Marijuana‚ The backbone of the drugs industry. In recent years the marijuana use has been on the rise both recreational use and for medical purposes. If marijuana was legalized it would greatly benefit the United States. Marijuana could be used to help a vast amount of illnesses and it would help get rid of the negative stigma Marijuana has. Legalizing marijuana would also be a huge loss for the illicit drugs industry. Marijuana is one of biggest parts of the illicit drug industry. In 2013‚ marijuana
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disinformation‚ effecting the credibility of teachers‚ law enforcement officials‚ and scientists throughout the country. The dangers of marijuana use have been exaggerated for almost a century and the recent scientific research does not support the reefer madness predictions of the past or present. Today‚ Between 95 and 100 million American admitted to trying it. A study done in 2007 showed that marijuana is now Americas largest cash crop‚ beating out corn and wheat combined. According to government funded
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American History Revisited. Algora Publishing. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=PKDrpeRRY94C&printsec=frontcover#PPR10‚M1 Mann‚ Ron. (2000‚ July 14). (1999). Grass [Motion Picture]. Canada: Sphinx Productions. Sloman‚ Larry (1998). Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana. New York: Macmillan. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=P9fctBQGq10C April 20‚ 2009
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The Decriminalization of Marijuana Today it is not uncommon to be watching television and come across an advertisement promoting the use of alcohol and cigarettes. Both substances are detrimental to your health‚ and have no medical value yet both are legal to anyone of age. To a Cancer or AIDS patients seeking relief from marijuana‚ these commercials must be difficult to bear. Peter McWilliams stated‚ "Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science‚ and our leaders have lied
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year‚ the vast majority of them for simple possession‚ with racial minorities over-represented. Misinformation and misrepresentation are the leading causes for the debate on marijuana legalization. "ERIC SCHLOSSER INTERVIEW." PBS. PBS‚ n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2015. Frontline Interview of Eric Scholsser who has written several articles on impact of marijuana enforcement and how it affects the legal system. Schlosser makes the point "n a lot of its internal dynamics to the McCarthy era witch-hunts‚ which
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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Cited: “How Did Reefer Madness Get Started” Washington-drug-defense.com. Web. 24 April 2013. Brownlee‚ Nick. This is Cannabis. London: Sanction Publishing‚ 2002. Print. Emmett‚ David‚ and Graeme Nice. What You Need to Know About Cannabis: Understanding the Facts. Philadelphia:
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This particular myth came about during the second Reefer Madness Movement and was based on poorly conducted experiments that failed to show any correlation between brain cell damage and the use of marijuana. Even recent studies have yet to show any kind of damage to the brain from marijuana use. Despite these
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Hizer Cole Hizer English Composition Professor Martin 11/7/12 Common Nonsense In America‚ competition always comes in two ’s‚ in the political landscape we have the Republicans versus the Democrats‚ the forever dueling Coca-Cola and Pepsi‚ fast food giants Burger King and McDonalds‚ but when it comes to inebriation only two substances remain‚ Marijuana and Alcohol. Both of these substances continue to be an ever growing source of debate throughout the United States. But while Alcohol is legal
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Imagine that you have tried to reach a friend (with whom you have an ambivalent relationship) by phone (or email)‚ leaving messages‚ yet have not received a call in return. In situation like this‚ it is easy to jump to conclusions in an intuitive manner that your friend wants to avoid you. The danger‚ of course‚ is that you leave this belief unchecked and start to act as though it were true. Confirmation bias occurs from the direct influence of desire on beliefs. When people would like a certain
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