Debates about decriminalization often focus on the conflict on the harm of drug use and the harm of drug laws. Many drug laws are imperfect and can often cause more harm than the use of drugs. Decriminalization means that a use of certain drugs is not against the law‚ but the production and selling of certain drugs is still a criminal act. Decriminalizing the use and possession of non-addictive drugs can help limit the harm of drug laws. I am not discussing medical marijuana in this paper because I believe
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appeared as recreational drug. 2007: First seizure of MDPV as a recreational drug‚ by customs officials in German state of Saxony. 2008: First seizure of MDPV in the United States. 2009: MDPV became illegal in Denmark. 2010: MDPV made a controlled drug in the UK‚ Sweden‚ Germany‚ Australia and Finland. First reports of the widespread retail marketing of ’bath salts’ containing MDPV in the U.S. The US recognizes both Mephedrone (July‚ 2010) and MDPV (December‚ 2010) "a drug and chemical of concern"
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exposure to entry level drugs such as tobacco‚ alcohol and marijuana reliably predicts a deeper and more severe drug involvement for the user in the future (O’Brien Lecture). For the sake of this discussion‚ I will refer to marijuana as the gateway drug. Gateway theory is comprised of three propositions: Sequencing‚ Association‚ and Causation. Sequencing refers to the idea that there is a relationship between two drugs‚ where the use of one is regularly initiated before the use of the other. For example
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Douglas N. Husak. They both have very different views on drugs‚ Wilson is more of the conservative who believes drugs should be banned altogether‚ as opposed to Husak‚ who believes the use of drugs should be a personal choice. First‚ I am going to talk about James Q. Wilson and his views against the legalization of drugs. One of Wilsons claims is that the lack of availability would lead to less drug use and addiction. Wilson believes that if drugs were to be legalized then it will be easier for addicts
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Article Rebuttal: Should Marijuana Be Legalized Jon Timberlake BCOM/275 December 15‚ 2014 Sarah Chapman‚ PhD Article Rebuttal: Should Marijuana Be Legalized For my rebuttal article I chose the topic of legalization of marijuana. I feel strongly that marijuana should not be legalized. I believe that legalizing marijuana will move our communities in the wrong direction. Many people argue that marijuana will not have an effect on the safety of Americans but that is not the case. I realize this
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marijuana to be illegal. The risks and dangers of taking it are about the same as the risks of drinking alcohol of smoking tobacco‚ both which are legal for adults. Furthermore‚ making it illegal is ineffective at stopping minors from taking the drug‚ and makes the drug more dangerous because it cannot be regulated. Legal marijuana would be less dangerous because it would have to conform to safety standards‚ and have warnings to keep people informed‚ like cigarettes do. If society can change their views
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rituals‚ meditation‚ hypnosis‚ sensory deprivation‚ drugs and alcohol. Some of these methods of distorting perception can be useful and others extremely harmful. Ritual The Sioux Indians participate in a ritual ceremony intended to cleanse the mind and body by heat‚ darkness and chanting. In this culture‚ the Sioux Indians are using ritual perception distortion as a pathway to personal enlightenment. (Coon‚ Mitterer. 2007) The use of distortion in this instance serves a purpose by drawing
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An Argument for the Legalization of Drugs‚ Based on John Stuart Mills’ "Revised Harm Principle" The question of whether or not to legalize certain drugs has been debated for decades. Although opponents have thus far been successful in preventing this‚ there are nonetheless a substantial number of people who believe that legalization should be given a chance. Their arguments range from the seeming ineffectiveness of current drug laws to the simple premise that the government has no right to
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Research Proposal I chose drugs for my topic of my first research paper. I decided that it was to broad of a topic so I broke it down to just one of many drugs‚ marijuana. I want to find out how it controls people’s lives and how it changes or controls the way they think. The group that I plan to target was college students but considering I attend IUP‚ I decided to just focus my research on IUP students. I would like to find out many different things about marijuana‚ except I haven’t narrowed
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Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana Use It’s no secret that the heavy debate over marijuana use and it’s legalization has long troubled many Americans‚ either just looking for the ability to ingest their preferred relaxer the same way others drink alcohol after a tiring day‚ or because of legitimate medical concerns. Of course‚ in a federal decision big and prolific enough to match Prohibition‚ there are many underlying political aspects that have to be taken into account. In current times‚ only a
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