhand smoke.

My last thought is that tobacco is worse for the human body that marijuana, though i do not know if this is true i just think it would be from my own knowledge that i have gathered.

Pipes and cigars should not be used in certain areas but cigarettes and other tobacco products are not good for the society.

Sex?

I do not believe people feel as much pressure to have sex. I believe that people just want to have sex and when it goes wrong they need to place the blame on the media or their partner or even their close friends and family. People have sex because their hormones tell them too. I strongly feel that both boys and girls feel the same pressures but from themselves. They are both curious, and have the drive from their hormones. The media just makes sex look okay and fun which is just reinforcing what the hormones are saying.
Drugs and alcohol are a big part of unplanned sexual activity though. Obviously when people are under the influence of drugs or alcohol they do not make the best decisions. Drugs and alcohol should not be a part of teenage life so as long as they are avoided unplaned sex will too.
The Great decision making model is a much better way to go about chosing what to do. first off this model has more steps which will cause one to slow down and think carefully about each step. Slowing down and thinking things out is the best way to come to a solid decision.
When i make decisions i look at it one way and when people ask me for advice i tell them the same thing. If you want to do it do it and if you dont dont do it. Its really that simple. When you use my model you will naturly look at what will come from your decision.
My model is the best one avaliable!

Drugs Legal?

I Believe that legalizing drugs is a subject that should be left to older wiser people with more experience than us. I believe that is the right desicion to make drugs such as heroine cocaine and meth illegal. Marijuana is a touchy subject though. Marijuana is said to be worse the tobacco, but why are DOCTORS legalizing it for patients that are already sick? Marijuana is the only illegal drug right now that i think should be considered for legalization. I don't understand how a natural plant can be turned considered a toxic product. I know cigarettes have other chemicals added, but i am unsure on the ingredients inside of marijuana. If someone eats/smokes a fresh marijuana leaf what would the effects be? The thing is that there is not enough legitimate information for a person to make an educated decision about pot, unless they are studying it.
I would like to see a school like Harvard do an in depth study and have it published in a magazine. Marijuana is a mystery that will take years to solve. In my personal opinion i do not believe that smokeing marijuana can have worse affects than smokeing a cigarette, but ill leave that decision to the experts. In my opinion i think marijuana should be studied more closely, not yet legalized. If marijuana ever were to be legalized i believe there should be an age limit on the users also.

Pharmaceutical Pollution: What it is, and How Pharmaceutical Pollution Threatens Your Health

Aricans are prescribed millions of doses of prescription drugs every year. Livestock are given millions more. But after the pill has been swallowed or the injection taken, the active components of the drugs do not become inert or completely absorbed by the body.

Adding to the problem are prescription drugs that aren't used, then are flushed down the toilet or deposited in landfills -- ultimately ending up in the environment.
This so-called "pharmaceutical pollution" could have major implications on wildlife, agriculture and humans -- yet is only beginning to be studied.

Just one problem stemming from pharmaceutical pollution is antibiotic-resistant bacteria. When drugs are excreted in waste, the compounds linger in the environment. In the case of livestock waste, the antibiotic-laced manure is spread directly onto farm crops as fertilizer. From there it may run off into nearby streams.


The result is that bacteria is able to mutate into strains that are resistant to the widely spread antibiotics, paving the way for infections that cannot be easily cured.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 2 million people in hospitals get infections each year, which cause 90,000 deaths. Of these, more than 70 percent of the bacteria that causes these infections are resistant to at least one common antibiotic that is typically used to treat them.

Industrial Agriculture

Industrial agriculture is great for farmers, and supermarkets that sell crops. The industialization of farming is simply put though. It does not make the food better for human, it could actually make it worse. I will go into more detail on that later, but the main advantage to industrializing is that it make growing crops and feeding animals much easier and much quicker. In the past there might even have been a year when there were no good crop, and only skiny cows and pigs, but no longer. With the Industrial revolution of farming people will see that growing lots of crops every year will become easy. Also cows and other livestock will become even easier to breed for feeding. Even though this version of farming has the ability to kick out large amounts of profits is it really better for your health?
The first reason is because of aminal rights activists. If people are able to have more animals, are they still probally able to have enough space for all of them. The answer is probally not, and that will raise many issues with activist.
Another reason that industrialized farming is not that good is because of all the fertilizers that are being put onto fruits and vegtable nowadays. Is rinsing your fruit enough to clear them all away. I highly dought it so with this new type of farming people could be ingesting all sorts of harmfull chemicals.
Those are just a few reasons why people should be carefull with industrialized farming.

