I believe that the time has come to end the prohibition of marijuana in the United States of America. If marijuana were a legal substance and taxed like alcohol and tobacco‚ billions of dollars in revenue would be generated that could be put towards paying down our national debt. Further stimulation of our economy would result from the thousands of jobs that would be created in order to grow‚ manufacture‚ process‚ market and distribute the product. Overcrowding in our prisons would be reduced
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8 April 2010 Exploratory Essay Legalization: Good or Bad? As part of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937‚ Marijuana for all purposes was outlawed nationwide. Prior to this Act‚ over 30 states had prohibition laws towards Marijuana because farmers who employed mainly Hispanic workers complained that this drug would cause people to become “slow” or “lazy” and would also cause the users to become addicted. Besides the popularity among this crowd‚ marijuana was used as an intoxicant during the 1850’s
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Research 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
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Pros and Cons of Marijuana Niki De Leon November 13‚ 2012 Fall 2012 English 110 section 14 Mr. Johnson In the early 1900s possession or intoxication of marijuana was considered illegal in the Untied States of America. Marijuana started to become the thing to do in the 1960s. In the mid 1970’s the use of marijuana declined; although‚ since the mid 1990s its use has been rising. Many states have passed laws allowing marijuana to be used for medical purposes. In the Untied States
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Psychological Disorders associated with Marijuana When I started my research I was initially interested in marijuana legalization and the debate between why or why not our country should legalize the substance all together. However‚ throughout my time researching valid points on why cannabis is illegal now and reasons why it shouldn’t be illegal‚ I found myself more drawn to the psychological studies of the substance. The certain psychological effects the drug has on certain people became very
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the Republican National Committee‚ said in regard to prohibition in 1932. "The young see the law broken at home and upon the street‚" she added. "Can we expect them to be lawful?” In my opinion‚ along with the MAJORITY of my youth‚ I think that Marijuana should be legalized and that we should ban all tobbaco products nationally. Why? Well not to state the obvious‚ but weed hasn’t killed anyone‚ Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States‚ imposing a terrible toll in
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Although most states had local laws prohibiting marijuana use and possession‚ it wasn’t until 1937 that the federal government passed the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act. Interestingly‚ the congressional hearings on marijuana prohibition lasted all of two hours (in direct contract to most congressional hearings on new laws which last for days and days). There were exactly three bodies of testimonies testifying at these hearings. The first was Commissioner Harry Anslinger‚ the newly named commissioner of the
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Should marijuana be legal or not The matter of weather marijuana should be legal or not has been a question that has been asked for many years. However; no one clearly has the answer only opinions. Marijuana has many different identifications such as‚ weed‚ pot grass‚ reefer‚ ganja‚ Mary Jane‚ blunt‚ joint‚ and or roach. Marijuana has an ingredient known as THC. This affects the nerve cells in the part of the brain where memories are formed (ncadi.samhsa.gov 2003) Marijuana makes a person lose
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Dictionary. Marijuana can also be defined as so‚ but it is completely legal in two of the fifty states‚ and completely illegal in twenty-one of the fifty‚ and the rest either allow Marijuana for medical purposes‚ or is decriminalized. There are both harmful and beneficial properties of this drug. But Marijuana can do more harm than good. Many cultures have used it during meditation‚ religious worship‚ and for intoxication. Marijuana itself comes from the Indian Hemp plant. Marijuana is so popular
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next door? Marijuana use is looked down upon by society in general but more and more people are taking advantage of it. Marijuana has favorable effects for its users when it comes to physical feeling and experience‚ but it can also put our families and those that we expose it to in uncomfortable and often dangerous situations. | The scientific term for marijuana is “Cannabis Sativa”‚ but is also referred to as weed‚ Mary Jane‚ grass‚ hash‚ and countless other street names. Marijuana can be smoked
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