The opinion of Marijuana during the 70’s was much more definitive than it is today. Approval of Marijuana by 27 states, new medical studies, and its consequences on those convicted from use of the most common illicit drug in the world, is forcing the United States of America to rethink its stance on the matter. In general, the underlying argument about Marijuana in this country is: should Marijuana continue to be prohibited to citizens based on its health effects, medicinal values, and costs to the
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benefits to the legalization of cannabis. Legalizing cannabis could have a positive effect on the crime rate in America as the statistics will show this. The most beneficial part of legalizing cannabis will be the economic gains that will come from legalizing marijuana. While there are some health risks associated to the legalization of cannabis the benefits of a decrease in crime and increases in the economy greatly out weigh the cons to legalizing cannabis. There are many health benefits
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The Legalization of Marijuana in the United States and the Positive Effects it produces for the United States Brandie N. Krantz Ashford University ENG 122: English Composition Instructor Imani Muhammad December 1st 2014 The Legalization of Marijuana in the United States and the Positive Effects it produces for the United States Marijuana should be legalized in the US because it would aid in alleviating symptoms of certain medical conditions, reduce the cost of manpower associated with prosecuting
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LEGALIZING MARIJUANA Legalizing marijuana in all states would benefit the country in many ways, such as Creating thousands of jobs, dealing a massive blow to drug cartels, which would suddenly reduce drug war ,provision of an enormous windfall for the government, which would bring in billions in taxes and save billions more on law enforcement (ending Prohibition played a big part in getting the U.S. out of the Great Depression),allow police, courts and prisons to focus their resources on dangerous
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Medical Marijuana Although the legalization of recreational marijuana is controversial, a majority of Americans are more supportive of legalizing medical marijuana. Since the effects of marijuana on youth is not positive, but medical marijuana can have a positive effect on patients of all age groups, it seems reasonable to legalize medical marijuana because the benefits outweigh any negatives. Modern technology has discovered many benefits to the legalization of it. Those benefits include lower crime
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Legalization of Marijuana Legalizing marijuana has a lot of positives to it. Some of them are profit, medical purposes, reducing harm, creating jobs,etc.. Four states in the United States have legalized marijuana in all ways, including recreational and medical purposes , and have not had major problems with it (Marijuana Legalization and Regulation). These states include Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon, also Washington D.C. has legalized it. It has brought great profit to their state economies (Marijuana
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contribute to medicine why is it still illegal? Thus, cannabis should be legalized across the nation so to reveal its numerous obscure therapeutic advantages for a healthier society; “The term medical marijuana refers to using the whole, unprocessed marijuana plant or its basic
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An Illegal Cash Crop Cannabis, or in it's popular name, 'Marijuana', is a plant consisted of dried flowers. This unique plant has many variations of different types of chemicals, which can stimulate psychological and physiological effects upon a living thing. Breaking the recreational drug into a more complex version will result in 'hemp' or classified by the US government as a "Schedule 1 controlled substance drug". Along with it's 50,000 possible beneficial uses of the plant, hemp is considered
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Relief of Spasticity 1 2.2. Treatment of movement disorders 1 2.3. Medical Marijuana as Pain Killer 1 3. Economic Benefits 1 3.1. Increased Tax Revenues 2 3.2. Fiscal Equalization with Alcohol and Tobacco 2 3.3. Reduction of Public Expenditures 2 4. Conclusion 2 5. Reference List 3 Affidavit 1.Introduction Prohibition of Marijuana is an ongoing debate and is one that will need to be dealt with in a serious manner in the
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Legalizing Marijuana makes Pennsylvanians Rich Introduction Growing up on the gritty streets of West Philadelphia I was exposed to many drugs. From an early age I can remember seeing guys hang out on the corner. It wasn’t until I became a preteen that I realized that these young men weren’t just “hanging out”. They were actually hustling and making drug transactions. In high school I was offered my joint. Scared of my parents finding out and remembering the negative effects
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