The Decriminalization of Marijuana Today it is not uncommon to be watching television and come across an advertisement promoting the use of alcohol and cigarettes. Both substances are detrimental to your health‚ and have no medical value yet both are legal to anyone of age. To a Cancer or AIDS patients seeking relief from marijuana‚ these commercials must be difficult to bear. Peter McWilliams stated‚ "Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science‚ and our leaders have lied
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out against the restricted legislation. Tom Wolfe‚ governor of the Keystone State‚ discussed marijuana decriminalization on a radio show last summer: “There are too many people who are going to prison because of the use of very modest amounts or carry modest amounts of marijuana‚ and that is clogging up our prisons‚ it’s destroying families and it’s hurting our economy‚ so I think decriminalization is the first step”. Also‚ State Senator Daylin Leach is combatting the laws prohibiting recreational
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enforcement off of the streets to sit in court on a minor marijuana trial they can be using that time more effectively by trying to get the serious crime off the streets. Same with the court systems‚ they’re backed up with minor trials and with the decriminalization of marijuana that court time can be opened for more important trials. In the United States from January 2005 to October 2005 there were 4‚396 Federal Offenders sentenced for marijuana-related charges. Many states that have decriminalized marijuana
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source of organized crime‚ only behind drug cartels. By CIA estimates‚ there are 45‚000-50‚000 victims of sex slavery and trafficking each year in the U.S. alone. The sex industry in the United States is worth a staggering $14 billion a year. Decriminalization of prostitution and the sex industry promotes sex trafficking and expands the markets for prostitutes. The argument that legalization would eliminate the criminal elements of sex business by strict regulation of the industry has failed. Countries
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As the young and supposedly reckless prime minister of Canada pushes for the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana‚ more questions arise. Such as appropriate rules to be set in place to control‚ restrict and regulate access and use of marijuana. With one of the most serious accidents today in canada is driving under the influence‚ causing many fatalities each year‚ so what will happen when another influential drug will be legalized in canada’s society? Will Canadians learn from other societies
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discuss the issue of decriminalization of sex work in the South African context. One may understand decriminalization as the removal of laws that are against sex work or prostitution. Using Wojcicki (2002) the paper intends to discuss in detail the movement of decriminalization from the apartheid era to the post apartheid era. In addition‚ the discussion in this paper also includes discussion of the discourse of sex work and lastly‚ thoughts and ideas of the decriminalization of sex work in the South
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States‚ only one state has legalized prostitution and that is in the very rural parts of it. Unlike the standard two-sided arguments‚ the legalization of prostitution has four possible sides. These sides are criminalization‚ partial decriminalization‚ decriminalization‚ and legalization. Each side has its benefits and disadvantages. In criminalization‚ prostitution is illegal for the seller and the buyer. Prostitution is seen as a violation of human rights‚ a way to continue the spread of HIV and
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“You cannot enter this debate without recognising that it is often women and men who live on the outskirts of society who are forced into sex work… Decriminalizing their work does not mean condoning a world which leads them onto the streets. We want them to enjoy all of their human rights and we will continue to fight for a world where that is possible.” Because we agree with this statement by policy advisor Catherine Murphy of human rights’ group Amnesty International‚ my partner and I affirm the
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Prostitution Prostitution is by definition the exchange of sex for money. It is illegal in the United States (except for some parts of Nevada)‚ but legal in a lot of other countries in the world. Although it is illegal‚ it still has a large impact in our economy in the US. “Every year billions of dollars are spent on the sexual favors of prostitutes‚ whose profit amounts to at least 10 times the annual budget of the U.S. Department of Justice.” (Thio‚ 215) It is very hard to get a exact number of
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In regard to the Simple Possession of Small Quantities Of Marijuana Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2013‚ I have one recommendation that would assist in strengthening the legislation. I pose that the policy administration expunge the records of individuals with prior convictions of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. Since the act aims to prevent disproportionate arrest rates amongst District residents (mainly African-Americans) in addition to decreasing collateral consequences (e
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