There is scientific evidence of the benefits to using marijuana. There is a massive tax revenue potential. The use of recreational marijuana doesn’t prove to be any more dangerous than the use of cigarettes or alcohol. So‚ I’m left to wonder why it’s really not being legalized. Is there some other reason? Could it be because the pharmaceutical industry is a multi-billion dollar industry per year?
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discussed within this essay exposing the arguments‚ stakeholders‚ and reasoning for why marijuana should or should not be legalized. Between the state and federal law contradictions‚ the issue of legalization of marijuana for pharmaceutical or recreational use in the United States affects not only the policy makers and medicinal
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Debates about decriminalization often focus on the conflict on the harm of drug use and the harm of drug laws. Many drug laws are imperfect and can often cause more harm than the use of drugs. Decriminalization means that a use of certain drugs is not against the law‚ but the production and selling of certain drugs is still a criminal act. Decriminalizing the use and possession of non-addictive drugs can help limit the harm of drug laws. I am not discussing medical marijuana in this paper because I believe
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For the past decade‚ the regulation and legalization of recreational marijuana has been a controversial topic in the United States‚ provoking numerous debates among politicians and policy makers. Marijuana‚ according to “Marijuana Legalization and Regulation”‚ has been legalized in five states that have changed their laws to allow small amounts of marijuana: Colorado‚ Washington‚ Oregon‚ Alaska‚ and Washington D.C. The legalization of the drug across all 50 states is becoming more popular than ever
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first appeared as recreational drug. 2007: First seizure of MDPV as a recreational drug‚ by customs officials in German state of Saxony. 2008: First seizure of MDPV in the United States. 2009: MDPV became illegal in Denmark. 2010: MDPV made a controlled drug in the UK‚ Sweden‚ Germany‚ Australia and Finland. First reports of the widespread retail marketing of ’bath salts’ containing MDPV in the U.S. The US recognizes both Mephedrone (July‚ 2010) and MDPV (December‚ 2010) "a drug and chemical of
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I have always been against the use of all illegal drugs including marijuana‚ but while researching this topic‚ I have learned a lot about some of the positives of legalizing marijuana use. Considering it is classified as an illegal controlled substance‚ I have always been under the assumption that marijuana was bad for people‚ no matter what my friends may have said about how good it was. I was peer pressured into trying it when I was fourteen. I knew right away that it was not for me. It made
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Introduction America has a problem with drugs. In order to understand the problem‚ we first need to understand what is considered a drug. It is “any ingestible substance that has a noticeable effect on the mind or body”. (Schmalleger‚ 2011) Drugs are used for medicinal as well as recreational purposes. Unfortunately both types of drugs have played a role in American culture. Drugs have been part of the American culture as far back as the 1800’s. Using drugs for medicinal purposes existed before the
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should enforce harsher punishments and laws in relation to drugs. Citizen One thinks that if the government of Canada criminalizes the use and possession of what most youth consider as “weed‚” then less lives would be destroyed. Marijuana is a drug which impairs a youth’s ability to recall‚ suppression of the immune system; and short-term responses including anxiety and panic. Hence‚ Citizen one believes that the negative aspects of the drug simply outweigh
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Justin Harrison Legalizing Marijuana is Wrong Marijuana is a plant that is known by many different names such as cannabis‚ weed‚ pot‚ and grass just to name a few. It is known as a plant that is used for medical purposes as well as for recreational use for people all over the world. There are many different views on whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Some want to make marijuana legal just to save the money and resources that are being used on tracking marijuana dealers. Also‚
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schedule I drug. “The federal Controlled Substance ACT of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Scheduled I drug‚ meaning that is has a high potential for abuse and no acceptable medical use‚ and thus it prohibits the possession‚ use‚ purchase‚ sale and/or cultivation of marijuana.”(Weiss‚ 2013) For years it has been an ongoing debate as to whether it should be legal in United States. Some states like California and Arizona have already adopted the law and have made marijuana legal for medicinal use only.
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