Composition 1 16 November 2014 Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is a very well-known drug that has been around for thousands of years. This drug is one of the most popular drugs in the world. Some of the most wealthy and prosperous people in the world use marijuana. There are reasons these people use marijuana but they still have to use it on the down low because it is still illegal in most states in the United States. Why is it still illegal? Marijuana is a very desirable and safe drug. If it were
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elderlies, practice the infamous habit of smoking and drinking alcohol. Researches states that cannabis is the most consumed illegal drugs used today, while alcohol is the number one drug used and abused. Whether the vice is habitually puffing marijuana or consuming alcohol, smokers and drunkards are seen undoubtedly in every neighborhood in small towns and large cities. Although a great controversial issue for decades, the legalization of marijuana for the past recent years has soared to new heights of
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Samuels has written an article in he Huffington Post about his stance on the legalization of marijuana. He states he is against the legalization but not the decimalization. Dr. Samuels proceeds to state that legalization would be a nightmare on the fact that marijuana would be available in stores across the country, and that it would mirror the alcohol and tobacco industry. In relation he states that “alcohol has created so much dysfunction and destruction in our society, why would we want to introduce
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on Marijuana. Marijuana has been a hot topic lately, and the debates really been heating up. The main question is how much would our country benefit from the legalization of recreational marijuana? Our citizens and political leaders have a chance to cash in on one of the biggest cash crops in existence today. Legalizing marijuana for recreational use has the potential to be very lucrative and beneficial to our country and society. To fully understand the debate on legalizing marijuana, you
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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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in harm. This does not apply to marijuana, since the individual who chooses to use marijuana does so according to his or her own free will, and the government also may have a right to limit individual actions if the actions pose a significant threat to the individual. But this argument does not logically apply to marijuana because marijuana is far less dangerous than some drugs that are legal, such as alcohol and tobacco. There for the most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there
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(DEA p.1). American country singer and marijuana advocate Willie Nelson said, “I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?” (Nelson p.1). Larry Malerbra D.O, a practitioner, educator and leader in the field of holistic medicine argues that, “The medical benefits of marijuana (cannabis) are pretty well established
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John Finkbiner 12-12-11 Drugs and society 1. In the book, Strassman tries to illustrate through his clients the statement “these reports challenge our world view, and they raise the emotional intensity of debate: “Is it a dream? A hallucination? Or is it real?” “Where are these places? Inside or out?” in chapter 12, before introducing the different stories, Strassman states “Rarely did the DMT environment take center stage during someone’s trip” (p.176). There is no right way to answer those
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Legalization of Marijuana Introduction: Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since 1937. Marijuana however, has been around since four thousand B.C when at that time people gave cannabis as gifts or used it at ceremonies. Marijuana has been used in many different ways over its existence such as; Medical purposes, clothing, oils, and food. Marijuana has be vilified over the past seventy plus years because the government insists on making our choices for us when their job is to limit
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Kimberly 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
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