Heading Heading Heading Title A lot of people in America perceive marijuana and people who use marijuana as something so horrible because of the way that the government portrays it, but most of those people who think this way fail to know the truth about marijuana. The fact of the matter is that the “dangers” of marijuana are over exaggerated and its classification is way out of proportion. Views about the use of cannabis have evolved over the decades. Cannabis has been around for centuries and
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Society as a whole has always looked down on marijuana because it is considered a drug. What people do not understand is it can be used for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is more than just a drug people sit on the couch and smoke. The medicinal use of marijuana is the act of smoking the substance as a pain reliever prescribed by the doctor. Several countries and some states in the United States have actually passed this plant with a forward thinking perspective. They are looking further down the road
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Making Marijuana Legal By James Pizzato The topic of whether or not marijuana should be legal has been debated since the early 1900s, when it first became illegal. Before then, marijuana was never known as a recreational drug. Marijuana, in the form of hemp, was used in many resources such as fuel, textiles, and even in medicine. Although marijuana is legal in many states for medicinal purposes only, it is still considered a harmful drug. Making marijuana –which is more beneficial than any
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legalize marijuana in the United States is brought up constantly. Marijuana is known through media sources such as, in television, music, and movies. We are in today’s society where this drug is a debatable issue. I believe people who oppose having marijuana legalized haven’t viewed the debate and are judging invalid accusations. Marijuana can have an impact on America for many positive reasons. The reasons why I believe weed can benefit the public are for medication, crime, and economy matters.
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Marijuana is one of the world’s oldest plants to come to wide practice of production, sale, and consumption originally used for medical purposes. This generated rapidly growing industries based around the variety of uses for the easily grown plant species. Hemp has been used for a variety of everyday purposes in Americas past including paper, clothing, food, and fuel; the economic potential for this plant type surpasses many plants which are considered staple crops today. Marijuana is America’s number
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Medical Marijuana Marijuana legalization one of the most argued and discussed subjects worldwide. The topic is argued for it to be legal for medical uses, and recreationally. Opposing these arguments are the ideas that it’s a “high potential for abuse,” and it is harmful to those who ingest the drug. On the other hand, don’t a majority of prescriptions, drugs, and medicines that are legal, and are heavily used, all have a “high potential for abuse?” Medical marijuana being legalized for specific
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states in America have now legalized medical marijuana, and 3 States have legalized not only medical marijuana but also recreational marijuana. According to USA Today as of September 2013 7.3% of Americans 12 years or older have tried marijuana. In 2012, a survey done by the New York Times reported that 18.9 million people were regular users of marijuana regardless if it was legal in their state or not. The battle across America has begun on marijuana legalization. Should it be legal for more than
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Legalizing Marijuana Kendall Joseph James York Sociology 120 September 18, 2011 Introduction In recent years there has definitely been an extremely unprecedented interest about whether or not marijuana along with its constituent compounds should be allowed to be used as medicine. There have been eight states since 1996 that have approved the medical use of marijuana. Although there are some people who simply dismiss the idea of medical marijuana as a subterfuge enabling liberalization
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Marijuana, subject that has been around since most were even born, yet still controversial to this very second. There are very passionate parties on both ends, some for it, and some against it. There are also positives and negatives to each. In a day and age where numbers are everything, it is “the” thing. This is a disclaimer: I am not writing about the legalization of weed. In fact, I am addressing the economic argument of if marijuana is the productive economic stimulus the United States has been
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Supporting the Legalization of Marijuana For the past years whether marijuana should be legal or not has been a popular debate topic in the media. This is not only discussed between government officials, but also the general public. It is often a heavily debated topic with two strong opposing opinions. Each side often has a great argument or point of view when it comes to marijuana legalization. There is a lot of concern behind making marijuana legal everywhere which is understandable. What
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