Jerold Greenfield Composition I Term Paper 11/13/12 It Is Time To Legalize Marijuana. Or Is It? Harry J. Anslinger hated marijuana. In the 1930s‚ as head of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics‚ the forerunner of today’s Drug Enforcement Agency‚ he waged a furious campaign against the use of marijuana‚ known at the time as hemp. The attitudes and policies he fostered influence the Federal government’s policies on marijuana to this day. Since the information and research available today has advanced
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Garden State and the Uses of Recreational Drugs Andrew Largeman is a dysfunctional character from Garden State. Largeman‚ who hasn’t seen his family and friends in years‚ comes home due to the passing of his mother. This gives Andrew the time to see all of his friends who he has forgotten about. Largeman goes through life changing events by meeting the girl of his dreams and what the effects are if you do drugs for recreational purposes. The movie Garden State shows how the effects of long-term
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PHI-105 11/20/2012 Beverly Santelli The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana has been criminalized for enough generations to make it a fear or pride issue in the minds of the lawmakers and the voting public. The Federal government may have just kept it a schedule one drug because it has been one for so long‚ but‚ to legalize it at the federal level instead of various states legalizing it could create new wealth and give our country back its financial independence. However this will only really
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The Effects of the Legalization of Marijuana on the Economy Marijuana‚ weed‚ pot‚ Mary Jane‚ anyway you put it; cannabis has been a very controversial topic for many years. Cannabis‚ the technical term for marijuana‚ is a preparation of the cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine. Marijuana is known to heightened mood or euphoria‚ help with relaxation‚ and increase a person’s appetite. The bad side effects of using marijuana are dry mouth‚ red eyes‚ a decrease
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illegal activities. To see how the use of illegal drugs has evolved‚ one must look at the past trends of drug use and the current trends as well. Past and Current Trends The past trends of drug use can be seen from the 1960s. During this time‚ recreational drug use was thought to have been the thing to do. Drugs such as LSD and marijuana were the mainstays of drug use. Throughout the years new drugs were created that became just as popular. Drugs such as ecstasy‚ crack‚ and even the newer bath
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Considering that marijuana is a controlled substance‚ once it were legalized there is potential for other harmful things to be legalized as well. Major concerns on the economy are recreational use‚ children‚ negative effects‚ productivity‚ and health insurance. Four states already allow adults to smoke pot for recreation use which means that the more it is legalized medically the more it will become recreationally okay as well. Not
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Many people say that marijuana should stay illegal‚ but is that really the best option? Two states in the U.S have already legalized marijuana for recreational use – Colorado and Washington. An additional eighteen states have legalized it for medical use. Also‚ all of Canada has legalized it for medical use. So‚ should it be legal for recreational use everywhere in Canada? On one hand‚ people look at the effects of marijuana and think it should stay illegal recreationally for those reasons. The
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this plant‚ when smoked or consumed‚ creates euphoric and profound effects on an individual’s mental and physical state. When it comes to medicinal use of marijuana‚ the positive aspects of the drug outweigh the negative to a ridiculous extent. Recreational use is also an enormously controversial aspect to legalizing marijuana. In my opinion‚ marijuana should be legalized everywhere recreationally and medicinally due to its overall beneficial qualities and such miniscule negative ones. Marijuana
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according to the Huffington post‚ 56% of Americans now believe that it should be legalized. The ideal that “maybe marijuana isn’t quite as bad as I thought” is spreading‚ and marijuana has already been legalized for medical use in multiple states‚ and recreational use in two. The social issue of marijuana legalization has left the nation divided‚ but with today’s generation‚ there seems to be hope in the future for a nation-wide green
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Attn: John Cornyn; 5001 Spring Valley Rd Ste 1125e‚ Dallas‚ TX 75244 Marijuana Should Be Legal The legalization of marijuana has been an issue that has been growing more relevant every year since the early sixties when weed become more prevalent. In the past‚ marijuana was given a bad name because of the assumptions made against it. These assumptions were made without factual evidence‚ yet still sparked an interest in many who were not aware of the drug before; moreover‚ this newfound interest made
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