Medicinal Marijuana Really is Not That Bad James Johnson Course ENGL103-1303B-10 September 23rd, 2013 One of the largest debates currently is one over the medicinal use of medical marijuana. Through its use doctors can treat pain, nausea, anorexia, and muscle spasticity. Patients can lower their consumption of opiates to combat pain through the use of marijuana. The drug even brings quality of life benefits including improvements to sleep for insomniacs and the abatement of depressive symptoms
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Should Marijuana be Legalized? BCOM/275 November 26, 2012 Should marijuana be legalized? Throughout the years, the topic should marijuana be legalized is often heavily debated. For many years the use of marijuana was forbidden and outlawed in the United States, but in more recent years marijuana seems to be becoming accepted. Scientist has found many useful applications for marijuana. Recently, here in the United States, many states have approved legislation for marijuana for medical purposes
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cannabis drug, or widely known as marijuana, in the US as well as the Florida State has been debatable. Upon hearing the negative effects of marijuana, such as increased risk of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary, and schizophrenia, I have been a firm believer of the illegalization of this substance. Florida legislators have been trying to prevent the smuggling of the drug into American soil, which reassures me that the distribution and consumption of marijuana should be strictly prohibited.
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June 19, 2011 Lugene Rosen Legalize It! The legalization of marijuana would not hurt the country, but it would benefit it in many ways. Alcohol and tobacco are legal although they are more harmful than marijuana, which can be used to raise revenue, decrease the crime rate, and help heal the sick. Marijuana, or cannabis, has many positives much good can come from it being legal. Some of the main positives of legalizing marijuana include raising revenue for the country as a whole, decreasing the
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Matthew Viebag Police Systems & Practices Prof. M. Kilty The legalization of Marijuana has been a timeless topic within our society, we often ask ourselves whether or not making it legal to manufacture, distribute or consume this product would be an advantage or disadvantage. The following will illustrate the pros and cons of legalization and its role in American Society in association with economy, crime, productivity, the justice system and courts, traffic issues and so on. Pros
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Beyond Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Purpose Angel Padro Devry University Professor Natalie Reid English 112 February 23, 2011 In this time of day we still have people that are against legalizing marijuana, but now it brings up discussion about marijuana if United States should legalized marijuana for medical purpose. Now you have to ask yourself something, why is marijuana illegal in the first place? If the government wants to legalize it for medical purposes, why not completely legalize
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From an Economic Standpoint 12/2/2012 The Legalization of Marijuana in America ID: 1175376 Introduction After the recent 2012 United States Presidential Election, whereupon Colorado and Washington passed the policy to legalize marijuana for “adult purposes,” government officials faced conflict as to whether to legalize the drug on a federal level or not (Smith 1). There is a battle between the Supreme Court and federal government regarding enforcement as state law allows production and
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What good could the legalization of marijuana possibly do? This is a question that has been brought to the minds of almost every person across this great country. Recently, the state of Colorado has legalized marijuana for personal use. In addition, businesses have opened to sell marijuana to the general public, with some startlingly beneficial effects to Colorado's economy. Do we really know all the facts about marijuana though, from all the media and gossip that we have heard about the elusive
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AND CONS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION Legalization of marijuana is one of the biggest topics today. Is the legalization of marijuana a good thing both morally and financially? Are we even moving in the right direction by moving down the road to legalization? There are many good and bad reasons on both sides why marijuana should and should not be made legal. There are also the moral obligations to be considered in smoking marijuana. Let’s not forget about the possible economic effects the legalization
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For the Legalization of Marijuana Naomi H. Marquez Brad Lycan October 16, 2013 As we venture on the topic of legalizing marijuana these paper will analyze several crucial points of this discussion and review several articles and their position on this controversial topic. We will analyze the main topics of concern for the legalization of cannabis which will include, the history of the prohibition of cannabis, the potential health risks compare to alcohol and tobacco, the criminal affect
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