Tracy Murphy Topic Paper 1: Supply and Demand - Legalized and Taxed Marijuana Presented to: Professor David Barch In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of: Managerial Economics Spring II March 23‚ 2014 Supply and Demand - Legalized and Taxed Marijuana The war on drugs has been a battle for years‚ as a great deal of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market‚ prosecuting them in court‚ and housing them in jail.
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The Relationship of Marijuana Accessibility & Substance Abuse Abstract A growing concern in the medical and mental health field is the relationship between marijuana use and further illicit drug abuse. Due to the recent state laws passing in Washington and Colorado‚ there has been a need for a study to address the accessibility factor in relations to the “gateway hypothesis” to marijuana. The fear is that the increase in accessibility of marijuana will result in an increase of substance abuse
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Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized What if I told you there was a one quick solution to many of our nation’s problems‚ such as our increasing national debt‚ our overpopulated prisons‚ our ever failing war on drugs‚ and even diseases previously thought of as being incurable? Now what if I told you this solution was legalizing and regulating a plant called cannabis sativa‚ more commonly known as marijuana? What makes more sense prohibition or legalization. Since marijuana’s first recorded use dating
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support that marijuana should be legalized. Specific Purpose: At the end of my presentation‚ my audience will be encouraged to support that marijuana should be legalized. Central Idea: Marijuana in its natural form should become legalized. Its illegalization began with false claims from the government‚ made taxpayers foolishly waste billions on the war on drugs‚ and prevented a drug that would have been otherwise praised for its medical value become despised. Introduction I. Marijuana‚ the devil’s
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ethical or legal issue regarding its use in treatment and what it brings to healthcare providers (Medical Marijuana) At the highest level of law in the United States‚ marijuana is deemed as having no medical value. However‚ in the last two decades science has begun to reveal unbiased facts indicating the drug is an effective treatment of some illnesses. In light of new scientific evidence and public support some states have passed laws legalizing medical marijuana despite federal law. In 1997‚ due
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Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Jessica DeLong NAU Abstract Legalizing drugs has been debated for many years‚ especially legalizing marijuana which is considered a “soft” drug. There are positive and negative outcomes of legalizing the use of drugs. Over the next few pages I will discuss those outcomes. Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros: By legalizing‚ the violent crime rates would drop significantly. With the drug cartels on the top of
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to the beliefs of those who advocate the 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
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Chapter One Introduction Illicit drug use continues past adolescence is reflected in rising drug use rates among young adults 18–24 years old (Addiction‚ 2000). Since 1960 drug use among college students have increased. For example‚ in spite of various programs to reduce drug use among college students‚ especially the use of marijuana has increased since the past 10 years (Addiction‚ 1997). The college experience is a particularly challenging phase in an individual’s development. It provides many
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Taylor Barney ENG 111 07 J. Colagrande Legalization of Prostitution The repudiation of prostitution is a violation of human fundamental rights. The prohibition of prostitution goes against modern liberalism and falls under dictation. The common opposing concerns are irrelevant when pertaining to society as a whole. In actuality the legalization‚ with regulation‚ will induce a societal improvement. The United States is built on the foundations of freedom of speech‚ religion‚ expression
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One of the many problems in our nation today is the use of illegal drugs. Being fought against our own citizens‚ a national effort to eliminate drug production and use has failed leaving in its wake complete chaos. Assault‚ property crime‚ murder‚ corruption and many other things are burning through society fueled by the drug war’s policies. In addition to these problems there are the initial problems that illegal drug users inflict on themselves and society; the same ones the drug war was supposed
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