Legalization of Marijuana Do you think the legalization of marijuana is all positive? Can there be some negative factors? Based on politics, health, and peoples point of view it is a widely recognized, highly controversial, and common issue in the United States. Many politicians believe it should be legalized and others disagree, especially during the presidential primary. In David Sheff’s article “Marijuana Should Be Legal, but …” in time magazine he proposes that marijuana should be legalized
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Aroz The legalization of marijuana is a controversial subject but there are many positive arguments that support it. With all the benefits that it has and all the many people that it could help. Marijuana should be legalized for all its medicinal purposes, plus it would increase state revenues if taxed, and it is one of the many cash crops. The legalization of marijuana has been used for many different medicinal purposes. There are many medical conditions that marijuana could help such as AIDS
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Marijuana Prohibition Marijuana prohibition in America has become a much heated debate over the past decade or so which has launched countless campaigns both for and against legalizing the plant for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, excessive propaganda has been used to distort the facts and prevent education on the matter. It may surprise you to know that 100 years ago this was not even an issue. Most people in America simply assume that marijuana was criminalized due to the result of scientific
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Designates state agencies to license and regulate marijuana industry. Imposes state excise tax on retail sales of marijuana equal to 15% of sales price, and state cultivation taxes on marijuana of $9.25 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per ounce of leaves. 3.) Implications of this propositions: Proposition 61: This Proposition implies that medical agencies will not be making
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has left Mexican people hopeless and desperate to find a solution to this problem. Mexico has become a vulnerable country that fear drug cartels, and that lives surrounded by violence. It is essential to comprehend how this situation started, what effects it has had on Mexican society and what actions is the Mexican government taking to overcome this problem. It’s no surprise to say that the drug cartels have been around for many years, there has always been a great demand for drugs and Mexico
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Michael Littlejohn Essay #4 English 1101 Marijuana Legalization The history of Marijuana dates back to many, many years, and has served different cultures in various ways. Over the last few years however Marijuana has been adapted to fit our lifestyles, and social environment. Today many people around the world smoke Marijuana, for medicinal purposes, and the drug should be legalized permanently as ‘pot’ has many beneficial uses, including easing pain, helping Canada to stay away from debt
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The views today on Marijuana are not the same as the views in the 70’s.Due to the approval of 27 states, medical studies, and cost of consequences on those convicted from use of the most common illicit drug in the world, the United States of America has began to rethink its stance on the matter. The question of this country seems to be the underlying argument about Marijuana in this country is: should Marijuana continue to be prohibited to citizens based on its health effects, medicinal values,
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restricted to age. Currently, marijuana, both medical and recreational is not legal in all parts of the United States; furthermore, whether it ever will be, is being considered. Marijuana has a bad
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Legalization of Marijuana Michelle Shepard Soc 120 July 16, 2012 Danielle Camacho There is no denying that the drug problem in our country today has reached an epidemic proportion. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control and or solve it. Trying to end the drug war may not seen to be the best answer in the beginning, but those so-called wars on drugs have not been very successful at stopping the drug wars. I feel that there should be some different
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passed, that local law enforcement and government officials predicted to cause more harm than help. Amendment 64 legalized marijuana in the states of Colorado and Washington for recreational sale and private usage (Amendment 64 Use And Regulation Of Marijuana, 2013). While many people grew excited about this new law because of their newfound freedom, others feared the adverse effects it could have on the states and their community. However, what was expected to be an inevitable downfall has proven to
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