of marijuana‚ what comes to mind? K-9 units‚ police raids‚ FBI drug busts‚ criminal charges‚ DEA investigations‚ and jail time all come to my mind. All of these things that help keep marijuana illegal cost the country‚ the government‚ and the taxpayers massive amounts of money every year. The real question is why? Why do we try so hard and spend so much money suppressing a substance that is shown to benefit people for both recreational and medical uses. The negative side effects of marijuana and
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1 Danielle Cook English 1010 February 22‚ 2010 Why marijuana should be legal Some people ask why marijuana should be legalized. But‚ perhaps‚ we should ask why marijuana is illegal? Contrary to public opinion and current law there are more reasons for marijuana to be legalized than for it to remain illegal. Marijuana cost taxpayers billions of dollars‚ it is less harmful than other pharmaceutical drugs including alcohol
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2013 Why Marijuana should be legalized For people that don’t know what marijuana is? It is the dried leaves and flowering pots of the hemp plant that contain THC and is consumed for a number of different reasons. There are hundreds of different types of marijuana strains that range in effects and potency. There are many myths and facts about marijuana that people still do not know‚ and there is a very negative connotation that is seen toured people that take marijuana. Marijuana is the third
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Marijuana is often portrayed as a dangerous illicit drug by the government and the media‚ but what if you found out that it cures the symptoms of chronically ill patients and was safer than most other legal substances. Today ladies and gentleman my speech is going to be on the current issue of marijuana legalization and I agree that it should be legalized. 1000s of scientific studies have been recently analyzed by the National Academies of Sciences‚ Engineering and Medicine in a report which clearly
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and legal‚ and in so doing‚ it needs to treat anti-abortion terrorists with the same seriousness it applies to Muslim terrorists. Abortion should stay legal and protected by the government as it is a right and choice to every pregnant women‚ the government can’t afford poor mothers taking care of children they simply cannot afford‚ and religious beliefs should remain irrelevant to constitution. Abortion has been around for hundreds upon
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countries‚ the colonization subject remains as an issue. The controversy continues to grow. People believe that immigrants without legal authorization to live here should not be able to live in the U.S. One of the greatest subtopics abides as deportation‚ often times‚ resulting in the splitting of families. Millions of undocumented immigrants should be allowed to live in
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biggest problems being talked about in the election right now. People have many different opinions on. There are many theories on how to solve it. They range from‚ deporting all illegal immigrants‚ to providing illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. There are many pros and cons to immigration‚ but I believe it should be fixed a fair and certain way. There are a few ways that immigration can benefit us. One way is that it will help us get more things done. If immigrants come in‚ they might fill
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Essay Why should marijuana be legal in the Netherlands? My essay is about soft drugs such as marijuana should not be illegal but well legal and controlled by the government. I always thought that marijuana was always legal in the Netherland until I read an article in the newspaper. I was surprise to have read that‚ because majorities of people here in the Netherlands are not troubled by the fact those soft drugs are sold in coffee shops. That is one of the reasons why I chose this topic for
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There seems to be a pretty big debate about whether marijuana should or should not be legalized. First off‚ I want to state clearly that my opinion is that it should not‚ under any circumstances‚ be legalized. It is fine if it is prescribed to you for medical purposes‚ but only in the recommended dosage. First‚ let’s just say what could be good about legalizing marijuana. We could sell it in stores and tax it‚ thus vastly improving the economy‚ because we all know how many people out there smoke
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Illegal Immigration Should Be Allowed Illegal immigration is the immigration of someone from his or her home country to another country without becoming a legal citizen. Illegal immigrants have many different names; illegal aliens‚ undocumented workers‚ and unauthorized citizens are just a few names they are called. Whether undocumented workers should stay in the country or leave has been debated in the United States for a long time. In the year 2006‚ there was an estimated 11.5 to 12 million undocumented
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