The Criminalization of Marijuana Corry Countryman ENG 210 Mrs. Rippard November 18‚ 2010 The issue of criminalization of marijuana in the United States is becoming a big one. Marijuana was first federally prohibited in 1937‚ when very few Americans had even heard of what it was. To this day‚ there are between 95 to 100 million Americans admitting that they have tried using marijuana before. Out of these‚ 15 million of them said that they have used within the last month. In addition
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Legalization of Marijuana Cannabis sativa or marijuana‚ is most known for its euphoric psychological effects when consumed. Many Canadians take part in the use of marijuana which has been illegal in Canada since the early 1900s. The topic of marijuana legalization in Canada has been a highly controversial topic over the last century. It has been discussed recently in the news due to Washington and Colorado both voting to legalize marijuana in November of 2012. The Liberal and Conservative parties
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Legalization of Steroids Anabolic steroids are a synthetically produced deviation from the naturally occurring male hormone testosterone. “Anabolic” refers to the drugs’ dramatic muscle building tendencies while “steroid” refers to the family of drugs themselves. Discreetly affecting its users in an adverse manner‚ anabolic steroids continue to grow in popularity. Users notice impressive gains in both strength and size while overlooking the numerous negative side effects that accompany
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2013 Week 9 Research Paper “Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science‚ and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana is the most hideous example of government interference in the private lives of individuals. It’s an outrage within an outrage within an outrage”. Peter McWilliams Author and Advocate for Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana has found its place once again as
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Legal Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful? James Nix Soc:102 Amber Anderson May 25‚ 2013 Legal Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful? The year is 2013 and the reality of legalized marijuana in the United States seems to be getting closer with each year. A highly controversial topic because marijuana’s primary use throughout history has been for abusive purposes more than anything else. Marijuana has medicinal uses and the stalks of the plants can be used for making paper or even fibers for ropes or canvases
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Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana is a hallucinogen; its active property is THC. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the U.S.‚ and is often the first illegal drug used by teenagers. Some states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes only. From a rational point of view‚ individuals deserve the right to make choices for themselves. The government only has a right to limit those choices if the individual’s actions endanger someone else. This does not apply to marijuana‚ since the
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leaglize marijuana Many people now a day look at the harm they believe marijuana can cause people; when really people should be looking at the way it can help people. All I am asking is for you to look at the glass half full‚ instead of half empty. People need to start considering the facts of how marijuana could assist not only our economy‚ health‚ crime reduction‚ and become a much more controlled substance. The history of marijuana stands over a time span of hundreds of years. It could
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Gerika Arthur Professor McPhee English 300-01 March 14‚ 2011 Gambling legalization for a promising future Gambling is the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize). (Oxford dictionary) Many have their own opinions about gambling and at this time gambling is not legally practiced here in The Bahamas. “Such a move would bring an end to an illicit industry that makes tens of millions of dollars a year and which employs hundreds;
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revival of this age-old practice would benefit everyone. Cannibalism can solve world hunger. It can improve our criminal justice system. Cannibalism will also put an end to over population and spice up some of the current cooking shows. The legalization of cannibalism is what our modern world needs to turn itself around. The common idea behind using cannibalism to end world hunger is that we can kill half the people in the world and feed them to the other half. I disagree with that. Humans
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Although most states had local laws prohibiting marijuana use and possession‚ it wasn’t until 1937 that the federal government passed the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act. Interestingly‚ the congressional hearings on marijuana prohibition lasted all of two hours (in direct contract to most congressional hearings on new laws which last for days and days). There were exactly three bodies of testimonies testifying at these hearings. The first was Commissioner Harry Anslinger‚ the newly named commissioner of the
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