January 2015 Legalization of Marijuana The debate about legalizing marijuana across the country has been going on for decades. Nowadays‚ it is so wide spread illegally‚ that it should not be difficult to legalize it. In 2012‚ there were 750‚000 arrests involving marijuana‚ and out of the 750‚000 arrests‚ 650‚000 of them were simply for possessing marijuana (Jon Walker‚ “There Were Over 650‚000 Arrests For Marijuana Possession Last Year‚” Just Say Now). Legalizing marijuana would cut down tax dollars
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Legalization of Marijuana: Benefits and Statistics The topic of legalizing marijuana has been a topic of controversy for quite some time now not only throughout our local streets‚ but throughout the local and into the state government. The legalization of marijuana is such a controversial topic because some are for it and some are against it. People are for the legalization because of the great uses it has towards medicine‚ the money that could come from the taxation of legalized marijuana‚ and the
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disobey unjust laws." Martin Luther King Jr. Many people ask “why should marijuana be legalized”? when the real question that we should be asking is “why shouldn’t marijuana be legalized”?. Marijuana also known as hemp is a naturally grown plant that has been around for decades dating back to around 2697 B.C.‚ when the Egyptians would use it to cure many common ailments‚ and the Chinese would use it for therapeutics. Using marijuana not only to cure common illnesses but for your pleasure as well should
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Marijuana & The Body Research and Reflection Paper Objective: Often individuals believe marijuana is harmless. However‚ in addition to legal and social consequences there are significant health consequences to marijuana use. The purpose of this paper is to assist the student in critically examining the risk factors of continued marijuana use. Paper Content: Please address each of the following issues for your paper: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What parts of the body are affected
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Legalization of Marijuana in the United States Imagine that someone makes a small decision that will affect the rest of his or her life. What if that small decision was to smoke marijuana for the first time? Maybe he or she never thought that someone could get addicted to marijuana‚ or maybe he or she simply had no idea that marijuana could have so many negative affects on daily life. That small decision‚ regardless‚ will leave that person’s life headed down the wrong path. As crazy as it sounds
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December 3‚ 2012 The topic of marijuana has been a big topic for the past few years. The United States considers marijuana as a drug‚ in some other countries they say it is a natural herb that is grown from the ground. The issue at hand is “should marijuana be legalized?” the congress of the US stay in a constant debate on this subject. Why is the subject of marijuana such in high demand‚ if the US already considers it a drug? There are many facts that need to be looked at before a final
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Maggie Torres Abstract Report: General Health Related Topic What is Neuropathy? Causes and Treatments The article that I choose to write about is based on something called Neuropathy. This is a collection of disorders that occurs when nerves of the peripheral nervous system are damaged. This is located near the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord. Neuropathy causes many things such as pain and numbness in the hands and feet. But this results from traumatic injuries
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INTRODUCTION OF MARIJUANA INTO THE UNITED STATES The use of marijuana has been an active past time for thousands of years‚ however‚ it did not reach the United States until around 1912. A wave of Mexican immigrants was entering the country in the effort to find work; with them came marijuana. The use of marijuana was a normal custom among the Mexican people‚ but the White Americans in towns bordering Mexico saw the use of this particular plant in a different light. Fueled with racism and
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Legalization of Marijuana Have you ever wondered why marijuana was illegal? Keeping marijuana illegal costs tax payers a bunch of money‚ and is not even an effective way to solve the problem of marijuana use. People have the right to choose for themselves if they want to use marijuana or not. The use of marijuana does not affect anyone but the person using it‚ so why not let them use marijuana if they choose to. According to the Marijuana Legalization Organization‚ the criminalization of marijuana does not
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THE PORN DEBATE XBCOM/275 THE PORN DEBATE One of the most controversial topics in the United States today is the pornography industry‚ a multiple billion dollar industry. The porn industry is even bigger than professional basketball‚ football and baseball put together. Americans spend more on pornography “in a year then they do on movie tickets‚ more than the do on all the performing arts combined” (Rich‚ 2011). The controversial porn debate is nothing new to the US‚ in fact as
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