McHugh Composition II Julie Herskovitz 08/10/2011 Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana? Marijuana Legalization and the Revenue from Marijuana Sales The war on drugs is an expensive battle‚ as a great deal of resources and time go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market‚ prosecuting them in court‚ and housing them in jail. These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana‚ as it is widely used‚ and is likely no more harmful
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Roger Beaman April 10‚ 2008 Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana has been a controversial issue ever since it was made an illegal substance in 1937 with the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act. Currently the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) lists marijuana as a schedule I substance‚ meaning that it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use in the US[2]. Many groups have formed attempting to change marijuana legislation. The most well known is the organization
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talking about marijuana‚ or whatever you want to call it. Pot‚ dope‚ weed‚ grass‚ or green‚ whatever you fancy. It sweeps through just about every school and you either choose to smoke or not. Marijuana is illegal at the moment‚ but I think it should be legalized. More than 750‚000 people are arrested each year on charges of marijuana possession and $42 billion is spent on these arrests alone! Certainly‚ I think that is a waste of much needed jail space and money. Law enforcement should worry about
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Why Marijuana Can Be Bad For You‚ The People and The Economy Our side has a concession. Marijuana is not an awful drug. Comparatively‚ it has few bad effects on the human body‚ and in some cases‚ admittedly‚ it can be medically useful or socially acceptable. However‚ it’s not something that should be legalised. Heavy marijuana intake has been shown to slow motor and neuro functions severely short term‚ and to a lesser but still notable extent long term‚ under several extensive studies by:
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Should guns be allowed on campus for administrators who have the right permits to bring guns onto school property? I don’t know if my background really keeps my essay unbiased because I was brought up where people carry guns in their hand as they walk to the store‚ without shoes or a shirt‚ and in shorts. I lived in a state were more guns were sold than cars. My family owns 12 rifles‚ 2 shotguns‚ and several hand guns. I will never understand why it took so long for the comity to come to this decision
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Legalizing Marijuana The argument of whether to legalize marijuana or not is parallel to the age-old battle of Creationism vs. Evolution‚ everyone has his or her own opinion. Legalizing marijuana is social debate whose outcome could not possibly make everyone happy. This debate is filled with both pros and cons‚ and some would argue that both sides have equally convincing arguments. There are several substantial reasons why marijuana should be legalized. A few reasons why it should be legal are
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Marijuana remains the third most popular substance of abuse behind nicotine and alcohol. Should marijuana be legalized for general use and why? For follow-up discussion‚ respond to at least two of your peers explaining whether or not you agree or disagree with their explanation and why. Christine Long 6 posts Re:Module 6 DQ 1 I do not believe in the idea that Marijuana should be legalized. There are reasons why the drug is outlawed‚ such as Marijuana ’s addictiveness‚ the issue of driving while
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We should legalize marijuana because it would be a great tax source for the government‚ it would help out farmers‚ it would create many jobs‚ it would eliminate a good majority of the jail population‚ it would lessen the amount of tension that we see around us‚ and it is a safe drug. Although there are many good reasons that we should legalize marijuana‚ there are also some good reasons that we should not legalize it. These include it would increase the amount of lazy people‚ it might be hard to
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Marijuana otherwise known as cannabis should be removed from the law system and adjusted in a behavior similar to alcohol and tobacco‚ marijuana has a lot of positive qualities. The life dependency risk for alcohol is fifteen percent and Marijuana’s life dependency risk is nine percent. Alcohol affects a lot more people than marijuana. When people abuse alcohol it is way worse than getting high on marijuana because when people get drunk they want to do crazy idiotic things. There are currently no
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What if I told you women don’t get paid as much as men. In this essay I will be describing why we should have equal women’s rights for wages. Here are the reasons why we should. Women do just as much work as men‚ No matter what education we have we have a lower pay. Women should receive the same wage as men for the same job because women do the same work as men‚ they work the same amount as men do‚ and women have historically been paid less. Jennifer Lawrence does the same job as other men “acting”
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