Drug Legalization/Research The debate over drug prohibition ending has been going on for decades. People worry that it will bring more deaths and crime‚ but can it really get any worse? The drug war is costly and controversial since we don’t know the outcome. It could be a better solution‚ where people realize they craved drugs because it was the forbidden fruit and it loses publicity. Or it could cause more deaths since it may be easier to obtain and there’s no consequences if you decide to
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not smoke marijuana are pro-legalization because we see that prohibition does more harm than good. The legalization of marijuana would help get the economy going again. The war on drugs is a complete failure. It’s done nothing but waste tax payer dollars‚ fill prisons with non-violent criminals‚ and create a black market. The main reason cannabis remains illegal is because lobbyists are making tons of money off of prohibition. For example‚ Pharmaceutical companies lobby against cannabis
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1930’s marijuana has been illegal in the United States. That being said it’s somehow America’s number one cash crop. Users of the drug aren’t the only ones who support cannabis; many of us who do not indulge are pro-legalization because we see that prohibition does more harm than good. The legalization of marijuana would help get the economy going again. Despite great efforts by the federal government against marijuana‚ it has become a large part of the national economy. Imagine if we were to legalize
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the war on drugs to the prohibition amendment‚ explain that “During Prohibition‚ it was in the best interests of the sellers to carry more potent forms of alcohol. Hence‚ an alcohol dealer would be more likely to carry vodka and other hard liquor instead of beer and wine because of [their] greater value. [...] Alcohol-related deaths increased. This horrific result is known as the potency effect” (Cussen & Block 2000). They go on to explain that eventually‚ once the prohibition amendment was repealed
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advertising the effectiveness of the drugs. Western States Medical Center was one of these groups‚ which advertised effectiveness via the mail and medical conferences. The group filed suit in Federal Court to enjoin the enforcement of the advertising prohibitions as a violation of the first amendment-commercial free speech. RULE OF LAW: Commercial free speech warrants constitutional protection only when it enables consumers to make “intelligent and well informed decisions.” Deceptive or misleading
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America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately‚ it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected‚ abused‚ and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in
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As I learned more about the War‚ I realized that drug prohibition causes more societal harm than good‚ and it is possible for people to use recreational drugs responsibly. We must admit defeat in the War on Drugs‚ before one of your family members‚ or friends‚ or your significant other is arrested and sent to
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me about marijuana legalization‚ strongly in fact‚ as well as progressive drug policies overall‚ but considered drugs like heroin and cocaine to be too dangerous to allow widespread‚ legal sales. My point that sales are already widespread under prohibition and vastly more hazardous than they would be under a legal distribution regime didn’t sway him. He recounted a wedding he had attended where the groom was clearly under cocaine’s influence‚ causing a highly uncomfortable and unfortunate situation
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jail for marijuana related charges (Wolff). Legalizing the drug would free up much needed prison space for more violent crime offenders and also saving the country over $11 billion a year. In the 2010 edition of “The Budgetary Implications of Drug Prohibition‚” Jeffrey Miron‚ director of undergraduate studies at
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for over fifty years now. The original objective of the “war on drugs” was to expel all recreational drugs from the country; making all of them illegal. However just like prohibition in 1920‚ the establishment of these laws were to save the nation from the problems the substance(s) created. However‚ also like the prohibition of 1920‚ the laws only served to create and support organized crime and has done little to effect the public’s usage of the substance(s). The U.S. currently has the highest
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