Colin Morris Ms. Morgan English 102-053 1 March 2013 Is it time for the Federal Government to Bud out of States’ Rights?: An Annotated Bibliography Cohen‚ Micah. "Marijuana Legalization and States Rights." FiveThirtyEight Marijuana Legalization and States Rights Comments. The New York Times‚ 8 Dec. 2012. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. Summary: This article starts off by asking a new question about the legalization of marijuana. It doesn’t ask whether or not it should be legal‚ but if the government should
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Marijuana: Good or Bad? There has been a major debate on if marijuana should be made legal. Statistics show that about 443‚ 000 people die every year due to a tobacco related illness and there has been no evidence to support that there have been fatalities that are marijuana related. Tobacco is harmful to the lungs and can cause lung cancer‚ bronchitis‚ and emphysema. Jacques and van Luling (2013) explained that in 2010‚ 38‚ 329 people died from drug overdoses. Sixty percent of those were related
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Marijuana: Where do you stand? Introduction: In today’s society‚ there are many views on the legal status of marijuana. Some people are supporters‚ others are opposed and there are those who have a neutral view on the issue of marijuana decriminalization and legalization. The following contains a wide range of views‚ with us living in the United States; we have the right to freedom of speech to express our views and site facts on controversial issues. Thesis: The facts and opinions
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Persuasive Essay COMM/215 Legalize Marijuana This essay will be about the legal issues of marijuana. The California government chooses to have a vote in California and other states and it passed the vote‚ now the federal government is trying to shut down dispensaries in the state. Even though California passed the vote in 1996 to allow the use of medical marijuana for medical use‚ the drug is still illegal under federal law. According to federal law‚ any amount found on a person is a misdemeanor
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BACKGROUND Over the last 40 years‚ the legal status of marijuana has been debated vigorously. Proponents of policies that would permit individual possession of small amounts of marijuana argue that it is a safe drug and that criminal sanctions against personal use and possession represent at worst excessively harsh and at best unnecessary penalties. Echoing these sentiments‚ editors of The Lancet have concluded that "cannabis per se is not a hazard to society but driving it further underground
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If Marijuana Were To Be Legal Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control it or even solve it. Ending the drug war seems to be a bit impossible. The war on drugs seems to be accomplishing a lot but this is not true. Different options need to be considered. Legalization is an option that hasn’t gotten a chance but should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase
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Marijuana should be legalized Marijuana is a misunderstood drug. Many assume that the usage of marijuana‚ or cannabis‚ is dangerous‚ but it can be the exact opposite. So why is the legalization of marijuana in the United States such a problem for many people today? Considered to be a gateway drug and the reason for the downfall of our youth nowadays‚ marijuana has developed a negative reputation. Marijuana should be legalized for medicinal purposes‚ it’s less harmful than tobacco and alcohol‚ and
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The issue of cannabis legalization has been a long debated topic in the United States. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia currently have laws legalizing marijuana in some form; four states and the District of Columbia have legalized the recreational use of cannabis. Whether you are for or against the use of cannabis for medicinal or recreational purposes. Research by the Food and Drug Administration could be done‚ but without the Drug Enforcement Agency reclassifying cannabis as a drug
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Defunda McCrary 0291605 ENG101 Ms. Koopman 5/1/16 Marijuana‚ A Different Breed "When a person smokes‚ inhales or ingests marijuana or pot -- the green‚ brown or grayish dried and shredded leaves‚ stems‚ flowering buds or seeds of plants called cannabis sativa or cannabis indica -- more than 200 different chemical compounds course through the body (Electa‚ Post)." These effects can vary from strain to strain depending on what breed it is. Effects can range from a cereberal high to hyper active feeling
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An Illegal Drug is defined as “any chemical that affects the human body or mind when it is swallowed‚ breathed in‚ or consumed in another way.” by the Webster New World Dictionary. Marijuana can also be defined as so‚ but it is completely legal in two of the fifty states‚ and completely illegal in twenty-one of the fifty‚ and the rest either allow Marijuana for medical purposes‚ or is decriminalized. There are both harmful and beneficial properties of this drug. But Marijuana can do more harm than
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