Should America Legalize and Decriminalize Marijuana? Marijuana is one of the most versatile plants on this planet and we are not utilizing it to its full potential. The plant has many uses and the most controversial one is recreational use. Cannabis has gotten a bad reputation through many slander campaigns and dubbed the gateway drug. GUTWILLIG: “The overwhelming evidence shows that the enormous majority of people who try marijuana or who even smoke marijuana regularly never consume any other illicit
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Marijuana. When we hear that word we think of crime, criminals, smoke and the negative thoughts surrounded by this drug. What we don't think of is the positive things around it. It can stop seizures, it's been shown to stop cancer, it can ease pain and it's been proven to treat glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness. Its one of the most widely used drugs today and if the government did choose to legalize the crime rate would decrease, it would lead to access for medical marijuana and safer
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Legalizing marijuana has been one of the most debated topics for a long time now. Across with any other topic, there are pros and cons to the situation. The Presidential election wasn't the only vote in 2016; several states also voted on the fate of marijuana laws. Walking in Colorado and Washington shoes, California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine have decided to make marijuana consumption legal for recreational purposes. On the other hand, Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota voted to allow medical
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Intro: Since 1972, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The US Congress placed marijuana under this classification because it was considered to have "no accepted medical usage." However, 15 of the 50 states, plus DC have legalized the usage of medical marijuana. With so many states choosing to ignore Congress' decision, it is clear that there is something more to be said about using marijuana for medicinal purposes. Hillary Rodham Clinton, current US Secretary
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Marijuana should be legalized By: Trevor Jones When you were a child you probably had to listen to lots of anti-drug talks in school and most of them spent some time talking about why you shouldn’t smoke marijuana. They would say that it's bad for you and that it’s worse for you that tobacco or alcohol or that it will make you a failure in life. The truth is that it isn't worse for you than alcohol or tobacco. You won't be a failure because you smoked pot. The truth is that a lot of that was
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Charles Fryer English/147 6/25/2015 Dr. Jill Bonds Legalizing Medical Marijuana What if someone told you that many of our everyday ailments, and some diseases could be treated with a medication that is all natural? Medical marijuana is on the cutting edge of prescription medication. However, there is one major issue. Is it legal or is it illegal? The fact is that no matter where you are in America it is always federally illegal, even if it is
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Should the U.S. Decriminalize Marijuana? Every year our government spends about nineteen billion dollars to control the usage of marijuana. About seventeen thousand people were arrested last year because of it. The U.S. spends about twenty thousand per year house keep these inmates. (Miles) Who are these dangerous people that we are talking about? These people are considered pot heads. There is a marijuana arrest every forty two seconds in the U.S. In most cases most people who are pulled over
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Marijuana has been legalized in states like California and Colorado, congress has been involved since president George W. Bush and in present time Trump seems to be letting the states handle it, rather than the federal government. Trump’s Administration has stepped in and promised to “get tougher” on drugs including marijuana (National Review). Many people in the federal government would like to step in but they may not exercise their power if it was never granted. In 2013 Deputy Attorney General
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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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