driving by discouraging less marijuana use in general. There is also information about the extent to which you’re impaired, which people might apply to driving. Audience Features Based on the people shown in the PSAs, the message is aimed at young adults. Almost every person in the videos was white and every main character (ie, the character that was high) was a white male. This will have different effects depending on whether it reflects the demographics of marijuana users in Colorado. Some people
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the legalization of marijuana. The financial benefits of legalizing marijuana alone are worth it in the eyes of the right person. The state of California would generate a tax revenue of 1.4 billion dollars off of the 14 billion dollars of currently untaxed marijuana sells. If the production and distribution of drugs was regulated by the government, people will be less likely to turn to the streets to obtain drugs. The government will be able to control the production and sell of marijuana the
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Why Marijuana should be legalized I believe marijuana as a drug is wrong but at the same time I can’t overlook its helpful benefits to those in pain from an illness. Marijuana can be used to help one calm down or relieve stress that has built up throughout the day. Smoking tobacco also helps with stress and has a higher risk of causing mouth cancer, throat cancer, or lung cancer then smoking weed. Legalizing Marijuana means we can treat the problem of drug abuse as a medical problem not a criminal
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Michael Werth English 91 Legalized Marijuana 12/4/14 word count: 596 On November 6, 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington made momentous and almost entirely novel choice to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use. In spite of clear conflict with Federal drug laws; the voting majorities in Colorado and Washington , decided that their states should lead the way through experimentation. On July 8th, 2014, Washington State opened
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enforcement of prohibition. Legalization would reduce state and federal deficits by eliminating expenditure on prohibition enforcement, arrests, prosecutions, and incarceration and by allowing governments to collect tax revenue on legalized sales. Many people are concerned that the legalizing of soft drugs such as marijuana would lead to the legalizing of other harder drugs such as cocaine, heroin, or even crack. Stoned driving and other dangers would be increased. Marijuana use isn't truly a "victimless
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Many people debate if marijuana is an herb or a drug/poison, but since early 2001 marijuana was legalized which provided a set regulations towards legal access to marijuana. The restrictions for the uses of marijuana are that only allowed to be used with a license prescribed by a doctor and can be only used for medical purposes. Marijuana is known for paralyzing the pain and treats many diseases. Marijuana can also only be prescribed for 90 days by a doctor. Its uses are mainly treating migraines
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Advantages of Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana use is on the rise, especially among teenagers and young adults. With the recent laws passed in eight states about legalizing medical marijuana , many stand divided when it comes to this never ending debate, but I firmly believe that this miracle working drug should be legalized throughout the United States. Marijuana is by far the most commonly used illegal drug. Statistics show that over 70 million Americans have tried Marijuana and over 20 million
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Marijuana should be standardized and legalized because the illegality of it hasn’t stopped its wide use. Keeping marijuana illegal lets the black market thrive; similar to what happened when alcohol was illegal. Marijuana being prohibited causes violence from bad drug deals. Law enforcements attention cannot focus on the more serious drug offenders because too much time is being taken up citing “marijuana only” offenders. Not only will legalizing marijuana reduce crime, and bring harsher drug dealers
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Marijuana Approximately 875,000 people a year are in trouble with the law when it comes to Marijuana. The United States currently invests over 50 billion dollars a year to fight the War on Drugs, half of this money is used to battle Marijuana, yet many Americans question its success altogether. Imprisonment and the war itself cost our government and the taxpayer’s money that could be used on other purposes. Legalizing marijuana would have a dramatic financial effect on America. Economists believe
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Patel Dhruv A Carey Hix ENG-0300 22 April 2014 Argumentative Essay: Legalization of Marijuana In most countries, possession and use of marijuana is considered illegal. In fact, it can be noted that for many years, marijuana has been considered to an illegal drug in most countries. Today, some countries have legalized marijuana while other countries have not. In particular, small quantities of marijuana have been allowed in regions such as Europe, North America and South America. Moreover, in
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