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    Marijuana Essay

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    Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. The name marijuana is a Mexican slag word‚ which became popular in the 1930’s‚ which refers to the medicinal parts of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is a green‚ brown‚ or gray mixture that is created through drying the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. The potency of marijuana differs depending on what part of the plant is used. The three topics of marijuana I will be discussing is legalization of marijuana‚ teen marijuana

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    Legalization of Marijuana

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    The Legalization of Marijuana The dispute between the legalization of marijuana has been around for hundreds of years. The history of marijuana dates back to the third millennium BC. Cannabis‚ which is marijuana‚ has many different uses. Some of these uses include a recreational drug‚ as a religious rite‚ as a spiritual rite and even medical uses. So why is cannabis illegal? Cannabis was once legal and was one of the largest agricultural crops in the world. It was once one of the largest agricultural

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    Anti-Marijuana

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    legalization of marijuana‚ the current balanced‚ restrictive‚ and bipartisan drug policies of the United States are working reasonably well and they have contributed to reductions in the rate of marijuana use in our nation. The rate of current‚ past 30-day use of marijuana by Americans aged 12 and older in 1979 was 13.2 percent. In 2008 that figure stood at 6.1 percent. This 54-percent reduction in marijuana use over that 29-year period is a major public health triumph‚ not a failure. Marijuana is the

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    Legalization of Marijuana

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    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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    Marijuana Ethics

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    Ethics of Marijuana Legalization The Ethics of Marijuana Legalization Marijuana is one of the most popular drugs in the United States‚ third only behind tobacco and alcohol. It is estimated that nearly 80 million residents will try it on at least one occasion in their life. A recent survey shows that a quarter of these individuals have dried Marijuana in the last year and that more than half of these users are habitual users. The idea of marijuana use‚ whether

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    The Legalization of Marijuana Many years ago the average person did not think of marijuana as a harmful drug‚ but as a useful substance. The fiber of hemp is used for medicine‚ paper‚ fuel‚ and food. George Washington‚ the first President of the Unites States of America‚ even encouraged people to sow the Indian hemp seed everywhere. Marijuana was not prohibited in the United States until 1937 when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Today‚ many American citizens want this

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    Marijuana Legalization

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    Legalization Ariel Bryant Mr. Elsey ENC 1101 3/12/2013 Relieving pain‚ slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease‚ and fighting depression are some of the benefits  marijuana can offer patients‚ some studies claim. Now‚ a group of pot activists is envisioning a new benefit: legal profits. Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts that are used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope-making. "The flowers... contain

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    MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

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    MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION Recently‚ the issue of whether to legalize marijuana has arisen due to its benefits and the ineffectiveness of the current prohibition on it being recognized. There has been vehement argument about this idea weighing its advantages and disadvantages‚ and it has no sign of coming to an end soon because it is hard to decide whether it is worthy of a risk. It is undeniable that marijuana legalization will bring us a lot of benefits‚ which Joe Klein mentioned in his article “Why

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    Legalizing Marijuana

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    Gwen Stutler Soc 120 July 27‚ 2013 It goes by weed‚ pot‚ Mary Jane but is better known as Marijuana. Marijuana is considering a schedule I drug. “The federal Controlled Substance ACT of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Scheduled I drug‚ meaning that is has a high potential for abuse and no acceptable medical use‚ and thus it prohibits the possession‚ use‚ purchase‚ sale and/or cultivation of marijuana.”(Weiss‚ 2013) For years it has been an ongoing debate as to whether it should be legal in United

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    Marijuana Description

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    Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. It is made from the dried leaves and flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. People smoke‚ chew‚ or eat marijuana for its hallucinogenic and intoxicating effects. The flowering tops of the Cannabis plant secrete a sticky resin that contains the active ingredient of marijuana‚ known as Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The plant has both male and female forms. The sticky flowers of the female plant are the most

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