23 June 2011 Cause Effect Essay Effect The Effects of legalizing Marijuana in the US Americans have gone back and forth about whether to legalize marijuana or not‚ and in some states there are pharmacies that sell medicated marijuana to patients with glaucoma. In legalizing marijuana it will solve some of the US’s problems‚ but at the same time create a tremendous amount of newer ones. One of the best things about legalizing marijuana is that it would put a lot of drug dealers out of business
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Legalization of Marijuana in the U.S.: An Economic‚ Medical‚ and Social Solution Malak Mahmoud Dow The American University of Sharjah Dr. Victoria Amador May 23‚ 2013 Abstract The question of legalizing marijuana has been an enduring debate in the United States‚ and there has been no conclusion. Currently‚ the United States federal law places marijuana as an illicit drug‚ but this was not the case formerly. The prohibition of marijuana relies on many misconceptions that are
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Marijuana legalization‚ is an issue that can be dated back to the late ninetieth century (PBS). This issue continues to be a controversial topic in today’s world. State and federal laws still collide on the issue of marijuana legalization. On November 2‚ 2010‚ California voters voted on a ballot called the Regulate‚ Control‚ and Tax Cannabis 2010. Prior to this date‚ Charles Stimson wrote an article‚ “Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Just Say No‚” in order to persuade California voters to not vote
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The general use of marijuana can be viewed from two different aspects. These aspects include both the pros and the cons of the drug. Many Americans are in support of the drug in terms of medical use. Personally‚ I believe that there is nothing wrong with the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Medical marijuana is the only non-synthetic medication out there that treats many of society’s health problems. A few of these problems include; relief from nausea‚ loss of appetite‚ and certain pains
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PHI-105 11/20/2012 Beverly Santelli The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana has been criminalized for enough generations to make it a fear or pride issue in the minds of the lawmakers and the voting public. The Federal government may have just kept it a schedule one drug because it has been one for so long‚ but‚ to legalize it at the federal level instead of various states legalizing it could create new wealth and give our country back its financial independence. However this will only really
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Marijuana otherwise known as cannabis should be removed from the law system and adjusted in a behavior similar to alcohol and tobacco‚ marijuana has a lot of positive qualities. The life dependency risk for alcohol is fifteen percent and Marijuana’s life dependency risk is nine percent. Alcohol affects a lot more people than marijuana. When people abuse alcohol it is way worse than getting high on marijuana because when people get drunk they want to do crazy idiotic things. There are currently no
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The controversy surrounding marijuana laws have been discussed at great length in both federal and state government. The new proposed laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado have reignited the debate. Marijuana should be legalized because it is less harmful than cigarettes‚ and alcohol. It has many positive attributes‚ for instance medical use. Also citizens arrested on Marijuana charges take up space in our incarceration facilities. I feel strongly that it would do our country more
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MARIJUANA Hey cunts‚ today’s topic of discussion is legalizing marijuana. I believe that yes it should be legalized Many millions of people like to use marijuana‚ whether for therapeutic benefit or pleasure and every objective study on marijuana has concluded that it is far safer than alcohol and cigarettes for the consumer and the surrounding community. Alcohol and tobacco are more toxic‚ more addictive‚ and more harmful to the body than marijuana‚ and alcohol is more likely to result in injuries
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LEGALIZING MARIJUANA Table of Contents Abstract 3 LEGALIZING MARIJUANA 4 Review of Related Literature 7 Cannabis (Marijuana) History 7 Politics and Cannabis (Marijuana) 8 Summary 9 Chapter 3 10 Methodology 10 Chapter 4 12 Findings 12 Figure 1 12 Figure 2 13 Chapter 5 14 Summary‚ Conclusions and Recommendations 14 Questionnaire (1) 15 Questionnaire (2) 16 Cover Letter – Via Email 17 References 18 Abstract Marijuana legalization for medicinal purposes is a
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Legalizing Marijuana The argument of whether to legalize marijuana or not is parallel to the age-old battle of Creationism vs. Evolution‚ everyone has his or her own opinion. Legalizing marijuana is social debate whose outcome could not possibly make everyone happy. This debate is filled with both pros and cons‚ and some would argue that both sides have equally convincing arguments. There are several substantial reasons why marijuana should be legalized. A few reasons why it should be legal are
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