coming across as well read and this gives him more credibility as a writer. In the same section‚ Comp uses statistical data to establish his logos. He states that “In 1969‚ just 12 percent of Americans favored legalizing marijuana‚ the Holy Grail of cannabis advocates; this number had tripled by 2005‚ according to a Gallup poll. Barely three years later‚ another poll showed 44 percent of Americans support legalization” (Comp 1). These kind of factual statistics support Comp’s thesis that the movement
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1301 3 December 2014 Marijuana Legalization: The Advantages of Legalizing the Natural Herb Marijuana‚ an herb with over two hundred common names including weed‚ pot‚ and bud‚ is a mixture of green and brown dried shredded leaves of the hemp plant‚ Cannabis sativa. Marijuana may be used for recreational and medical use as a psychoactive substance. It contains a chemical called THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). When marijuana smoke is inhaled‚ THC passes through the lungs‚ bloodstream‚ and other organs in
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Medical Marijuana Legalization The debate over whether marijuana should be legalized has long troubled many American citizens. There are many political aspects that have to be taken into account when making a big federal decision such as this. However‚ long before America was even an idea‚ many cultures had harnessed the plant‚ and used it for many primitive medical procedures. Within certain states it is legal to use marijuana for medical treatments‚ but this is a relatively new idea
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2.0 Executive Summary In this report‚ the contemporary legal issue of illicit drugs and young offenders has been discussed and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the criminal justice system when dealing with this issue has been conducted. The issue of illicit drugs and why the consumption of these drugs is dangerous to Australian youth is explored and the Australian law that deals with psychoactive drugs and young offenders is also stated. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the criminal justice
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Marijuana Use for Anxiety Disorders For almost a century marijuana has been considered an explicit drug in the United States. Although with medical marijuana becoming legalized in twenty-five states and the District of Columbia‚ studies are revealing more and more information on the matter. Every state that legalizes the use of marijuana for medical‚ or recreational use‚ more and more information is collected. Research is constantly growing on the topic of marijuana and certain treatments.
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Will Matthews III Professor Thiel PACS 1 14 November 2012 Taking the High Road: The Ethics and Legalization of Marijuana With the recent passing of laws that legalize the use of marijuana in the states of Washington and Colorado‚ there has come a time for reevaluation of the benefits and consequences of the drug‚ and how legalizing it will affect the nation. Legalizing marijuana‚ for now‚ should remain a responsibility of the state governments‚ and‚ following the steps of the state of Colorado
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Ralph Venuto Venuto 1 Professor Sindy Finkelson Argument and Persuasion November 5‚ 2013 Ending Marijuana Prohibition “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are‚ they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore‚ I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession
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Drill Canadian legal loophole to sell synthetic marijuana great harm to the United States and has a lock-up www.sinonet.org 2013-02-28 RCI [ Copy link ] Font: big in small - Widely sold in the Canadian market‚ some synthetic marijuana can make people after smoking‚ smoking marijuana produces like that kind of reaction. These products have been able to sell Canadian law is drilled loopholes. Canada is currently no legislation relative of such products. However‚ neighboring countries Canada
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over the country and again a major fact in the overcrowding of prisons across the United States. According to the website Blaze NC by Art Binaries says we spend 70 billion dollars a year by prosecuting the disastrous “war on drugs” (Cecilius). Cannabis sativa is a drug that is commonly known by people with the name marijuana. The legalization of marijuana has been considered as one of the most controversial issues that are prevailing all over the globe. In the United States‚ a lot of debate keeps
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What is Marijuana? Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). It is the most often used illegal drug in this country. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering (psychoactive) drugs; they all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ the main active chemical in marijuana. There are about 400 chemicals in a cannabis plant‚ but THC is the one that affects the brain the most. There are many different names for marijuana. Slang terms
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