victimless crimes‚ such as prostitution and recreational drug use‚ be decriminalized? Do these crimes harm society? Laws exist within societies to deter and restrict people from harming one another and trampling on others ’ inalienable rights. Crimes such as recreational drug use and prostitution do not directly harm other people‚ yet in the eyes of the law they are villified due to the possible consequences associated with a lifestyle filled with drug use and promiscuous sex. Should these supposed
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have tried marijuana at one point in their lives. Though occasional use isn’t usually harmful‚ pot can affect your body and mind any time it gets into your system. Marijuana brings millions of people relief from the pain they feel from a day to day basis. Medical marijuana use is legal with a doctor’s prescription in 10 states‚ though this has not stopped the Drug Enforcement Agency from arresting brain cancer patients who use marijuana to ease their pain. Studies show marijuana can be therapeutic
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1. Difference between illicit and licit drugs -illcit drugs-drugs whose manufacture‚sale‚or possession is illegal.ex:cocaine‚herion‚marijuana -licit drugs-drugs whose manufacture‚sale‚or possession is legal.ex:alchol‚nictone‚ caffine 2.Difference between instrumental and recreational use of drugs -instrumental –A person taking a drug with a socially approved goal in mind. -recreational- A person is taking the drug for the sole purpose of experiencing its psychoactive
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be a relatively harmless drug when compared to legal drugs and alcohol. Marijuana and other illicit drugs became mainstream in the 1960’s. Marijuana is less addictive and less fatal. Marijuana usage has been popularized across generations and cultures as an "acceptable" drug. The conversations about Mary Jane (slang term for marijuana) can be plenty. There are the issues of whether marijuana should be legal. Is marijuana a "gateway" drug to more dangerous or addictive drugs? Do the government handle
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How do you feel about legalizing marijuana? Marijuana should be legalized for recreational use because it would reduce street violence‚ reduce organized crime‚ and increase tax revenue. Legalizing marijuana would lead to less street violence. In the text it states that people who are taken advantage of could call the police to settle disputes if marijuana was legalized. It would allow police to focus more on violent crimes and tracking down criminals. It would also open up jail cells to relieve
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introduced the use of recreational drugs into everyday life for their sole purpose of creating artificial happiness. The utilization of soma formed another world for the consumers to live in‚ a world full of happiness and euphoria: “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone‚ cheeks were flushed‚ the inner light of universal benevolence broke out on every face in happy‚ friendly smiles” (Huxley 81). Is this where 21st century America is headed with its use of marijuana‚ or do we use it for entirely
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medicinal purposes (Barnes‚ 2000). So if marijuana has medicinal attributes then how does it also fit the unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical drug? There is a strong argument by many that legalizing marijuana will send the wrong message and increase its recreational use‚ consequently causing more harm than good. I wholeheartedly object that legalizing marijuana will send the wrong message. I believe that
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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 than Alcohol and Tobacco. There are no additives in it. I am going
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Marijuana has been used for achieving the feeling of euphoria since ancient times (“History of Marijuana”). This drug was brought from Asia to Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. People had been smoking marijuana around the world‚ dating back as far as 2737 B.C. China (“Historical Timeline”). The Spanish brought it to America in 1545‚ and the English arrived with it in Jamestown in 1611‚ where it became a major commercial crop‚ eventually replaced in the American south by cotton (Miller). Marijuana
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America the use and sell of recreational marijuana is illegal and taking seriously by authorities. Over half of the people in the USA smoke or have smoked marijuana. Marijuana is a plan that can be grown almost anywhere and can be smoke to experience relaxation. Marijuana should be legal to the people of America because this is a free country and if the vote is more than fifty percent that means the majority of people want it to be legal. The people of America should not hide the use of marijuana
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