Genevieve Welle

The Renaissance marks a period in time when a major shift occurred in the way humans think. Before then, human thought was much more concerned with outside factors such as religion and tradition rather than individual and self-conscious thought. As this shift occurred, humans started to focus more inward where every individual was capable of conscious thought outside of cultural practices. Part of this change was caused by the invention of mechanized print, and the dissemination of knowledge that followed the invention of mechanized print. Furthermore, this explosion of knowledge in the Renaissance has many similarities to the explosion of information in the current digital age. The systems of organization of information set forth by the scholars of the Renaissance created a precedent for the structure of the modern computer, and how the individual comprehended and synthesized its information. To understand the effects of the movement of humanism in the Renaissance, it is import

In 2016, 2,205,300 people were incarcerated for drug possession in the US alone. This is the highest incarceration rate in the world. This number shows the alarming rates at which individuals are getting punished for drug use. The incarceration of drug users only exacerbates and contributes to drug abuse in individuals, whereas decriminalization would offer alternative solutions to those struggling with substance issues. Countries such as Portugal have already decriminalized drug possession and are seeing positive results in lowering numbers of drug related deaths and better prevention of HIV. As opposed to what many may think, “There is essentially no relationship between the punitiveness of a country’s drug laws and its rates of drug use.” Says drug reform think tank Transform . The US spends $47+ million on the drug war every year. Furthermore, there is a significant body of evidence that shows enforcement of drug charges has little deterrence on drug use.  These effort