been related to marijuana. In the eyes of some, the plant is a harmful drug that belongs on the controlled substances list, being responsible for not only general teenage laziness and apathy, but also found in correlation with car accidents and deaths across the nation. To others, the plant is as sane a recreational substance as alcohol, made illegal due to political leaders’ interests in the lumber industry, and also a taxable commodity that can add exponential revenue to our economy. The outlawed
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those affected by it. In the case of Marijuana however, they are not seeing the big picture. Tobacco is such big revenue for the US and because of that the government refuses to make tobacco illegal, but Marijuana is basically the same as tobacco, just without the addictiveness and cancer, and could become huge revenue for this country. Not only helping those people that are in jail, but also helping families everywhere. More jobs would be available and the economy itself would just rise and people
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Medical Marijuana Should Be Legalized By Antoina Wynn English 101 Ms.McCormick 21 April 2012 Medicine is the art or science of restoring or preserving physical condition as by means of drugs, surgery or obstetrics or any substances used in the treatment of illness (dictionary.com). From there one must ask what a drug is. The dictionary definition of drug is any substance recognized in the official pharmacopeia, any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment
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William Emker Intro to Criminal Justice Professor Rosen 05/02/2011 Marjuana in the Criminal Justice System Should the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes be legalized? Wouldn’t it be simple to provide a simple black or white answer to this question? Across the nation there is much debate on this very topic, one that I don’t believe can be solved so easily with a yes or no. There are so many activists that have strong opinions on this subject and go to the fullest extent to ensure they
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Barros 4/13/15 English 101 Prof. Antine Topic Sentence: Like alcohol in the 1920s, marijuana should be legalized because doing so would not only reduce crime, but make the substance more reliable and safer and would generate tax dollars. Background/History: Why is marijuana illegal? Why is it legal in some states and not in others? Marijuana became widely criminalized in 1937 when congress passed the “Marijuana Tax Act” 1 as a result of a national propaganda campaign against the substance. Harry
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Problem #1: Using either a graph or table (Refer to page 22 for help with graphs and tables) use two goods to construct a production possibilities curve. Clearly explain what a variety of different points on the curve mean. This production curve shows the weighing of producing controllers for X-box ones vs the X-box one produced. If too many controllers are made you don’t have enough X-box ones. This isn’t a one on one relationship because each X-box can use more than one controller. What
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Legalization of Marijuana Medical and Recreational Uses Cullen Fitzsimmons ITT Technical Institute Authors Note This research is being submitted on August 17, 2015 to Hugo McPhee’s GS1145 course at ITT Technical Institute by Cullen Fitzsimmons. Abstract I decided that a very controversial subject was that of the legalization of Marijuana, both for medical and recreational use. I found that there are many health benefits to medical marijuana. There also can be many benefits to the recreational
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A drug is a substance that will cause a physiological change to your body when it is consumed. It interferes the brains and affect the way of how a body works. People believe that legal drugs are medicine that they consume when they are sick. These drugs are allowed by the doctors to prescribe to the patients to buy and consume them. Illicit drugs are known as the drugs that are illegal to make, use or sell as they are addictive. Speaking of drugs, people usually relate them to drug abuse, drug addiction
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Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized In The U.S. The legalization of Marijuana, which is commonly known as Cannabis Sativa, has been one of the most intense debates to be ever launched nation-wide. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in countless countries across the globe. When someone says ganja, cannabis, bung, dope, Mary Jane, grass, rasta, pot, or weed, they are referring to marijuana. Essentially, marijuana should be legalized for the greater good of society. The most
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Controversy of Immigration Growing up as an American citizen, one never truly realizes how much freedom and opportunity they posses in comparison to other significantly under privileged countries. Many other countries around the world are not progressively advancing as quickly as the United States is. Our country has a growing population of immigrants, both legal and illegal. There is much controversy on whether or not immigrants should be allowed to live in the United States. My personal opinion
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