END THE PROHIBITION ON MARIJUANA AND INDUSTRIAL HEMP Outline Thesis Statement: Legalization of industrialized hemp and marijuana benefits our economy‚ decriminalizes a 35 billion dollar a year industry‚ creates jobs‚ and makes sense for the environment. I. Marijuana has been illegal in the United States since the Marihuana Stamp Tax Act was enacted by congress in 1937 A. A Brief History B. Marijuana Cash Crop II. The prohibition of marijuana contributes to a black market system‚ which
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The Prohibition; A Lead to the Chocolate Industry: It is post World War I and a new sense of joy filled the atmosphere. The war was finally over and a feeling of change was around everyone. The citizens have a new feeling of ravishment and society has changed. People are tapping their feet and humming to the tune of Jazz music‚ women find pride in the confidence they wear with their short hair and skirts‚ while other activist women are finding more pride in their right to vote . Men go to speakeasies
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liquor known as Prohibition. The result of a widespread temperance movement during the 20th century‚ Prohibition was difficult to enforce and people would go through extreme lengths just to get their hands on alcohol. The illegal production and sale of liquor‚ the proliferation of speakeasies‚ and the rise in gang violence and other crimes went way up. This led to waning support for Prohibition at the end of the 1920’s. Both federal‚ and local government struggled to enforce Prohibition. The enforcement
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that drove all people at the time. However‚ this time is also known as the Prohibition Era‚ as alcohol was banned at the very beginning of the decade. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ it is important to understand the historical context of the ongoing Prohibition and desire for increased status in the 1920’s to fully grasp the role alcohol played on the novel’s theme of social class. Despite the Prohibition of the 1920’s‚ alcohol flowed freely at Jay Gatsby’s parties‚ and thus attracted
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In the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth‚ women became very active in political and social movements. Women played roles that shaped the future of the laws that prohibited women in many ways. Women’s suffrage and women’s role in prohibition are two ways in which women have shaped political and social moments in United States history. Women have never given up on fighting for rights‚ many times with monetary and social consequences for trying to gain rights they felt belonged to them
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized. Drugs are a major influential force in our country today. The problem has gotten so out of hand that many options are being considered to control it or solve it. One of the most controversial issues facing our generation is if we should legalize marijuana. Usually‚ people do not know a great deal about marijuana they just considered it as any other drug. There is one thing people should know is that marijuana is not like the others drugs such as heroine or cocaine
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Why Marijuana should not be Criminalized The decriminalization of marijuana is constantly debated by the Canadian government. As a society‚ it is necessary that we properly conduct measures to ensure that the users of this dangerous drug are penalized with more than just a fine. The only way to emphasize the seriousness of this drug is severe jail time. Marijuana has been classified under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 as a schedule 1 drug due to its addictive nature. These
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Drug War Marie Javdani’s “Plata o Plomo:Silver or Lead tells a story of how the United States attempts to fight the war on drugs. Her point of view shows us how the drug trade effects families and individual people on both sides. Our government tries to fight too much from the wrong side as Javdani tells us “In an attempt to find the quickest way around a complicated problem‚ each year the United States sends billions in aid dollars every year to the governments of Latin American ‘drug source’
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Will banning marijuana in Amsterdam affect the tourism industry? Amsterdam is known to be the liberal city of the world and the capital of the Netherlands. The 1970’s saw the Dutch government change drug policy and categorise marijuana as a ‘soft drug‚’ as a result coffee shops were born. Coffee shops allowed locals and tourists to smoke small amounts of cannabis with a wide range of variety and strengths. Coffee shops have since become part of Dutch culture and Amsterdam’s identity. Fast forward
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In today’s modern world‚ many people would be surprised to find out that there is still a racial caste system in America. After witnessing the election of a black president‚ people have started believing that America has entered a post-racial society. This is both a patently false and dangerous mindset. The segregation and stigma of race is still very much alive in our society. Instead of a formalized institution such as slavery or Jim Crow‚ America has found a new way to continue the marginalization
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