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Marijuana Legalization
If pain and nausea consumed your every waking moment, you would ask for medication. What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering, would you resort to the only treatment that allowed you to live normally even though it was illegal? Thousands of people across the country are forced to break the law to ease their pain. They have chosen marijuana over
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Marijuana Legality
Marijuana Legality For centuries the marijuana plant has been used in medicinal and spiritual journeys. As old as human writing there have been accounts of the use of the marijuana plant in cultural activities. People around the globe have used the plant as part of cultural rites of passage, as an aid to meditation or purely recreationally as a social stimulant. Within every culture there are differences however. In every part of the world religion
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A Brief View of the History of Marijuana Legalization
The legalization of marijuana is, and has been a heavily disputed issue for decades. On one hand, marijuana could lead to a medical breakthrough, or at least provide relief to cancer and AIDS patients. On the other hand, legalizing a drug could expose it to too broad an audience. As a drug, marijuana has never proven to be anywhere near as harmful as cigarettes or alcohol. Each year in the United States, 400,000 people
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Marijuana Legalization
Here in America, marijuana is completely banned, and is punishable by law if caught using, possessing, or selling it. However, this law against marijuana is not the same in all parts of the world. Amsterdam and Canada, for instance, are not a strict about marijuana, and either allow it or have decriminalized it. In 1976, Amsterdam decriminalized possession of soft drugs such as cannabis, or weed. Due to increased demand, outlets quickly cropped up
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Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Legalization Do you think marijuana should be legalized? For years, this topic has been the center of many debates. Marijuana is the herbal form of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis Sativa. It contains a chemical known as THC. THC has been known to inflict severe cell damage. This chemical is capable of causing nerve cell abnormalities, alter cell division, and weaken cell immunity (GWired 1). Despite the fact that marijuana is illegal, many people
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Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Legalization Renee Jacques, associate viral content editor of the Huffington Post states, “A Gallup poll released on Tuesday (2013) reveals that for the first time in history, Americans are more in favor of legalizing marijuana than criminalizing it. Now, 58 percent of Americans are in favor allowing the plant to be legal.” (Jacques 2013) However, marijuana legalization has shown to not be a as simple process as some would have believed. The public alone
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Eng 101 - Marijuana, Should It Be Legalized?
Josh Gautreaux English 101-Section 4M3 Argumentative Essay Kelly King LaRussa 11/16/05 Marijuana, Should It Be Legalized? “Did you know that Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States” (Marijuana, par. 10)? “Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, including most of the harmful substances found in tobacco smoke. Smoking one marijuana cigarette deposits about four times more tar into the lungs than a filtered tobacco cigarette” (Marijuana, par. 11). These types of
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Legalization of Marijuana
Legalization of Marijuana The debate over the legalization of Cannabis Sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has been one of the most heated controversies ever to occur in the United States. While there are arguments for both sides, there is an overwhelming amount of positive effects that would come from the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana should be legalized since there is very strong evidence backing its legalization and no justified reason for it being illegal.
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Legalization of Marijuana
LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA Today, three out of four illegal drug users in the United States are marijuana smokers. An estimated 19.5 million Americans currently use illegal drugs. Of these 19.5 million, 14.6 million, or percent, identify themselves as “chronic” marijuana users. In addition, an estimated 97 million Americans-slightly more than 40 percent of the US population age 12 or older, have used marijuana during their lifetime. Like the use of alcohol and tobacco, marijuana
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Marijuana Should Be Legal
Marijuana should be legal. The government is wasting money trying to keep weed off the streets when it should be reaping the benefits of the plant’s many characteristics. If the plant were legalized it would be far less dangerous than most of us think. The profits would be higher than tobacco and the health risks would be fewer. Criminals would be less, and the world would be a happier place. To understand why marijuana gets
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To Take or Not to Take - Legalization of Marijuana
To toke or not to toke that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of society or succumb to popular opinion and legalize Marijuana. Marijuana is a cure for anorexia as well as glaucoma. Marijuana is even a helping factor for relieving some symptoms of A.I.D.S. Still the government of our nation has Marijuana classified as a Division I drug. Which means it serves no medical
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The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Use
The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Use Picture in your mind a young girl that is almost done with her freshman year of high school. These next few years are supposed to be some of the best years of this girl’s life. But instead of this young girl worrying about what clothes she is going to wear, or how she is going to style her hair, she has to worry about side effects of chemotherapy.
