New Age Cash Crop Imagine you wake up on a Sunday fall morning. America’s economy is back on track, unemployment has dropped considerably, and we pay fewer taxes because the crime rate has gone down and jails aren’t overflowing with prisoners. Regular season NFL games are on today, after a stressful summer with football in a lockout. But first you go through your normal morning routine, go outside to get the paper, come back inside to eat, brush your teeth and what have you. You get in your car
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Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado Andrew Rouse COMM/215 April 12, 2013 Lisa Turner Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado In early November 2000 Colorado voters legalized the use of medical marijuana by a vote of 53%. Amendment supporter Martin Chilcutt said (2000) “an ounce of marijuana could cost $100 to $400, depending on quality” (“Regulatory issues; attorneys attempting to legalize medical
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized for Medicinal Use Sharon Reid English 102 October 4, 2013 Week 6 Raymond Stone I am very passionate about this topic. The reason why is because I have a friend that lost her battle with cancer I was there to see how this disease was tearing her apart and how the use of Marijuana help to ease her pain. Although her doctor did not prescribe medical marijuana as a relief for her pain and discomfort, she was able to self-medicate. It tore me up inside
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Marijuana Cannabis legislation has never been closer to legalization in the whole country. The issue of marijuana legalization can be viewed from a few different perspectives. An individual can be opposed to legalization of marijuana, approve marijuana legalization, or feel that marijuana legalization does not affect him or her. Why not legalize cannabis? Legalizing Marijuana could potentially lead to a drop in the crime rate. Legalization could also help the economy by bringing in a new industry
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1960s and began to decriminalized marijuana. This is the longest "war" in America history, and is a very important topic especially with dealing with minorities. The war on drug has many elements in the form of laws aimed at limiting, regulating and prohibiting the use of specific substances by certain minorities. This is war has cause major racial disparities within the prisons populations and also force incarcerations rates to rise. This war also keep the economy flowing and have created more job's
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Marijuana A common stereotype of those who use marijuana are often classified as bums, unintelligent, and drug addicts. This claim is absurd as according to the National Orginaztion for the Refom of Marijuana Laws, marijuana is the third most popular drug in America as it frequently used recreationally (NORML). While those who oppose the legalization of marijuana there are those who actually need it, and support that it should be legal. By taking action, marijuana can be decriminalized and proven
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Medical Marijuana Growing up everyone is told, “Drugs are bad.” As a young kid one doesn’t really understand the reason why drugs are bad, but only know they are bad because we were told that they are bad. I remember being told this my entire life, but once I got older I realized that many people use drugs although they are illegal. As time goes by the image of marijuana is not seen as a bad drug anymore or a road to drug abuse like other heavy drugs. For example, Marijuana is posted
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized The legalization of marijuana has been a hot topic for several years in the United States. Those opposed to the legalization say that marijuana is addictive, leads to harder drug use and increases criminal behavior. The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes dates back to as early as 2737 B.C., where Chinese Emperor Shen Neng would prescribe marijuana tea for treatment of a variety of ailments (Stack, Suddath, 2009). Research shows that marijuana should be legalized
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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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Rebuttal The legalization of marijuana has been a controversial topic for many years now. Do the pros of the legalization of marijuana outweigh the cons of the legalization of marijuana? I believe so. The fact is Marijuana legalization would have an abundance of positive effects for not only the U.S. but for the world as well. Cannabis is not a deadly plant. However some choose to argue that the crime rate would rise as of a result of the legalization of marijuana. However legalization of cannabis
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