George Bierson’s "Marijuana, the Deceptive Drug", was written and put in the Massachusetts News in 2000. Bierson stated that marijuana is bad for the body in many ways, including damage to the brain, reproductive system, and immune system. He also states that marijuana is a "gateway drug", which means that it leads people to want to take other drugs. The fault in Bierson’s arguments is that he is basing things on what most people assume and not hard facts. I have found that several of his points
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Dr. Marnie Carroll Aug 27, 2012 Marijuana has been placed on the control substances list as a schedule 1 class drug along with heroin, mescaline, and LSD; the government is claiming that marijuana is harmful and addictive. I will disprove these claims. The United States government has made the possession and use of marijuana illegal, but nicotine a known addictive drug and alcohol are legal for personal use. I believe as a personal choice medicinal marijuana should be legalized and this
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there’s nothing she can do. An hour later, she’s dead from an overdose. Her son, 5, is left an orphan with no one to look after him. This isn’t an uncommon occurrence in the heroin underground. Up to 50% of drug users have experienced or witnessed an overdose (Martins, Silvia S) The decriminalization and/or legalization of heroin would benefit the entire nation, including addicts that overdose. Giving addicts cheaper and safer heroin
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and citizens should consider the arguments both supporting and opposing decriminalization of sex work, defined by the Global Network of Sex Work Projects as “the removal of all criminal and administrative prohibitions and penalties on sex work, including laws targeting clients and
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detrimental to our society. It can be argued that it is a “gateway drug”, that marijuana could lead to more incidences of drug-related incidences, and that if it is legalized it can be more easily attained which will lead to more abuse of the drug. On the other hand, the legalization of marijuana will improve society. The legalization of marijuana will lower violence and crime rates, will stimulate the economy, and will be a safer drug than those already legalized, such as tobacco and alcohol. Marijuana
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While the current population of the U.S.A. is 313.9 Million according to United States Census Bureau, and the World Bank (2012). Fifty percent of Americans, 156.95 Million, support legalization of marijuana. These numbers demand drug reform in this country. Half of the drug arrests, 850,000 Americans, where arrested in 2010. Eighty eight percent, 748,000 of those arrests were for marijuana possession alone. The current criminalization of marijuana undercuts future economic development. Incarceration
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being alive would be slim. By smoking cannabis, these patients can make the remaining time left in their lives more enjoyable and bearable due to the relaxing effects cannabis has on the body without the side-effects of other mainstream prescription drugs. The Eagle Forum, a group focused on social issues, stated in its online brochure, “Facts You Need to Know About ... Marijuana, “Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy often die from infection because chemotherapy weakens the body’s immune defenses
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A little lizard was walking through the forest to see his pal the monkey. The monkey called out “Hey little buddy come on up here, I have some really good weed”. So the little lizard climbed up the tree, where he and the monkey smoked a great big joint. The little lizard said “Hey this stuff is great, but I have a wicked case of cottonmouth”. “Well”, said the monkey, “there’s a river just down the road”. So the little lizard climbed down the tree, walked through the brush and started to drink the
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Approximately one in every Thirty-one adults are currently in jail in the United States. Between 70% and 75% of these conviction are for drug related charges. A scrapyard in Massachusetts was shut down when police raided it because a customer reported a smell of marijuana upon entering the office at the scrapyard. When the police entered the yard office they found a small amount of marijuana around a gram. Camera footage reviled that this marijuana was used only by the owner after his shift. He lived
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Introduction Marijuana is one of the most controversial drugs in the world and is a subject to serious discussion in the United States today concerning its illegal status. Marijuana should be legalized in all 50 states because the positive effects outweigh the bad effects, especially when it is associated with medicinal usage. “In the last two years, four states have voted to decriminalize it within their specific jurisdictions” (Allen, 2015). “In December 2013, Uruguay, a South American country
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