The history of Marijuana dates back many years, and has served every culture since the beginning of time. Weed, ganga, pot, hash, bud, and mary jane, have become apart of many peoples lives today across the world. This growing “green” movement has become a huge topic of discussion in the recent years. Marijuana has been adapted to fit our lifestyles, and social environments. The love for pot in the United States of America is blatant and common. With such attention from celebrities, and rappers
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Marijuana Overdoses kill 37 Colorado first day of legalization William Martin PHI 103 Informal Logic Mr. Edwin Teall 09/08/2014 The story that Colorado is reconsidering its decision to legalize recreational pot following the death of 37 people from marijuana overdoses. Came from the Rocky Mountain News. Across the state on January 1st the first day the drug became legal for all adults to use, the hospitals where overloaded with people clinging onto life due to overdosing on marijuana. The
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Legalization of marijuana in Oklahoma is one of the most controversy topics next to religion. Legalization causes many debates throughout the state and its citizens some voting for it and many voting against it. There have been many petitions that have gotten a great amount of the state’s citizen’s signatures voting for it to be legalized. I personally believe that the state should legalize the usage of medical and recreational marijuana and also decriminalize it too. Over the next few pages I will
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Legalizing Marijuana One of the most commonly cited negative consequences of legalizing marijuana is the physical risks of the drug, both to those using it and to bystanders. Research has shown that marijuana can increase the likelihood of schizophrenia, mainly if the individual started smoking before the age of 18. There are also the health risks associated with smoking, including second-hand smoke for non-consumers, and the probability that driving under the influence of marijuana would be more
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The Economy of Marijuana The United States offers its citizens a vast variety of freedoms. People have the freedom to vote for their leaders, the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, and also the freedom to possess vices. They have the freedom to gamble away all of their belongings, drink away their livers, and smoke tobacco until cancer takes their lives, yet the ownership or use of marijuana is prohibited by law. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act was passed with the help of untruths
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Reasons Why Marijuana for Personal or Medical Use Should Not Be Legal: * Marijuana is usually the drug people call a ‘stepping-stone’ drug, or ‘gateway’ drug to the realms of more harsher and serious drugs such as heroine and cocaine. It is said that, more often than not, people who experience marijuana, even as a recreational, one-time thing, move on to more addicting substances that can produce a bigger high once their tolerance has been built up passed that of simple marijuana. * The number
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the influence” and “Drugs are bad for you”, for years. However, the debate to legalize marijuana in the United States is brought up constantly. Marijuana is known through media sources such as, in television, music, and movies. We are in today’s society where this drug is a debatable issue. I believe people who oppose having marijuana legalized haven’t viewed the debate and are judging invalid accusations. Marijuana can have an impact on America for many positive reasons. The reasons why I believe weed
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Outline: Should Marijuana be Legalized? Introduction History of Marijuana (Raymond) Describe the History of the Drug Marijuana. References: Cohen, M. (2012, 12 08). Marijuana legalization and states rights. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/marijuana-legalization-and-states-rights/ Committee on Substance Abuse and Committee on Adolescence, . (2004, 6). Legalization of Marijuana: Potential Impact on Youth . Pediatrics, 113(6), 1825
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Legalizing Marijuana Autumn Donton Soc 120 Tori Taylor February 17, 2013 What are the prevailing issues for and against legalization of marijuana? Just because something is “illegal” does not mean it is bad; likewise, if something is “legal” does not mean it is not bad. Unlike law, ethics tries to determine what is right and wrong regardless of any law that may, or may not, already exist relating to the issue at hand. By 1890, hemp had been replaced by cotton as a major
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Legalizing Marijuana: Could It Help Society? Living in Colorado for the past year has brought up much controversy about the legalization of marijuana. Many argue that the legalization of marijuana is detrimental to our society. It can be argued that it is a “gateway drug”, that marijuana could lead to more incidences of drug-related incidences, and that if it is legalized it can be more easily attained which will lead to more abuse of the drug. On the other hand, the legalization of marijuana will
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