be looked down upon because of false claims about it‚ and people that can really benefit from its effects‚ will continue to suffer. Cannabis has been legalized in European countries for several years. Civil Liberty groups on the Internet has quoted Great Britain’s Guardian saying‚ “Italy‚ Spain and Portugal are reported to be considering similar moves for cannabis" (Europe Goes To Pot) With
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For many years‚ the United States government has prohibited marijuana from being sold. Marijuana’s illegality has made marijuana notorious for its bad aspects to the public and continues to be a very controversial topic. This subject has been debated numerous times over the past few year and the issues surrounding it are both varied and complex. Many people in the world have their own personal views and beliefs on this topic. There are people believe that the legalization of marijuana is only acceptable
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INDUSTRIAL HEMP Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since the Marihuana Stamp Tax Act was enacted by congress in 1937. Since then‚ between the “period 1965-2007 there were 19‚342‚363 arrests for cannabis offenses‚ 89% of them for the possession of a small quantity of cannabis.” (St. Pierre‚ 2008) Much like the prohibition of alcohol‚ prohibiting the use of Marijuana has failed. It is time to put an end to this failed policy by legalizing Marijuana. At an estimated $35.8 billion‚ marijuana
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seeing many of their acquaintances daily. What they may not know‚ is what they do in their free time. So many people go home‚ out‚ anywhere they want‚ and they smoke pot. Having many other names‚ its proper name is Marijuana which is made by the Cannabis plant. To the eyes of many‚ smoking pot is dangerous and immoral. To the users‚ it could be the opposite. It is illegal today‚ which is a topic discussed among a wide variety of people today in the US‚ and even the world. Many people believe that
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asked to select scores of twenty different drugs. In the rankings‚ heroin and cocaine were the most dangerous‚ followed by barbiturates and street methadone. Alcohol ranked the fifth-most dangerous drug‚ while tobacco ranked the ninth. Surprisingly‚ cannabis came in the eleventh spot and Ecstasy was near the bottom of the list. Nutt believes that the current British drug system is “ill thought-out and arbitrary” (Conroy‚ 2007). Even though different countries use different ways to classify drugs‚ none
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Michael Walker WR 121 8/8/10 Essay #4 Rough Smoke 101 Marijuana is by far the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States and in most other countries as well. More than 100 million Americans have tried marijuana‚ and more than twenty million have smoked it in the last year‚ but does marijuana really affect people and their thinking process‚ and should pot be legal in the United States. (Armentano Paragraph 3) I believe that marijuana should be legal because people should live
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1009-1025. doi:10.1080/10826080701212386 Daddis‚ C. (2011). Desire for Increased Autonomy and Adolescents ’ Perceptions of Peer Autonomy: ’Everyone Else Can; Why Can ’t I? ’. Child Development‚ 82(4)‚ 1310-1326 http://www.guide4living.com/drugabuse/cannabis-effects.htm
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A) Marijuana is a leafy plant which grows wild in many of the tropic and temperate areas of the world. 1) It is also cultivated both indoors and out for the production of its flowering tops. 2) The most commonly used form of cannabis are the leaves and flowering tops which may be either smoked or eaten 3) It also comes in a more concentrated resinous form called hashish‚ and as a sticky black liquid called hash oil. B) There are many beneficial properties to marijuana
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Compared with harder drugs as cocaine and heroin‚ marijuana‚ also named as cannabis or hemp‚ is considered as a soft drug with less addiction and harm. In the 19th century‚ it was one of the most important crops in the American continent to the common wealth (Newton‚ 2013‚ p.32)‚ but it has been banned to grow in most countries since the 20th century (Newton‚ 2013‚ p.45). Given the clamour for “decriminalization” of the personal possession of small amounts of marijuana is growing (Single‚ 2013‚ p
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Worst-Case Scenario?" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33.1 (2013): 221-32. Google Scholar. Web. 3 Feb. 2017. Caulkins‚ Jonathan P. "The Real Dangers Of Marijuana." National Affairs 26.(2016): 21-34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 2 Feb. 2017. "Cannabis 3‚000 BC - 1‚500 AD." Narconon International. N.p.‚ 2017. Web. 12 Feb. 2017. "Is there a link between marijuana use and psychiatric disorders?" Marijuana. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ Jan. 2017. Web. 05 Feb. 2017. Ingraham‚ Christopher
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