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Legalization of Marijuana
One question that has haunted Americans for a long time is: “Should the use of marijuana be legalized?” Some say, “Yes”, while other say, “No”. According to Funk and Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, marijuana is defined as “a mixture of leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis sativa, smoked or eaten for its hallucinogenic and pleasure-giving effects.” (Bram, Phillips, Dickey, 445) Owning marijuana was made a crime in 1937 when Congress passed
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Legalize Marijuana
Dated as far back as 1619, America has made it legal to use, sell and grow cannabis [marijuana]. It was not until 1937 that marijuana became illegal through the Marijuana Tax Act, “which criminalized possession of marijuana nationwide,” (Mill 13). What happened between those hundreds of years that our country found it dangerous to possess or use marijuana? There have been numerous studies into the reasoning of making cannabis legal again. These findings show and
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
Should Marijuana be Legalized? Aaron Roberts Mr. Marshall 4/5/00 Marijuana should be legalized. Marijuana's composition is complex, and has a number of physiological effects. Also, a reason for marijuana legalization is the potential wealth of health benefits that have largely been ignored (www.howardcc.edu). In addition, there are many industrial uses for the cannabis plant (www.sandi.net). Marijuana consists of a mixture of leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the Cannabis sativa plant, or hemp plant (Britannica
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Legalization of Marijuana
The use of marijuana as a recreational drug is becoming more widespread on college campuses. College students are especially outspoken about marijuana use and its legalization. They feel that they are so stressed with classes that they need a way to calm their nerves before a big test. With the demands of school and heavy workloads students are pushed into a “world of coping” which tends to regard alcohol or drug use as a way
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Economical Argument for the Legalization of Marijuana
There is no feasible way to completely abolish drug use in the United States. As with Prohibition of Alcohol in the earlier part of this century, the fight against drugs has backfired. The United States is spending billions of dollars a year to fight a war, which over the last 60 years, has shown that it cannot be won. So let's use a little reverse psychology on the subject. What would happen if marijuana or
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Legalization of Marijuana in New Zealand
The legalization of marijuana is a controversial topic not just in New Zealand but all over the world. Some people think that marijuana is great e.g. it relieves pain, calms you down and is not physically addictive. Other people do believe in this point of view the say that it can physically harm your body, harms babies and leads to harder drugs. Firstly marijuana is not physically addictive. This means the body will not crave
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Legalization of Marijuana
Attention getter: Do you suffer from pain, migraines, eating disorders or other sicknesses? If so, you may want to consider marijuana as a treatment. Central Idea: Marijuana should be legalized for medicinal purposes. Significance to the audience: This is important to all of use because many of us are misinformed about marijuana and are unaware of its beneficial properties. Preview of main points: Today I will tell you about why marijuana should be legalized. Body:
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Legalization of Marijuana
Legalization of Marijuana From the executive that sits behind his desk collecting his money, to the drug dealer on the street trying to make his money in order to survive, the drug dealing business gives money to criminals, while innocent users are being put away in jail. The issue of legalization and/or decriminalization of marijuana use have been a highly controversial issue over the years. At present, it is a crime to possess and use
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Legalization of Marijuana
The question of whether marijuana should or should not be legal has asked for many years. Supporters of legalizing marijuana point to the non-dangerous nature of the drug. Those who favor the ban of marijuana say that it is a gateway drug that leads to other more serious substances. Marijuana has been prohibited since the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers 7.5 billion dollars annually. Since 1993, there have been over
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Marijuana - Why Legal?
Marijuana: Why Criminal? In a country where freedom is the basis of all social life one has to feel that all the laws are made up to protect them, but that is not necessarily true. When one looks at the laws prohibiting the use of marijuana it is hard to see why it is needed. There are a few basic reasons why marijuana should be legal, and although there are nay sayers , no one
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Legalizing Marijuana
Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana is a hallucinogen; its active property is THC. Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the U.S., and is often the first illegal drug used by teenagers. Some states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes only. From a rational point of view, individuals deserve the right to make choices for themselves. The government only has a right to limit those choices if the individual's actions endanger someone else. This does
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Legalizing Marijuana
The debate on legalizing marijuana is one that is very controversial in today's society. To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of cooking oil and vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years
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Legalization of Marijuana (against)
Roger Beaman April 10, 2008 Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana has been a controversial issue ever since it was made an illegal substance in 1937 with the passage of the Marijuana Tax Act. Currently the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) lists marijuana as a schedule I substance, meaning that it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use in the US[2]. Many groups have formed attempting to change marijuana legislation. The
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