I have always been against the use of all illegal drugs including marijuana‚ but while researching this topic‚ I have learned a lot about some of the positives of legalizing marijuana use. Considering it is classified as an illegal controlled substance‚ I have always been under the assumption that marijuana was bad for people‚ no matter what my friends may have said about how good it was. I was peer pressured into trying it when I was fourteen. I knew right away that it was not for me. It made
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all similar words that are used to describe Marijuana‚ a taboo drug within our society. But before we cast it off as a dangerous substance that is detrimental to the youth‚ we must first ask the 3 W’s; who smokes marijuana‚ what this substance truly is‚ and why is it illegal. In doing so‚ we will be at a better position to answer this question and uncover driving facts that disproves arguments for prohibition. So who smokes marijuana? Most marijuana users range between the age of 18 to the late
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ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA GWENDOLYN CARTER PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 4/21/2015 The history of marijuana and how it became illegal is interesting. In 1970 the United States Congress passed legislation called the Controlled Substance Act‚ which listed marijuana as a Schedule I drug. This is the same category that LSD‚ cocaine‚ heroin and ecstasty and are described according to DEA drug schedules‚ as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse
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Legalization of Marijuana in the U.S.: An Economic‚ Medical‚ and Social Solution Malak Mahmoud Dow The American University of Sharjah Dr. Victoria Amador May 23‚ 2013 Abstract The question of legalizing marijuana has been an enduring debate in the United States‚ and there has been no conclusion. Currently‚ the United States federal law places marijuana as an illicit drug‚ but this was not the case formerly. The prohibition of marijuana relies on many misconceptions that are
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Do the overall benefits of Marijuana Justify its legality? When we were just little kids‚ our parents and teachers told us that drugs were the devil and that we should never even consider taking them. Marijuana was always on that list of “bad” drugs ‚ while we were told that pharmaceutical drugs can help us if we were sick. Marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 substance in the same category as deadly drugs like heroin and MDMA‚ while addictive pain-killers ‚ anxiety medications (which are far
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Marijuana legalization‚ is an issue that can be dated back to the late ninetieth century (PBS). This issue continues to be a controversial topic in today’s world. State and federal laws still collide on the issue of marijuana legalization. On November 2‚ 2010‚ California voters voted on a ballot called the Regulate‚ Control‚ and Tax Cannabis 2010. Prior to this date‚ Charles Stimson wrote an article‚ “Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Just Say No‚” in order to persuade California voters to not vote
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The general use of marijuana can be viewed from two different aspects. These aspects include both the pros and the cons of the drug. Many Americans are in support of the drug in terms of medical use. Personally‚ I believe that there is nothing wrong with the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Medical marijuana is the only non-synthetic medication out there that treats many of society’s health problems. A few of these problems include; relief from nausea‚ loss of appetite‚ and certain pains
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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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politics. One specific controversy that has caught the public’s attention is the legalization of marijuana‚ for either medical or recreational use. Some believe that it should remain illegal because of its negative impact‚ while others believe that it is a medicine and‚ like most medicines‚ it has some unintended side effects. The purpose of this article is to address the benefits and detriments of marijuana usage on both individual and societal health‚ along with drawing a conclusion on which side is
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LEGALIZING MARIJUANA Table of Contents Abstract 3 LEGALIZING MARIJUANA 4 Review of Related Literature 7 Cannabis (Marijuana) History 7 Politics and Cannabis (Marijuana) 8 Summary 9 Chapter 3 10 Methodology 10 Chapter 4 12 Findings 12 Figure 1 12 Figure 2 13 Chapter 5 14 Summary‚ Conclusions and Recommendations 14 Questionnaire (1) 15 Questionnaire (2) 16 Cover Letter – Via Email 17 References 18 Abstract Marijuana legalization for medicinal purposes is a
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