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    WHY MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED” Since the 1930s‚ marijuana has been illegal in the eyes of the U.S. government. Its classification is a Schedule I drug‚ which is said to have a high potential for abuse‚ no medical use‚ and not safe to use under medical supervision. In this day and age‚ it’s being prescribed to patients of severe health problems to treat their pains‚ nausea‚ etc. Compared to logical reasoning‚ the government takes a very different stance on marijuana. Some say prohibition serves

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    Russo English 165.25W 11 May 2010 E1 Why Marijuana should be Illegal In society today‚ many people are looking for a feeling of freedom. Some go on vacation and spend money while others look to drugs. The sense of high that results from using marijuana acts as an escape from the stresses of everyday life. As a result‚ a tremendous number of Americans participate in the illicit use of marijuana. Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem that will

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    Why Marijuana Should Be Legal COM/220 June 16th 2010 William Blick Why Marijuana Should Be Legal In the United States laws are in place to protect the citizens from the government‚ other citizens‚ and our own selves. The federal and state government put laws into place to prevent citizens from ingesting harmful contents‚ such as controlled substances. Every year over four hundred thousand people die from tobacco‚ another eighty-five thousand from alcohol‚ and another three hundred sixty-five

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    Should medical marijuana be made legal? There are many people who overlook the beneficial effects of marijuana. Society today would say that it is just a gateway drug that is only abused‚ but in reality marijuana is just misunderstood. There are many good uses that we can gain from this natural plant. Marijuana could be beneficial to the body‚ if used properly. There are countless legal proscription drugs and non-proscription drugs that are by far more dangerous than marijuana. Lastly‚ America

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    Why Medicinal Marijuana Should be Legal For the past decade‚ talk of Medical Marijuana legalization has been a huge debate in the United States. Individuals on both sides of the issue refuse to concede to each other. Everyone is convinced that their opinion on the issue is the right opinion. Doctors and Physicians on both sides have researched this issue to the end. My question to those who oppose; is marijuana more harmful than the prescription drugs Doctors so easily prescribe today? I understand

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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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    Why Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized What is so mesmerizing about smoking marijuana? I want to know what constructive outcome you get out of smoking it. Is it curiosity‚ to fit in‚ or just for the satisfaction of becoming high? For whatever principle marijuana is a harmful drug so with that saying it should not be legalized. Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific‚ medical‚ and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens

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    | Marijuana | And Why The Government Should Legalize It | | Melissa Kenyon | 2/26/2012 | | Should the federal government legalize the use of marijuana? In my opinion yes it should be legalized! First off yes I have smoked it in the past as an adult and as a teenager. And I think it helped me. I have ADHD and it relaxed me. It also helped me to calm down and not be as hyper. I feel that it is not a gateway drug. Using Marijuana did not make me use other drugs. I feel it is safer

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    ABSTRACT Governments across the world are facing the same issue when we talk about marijuana. These various issues can be summarized into two main points which are firstly‚ decriminalization of marijuana and secondly‚ taxing of this drug‚ which in turn could solve the financial crisis faced by the governments. In this paper I have given my view and also have tried to establish how taxing of marijuana could help us. INTRODUCTION Justice has a price. Federal

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    T-TH 9:30 – 10:50 class December 6‚ 2007 Mary Jane the Great The debate over the legalization of marijuana has been one of the most controversial issues ever to occur in the United States. Its use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in many countries worldwide. Marijuana should be legalized for several reasons. First‚ the government could earn money from taxes on its sale. There would be more money for our country and less money ford the drug dealers. It also has medical purposes

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