Legalizing Marijuana The real question here is, “Why should marijuana be illegal?” We as individuals reserve the right to make choices for ourselves. The government only has a right to limit those choices if the person’s actions endanger someone else or pose a significant threat to other human being. Here are some facts about marijuana use; marijuana does not cause brain damage, genetic damage, or damage the immune system. Marijuana does not cause serious health problems, tobacco or alcohol can or
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Should Marijuana be Legalized? BCOM/275 November 26, 2012 Should marijuana be legalized? Throughout the years, the topic should marijuana be legalized is often heavily debated. For many years the use of marijuana was forbidden and outlawed in the United States, but in more recent years marijuana seems to be becoming accepted. Scientist has found many useful applications for marijuana. Recently, here in the United States, many states have approved legislation for marijuana for medical purposes
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Medical Marijuana Legalization Alexis Lucca COM/150 10/13/2013 Tameka Winston The debate over whether marijuana should be legalized has long troubled many American citizens. There are many political aspects that have to be taken into account when making a big federal decision such as this. However, long before America was even an idea, many cultures had harnessed the plant, and used it for many primitive medical procedures. Within certain states it is legal to use marijuana for medical
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Kimberly Crissman Reasons Why Marijuana for Personal or Medical Use Should Not be Legal: 1. Use will increase: It will become less expensive and easier to get. 2. Car crashes: the number of crashes due to impaired drivers will increase. 3. Little tax benefit: marijuana will not provide a large tax revenue to the state. 4. Federal law: legalizing per state will contradict the federal laws. 5. No accepted medical use: health benefits have not been accepted well enough on a national
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BENEFITS OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA POST UNIVERSITY GABRIEL JAIME The current United States of America rules and regulations governing the policies on marijuana use stands as perhaps one of the most unwarranted. In a nation where more severely damaging drugs are legal, alcohol abuses being the biggest, marijuana has been illegal for the better part of 70 years. The prohibition on marijuana use is absolutely unnecessary considering that it is safer than either alcohol or cigarettes and does not
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Cons of Legalizing Marijuana Genaro Esparza SOC 120 Jenna Soard May 1, 2011 The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana In 2010 an estimated 443,000 people died prematurely from smoking tobacco or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite these risks, approximately 46.6 million U.S. adults smoke cigarettes. Alcohol use last year led to 14,406 alcoholic liver disease deaths and 23,199 other alcohol related deaths excluding
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The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana, also known as Cannabis, is a psychoactive drug for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana originates from the Mexican Spanish work marihuana. According to the United Nations, marijuana is the most widely used illicit substance in the world. In modern times, marijuana has been used for such cases like recreational, religious, spiritual and medicinal purposes. However, most of today’s people use marijuana for own self-satisfaction and psychoactive
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Rebuttal Many people say that Marijuana should not be legal, not even for medical use. For decades there has been an ongoing debate about whether or not marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes and or for recreational use. This debate is now out in the open, and for the first time Americans are seriously considering legalizing marijuana throughout the United States. The controversy regarding marijuana is. The first and most important reason marijuana should be legalized is for medical
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legalization of Marijuana. But before you judge too quickly, it’s hard to deny all the good this plant could do. Whether it be the broad range of jobs it could create, the tax profits it would bring to the government, or even the medical miracles surfacing around the nation. Marijuana is safe, safer in fact than most other prescribed medications to treat the same symptoms. This plant is growing vastly in the medical field and replacing many addictive narcotics prescribed by doctors. Medical marijuana is available
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The topic of marijuana as a medical drug for treatment has sparked much controversy. Generally people tend to be fiercely on one side, for or against medicinal marijuana, while many remain undecided, believing much more research is needed. Recent studies on medicinal marijuana show benefits in its use for cancer, seizures, and post-traumatic stress disorder but conflicting reports cause doubt in its benefits. Some studies have found that both compounds found in marijuana tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
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