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    Majority like Marijuana It was legal once‚ so why is it illegal now? Studies show that cannabis is the least harmful drug known in existence with a death rate per year of zero. At the bottom of the list the reason most people think it’s a harmful drug is because of it being illegal and the rumours that have conspired over the years. But what are the facts? Why is the Australian government allowing products so harmful such as cigarettes to be made in Australia? Why are people getting jail

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    it and make money. Legalizing cannabis will help our country economically‚ help patients that truly do benefit from the drug‚ and help decrease the amount of street drug dealing. To some of the patients that use medical cannabis it is very difficult for them to get if they don’t live in a state where it is legal. In California it is semi legal because with a license from a doctor people can go to a medical cannabis shop and buy it. First‚ if we decided to legalize marijuana our economy will boost

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    Legalization of Marijuana Recently‚ the controversial debate over legalizing marijuana has become more relevant than ever before. In the states of Washington and Colorado marijuana is currently legal for recreational use. In Michigan the cities of Detroit‚ Flint and Grand Rapids have decriminalized the drug. Also‚ in the cities of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti the penalties for marijuana are closely related to receiving a speeding ticket. I will be researching the legalization of marijuana in the United States

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    difficulty in accessing marijuana‚ and it would finally bring out the truth about marijuana‚ people would finally learn that it really isn’t as bad as they might believe it is. Arguments that support marijuana are not hard to find‚

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    29th Paper 3: Persuasive “Advantages of Legalizing Marijuana” Advantages of Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana use is on the rise‚ especially among teenagers and young adults. With the recent laws passed in eight states about legalizing medical marijuana ‚ many stand divided when it comes to this never ending debate‚ but I firmly believe that this miracle working drug should be legalized throughout the United States. Marijuana is by far the most commonly used illegal drug

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    ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA GWENDOLYN CARTER PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 4/21/2015 The history of marijuana and how it became illegal is interesting. In 1970 the United States Congress passed legislation called the Controlled Substance Act‚ which listed marijuana as a Schedule I drug. This is the same category that LSD‚ cocaine‚ heroin and ecstasty and are described according to DEA drug schedules‚ as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse

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    Do the overall benefits of Marijuana Justify its legality? When we were just little kids‚ our parents and teachers told us that drugs were the devil and that we should never even consider taking them. Marijuana was always on that list of “bad” drugs ‚ while we were told that pharmaceutical drugs can help us if we were sick. Marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 substance in the same category as deadly drugs like heroin and MDMA‚ while addictive pain-killers ‚ anxiety medications (which are far

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    As far as American social issues go‚ marijuana has frequently been seen as an antagonist‚ from the terror of drug cartels‚ to the health effects of the drug itself. Discussions about legalization of cannabis use‚ and moral justification resurface time and time again‚ prompting people to wonder: Would legalization solve these issues‚ or continue to hurt society? One reoccurring social issue in the U.S. is the rate at which jails and prisons are filling up. A large percentage of inmates have been

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    marijuana can be beneficial to the country because of its various uses‚ however the affects marijuana causes to physical and mental processes can prove troublesome. Regardless on whether or not marijuana is legalize makes no difference to its use‚ however the legalization would effect several more important issues. One of which would be that the government could tax marijuana ‚ therefore boosting the economy. Also medically marijuana can be used as a pain reliever‚ and help many patients

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    Colorado began the first states to regulate the use of medical and recreational marijuana. In the 2014 election‚ Alaska‚ Oregon‚ and Washington‚ D.C. also joined in to legalized marijuana. There are only a few states that legalized the drug for medical uses only‚ while the other states have no laws legalizing it. However‚ many people think marijuana is harmful and a gateway drug‚ but the ones that make use of it suggest that it should be legalized. The idea of legalizing marijuana is a big deal‚ as it

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