Herskovitz 08/10/2011 Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana? Marijuana Legalization and the Revenue from Marijuana Sales The war on drugs is an expensive battle‚ as a great deal of resources and time go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market‚ prosecuting them in court‚ and housing them in jail. These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana‚ as it is widely used‚ and is likely no more harmful than currently legal drugs such as tobacco
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Marijuana is a relatively risk-free drug that governments throughout in the world have made illegal. If legalized‚ marijuana can be helpful to society in many ways. Whether it be for medical‚ financial‚ or public security reasons. Marijuana has been proven to treat numerous life hindering‚ and even life intimidating diseases. Although it is not a remedy‚ marijuana can ease the discomfort and suffering of a dying person. Another benefit of legalization is the financial gains that governments will
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Should Gay Marriage Be Legal? The same-sex marriage has been a controversial issue for a long time. Same-sex marriage should be legalized because it is a large part of their civil rights. One of our civil liberties is the pursuit of happiness. Homosexual people cannot be married to the person they love and it violates their freedom. Same-sex marriage has always been looked upon as wrong for one reason or another. Everyone has strong opinions towards gay marriage. The point is‚ it shouldn’t
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Persuasive on why people lie People tell a considerable number of lies in everyday conversation. It has always puzzled me why people would lie right to your face. A lie is a terrible thing and I always wanted to know why people would do it‚ and now I know why. It’s usually that they are afraid to tell the truth thinking that if they lie they can get away with something. It is not hard to figure out that if one is bigger than the lie‚ he or she won’t tell one. People who are like that are not afraid
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Introduction There has been much debate whether prostitution should be legal and one that our society approaches with disinterest. Society simultaneously condemns contract sex yet provides it to customers while with conflicting attitudes and behaviors that our society imposes (Strong‚ 2009). Many of the assumptions in the U.S about contract sex remain hampered by the laws and social restrictions (Strong‚ 2009). Though‚ strong arguments have been made in support of legalizing prostitution and
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account before breed-specific legislation should be used in communities‚ including facts about the
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Free Music Downloading Should free- music downloading be banned? I believed that allowing free access to unlimited songs could eventually undermine the music industry; however‚ nobody wants to pay outrageous amounts just for a few good songs on a bad CD. When I looked up information regarding these stats‚ results shocked me. The people who never download files or pirate CD’s (about 54% of the population) make up only 39% of music sales. The majority of sales belong to the infrequent downloaders
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There is absolutely no legitimate reason as to why “weed” should be legalized. As The United States of America has evolved‚ the legalization of marijuana has been a heated debate topic. Truly‚ there is no reason as to why any citizen needs the legalization of this drug. It is said that marijuana has medical benefits‚ but according to ‘The Business Insider’‚ only 6% of studies on marijuana have analyzed its so called “medical benefits.” Marijuana’s most influential uses are not in medicine‚ but for
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Yunni Li (Winnie) Abigail Lambke English 150 April 25‚ 2012 Should College Be for Everyone What is the purpose to be a student in college? Getting into university regarded as the best option after graduating from high school. But not everyone has ability to finish up four-year course of college. Even graduated from university‚ it doesn’t mean the nice job and perfect income. “Each decade‚ 30 million graduate from high school but only 6 million receive a college degree.”(Buffenbarger) Part of
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Cannabis or Marijuana is a plant that have been used throughout history by many civilizations for the past ten thousand years. But for some reason it is considered illegal to be used anymore‚ have you ever stopped and asked yourself‚ why is marijuana illegal? or when did it become illegal? In this essay‚ I will argue for the legalization of marijuana based on its effect on the economy and justice system. Did you know that George Washington grew marijuana at Mount Vernon as one of his three primary
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