specific way of living or religious attitude toward prayer, however they usually meet weekly to hold ‘Reasoning sessions’, as to where they have time for chants, prayers and singing. At ‘reasoning sessions’ marijuana may be smoked to produce ‘heightened spiritual states.’ Rastafarians smoke marijuana because to them, it is regarded as ‘a herb of religious significance’ and ‘to heighten the feeling of community and to produce
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Legalization of Marijuana vs. Alcohol Omar S. Yarbrough GEN /195 May 23, 2012 Ruth Embelton Cannabis, Weed, Pot, and Mary Jane are just a few names associated with marijuana. Some might say that marijuana is a natural earth plant, so it must be healthy. Unfortunately there are several negative impacts about marijuana such as when inhaling marijuana, it affects ones brain dramatically with every use, lowered learning capabilities, shorter attention span, and weakening verbal and communication
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article is chosen is “Not so Fast! A Case Against Legalizing Marijuana” (Duncan, 2013). Through his article, Mr. Duncan is trying to convince his readers that legalizing marijuana is a detriment to the health of the potential marijuana smoking public and should not become a legalized commodity. The fallacy that Mr. Duncan falls into is that of the Red Herring/Smoke Screen. Instead of sticking to the potential health effects of marijuana, he dives into the history of cigarettes and the health effects
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I located an article from CNBC that I believe to be a controversial subject. The article is called Why We Should Not Legalize Marijuana. In this article the author states that a useful analogy can be made to gambling. The author states that legalizing gambling has not reduced illegal gambling in the United States but instead it has increased it. I think I would have to disagree with this statement because people have the free will to make their own decisions. We as human beings know what is right
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verse is the Senator’s attempt to get the use of recreational and medical marijuana legalized in the State of Oklahoma. Oklahoma has strict laws against the use and possession of marijuana, and a source used by the Senator shares some statistical information about the use of marijuana. The poll has support for medical marijuana use at 71% and support for decriminalization at 57%, but the poll did not ask about legalization (Sharpard, 2013). Under current Oklahoma law, possession of any amount can
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Consequences of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana and Hemp Throughout the US Colorado is expected to bring in $185 million in revenue from taxing recreational marijuana sales. This money will be used to fund substance abuse support, law enforcement support, education support and funds to what they call “statewide coordination.” Recreational marijuana alone however, cannot get our federal government out of the hole that it is in now. Even if the revenue was about $100 million from ever state that
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Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado Andrew Rouse COMM/215 April 12, 2013 Lisa Turner Legalizing Marijuana in Colorado In early November 2000 Colorado voters legalized the use of medical marijuana by a vote of 53%. Amendment supporter Martin Chilcutt said (2000) “an ounce of marijuana could cost $100 to $400, depending on quality” (“Regulatory issues; attorneys attempting to legalize medical
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our... [tags: Drugs] 423 words (1.2 pages) Unrated Essays [preview] Effects of Drugs - Controversies over drugs and the effects they have physically, mentally, and emotionally have been around for centuries. Some argue the fact that smoking marijuana has no health effects on the body. Some also say that other drugs have no long term mental consequences to suffer. Now, thanks to technology and hours of studies, answers have came to show the true long term hea... [tags: Drugs] :: 5 Works Cited
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“I believe marijuana should be legalized.” There are several different reasons why marijuana (pot) should be legalized. By legalizing marijuana it would reduce crime with criminal gangs. Marijuana is too expensive for our justice system and should instead be taxed to support beneficial government programs. Marijuana use has many positive attributes, such as its medical value and use as a recreational drug with relatively mild side effects (Alt 2007). For many years there has been a "war on
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Frederick 5-29-12 Buller Composition II Marijuana: Medicine or Menace? I have had strong feelings about this issue before it was even brought up as a topic for debate in our class. My opinion on the topic has not changed in the slightest, but I did learn a lot of interesting details concerning it. I have always felt that marijuana should be legalized, or at the very least, people with serious medical conditions should have access to it. And marijuana doesn’t even have to be legalized in my opinion
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