Legalizing Marijuana in New Zealand Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis. Illegal in most countries including New Zealand‚ but should it be? There are many facts supporting the legalization of cannabis in New Zealand but also many that don’t support it. Supporting Statement Firstly think about this‚ Tobacco and alcohol kill many many people every year‚ approximately 435‚000 for Tobacco and 85‚000 for Alcohol. How many people does marijuana kill you ask‚ well the answer is 0‚ in all of its history
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Alzheimer’s disease‚ HIV/AIDS and diabetes. Some very recent studies even show that marijuana can help those with Parkinson’s disease. However‚ medical benefits aren’t the only thing marijuana offers. Another much supported reason for the argument of legalization is the economic benefits it would bring. We can look at Colorado as an example. As most of us know‚ Colorado recently became the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Some people would expect rioting and stoners walking everywhere
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Florida Should Legalize Euthanasia Florida should legalize euthanasia and I offer the following plan. The way Florida would legalize euthanasia should be by setting up a set of professional doctors who could examine all cases in which a person or an ill patients family request euthanasia due to extreme pain or an incurable disease. The doctors could examine these people and if they find there is no way other than the use of machines 24-hours a day to keep these people alive they
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legalized comprising debts issues‚ depression‚ addiction‚ and political corruption. Thus the loss accompanying gambling way more exceeds the financial profit that an individual or a group of people might gain. Therefore I strongly disagree with the legalization of gambling. Gambling should be banned because it might turn into an obsession and consequently lead to debts very quickly. Basically the loss associated with gambling far outweighs any profit‚ since one is more likely to loose the money
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In relation to marijuana‚ such as the personal use‚ cultivation or distribution of‚ there has long been debate about whether decriminalising the drug will reduce crime rates in society (Siegel‚ 2008). Decriminalisation of marijuana means that it would be given the status of a legal substance whereby there would be no penalties for using the drug; although it may be regulated in ways similar to other legal substances‚ such as tobacco and alcohol (DEST‚ 2003). The idea of decriminalising marijuana
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Name: Spenser Edwards Speech Topic: Legalizing Marijuana Should America Legalize Marijuana I. Introduction A. Attention Getter B. Specific Purpose Statement C. Credibility Statement D. Preview of Main Points 1. 2. 3. 4. (Transition) II. Body (sentences in body should be complete sentences) A. Pro/For 1 1. Supporting Material The United States is currently has over 17 trillion dollars in debt( statistic) 2. Supporting Material According to congress
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It Is Time to Open Your Eyes: It Is A New Era Charlotte Figi age of six from Colorado suffers of a syndrome called Dravet Syndrome. This syndrome is an epileptic disorder that last hours long. She started to get seizures at the age of three months. She had to suffer around twelve hundred seizures per month for five years. She could not walk‚ talk‚ eat or drink. With some drops of oil things started to change. Now she is at the age of six and she can do all of the things that she was not capable
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Language Analysis - Alcohol and drug culture in Australia Following the death of Leigh Clark after the circumstances which occurred after he was supplied alcohol by another parent‚ writer Bruce Guthrie argues in an opinion piece that the law requiring parental approval to supply alcohol could save lives. The second article which supports Guthrie’s contention is a cartoon by Mark Knight‚ published in the Herald Sun which highlights the public outcry against the call to legalise drugs‚ where both
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The Need for Weed Can you imagine your child losing his/her life because the only medicine to save him/her was illegal? How far would you go to see that your children are healthy? Marijuana saves people’s lives of all ages on a daily basis‚ and makes people’s lives easier to live. Marijuana can be used to treat many illnesses and diseases. And there is a war waging on. A war being fought in our own backyards. People die everyday because they’re denied proper help and treatment. Some people think
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Ramon Lacroze English 120 o Professor Lopes April 4‚ 2012 Legalization of Marijuana The debate over the legalization of Marijuana is one that has been argued for decades. Since it’s total prohibition in 1961‚ marijuana has continued to be the most used black market drug. The fact of the matter is that the prohibition of cannabis may be hurting our country more than it is helping it. The benefits of legal cannabis outweigh the costs. One of the huge consequences of marijuana prohibition is that
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