Should Marijuana be legalized? Since marijuana's first recorded use dating back five thousand years ago, it has never gained much popularity until the last century with prohibition and antiwar movements. Now, more than ever, propositions to legalize this plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate. Marijuana is the most widely used drug in the United States and considered to be the most harmful by the government with its anti-marijuana stance and laws aimed at limiting its
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Many people debate if marijuana is an herb or a drug/poison, but since early 2001 marijuana was legalized which provided a set regulations towards legal access to marijuana. The restrictions for the uses of marijuana are that only allowed to be used with a license prescribed by a doctor and can be only used for medical purposes. Marijuana is known for paralyzing the pain and treats many diseases. Marijuana can also only be prescribed for 90 days by a doctor. Its uses are mainly treating migraines
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National Legalization of Marijuana William Pollard ECPI University National Legalization of Marijuana The United States of America (U.S.A) has a trillion-dollar deficit. They are consistently looking for ways to lower the amount of the deficit. Most Americans pay an additional tax on certain commodities, alcohol, and tobacco, commonly referred to as the sin tax. The nationwide legalization of marijuana for the tax revenue that the sale of marijuana will generate specifically earmarked
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of the taxpayers’ pockets. In short, the war on drugs has failed because the government enforced punishment instead of prevention, which led to creating a black market that increased crime and corruption, resulting in loss of resources and a worse economy. First, since the beginning of this drug war, the government has been focused on enforcing tough punishments instead of finding out ways that could prevent the distribution and use of illicit drugs. Although some people have a mindset that by bringing
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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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industrious, and fair representatives to be elected. Works Cited 1. Chokshi, N. (2014, October 24). Sen. Merkley: "I lean in favor of" legalizing marijuana in Oregon [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from The Washington Post website: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/10/24/sen-merkley-i-lean-in-favor-of-legalizing-marijuana-in-oregon/ 2. Meet Jeff Merkley. (2015). Retrieved October 27, 2015, from Jeff Merkley website: http://www.jeffmerkley.com 3. Jeff Merkley. (n.d.)
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Legalizing Marijuana: Could It Help Society? Living in Colorado for the past year has brought up much controversy about the legalization of marijuana. Many argue that the legalization of marijuana is detrimental to our society. It can be argued that it is a “gateway drug”, that marijuana could lead to more incidences of drug-related incidences, and that if it is legalized it can be more easily attained which will lead to more abuse of the drug. On the other hand, the legalization of marijuana will
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Andre Williams Mark Davis English 101 19 November 2014 Legalization of Marijuana Cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana, is a plant that originated from South Asia and the Central continents. This unique plant is grown from a plant and its intended use is for medical reasons, but more so people smoke it sociably. Over the past century it has been labeled as an illegal drug and criminalized in many states. Marijuana has become a very popular downtime drug that pot users enjoy to smoke on a
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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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sale of recreational marijuana… in January 2014 alone. Combined with taxes on sales from medical marijuana, that number jumps to $3.5 million (Phillips par.2).” Let that sink in for a second, 3.5 million dollars in one month. Think of all the uses that money could be put towards, Education, Prevention, Treatment, the possibilities are endless. That number doesn’t even include the amount of money we would be saving by not criminalizing non violent drug offenders. Federally marijuana is still illegal
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