The legalization of marijuana is a controversial topic not just in New Zealand but all over the world. Some people think that marijuana is great e.g. it relieves pain‚ calms you down and is not physically addictive. Other people do believe in this point of view the say that it can physically harm your body‚ harms babies and leads to harder drugs. Firstly marijuana is not physically addictive. This means the body will not crave the way it will with other drugs such as heroin where people become
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Marijuana is a psychoactive drug and is sometimes used as medicine. Its other name is cannabis. It is used as a medicinal or recreational drug and as well as part of spiritual or religious rites. According to the United Nations estimation of the year 2004‚ approximately world’s four percent of the adult population that is 162 million people use cannabis annually. Among these people‚ 0.6% that is approximately 22.5 million people uses it daily. It shows physiological and psychoactive effects upon
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Medical Marijuana Chris Carr There seems to be a constant need to provide conflict in our society. Everywhere you turn you will find articles fighting against the legalization of medical marijuana‚ which in this state‚ is already legal. What an interesting concept having to continue to defend the legality and why it should be legal in the first place. Heaven forbid we have something that actually helps people tolerate the pain they have to constantly live with. Why would we want to give them
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against marijuana really took off in 1930 when the drug was associated with the Mexican Americans and Latinos. Under President Nixon‚ the modern day war on drugs began giving society yet another way to go after minorities in this country. During 1910 to 1920’s‚ immigrants from Mexico and the Indies popularized the use of marijuana. In 1936‚ a popular anti-marijuana film was released called Reefer Madness. The following year marijuana was officially criminalized by the Marijuana Tax Act. Marijuana is
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otherwise called the King of Cocaine‚ was one of the wealthiest offenders in the planet’s history. He married Maria Henao when she was only fifteen Pablo married her and her parent’s objected to this marriage. However‚ later on‚ they had a boy and girl‚ with Pablo being a kingpin in the drug business his family could not live a
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial subject in our society today. There have been many slanderous claims about how cannabis is horrendous‚ however the truths are starting to surface. I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized for all purposes. If the government cannot stop us from harming our bodies by overeating or skydiving‚ why should they be able to stop us from using drugs? The use of marijuana for medical purposes dates back thousands
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reason is that certain drugs such as cannabis are not as actually harmful as many people assume. Marijuana has been used for over 10‚000 years and not one single death has been recorded. Cannabis is not even addictive; there are far more addictive drugs such as cocaine‚ meth amphetamines and heroin but also drugs such as caffeine and tobacco that many people use on daily bases. Do you know how marijuana could help the world? Let me tell you. If legalized the farming of cannabis could become an industry
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hip-hop Industry? Franklin House English IV Mr. Eustcha 8 May‚ 2013 Thesis: Crack-cocaine is one of the most addictive drugs known to mankind‚ especially to the African American race and it has affected the black culture in numerous ways like music‚ gang violence and Media Hysteria I. Invention of Crack A. Crack B. Rick ‘Freeway’ Ross 1. C.I.A. II. Effects of Crack-cocaine on Black Culture A. Entertainment Industry
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ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA Prepared for MGMT 2200-014 Written Business Communication Prepared by: April 14‚ 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 5 Background 5 Purpose 5 Findings 5 Economic benefits of legalization 5 Economic detriments of legalization 6 U.S. comparison to other countries 7 Conclusions
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according to the law on marijuana? It’s true. In 2008 Time Magazine reported that researchers had found more than 42% of people surveyed in the United States had tried marijuana at least once (Lynch‚ 2008). So if marijuana use is so common in the United States‚ why should it not be legalized? In this paper I will discuss both the supporting and opposing positions on the legalization of marijuana. I will also explore the moral and ethical views for legalizing marijuana. Utilitarianism is the
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