Learning Experience Christie Taylor-Huisman HUM/114 November 28, 2014 McCormick Marijuana: Why It Should Be Decriminalized Nearly twenty thousand people die from prescription medication overdose in the United States each year. By federally decriminalizing medical marijuana, these statistics can be changed. Prescription drugs, and over-the-counter medications are the leading causes of accidental overdose related death in the United States. Logistically speaking
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[Type the company name] | Legalization of Marijuana | | | Imagine waking up every morning to morning sickness. You’re not pregnant but your stomach feels like it’s on fire and the only relief you can muster is to crawl to the bathroom and vomit up a mouthful of stomach acids. This is the life of an individual with acid reflux. Now you might say that this individual should go to the doctor and get some medication but the fact of the matter is, I have already seen several doctors
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Did you know that a survey conducted by the CASA revealed some shocking facts about drugs in schools. “The survey revealed that at least once a week on their school grounds, 9% of middle school students (more than 1 million) see illegal drugs used, sold, students high and/or students drunk. At least weekly, 17% of all high and middle school students (4.4 million) personally see classmates high on drugs at school” (...America’s Schools Are Infested With Drugs). These are just a few examples of problems
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persuade Specific Purpose: The Reasons why my audience should support the legalization of marijuana worldwide. Thesis: Marijuana is not actually how society perceives it, they consider it a harmful plant that can affect lives negatively, however it is proven to offer many positive benefits to both our world and people. Introduction: Attention: I. Today, about 14.8% of the population smokes marijuana and is legal in 22 states. This drug is mostly consumed by many teens and adults. People use
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Legalization There are a multitude of various illegal drugs used every single day in the United States. The most common illegal drug used is marijuana. Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a drug derived from dried leaves and buds from the cannabis plant. This drug can be classified as a hallucinogen, stimulant, or a depressant. Marijuana is a very beneficial drug used for recreational, and medicinal purposes. Cannabis should be legalized and decriminalized for a various amount of reasons
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April 2015 Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana should be legalized within the United States. Marijuana has become more accepted in today's society. Celebrities are becoming more open about their use of marijuana, and some college campuses have changed their punishment for possession to merely $100 fine. Marijuana should be legalized because it does not cause a threat to society. Marijuana has also been prescribed to help children with epilepsy and seizures. Marijuana also known as cannabis has
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The Benefit of Legalizing Marijuana Of all legal reformations that should be made, the legalization of marijuana is perhaps the most necessary. If legalized on a controlled basis, it could greatly benefit our country in a variety of ways. Clearly the most controversial topic is marijuana's benefit to the medical community. The economy would also be a beneficiary of marijuana's legalization through taxation and all the while crime rates would inevitably decrease throughout the country. While many
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and information to convince the population that illicit drugs are bad and that prescribes drugs are good. People should choose for themselves what is good for them and for others. As said before, Marijuana is less damageable than alcohol, yet alcohol is legal, and Marijuana is not. In addition, alcohol can be damageable for people that have an alcoholic tendency, but people still consume it since it is socially acceptable. According to utilitarianism, it is ethical to legalize some drugs since
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Marijuana Legalization All across the United States there are prisons filled with men and women serving marijuana related crimes. Each one of these men and women go through the court systems, and this takes time and money away from our government. Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world. Mainly people think of marijuana of the dirty drug out on the street, when actually marijuana has been proven to help people medically. Marijuana is a less harmful drug than alcohol and tobacco
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Should Marijuana really be illegal in America? Marijuana, also known as cannabis, has been around for ages. The earliest known use of cannabis dates back to the Stone Age in Asia. During the Neolithic Era, when the development of agriculture came about, the ancient Asian nomads discovered how to grow the plant and began to harvest it. It became much more common to people once they started farming because it grew wildly. “…some 10,000 years ago, nomadic groups scavenged, hunted, fished, and gathered
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