Soy not "Soy" Good afterall

In the past people have believed that soy was an extremely healthy product, and also a great substitue for protein. Even though soy is a great replacement for protein, it may not be the health solution that the American public is looking for. Recent studies have shown that soy may possibly cause a few problems. Some tests were run and now scientists are questioning where soy is behind breats cancer in women. Soy could also be the culpret when it comes to some lack of brain function in males. Soy may also be linked to developmental abnormalities in some infants. Soy beans seem to be good for people in some aspects, but they also seem to be extremely awful in other aspects. To get to the bottom of this situation one needs to look at whos making the point on both sides and who would gain the most if soy is proved good or bad. There is a problem here though. When one looks at either side there are stong financial incentives on both sides of the argument, therefore one cannot decide which would gain more from proving a side of soy.
when i look at this situation I come to an easy desicion. Now this is completely my opinion and you may utterly disagree with me, but if there is any chance of me contracting brain damage or even breast cancer, no matter how slim the chances are for guys, i would avoid soy. Yes it is a great substitube for meats, and its also remarkable how it will change flavor depending on what you cook it with, but im not going to risk my life just so that i can save a few animals. Like when driving are you going to swerve infront of a semi to avoid hitting a small animal, or will you just take your chances with the animal. I know what i would do and i hope you agree with me when i say: STAY AWAY FROM SOOYYY AND TOFU!

Peer Mediation is the Way to Go

When we were in elementary school we were intro duced to the peer mediation system. This was a conflict resolution system that was ideal for people our age, but i still think it can be very effective. The steps are as follow you first try to work out the problem with the other person. You both stop, tell how you feel, think of solutions then compromise. Its fool proof. You both point out your side of the story, but if you can not agree on a specific solution you then have to take it to your peers. Now since the one on one did not work you then basically take it to a court, but the judge and jury are your friends and classmates. You repeate the steps again, but now with the helps of your peers you try to come up with more compromises. It usually has very good results. The reason i think that this conflict resolution system is so effective is that itinvolves peers. You have all heard of peer presure and how hard it is to ignore it. This is peer presure put to good work. When an adult tells you to do such things as drink alcohol its just wierd, but if your friend did you would most likely do it because of peer presure. Now if your friend tells you to stop hurting your other friend, again you will most likely listen because of peer presure. So as long as you have friends with good morals this is the best conflict resolution system on the market.

Let's Make G.R.E.A.T. Decisions

In class we all learned about the G. R. E. A. T. Decision making process. Well obviously that is not the only one, there are many others like the PLUS system and the S. W. O. T. system. Obviously everyone already knows the G. R. E. A. T. process so i wont't go into detail, nut the PLUS system is made up of 6 steps, they are: Step 1: Define the problem PLUS Step 2: Identify alternatives Step 3: Evaluate the alternatives PLUS Step 4: Make the decision Step 5: Implement the decision Step 6: Evaluate the decision PLUS. The S. W. O. T. system is a slightly diffrent and shorter process. A person would need to look into the stregnths of what they decide, the weakness of their decision, the opputunities it would bring, and also the threats is shows. All three of these systems are very good for making decisions, but which of them is the best.
When you are about to use any of these systems the first step is always the same, it's basically universal. One needs to identify the problem before they can decide anything. Then when using the G. R. E. A. T. or PLUS system you need to basically fork through all the results. When using the S. W. O. T. system that is also the next step, but it is also the only step, the only thing i think that system lets you do is investigate consequences. The nice thing about using the first too approaches is that in the case that you made the wrong decision you will go back and review, this will hopefully help you learn a lesson, unlike the S. W. O. T. which only lets you decide. I think that the G. R. E. A. T. and PLUS are the better two systems to use, but its your choice.
HAPPY CHOOSIN'

Underage Drinking is a BIG Problem

The effects of underage drinking are drastic, but before we discuss these, why do people that are underage drink alcohol. I have a few idea why some teens use alcohol.
Alcohol is in the media. Many celebrities make drinking seam cool and fun, but in reallity its not. When teens watch movies or tv shows with drinking it makes it look fun, for example shows like Rock of Love and the Flavor of Love glamify drinking.
Another reason that teens may drink could be because their friends do it and they are trying to fit in and become more popular. Some teens may choose to drink because they feel the need to rebel and drinking makes them feel rebeleous, but they need to face the facts.
Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings.
Despite these facts underage drinking is continuing to become an epedemic. People are beginning to drink at younger and younger ages. In 2003, research showed that people were drinking at the age of 14 compared to 17 1/2 in 1965. People who start drinking at younger ages are more likely to get alcoholism. Underage drinking is a serious problem and it needs to be adressed.

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