CON OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA The right to legalize marijuana has been around for a long time. As the years passed people have brought back the issue of legalizing marijuana. And for this reason is why people are taking action to oppose the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana should not be legalized. Marijuana should not be legalized because of its physical effects‚ financial problems‚ and government issues. First of all‚ marijuana should not be legalized because of the physical effects
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There are many reasons why marijuana should be legalized. Throughout this paper‚ evidence will be given to show how the positive outcomes of legalizing cannabis outweighs the negative. Not only does marijuana have many medicinal characteristics‚ but this plant would help the society overall. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United States‚ and has created a multibillion dollar industry (Datwyler and Weiblen‚ 2006). The effects legalization of marijuana would have on the society
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are the benefits of legalizing marijuana for the citizens of the United States? Would legalizing marijuana bring improvements to the United States? In order to answer this question‚ some background knowledge is needed to discuss the plant. Marijuana is a plant that is grown naturally and is used for multiple reasons. There are many myths that surround this plant that cause it to be illegal in most states. Those who oppose the legalization don’t realize that legalizing marijuana can bring many benefits
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Legalizing Marijuana in New Zealand Marijuana‚ also known as cannabis. Illegal in most countries including New Zealand‚ but should it be? There are many facts supporting the legalization of cannabis in New Zealand but also many that don’t support it. Supporting Statement Firstly think about this‚ Tobacco and alcohol kill many many people every year‚ approximately 435‚000 for Tobacco and 85‚000 for Alcohol. How many people does marijuana kill you ask‚ well the answer is 0‚ in all of its history
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The War on Drugs and The Legalization of Marijuana Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the world. The word “marijuana”‚ referred to as “herbal cannabis” by the rest of the world‚ is the American term for dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis sativa plant (Caulkins 2012). The drug can be dated back to as far as 6000 B.C. when the plant’s seeds were used in China as food. It was used as a pain reliever and sedative in Napoleonic France (Spaulding and Fernandez). The flowers on
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has been a controversy over the ethics of legalizing marijuana and other cannabis products. Recently‚ there has been a surge of anecdotal evidence in social media and the news‚ which demonstrate the efficacy of marijuana in treating certain medical conditions such as epilepsy and anxiety as well as combating nausea and appetite suppression in chemotherapy patients. Furthermore‚ with the epidemic of heroin overdoses‚ the prescription of medical marijuana as an alternative to addictive narcotics for
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Legalizing marijuana in America Illegal drug use is a huge part of American culture and one the most controversial of those drugs is marijuana; its technical name is Cannabis Sativa. But whether you call it cannabis‚ marijuana‚ pot‚ reefer‚ weed‚ bud‚ herb‚ Mary Jane‚ hemp‚ grass or wacky tabacci‚ it is still illegal in the United States. Actually‚ all over the world the deliberation rages about the harm or benefits that marijuana has to offer. Attempts to legalize it in the United States
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topics in today’s culture is whether or not medical marijuana and recreational marijuana should be legalized. There are plenty of studies and statistics listing reasons why marijuana should be legalized or why it should be illegal. Is legalizing marijuana going to make this country a better or a worse place? I believe that medical marijuana should be legal and recreational marijuana should be illegal. The reason I believe medical marijuana should be legalized is because it can offer real health
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized Just Like Alcohol? Cannabis‚ or commonly known as Marijuana and many other names is a preparing of the cannabis plant for the use of medicine as well as recreation. Marijuana is a dry‚ mixture of green and brown leaves‚ flowers‚ stems‚ and seeds from the plant Cannabis sativa. Marijuana is commonly smoked in the form of a cigarette known as a joint. Some people mix tobacco with the marijuana to make it easier to smoke. It is also smoked in pipes and bongs. Marijuana is
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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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