to the use of harder drugs and causes more petty crime. The second view is that if it became legal then fewer people would have to sneak around to get cannabis and therefore not get caught up in the underworld of drugs‚ and that would stop the lead on to harder drugs. Also cannabis can be used for medical purposes such as a painkiller‚ and to relieve the symptoms of diseases such as multiple sclerosis. I don’t believe that the use of drugs necessarily leads on to the use of harder drugs. The argument
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December‚ 2011 “Harm Reduction Theory” The war against drugs is an unwinnable war. Today‚ this seems to be a growing argument in the modern world. In a study performed in 2009‚ it was found that approximately 8.7% of Americans‚ twelve years of age and older‚ had used some kind of illegal drug within the month in which the research was conducted (CDC‚ “Illegal Drug Use”). That’s nearly one in ten Americans aged twelve or above
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control and privation‚ that 39.9 percent of youthful has used legal synthetic drugs at least once. The statistics shows an increase of 3.1 percent from the survey results in 2009. A similar data of 11.4 percent of USA 12th graders have used ‘’spice’’ or ‘’K2’’ (brands of synthetic cannabis) in the last years (Bhatty‚ Sanaa‚Wu & Wendell‚ 2013). Synthetic drugs are mostly common in young people. It also found that daily use of synthetic cannabis is now at 30 years peak level in the midst of high school
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America the use and sell of recreational marijuana is illegal and taking seriously by authorities. Over half of the people in the USA smoke or have smoked marijuana. Marijuana is a plan that can be grown almost anywhere and can be smoke to experience relaxation. Marijuana should be legal to the people of America because this is a free country and if the vote is more than fifty percent that means the majority of people want it to be legal. The people of America should not hide the use of marijuana
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marijuana. The legalization of marijuana is a subject that has been debated for many years. Some advocate the use of the drug for medical purposes‚ whereas others believe it should be decriminalized for recreational use‚ and we cannot forget those who are simply against the use of the drug on a whole. Some states have altered laws decreasing the penalties associated with marijuana use and possession‚ and many more are considering getting on board. Eric A Voth wrote an article “Should Marijuana be
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could hurt‚ much less kill you as in the commercial. | It’s a problem - I think most people would agree that a single use of drugs could potentially be deadly. | | OK‚ so as far as this video is concerned‚ our challenge is to keep kids from even trying drugs. How do we express that? I would say something like ’How can we prevent adolescents from experimenting with drugs?’ | That is way too general. | That is a bit general. | That is a bit specific. | That is way too specific.
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or dangerous as alcohol and other gateway drugs‚ and that is some of the reasons why many people want to legalize marijuana. Marijuana should stay illegal in the United States because if it is made legal‚ more and more people will smoke it‚ which will cause negative effects on health and families. If marijuana is made legal‚ people will think smoking marijuana is something that they can do every single day at any given time‚ which will increase drug use. People will smoke marijuana without getting
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agreement about the use of marijuana. In recent year’s drug policy have been increasingly challenged‚ especially in America. In the United States a group of nearly twenty states has allowed the medical use of marijuana‚ even though neither the federal government nor the United Nations Convention recognize that marijuana has medical uses. In the election of November 2012‚ Washington State passed a referendum‚ and Colorado an amendment to its Constitution‚ which allow the recreational use of marijuana. A
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the country‚ the war against drugs. Many controversial ideas have risen to help win the war on drugs‚ but the most controversial one is the legalization of drugs. Not all of the drugs should be legalized‚ just marihuana. By legalizing this drug violence could be reduced‚ regulation would be set upon it‚ and one problem would be solved to focus on the real damaging drugs. First‚ one problem would be solved and time and effort could be focused on the real damaging drugs. In the U.S at least
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About 853‚869‚ a little more than half were arrested‚ because of marijuana (Borden 1). But if you go even further‚ you will notice that in only 100‚000 cases‚ approximately‚ there was actually any use of marijuana. The other 750‚000 were charged on the means that it was in their possession. This shows two things. One‚ that it’s not as addictive as it’s perceived to be. Two‚ all those resources that are put towards the law enforcers‚ could be put
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