Marijuana Legalization COMP 1500 April 20th‚ 2009 Word Count: 807 Outline I. Introduction Thesis Statement: Although America is the land of the "free" you do not really have too many "free" choices you can make. Americans should have the right to choose whether or not marijuana should be legal. II. Background III. The tax benefits that can be created A. If legalized they can tax it how ever much they want B. Can be regulated IV. Drug enforcement money can be diverted
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Marijuana is the dried blossom of cannabis sativa and cannabis indica plants‚ leafy annual plants with parts used for as herbs‚ animal food‚ medicine and as hemp for rope making. "The flowers contain psychoactive and physiologically active chemical compounds known as cannabinoids that are consumed for recreational‚ medicinal‚ and spiritual purposes".1 Marijuana is frowned upon as a controlled substance and therefore it is considered not safe but there is not been a proven test stating otherwise
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paper Legalizing it! Marijuana has been vilified in America over the past 70+ years. Despite its many practical uses‚ medicinal and industrial‚ our Federal government insists on maintaining the status quo that the growth‚ possession and use of marijuana is criminal despite the evidence that the legalization of marijuana would have a positive influence on America. In this paper I will discuss the history of marijuana‚ the industrial uses of hemp‚ the prohibition of marijuana‚ the economic impact prohibition
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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 of before. Can you think of how this little girls life would be without medical marijuana? Would you like this to happen to your kids? How happy would you be if the government‚ and the laws were the ones trying to stop you from helping anyones disorders. But specifically your loved ones. Now that I made you think twice about this situation
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Marijuana addiction Marijuana is one of the most commonly abused illegal drug. Marijuana is a dry‚ mix of the flowers‚ stems and leaves of the hemp plant cannabis sativa. It has a pungent and distinctive smell normally sweet and sour odor. It is commonly smoked as a cigarette reffered to asa joint or in a pipe. Behavioral changes and symptoms of marijuana addiction include: 1. Distorted perceptions 2. Impaired coordination 3. Difficulty in thinking and problem solving 4. Ongoing problems with learning
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The legalization of marijuana is an interesting issue that is discussed often today. Many people agree that doing this would have many benefits‚ but others stand firm in the beliefs that it will do more harm than good. Since the government is not doing a very good job of stopping the import‚ export‚ and use of marijuana in the United States‚ they should stop trying to completely block it‚ and instead‚ regulate it. The legalization of marijuana would have many positive effects such as greater amounts
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Rosie Caporaso 3/9/12 Period 1 Bio Marijuana Considered First off‚ what is marijuana? Marijuana‚ also known as weed‚ pot‚ and grass is a type of THC drug that comes from a plant called Cannabis Sativa. It is a green‚ brown‚ or gray combination of dried‚ shredded leaves‚ stems‚ flowers‚ seeds‚ that’s in this plant. Marijuana is usually smoked in a blunt‚ bong‚ water pipe‚ joint‚ or a piece. Weed can be mixed in many things such as food‚ tea‚ or mixed with another drug. THC is an active substance
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Marijuana Legalization Marijuana should be legalized and taxed by the government because it has a low risk of abuse‚ and it can be used for many medical reasons. Prescription drugs kill about 100‚000 people in the world each year. Off the top of your head‚ do you know how many deaths are caused by using marijuana‚ either medically or recreationally? According to statistics‚ marijuana has not yet been recorded to be a cause of any death‚ ever. Not only are marijuana’s
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Debating Essay Legalizing Marijuana One of the biggest controversies in America today is the legalization of medical marijuana. I read a blog called “Legally Blind: Why I’m Against Legalizing Marijuana” by Dr. Howard Samuels. In Dr. Howard’s blog he stated that he is completely against the legalization of marijuana‚ however I am not. Though he has valid points I must disagree with majority of the things he states in his article. I believe that legalizing medical marijuana will do more good than it
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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 poses its
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