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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Marijuana abuse today is a major cause for concern in juveniles and has a negative effect on society at large. Teenage marijuana abuse is the symptom of many other problems in a teen. Marijuana abuse in teens is often not recognized when something can be easily done about it. Parents need to be more involved in their children’s lives and make them aware of what marijuana does to their body and the consequences of having/smoking it. Most teens lack confidence and give into peer pressure easily
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Currently‚ marijuana is criminalized‚ why is that? There are many reasons but one being that it is perceived as addictive.1 but literally anything can be addictive; there’s a show called “Strange Addictions”‚ it’s about people who are addicted to all sorts of stuff like drinking nail polish and exercising. Does that mean the government should be allowed to illegalize painting our nails or gyms‚ no. Most people have their own common sense they could use to decide whether it’s time to stop and how
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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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An Argument for the Legalization of Marijuana An Argument for the Legalization of Marijuana A part of why marijuana should be legalized has to do with why it was criminalized to begin with. Some of the primary reasons marijuana was criminalized were racism‚ fear‚ protection of corporate profits‚ and yellow journalism. In the early 1900’s Pancho Villa and the Mexican revolution were affecting the western states. Marijuana use was prevalent with the Mexicans and many with influence in the
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Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Tamika Deebs Broward College Abstract This paper will discuss Legalization of Marijuana for Recreational use. I will have several arguments which will include the negative and positive effects of the use recreational of marijuana. Also how the government would benefit from taxing recreation marijuana. I will compare the use of marijuana to the use of tobacco. I also plan on arguing how regulating marijuana will generate revenue
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Chemotherapy is poison. Many prescription drugs have harmful side effects and interactions. A: chemo kills millions of cells - good and bad – the body tries to expel the poison – nausea B: Lortab‚ Percoset‚ Oxycontin‚ Morphene – highly addictive‚ cause ulcers‚ nausea – overdose is fatal C: Many
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Should Marijuana be Legalized? Still today the debate over the legalization of marijuana in the United States continues. Marijuana is a drug that often smoked in a cigarette or bong. Because this drug is illegal‚ it is affecting us as individuals and as a country. Many people believe legalizing this “miracle drug” could be very beneficial to our country‚ including myself. It is argued that‚ “Like sex‚ alcohol‚ or cigarettes‚ marijuana is one of life’s little pleasures for some people” (Should
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46 years. It seems that legalization nationwide is inevitable in the coming years. This essay with delve deep into cannabis country and explore the rich history of marijuana as well as it’s side effects‚ legal limitations‚ and it’s impact on American culture as a whole. For us to fully understand the origin and history of marijuana‚
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a daily basis we have seen many patients come in “acting crazy” post cannabis use (young adults). marijuana remains to be classified as a schedule I substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act‚ “a designation declaring it to have high abuse potential and no currently accepted medical use “.(Bostwick‚ 2012). But the article does show that “at least some benefit for smoked marijuana in stimulating appetite‚ particularly in AIDS-related wasting syndrome‚ and in combating chemotherapy-induced
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