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America does not allow assisted suicide. It is greatly debated but many believe that an individual should have the right to die.

This article discusses the fact that while a person may choose to smoke, it affects others in many ways. A smoker may die from lung cancer, or people may die from the second hand smoke, and he talks about how the smokers shouldn't have to be in hospitals when people who are injured from non smoking incidents can be helped.

This weighs the options of penalizing obese people ans well as smokers. On average they die 10 years faster than the normal person. It is something they feel against the poor. "Its not about their health its about everyone else"

This websites lists and justifies the right to euthanasia. The list has 62 points for this personal right.

Giving the rights to people who look death in the face and want to shorten the time they have to suffer. Euthanasia gives people the right to die with dignity in which they choose to take their own lives'.

This site focuses on the death with dignity view. It highlights the life of a person who was diagnosed with a fatal form of cancer. This individual decided to end her life.

Isn't the right to die a personal freedom if you have a terminal illness? This site will explore those thoughts as well as Religion.

This article describes the rights all citizens should have to die peacefully of their own accord. According to this article, a physician-assisted suicide will give people the benefit of dying painlessly and ultimately having jurisdiction over their death.

Euthanasia mean should a person suffering from an illness be able to decide when they die? The web site demonstrates all the pros and cons to what assisted suicide is.

I have never really looked into this topic and realized that it is an issue, so I love reading more about it.

If someone is very ill and there is nothing that anyone can do to help they should have the right end there own lives. It's horrible having to live long days, suffering and waiting for your life to end.

This has been an issue for a long time. It would tell how bad Tobacco is and how many people die from smoking or chewing tobacco.

I feel like something someday will kill us all. We should all have personal freedom to decide to be around drugs, alcohol or tobacco. So many products now days have serious chemicals in it we probably dont even realize the air is so polluted and slowly killing us.

A murderer on death row was administerd a lethal injection drug that has not been used before. He was sentenced in 1988. This was the last inmate to die on death row since the hold last year.

When it comes to a case like this, I wholeheartedly believe that Mark Asay deserved death for his crimes. I also believe that strict punishments like the death penalty need to be kept and used in order to impact homicide rates and discourage evil.

I am totally in favor of the death row. Kills off horrible people we dont need them in our society. Who pays for them to live in prison?

The arcle mainle talks about 911, when the two hijacked jets crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. How traumanic was it for the nation and all the people that die that day.

Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez of Santa Clara University discuss Assisted Suicide. An examination of the question is assisted sucide right or wrong?

Website first tells the story of a man named Matthew Donnelly who developed skin cancer and his brother that was tried for murder after shooting his brother despite Matthew wanting to die. It then goes into why assisted suicide should be allowed and then why it should not be. Finally, it brings up a good point that assisting in the death of someone might violate the beliefs of those that might be required to assist.

It is evident that a major threat to our personal privacy, and the possible infringement of our rights are increasing due to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles "UAV's" in U.S airspace.

I found this article pretty interesting. I never really realized that were were using the UAV's until my sister in law started flyng one. She is a pilot in the air force and flys the UAV's into enemy territory from her basement in South Dakota. I feel in this case that it is a valuable asset. Atleast we are saving our lives by using that instead of sending soldiers to die.

Original: Up through the early 1920's, diphtheria was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases in the United States, killing over 10,000 people every year. We started vaccinating children against diphtheria in the 1930's and 40's, and the disease started disappearing. Today it is rare for a doctor even to see a case of diphtheria, much less have a child die from it. Paraphrase: Killing over 10,000 people a year in the U.S, diphtheria proved to be one of the most feared youth diseases up until the early 1920's. Once doctors began vaccinating children for diphtheria in the 1930's the disease began to vanish. In today's world it is rare for a doctor to see a patient with diphtheria thanks to common vaccinations.

Most of us don't think about the need for clean water; however 18 people die every hour from lack of safe drinking water. There is major inequality when it comes to access of decent water. If you have money, you have safe water. Impoverished people are not as lucky. It should also be pointed out that the privatization of water systems make it even more difficult for most people to have clean water.

This page is a general reference for euthanasia which cites specific U.S. court cases on the topic.  It contains an even pro vs. con list that shows the facts of both sides without picking a side. 

Gun violence is a major issue and it can disrupt the functioning of schools and ruins the students ability of learning. Also, due to so much gun violence so many people die every year.

I like how the article provides a lot of statistics

I agree that gun violence is a big issue today. this issue has affected many American families lives. this website has good and helpful information on this topic.

The opioid crisis is bigger than what most people realize. Hundreds of people die daily due to overdosing on opioids, millions affected each year. It all started in the early 90's when everyone said painkillers aren't addictive. Years later everyone finally realized that opioids are indeed very addictive. Opioids need to be prescribed carefully in order to help slowly resolve the issue.

In this article, it shows how this pandemic started. It also informs the readers of what we currently know about the opioid overdose and what we are doing about it.

This article describes the various ways that POC are treated differently. This can cause doctors to provide the wrong treatment or no treatment for the minority who don't have access to healthcare.

The fact that we continue to face and see discrimination when it comes to health care is appalling. When dealing with health, health care providers should not be biased on who to help due to their skin color or certain characteristics.

There is no reason why there should still be discrimination in health care, they're saving your life regardless of your color.